All The Grocer articles in 6 December 2003 – Page 3
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Ocado ‘set for second slot’
Online retailer Ocado is set to overtake Sainsbury’s to You in turnover in the next few months, according to chief financial officer Jason Gissing.He said Ocado had achieved 300% sales growth this year and was set to be taking £1.5m a week by...
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Outdoor type
Interbrew has unveiled the first ad campaign for Bass ale for seven years.The campaign centres on outdoor posters that will be sited in London and the south-east in a £3m push.Tim Bertin, MD of confectionery importer and marketer Sweet...
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Whitworths scoop
Whitworths’ Sunny Raisin Nuggets has scooped the top prize – the Barrow Lane & Ballard trophy – in this year’s Dried Fruit New Product Awards. The company also won the snacking category.This was the sixth year of the competition, run by the...
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Team Talk: Scotmid
>>Adrian Lorimer, head of property developmentScotmid’s property and development team has refitted eight of the society’s 75 food shops, which include convenience formats and supermarkets, this year. The most recent refits were...
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virgin snowman
Virgin Cola is getting its first seasonal packaging this winter, with labels on two and three litre bottles featuring a Mr Snowman character. The bottles also carry the chance to win a day at a luxury spa and enter an ongoing ‘Get a Life’ prize...
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Geest to simplify supply chain
Geest is to form a new business to combine its English village salads (EVS) sold at Asda and Thames Fruit, which imports citrus fruits and melons to the supermarket. The aim of the new business – NewCo – is to simplify the supply chain for...
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Arla faces strike action
Milk supplies to Britain's supermarket chains could be under threat over Christmas after workers at Arla Foods voted for industrial action over pay.The GMB and Transport and General Workers' Union said workers at Arla had rejected a 3% pay...
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Unilever sells homecare brands in North America
Unilever has agreed to sell four of its homecare brands in the US and Canada to New York-based investment bank Lehman Brothers. The brands include Rit fabric dye products worldwide; Niagra ironing aid products; Final Touch dishwashing...
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Musgrave to buy Londis
Irish food group Musgrave – which bought UK supermarket chain Budgens last year – has offered to buy symbol group Londis for £40m.
If Londis shareholders give the deal the go-ahead after a meeting on December 30, each Londis member will… -
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Arla in union deal
Dairy firm Arla has announced that it has negotiated an agreement with the unions who had balloted for strike action. Sales director Simon Stevens said: “Following the success of this week’s meeting it is very much business as usual in the...
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Gillette to cut UK workforce
Gillette is to shut two UK factories and move to a new plant in Eastern Europe to cut costs.US-based Gillette, the world’s largest razor blade company, said the closures would mean at least 415 UK jobs would be axed over the next four years....
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OFT reduces Safeway divestments
Morrisons will only have to sell 52 stores if it buys Safeway – as opposed to the agreed 53 – the Office of Fair Trading has ruled. The OFT has decided that Morrisons would not have to divest a store in Towcester. Earlier this week,...
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