All The Grocer articles in 6 January 2001

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  • News

    The Seagram sale: The new world order

    2001-01-06T00:00:00Z

    Diageo and Pernod Ricard have gained new global clout. But what now for the rest of the industry, ask Julian Hunt and Helen Gregory The auction of the Seagram spirits and wines business has been a chaotic and messy affair. But it has also been...

  • News

    Profile: Ian Jones, Kimberley-Clark

    2001-01-06T00:00:00Z

    Always the firebrand Clones are out at Kimberley-Clark, but Ian Jones personifies its well-defined culture, as Karen Dempsey discovers The headquarters of Kimberly-Clark in Kent are built on an old spitfire site and sometimes the building rumbles...

  • News

    New Year Honours: Knighthood for O'Reilly

    2001-01-06T00:00:00Z

    Tony O'Reilly, who resigned as chairman of Heinz in September, gained an honorary knighthood in the New Year Honours. Ian Galloway, chairman of Scotbeef, was made a CBE. Roy Delves, chairman of Harry Tuffin Supermarkets, was made an MBE for...

  • News

    Go Girl just grows and grows

    2001-01-06T00:00:00Z

    This month's issue of Go Girl magazine has been increased to a bumper 44-pager. Priced £1.40, Go Girl is described as a lifestyle magazine that bridges the gap between young girls' magazines and the grittier, sexier teen titles. Target readership...

  • News

    John gets fresh with society

    2001-01-06T00:00:00Z

    West Midlands Co-op has appointed a new general manager to head up its expanded food division. He is John Toal who was chief executive of the food group at Shrewsbury-based Morris and Co which the society acquired in July. Before working at...

  • News

    IGD report: Foodservice racing up overtaking lane

    2001-01-06T00:00:00Z

    Foodservice sales could begin to overtake retail by 2025 as more consumers spurn the kitchen in favour of eating out. The IGD report Catering for the Consumer predicts that the foodservice market will grow 17% over the next 10 years and, with price...

  • News

    The Grocer focus on tobacco: on your marks

    2001-01-06T00:00:00Z

    The UK Duty Paid mark is the government's latest weapon in the war against smuggling. It applies only to cigarettes and handrolling tobacco and not to cigars and pipe tobacco. Manufacturers are phasing it in now and are changing barcodes to make...

  • News

    The Grocer focus on tobacco

    2001-01-06T00:00:00Z

    Analysis by Sarah Hardcastle If you think things couldn't get any harder in the cigarette and tobacco market, then brace yourself ­ this year they'll be getting even tougher. Advertising could be banned. Forestalling has been quashed, which will...

  • News

    The Grocer focus on tobacco: Let's make with some more posit

    2001-01-06T00:00:00Z

    - Menthol is one of the most popular cigarette sectors, growing from 2.9% to 3.6% market share in the last four years according to Rothmans which has just added a menthol variant to its premium Marlboro brand. In 10s and 20s, the larger pack of...

  • News

    The Grocer focus on tobacco

    2001-01-06T00:00:00Z

    Accessories: They're on a roll Roll-ups are back in fashion and at the heart of a £180m sector. Lisa Riley reports The £180m tobacco accessories sector is booming because of the high tax on ready made cigarettes which makes smokers seek out...

  • News

    Pigmeat: swine fever

    2001-01-06T00:00:00Z

    Prospects hard to assess Britain's swine fever crisis appears to be over. MAFF has lifted nearly all the pig movement restrictions imposed after the disease was discovered in August, and as a consequence availability of stock for killing and...

  • News

    Drinks: The Seagram sale: the new world order

    2001-01-06T00:00:00Z

    How the big boys shape up Diageo Top Brands: Smirnoff, Johnny Walker, J+B rare, Baileys, Cue Cuervo Diageo is one of the world's leading consumer goods companies, formed in 1997 by the merger of Grand Metropolitan and Guinness. It trades in more...

  • News

    Drinks: The Seagram sale: the new world order

    2001-01-06T00:00:00Z

    A messy old business The deal engineered by Diageo and Pernod Ricard to buy the Seagram drinks business is as complex as the auction process was messy. The two drinks companies have agreed to pay Vivendi Universal $8.15bn to acquire Seagram on a...

  • News

    Costcutter snaps up two Londis stores

    2001-01-06T00:00:00Z

    Two West Country Londis stores have been sold to Costcutter through agent Christie & Co. The first is the Forches Post Office and Londis in Barnstaple, Devon, while the second is the Dash Convenience Store in St Ives Road, Carbis Bay, St Ives. The...

  • News

    Crime: Five men jailed for condemned poultry scandal

    2001-01-06T00:00:00Z

    Five meat industry executives were jailed for conspiring to put more than a thousand tons of condemned poultry on Britain's dinner tables. Chicken and turkey destined for Spillers and Pedigree pet food tins found its way to butchers, market...

  • News

    Christmas opening: Record store numbers opened on December

    2001-01-06T00:00:00Z

    A record number of retailers experimented with Christmas Day trading this year and reported boisterous sales. CWS opened 36 Welcome c-stores around the country as a pilot, with volunteer staff on triple pay. All of Scottish chain Morning Noon and...

  • News

    TESCO CHOOSES ORANGE RIVER PRODUCERS

    2001-01-06T00:00:00Z

    As the South African seedless grape season in the Orange River region gets into full swing, Tesco has awarded its Nature's Choice accreditation to four major producers, Peu Bezuidenhout, Brennie Wiehahn, RK Oosthuizen & Sons and the Karsten Group....

  • News

    No more Cherie in a real' world

    2001-01-06T00:00:00Z

    Kraft Foods has ditched actress Cherie Lunghi, Kenco coffee brand ambassador for nine years, for a new £15m campaign which debuts on January 7. "We want the ads to show that the Kenco range has different varieties for different people," said Kraft...

  • News

    Market watch: Cheese prices

    2001-01-06T00:00:00Z

    Cheddar £ Per tonne Rindless mild 20kg English White 2000 ­ 2,150 Coloured 2050 ­ 2200 N Irish White 2000 ­ 2150 ...

  • News

    Market watch: Cheese prices

    2001-01-06T00:00:00Z

    Cheddar £ Per tonne Rindless mild 20kg English White 1,960 ­ 2,100 Coloured 2,000 ­ 2,150 N Irish White 1,950 ­ 2,100 ...