All The Grocer articles in 6 January 2001
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The Seagram sale: The new world order
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...
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Profile: Ian Jones, Kimberley-Clark
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...
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New Year Honours: Knighthood for O'Reilly
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...
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Go Girl just grows and grows
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...
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John gets fresh with society
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...
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IGD report: Foodservice racing up overtaking lane
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...
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The Grocer focus on tobacco: on your marks
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...
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The Grocer focus on tobacco
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...
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The Grocer focus on tobacco: Let's make with some more posit
- 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...
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The Grocer focus on tobacco
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...
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Pigmeat: swine fever
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...
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Drinks: The Seagram sale: the new world order
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...
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Drinks: The Seagram sale: the new world order
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...
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Costcutter snaps up two Londis stores
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...
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Crime: Five men jailed for condemned poultry scandal
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...
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Christmas opening: Record store numbers opened on December
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...
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TESCO CHOOSES ORANGE RIVER PRODUCERS
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....
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No more Cherie in a real' world
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...
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Market watch: Cheese prices
Cheddar £ Per tonne Rindless mild 20kg English White 2000 2,150 Coloured 2050 2200 N Irish White 2000 2150 ...
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Market watch: Cheese prices
Cheddar £ Per tonne Rindless mild 20kg English White 1,960 2,100 Coloured 2,000 2,150 N Irish White 1,950 2,100 ...