All The Grocer articles in 6 November 2004
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Licence fee set to rocket
The cost of selling booze from a chain of 50 stores could rocket from £1,500 to between £8,00 and £47,500 over three years under government plans to revamp the alcohol licensing system in England and Wales.Under the proposed fee structure...
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ASA suspends Tango television ad
The Advertising Standards Authority has acted swiftly to use its new powers over television advertising by banishing a Tango ad from screens pending a full inquiry.Only four viewers complained about Britvic’s latest ad for the fizzy...
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Baugur’s takeover talks with BFG continue
The Big Food Group has stated that the sales drop in its core Iceland and Booker businesses has continued for the last six months during a period of increased competition in the UK retail environment. The group, which is in takeover talks...
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Job shake up at M&S
Marks & Spencer has announced it will be cutting the number of executive directors from six to three after a shake up of its management structure.The three executive directors will be Stuart Rose, Charles Wilson and a new finance director to...
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Asda launches Children in Need promotion
Asda is launching an in-store activity programme today to raise money for BBC Children in Need, celebrating the charity’s 25-year anniversary.London-based Inferno, who has already created several entertainment campaigns for Asda this year,...
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Tommee Tippee maker buys nappy company
Jackel International, the maker of the Tommee Tippee baby accessories brand, has announced it has acquired CottomBottoms, the UK reusable nappy company.CottomBottoms was founded seven years ago in Sussex, and its range is sold in John Lewis,...
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Tesco launches digital download service
Tesco has moved into the digital music industry with an online downloading service to compete with Apple’s iTunes.Tesco’s service is being launched today and will cost 79p per track for downloads, which is the same price as the service...
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Working Week
>>Q& A with frank mcAdam, remploy household and toiletresFrank McAdam has been the head of manufacturing at the government grant-aided company Remploy Household and Toiletries, for the past three years.His St Helen’s,...
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There are two ways to survive
Companies fighting to prosper in markets that will be dominated by single people can learn crucial lessons from the leopard and the peacock says Siân HarringtonBridget Jones, the 30-something fictional singleton, returns to cinema...
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Stores in waste vanguard
The government is pumping £8m into a new retail innovation fund designed to tackle household waste through smarter packaging initiatives. Given that supermarkets were responsible for up to 40% of domestic waste, the vast majority of which went...
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Rising Stars
>>a monthly look at the most promising newcomers in key grocery categories. This month: cerealsProduct: Rice Krispies Muddles Company: KelloggLaunch date: February 2004The total breakfast cereals market,...
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Rannoch refocuses
An award-winning Scottish meat smokery has just doubled its capacity with a £280,000 investment and intends to focus on making bigger inroads into the foodservice sector.The £1m family-owned Rannoch Smokery, based in Perthshire and which picked...
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Onions a wash-out
Onion production rose 24% this year but a rain-drenched August means that much of the crop will be unsaleable.British Onion Producers’ Association figures show total production to have been 490,000 compared with 396,000 in 2003. Brown onion...
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Rémy mixes it for RTDs with Red
Rémy Martin plans to plug a gap left by the decline of RTDs with the launch of a fruit and cognac-based liqueur, which is aimed at women who want to mix their own long drinks.As revealed by The Grocer (p62 June 19, 2004), Rémy Red will be...
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Metro RFID
Metro Group has launched the first phase of its RFID roll-out, working with 20 key suppliers to source tagged products for 270 stores. Participating manufacturers include Colgate-Palmolive, Nestlé and Procter & Gamble. Separately, the company’s...
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Doing it yourself - it makes sense
It’s more than a gimmick. Co-op Today makes a solid business case for only having self-checkout says Elaine WatsonIt was a bold move, admits Bill Laird, as he launches the first store in Europe serviced purely through self-checkout. ...
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Will it, won’t it… revive Harmony?
Home and personal care brands expert Lornamead is to kickstart an ambitious move to become a E1bn player within five years by reviving one of advertising’s most iconic slogans.The company, which specialises in buying unwanted brands from...
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Spar’s going for greatness
Spar’s goal is to evolve into the UK’s biggest and best convenience retailer, delegates at the group’s conference in Cape Town were told this week.UK MD Jerry Marwood said that Spar would have to reduce the cost of everything it did, sell more...
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Ginsters scoop top prize
Ginsters scooped top prize in The Food Manufacture Excellence Awards, winning company of the year and coming top in bakery. Other winners were Tyrrells Potato Crisps , Robert Wiseman, Edrington, Tryton Foods, Freshway Foods and Salar Smokehouse....