All The Grocer articles in 6 October 2001
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Henkel sinks £6m into Glist dishwasher tablets launch
European detergent specialist Henkel is launching Glist automatic dishwashing tablets in the UK later this month and wielding £6m of marketing muscle to back it. It is a move that will bring the brand head to head with Reckitt Benckiser's market...
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n A retail-led drive to benchmark food safety standards acro
The food retail industry, by nature, is a competitive beast, but if there is one area that unites all sectors and companies, it's the issue of food safety. Ensuring that the products on a retailer's shelves are not going to make their customers ill...
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Carte d'Or adds new flavours
Wall's has added two new flavours to its Carte d'Or ice cream range in time for Christmas. Specialita Fiorentina is vanilla, almond and biscuit pieces with a swirl of Amaretto sauce, while Grand Marnier has orange pieces marinated in the renowned...
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Kellogg's Crunchy Nut gets Reddy for adult breakfast
Kellogg's has come over all grown up with the £2m launch of a new cereal aimed at adults. Based on Kellogg's top-selling adult brand Crunchy Nut Corn Flakes, Crunchy Nut Red also includes cranberry fruit pieces, almonds and yogurt flavour flakes....
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All ethnic communities need reassurance after US attack
Sir; The events of Tuesday, September 11, brought a new meaning to the word terrorism'. The loss of innocent life on such a large scale and the devastation that followed the attack was both horrifying and traumatising. The world needs to know who...
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"When I agreed to this task, I had envisaged the Heinz Baked
Luckily, when the pizzas arrived, I was pleasantly surprised to find not a baked bean in sight. The striking packaging gave clear and concise cooking instructions as well as nutritional information so I knew what my family were having for dinner...
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The events of the past month have shocked us all. One would
I see that some of our press are now sensationalising the prospect that we must all prepare for possible germ warfare. We could they say, face Anthrax, Cholera, Smallpox, Botulinum, or even the plague, to mention a few. Faced with this prospect it...
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Sainsbury and Asda angrily hit out at Tesco Best Value' cla
Asda and Sainsbury are both threatening to report Tesco to the Advertising Standards Authority over its claims to be the Best Value Supermarket'. Tesco is standing by claims made in its latest ad campaign that it is on average 8% cheaper than...
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Stuff's given kids appeal
ACC Milk is looking to capitalise on milk's generic £9m ad campaign The White Stuff with the launch of a branded 250ml size semi-skimmed milk under the same name. The black and white, easy-grip bottles, which hit shelves next week, are aimed at...
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The Freight Transport Association has called for a public i
Shareholders at sausage skin manufacturer Devro have approved the sale of its cellulose business to Teepak, a new entity comprising the management at the cellulose business and US private equity fund Lake Pacific Partners. Shareholders at Richmond...
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Laurus shareholder hits back over unions' sale block worry
Ailing Dutch retailer Laurus has become embroiled in further controversy after unions accused its biggest shareholder and supervisory director of blocking the sale of bits of the chain "out of his own desire for profit". A spokesman for Eric Albada...
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n Simon Mowbray meets Belinda Gooding, md of Prince Charles'
Let's be honest job interviews can be about as much fun as pulling teeth. After all, there's so much to think about. What to wear, how to sit, to fold or not to fold your arms and how to avoid delivering that ill-judged one-liner which seems like...
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Festival showcases the best of British cheesemaking
A nationwide campaign to promote British cheese launched at the annual British Cheese Festival in Gloucestershire. Specialist Cheese Makers Association secretary Clare Cheney said: "This two-day festival is a huge boost to public awareness. "Some...
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Three bids for wine firms
Australian drinks firms Lion Nathan and BRL Hardy bid for three wine companies in the space of a week. Lion Nathan bid for small south Australian winery Banksia and then made a $109m bid for premium Aussie wine company Petaluma. BRL Hardy...
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IGD workshops guide young managers through the big issues
IGD is to help 46 junior managers at Sainsbury to widen their horizons from the day to day running of the grocery industry through its Foundation Certificate in Management programme. Sainsbury has enrolled the delegates on the Manchester...
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Gill blasts OFT's swatting' of producer co-op moves in UK
Farmers need to set up co-ops to help them stand up to the financial muscle of the major multiples, but are being thwarted by the Office of Fair Trading, according to NFU president Ben Gill. He said that after tax, currency differences and...
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Blavod is slipped a Mickey Finn
Blavod Black Vodka has signed a 10-year deal with Babco Europe to handle its range of premium products in the UK. These include the flavoured schnapps Mickey Finn, tequila cream liqueur TJ Rosas and energy spirit Agwa. This is another boost to...
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How the BRC spawned a global task force
The GFSI was originally launched in May 2000, following a meeting of a group of international retailer CEOs who recognised the need to boost food safety. But the building blocks of the programme go back further, right to the launch of the British...
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Strong spending on meat by British households during the sum
Spend on lamb, bacon and sliced ham was more than 10% higher in the four weeks to September 16 than a year earlier, while spend on pork sausage was up nearly 16%, according to the regular TNS survey of 15,000 shoppers. Year-on-year variations in...