All The Grocer articles in 6 October 2007 – Page 2
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Own label chocolates pass 'dinner party test'
Sales of own label confectionery overtook the biggest brand for the first time this year, according to research produced exclusively for The Grocer. The combined value of supermarket branded products squeezed out last year's biggest...
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Campaign trail: Persil has joined forces with kids' cartoon Mr Men
Persil has joined forces with kids' cartoon Mr Men in a new £3.5m TV campaign and on-pack promotion to highlight the brand message 'Dirt is Good'. The ad, which breaks next week, features Mr Tickle, Mr Bump and Mr Strong playing messy...
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Flora loses crown to Lurpak butter
Lurpak has knocked Flora off the top spot in the butter and spreads category after an almost 20-year reign, signalling a switch in consumer demand for natural rather than manufactured fats. The Arla-owned brand clocked up sales of...
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Tulip swoop forms British pork giant
Dutch-owned Tulip has taken over the pork processor George Adams, creating the UK's largest pigmeat supplier.The deal, for an undisclosed sum, will leave Tulip with almost a third of the national pig kill and sales of £1.2bn if it clears...
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Trust Tesco. The future is bright
Slowdown in sales? Tough times ahead? Not according to Tesco, which has given analysts confidence in a brighter outlook When Tesco talks, the stock market tends to listen and the unerringly bullish tone taken by the industry bellwether at...
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New lobbyist Milne to pursue policies for BRC
British Retail Consortium director general Kevin Hawkins has said the government must do more to help UK retailers thrive and has taken on Jane Milne to lead its lobbying and policy work. In the new role of director of business...
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Are heritage brands a thing of the past?
Andy Warhol's famous poster has seared Campbell's tomato soup onto the consciousness of the nation. But it wasn't enough to prevent it from being canned. Premier Foods' announcement last week that the iconic soup would disappear from UK shelves...
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UK brands 'feel most heat from own label'
UK shoppers believe own label is as good quality as brands, according to research to be published next month. Research conducted by Saatchi & Saatchi X, which will be published in 'Private Label: Turning the retail brand threat into your...
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Forget Leahy jibe - we will make it says Ocado's boss
Ocado chief executive Tim Steiner has hit back at Tesco boss Sir Terry Leahy following his jibe about the viability of the loss-making online grocer. Sir Terry, announcing Tesco's interim results on Tuesday, said the Ocado model, where...
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Health boss Rillet goes to Danone UK
Danone UK has appointed Francois Rillet, former head of health at Danone France, as the new marketing director following the departure of Martin Theiss last month. With a marketing budget of about £25m, Rillet will now be responsible for...
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Letter of the week - Bond undermines brand innovation
Asda's test of removing brands from the shelves and waiting for customers to complain is a different but flawed approach ('Andy Bond', The Grocer, 22 September, p30). CEO Andy Bond is right that consumers provide the best test of a brand's equity,...
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Bluetongue controls spark supply fears
The meat industry was facing a minimum of three months of crippling movement restrictions after Defra confirmed that the Bluetongue virus was actively circulating among cattle in East Anglia. With 19 cases of the midge-borne disease...
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Mars Refuel off the blocks in sports milkshake sector
Mars is launching into the sports milkshake market by packaging its Refuel chocolate drink in a sports cap bottle. The move, which also flags up its 2% fat content more prominently, puts Mars in a position to dominate the category, which...
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Green threat bigger than soaring prices
Green issues should be at the top of the agenda for the world's dairy processors, not commodity prices or nutrition, according to president of the International Dairy Federation Jim Begg. Ignoring record milk powder prices and the raging...
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Marmite goes better-for-you
Unilever is creating the first better-for-you range of Marmite snacks to appeal to more health-conscious consumers. Marmite Rice Cakes and Marmite Breadsticks, which will roll out over the next few weeks, are coated and baked with marmite...
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Belinda Cole
Aldi has transformed itself in the UK from a down-at-heel discounter to a credible, stylish weekly shopping destination over the past few years. And now it has raised its game again with the opening of its first city centre store in Manchester's...
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From delistings to becoming the Gucci of juice
Tal Thomas, founder of Exotic Planet juice drinks, strides into the room brandishing a tray of little bottles and a device that resembles a lightsaber. "This is a reflectometer," he says. "It can measure the sugar content of any liquid."...
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Price Basket - milk products
Milk price increases have fed through to the supermarket shelf, pushing the cost of our dairy basket to its highest total for more than two years, despite a special offer on Stilton at one major retailer. Butter prices are up more than 30% and milk...
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Tusker bangs drum with Makro packs
Tusker, the lager from East Africa, will now be available in 12-packs as it attempts to grow its fledgling UK presence through the C&C channel.The beer, which was launched into the UK in single bottles earlier this year, will be stocked...
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