All The Grocer articles in 7 April 2001 – Page 2
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Dairy: Supply fears for later this year due to FMD
Between 1.5% and 2% of the national dairy herd has already perished as a result of FMD The continued culling of dairy cows is creating fears among dairy companies of a growing threat to UK milk supplies later this year. Dairy cow numbers were...
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New ice creams from Nisa
Nisa unwrapped its new ice cream range this week. New arrivals under the Nisa Heritage brand include brick style ice creams, milk chocolate split lollies and milk lollies. These join a line up of 150 ice cream products that includes major brands as...
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Wholesalers: DETR intervenes to halt packaging cost savings
The Department of the Environment has suddenly stepped in to prevent wholesalers saving about £25m in packaging waste costs, following a presentation at the annual FWD conference on Tuesday. In an unexpected move, DETR has attempted to reverse an...
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Magazine scene console games: Retailers urged to keep faith
The console gaming magazine market can be a complex one for retailers to follow, dependent as it is upon the trends in the gaming market itself. Currently the market covers Sony's PlayStation 1 & 2, Nintendo's 64 and GameBoy consoles, and Sega's...
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She's too close for comfort, Nick
As if he's not got enough on his plate at the moment, agriculture minister Nick Brown should be aware that his old adversary, the blonde protester who slammed a squidgy chocolate eclair into his face at the NFU annual conference two years ago, has...
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Citrus: Sunrise to last longer
Red grapefruit now outselling white Marsh Seedless by three to one Mehadrin, Israel's largest Jaffa citrus grower and exporter, is extending the availability of Sunrise grapefruit until June. Currently, according to Yoram Weinberg, business...
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Retail view: Eddie Thompson, chief executive, Morning Noon &
If someone had said five years ago that today, one in every four cigarettes smoked in the UK was smuggled into the country, would we have believed them? Similarly, who could possibly have conceived that four out of five handrolled cigarettes in the...
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Prices: Meat getting cheaper
Media coverage of price increases still distorting market Further softening of retail meat prices is visible in latest data from the MLC, though the evidence shows a nervous market rather than a sudden switch to heavy discounting across the board....
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The food chain: The Good Life?
Europe is demanding a food chain that is safe, sustainable and ethical, but that doesn't mean we all have to become subsistence farmers or organic freaks. There is a middle way. Julian Hunt reports When Europe's farm ministers sit down for dinner...
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Foster's repeats the formula that proved a racing certainty
Scottish Courage is planning to boost the profile of its leading lager Foster's in the early summer by introducing the latest development of its highlysuccessful Fostralia promotion. Each year since 1996 the brand has been supported by a major...
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Profile: David Walker, ce CJ Lang
The English quotient CJ Lang's David Walker may be an Englishman but he has a long-term commitment to Scotland. John Wood met him The English may be able to hammer the Scots at rugby, but when it comes to neighbourhood retailing north of the...
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Carrefour: Defforey no scapegoat'
The resignation of Carrefour finance director Herve Defforey may have surprised analysts, said a spokesman for the French retailer, "but it didn't surprise anyone in the business". Rejecting claims that chief executive Daniel Bernard had made...
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Multiples and designer gear: Grey fight breakthrough
Asda has put grey market designer sunglasses on sale as the European Court of Justice rules in favour of Tesco in its battle with Levis. The interim ruling clarifies EU law on grey market imports and will open the floodgates for sales of knockdown...
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Brandwatch profile: household cleaners
Top 15 brands advertised (by media) £k Jan '00 - Dec '00 Total Press Radio Outdoor TV Direct Mail Total 25,749 3,268 ...
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Brandwatch Mintel category report: UK wine market: growth of
The UK wine market is currently prospering at 7% per annum. Between 1995 and 2000, sales of red wine increased from 280 million litres to an estimated 445 million litres, overtaking white wine's larger share in volume sales. Wine sales are growing...
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MERGER CREATES BOYAR ESTATES
The merger between Bulgaria's largest wine producer, Domaine Boyar, and land owner Vinprom Rousse will be called Boyar Estates. Much of Vinprom Rousse's 1,000 hectare landholdings surround Boyar's new £9m Blueridge Winery. The new group will be...
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Canned fish: Red salmon prices drop as giants move to boost
Red salmon prices are expected to drop as both retailers and importers need to regenerate sales in what has been the traditional lead product in the canned fish sector. Tuna has overtaken salmon, but as prices escalate, the opportunity to promote...
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It's the bite stuff in the tube as Hob Nobs grab nibblers
McVitie's is poised to roll out a tongue in cheek ad campaign for Hob Nobs in tubes. This nibbles part of the £20m McVitie's is putting behind its core brands this year, a 20% increase on ad spend for 2000. The Hob Nobs campaign centres round the...
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Supplying the big guys...yes, but...
Sir; re Supplying the big guys: go for it' (The Grocer, March 31, p24). I agree entirely with the sentiment of O'Kane's letter last week encouraging small suppliers to deal with the large UK supermarket groups and focus on the benefits their...
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BSE and FMD: Major buyers' bans mean huge tonnages locked in
EU internal market will have to soak up huge additional volumes European Commission officials say the barriers erected against EU meat by all major buyers because of BSE and FMD have wiped out 94% of beef export business and blocked 73% of third...
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