All The Grocer articles in 7 February 2009 – Page 2
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Can businesses survive the big credit insurance lockout?
The withdrawal of credit insurance has hit suppliers hard. But it doesn't necessarily spell the end for a company, report Peter Cripps and James Ball
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Are the big four playing fair?
As the pricing battle becomes more heated, calls are mounting for advertising and promotions to be more rigorously policed. James Ball reports
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Cheaper cuts boosted by Jamie's TV crusade
Retailers have reported sharp spikes in sales of cheaper cuts of British pork on the back of Jamie Oliver’s latest crusade and the deepening recession. Waitrose said total pork sales rose 20% last weekend. Sales of pork belly joints were up...
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NewsWomen get a pizza to call their own
Chicago Town has got in touch with its girly side with its first range of pizzas specifically for women. The new Gorgeous range, which comes in lipstick-smacked packaging, has thinner crusts and bases than a standard pizza, which the company...
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Profiles
Careers File: Keep smiling, be inventive and set a positive example in tough times
Q: How can I motivate myself and my team? We are all feeling stale and are finding it difficult to get things...
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Tesco cheap? We're cheaper!
Yaxham Waters Farm Shop is playing Tesco at its own game when it comes to pricing - and so far the strategy seems to be working. Richard Ford and Nick Hughes report
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Tague chosen as MD for Seabrook Crisps
Premium crisps manufacturer Seabrook Crisps has named John Tague as its new managing director.Tague moves up from the role of commercial director. He joined the company in May last year from Dextra Solutions, Europe’s largest distributor of...
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Comment & Opinion
Editor's Comment: Grocery companies are no longer immune to the downturn
New bosses always paint it black. Whether tacitly, or outspokenly, “it’s going to take time to sort out the mess I inherited”, has been inferred in the utterances of countless new chief executives, supply chain directors or supermarket managers,...
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Sunjuice: squeezed out by the commodities crunch?
A dramatic rise in citrus prices has been blamed for the collapse of Sunjuice, the UK's largest own-label juice drinks supplier. Nick Hughes reports
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Farmer confidence key to future of milk supply
Retailers and processors need to do more to build farmer confidence if they want to secure long-term UK milk supply, a DairyCo report has warned.The message came as processors announced another round of cuts in the amount paid to farmers....
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Mezzanines shelved as Tesco wrings out costs
Tesco is understood to have scrapped plans for new mezzanine floors as it seeks to cut costs “in every orifice of the business”. Shore Capital analyst Clive Black told The Grocer that in the final days before Tesco’s accounting year finishes...
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Duchy courage
These are challenging times for organic, but the Duchy Originals boss remains undaunted. Richard Ford reports
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Comment & OpinionCritical Eye... watching the Watchdog
I don’t usually get home in time to watch Watchdog but caught the end of this week’s programme (7.30, BBC1, 2 February) just as it launched into an ‘investigation’ into supermarkets. Not that it was much of an investigation. In a move as...
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NewsInnocent and Daniels Group eye Sunjuice own-label operation
Innocent Drinks and New Covent Garden owner Daniels Group have been tipped to buy parts of smoothie and own-label juice supplier Sunjuice, a subsidiary of Serious Food Ltd, which went into administration last week. Innocent uses the Cardiff...
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Morrice joins David Sands as non-exec
Stanley Morrice, former MD of McLeish Brothers, the upmarket Scottish deli chain that slipped into administration last month, has been appointed as a non-executive director of independent convenience store group David Sands.Morrice will...
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Comment & OpinionSecond Opinion: Nanny’s no good for our diets
Regulatory ideals are unattainable and breed distrust in government, says Kevin Hawkins
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Comment & Opinion
Our man from DRIP
Don Pumsey at the Department of Retail Infrastructure and Pricing
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Comment & OpinionSaturday Essay: Can free market trade ever be fair trade?
Long-term trading relationships with buyers are needed to protect farmers in the developing world, says Guy Watson
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Green group raps supermarkets over impact of HFC refrigeration
Supermarkets have been slammed for the massive global warming impact of their refrigeration. The Environmental Investigation Agency ranked retailers according to their efforts to modernise their equipment and prevent damaging leaks....
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NewsSharwood's serves up Indian side meals
Premier Foods’ Sharwood’s is venturing into Indian side dishes in microwaveable pouches in a bid to reverse declining sales. The new range, which includes Bombay potato, saag aloo, tarka dahl and vegetable curry, is available now in 300g...
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