All The Grocer articles in 7 October 2006 – Page 3
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Climbing the ladder
What was the best decision you have made in your career and why? Leaving Tesco - it felt like leaving a big family, and it was a fantastic training ground, but since I left I have not looked back. I joined Uniq just as the UK business was being...
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MBL wine focus on classic European
Musgrave Budgens Londis has relaunched its own-label wine offering to reflect its combined retail strategy more effectively. When Budgens and Londis merged, their own-label wine ranges were quite different and both had been slightly...
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Colgate smiles its way to the top of the chart
The health, beauty and baby category was last looked at in-depth in the 26 August issue of The Grocer. In the period since then the top five brands in our chart have changed completely, with only Aquafresh and Huggies making it into this week's...
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Profiles and QandAs
Lowman succeeds Rae as c-stores' champion
The Association of Convenience Stores has appointed James Lowman as its new chief executive, replacing David Rae who is set to retire from the role. Lowman will leave his current position as director of public affairs at the ACS on 1...
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Shop Profile Makro C&C, Manchester HQ
The first impression visitors get at the head office of Makro Cash & Carry wholesalers in Eccles, Manchester, is that the facade is pretty modest for a £1bn company. But a bland exterior belies what is inside: a football field-sized -plan office...
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Fox's campaign is a 'little less ordinary'
Fox's is shouting about the effort and high-quality ingredients that go into its biscuits in a £1.3m advertising campaign aimed at refreshing the brand. Based on the strapline, 'a little less ordinary, a little more Fox's', a month of...
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Don't wait for that wake-up call over customer service
The moment I entered my room at The Four Seasons hotel in Istanbul, the phone rang. I'd arrived only two minutes earlier and it was almost midnight. It had to be The Goddess checking I'd arrived safely. Happily I didn't answer it with my...
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'Somerfield was a confused business'
Somerfield has pulled the plug on its Market Fresh and Essentials formats and wound up its franchising trials as its newly bedded-in management states its ambition to become the "local grocery store" of choice. It will also go all out to...
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In Brief: New Co-op members; Scheme shortlisted; Nutrition group
New Co-op members More than 33,000 people have signed up to become members of The Co-operative Group since its relaunch six weeks ago. The group is owned by its approximately two million members. Scheme...
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In Brief: Lambrini party tights; Wine training pack; Fairtrade promotion; Sparkling gift set
Lambrini party tights Party drink Lambrini is linking up with tights manufacturer Pretty Polly in a £1m on-pack promotion. The brand will offer £600,000 of co-branded party fishnet tights, redeemed by a text-to-win...
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In Brief: Defra orders vaccine; Easy lid for Spam; Boxing sponsorship
Defra orders vaccine Defra has ordered 10 million doses of bird flu vaccine from a Spanish company. But it insists its vaccination policy is unchanged, and the drugs would not be used before or immediately after an...
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Rising sales push Booths up ranking
Plans to develop Booths Supermarkets have been outlined by chairman Edwin Booth, who has reported annual sales for the company to 30 April up 6.8%, from £202m to £215m. The resulting growth could move the company from third to second...
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OMSCo reined in by boom and bust fears
Britain's biggest organic milk supplier will be closing the door to new producers as early as January, it says. Richard Hampton, chief executive of the OMSCo co-operative, said that there was a risk of returning to the cycle of boom and...
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Bogof's week
Following our report two weeks ago that Russia was the red hot ticket for expansion, I hoofed it out there, wrapped in my winter furs and looking the spitting image of Omar Sharif in Doctor Zhivago, to see whether reports of a nation ready to...
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New EU food label rules hit technical stumbling block
A technical hitch could delay the implementation of new European rules on the labelling of foods with nutritional claims by re-opening a debate on nutrient profiling. The European Nutrition and Health Claims Regulation, which will control...
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Glenn to head Iglo Birds Eye as CEO
Martin Glenn is set to take up the new role of chief executive officer of the Iglo Birds Eye Frozen Foods business once its sale to Permira is completed next month. Glenn has worked in the food industry for 25 years, the past 14 of which...
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The Big Picture
The brand and advertising worlds came together on Wednesday to find out who had walked away with this year's Golden Gramias - the Grocery Advertising and Marketing Industry Awards. The battle for first place was fierce in the 11 creative...
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Managers better at detecting staff fraud
Figures from the British Retail Consortium reveal that managers are getting better at detecting staff crime and that the introduction of chip and PIN has been a success. The data is contained in the BRC's retail crime survey but has been...
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Singapore bottled beer heads for UK
A bottled beer from Singapore has joined Pierhead Purchasing's global imported beer portfolio to target the UK off-trade. The 4.5% abv Anchor Smooth, from Singapore's Archipelago Brewery, was first created more than 70 years ago. The...
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West Country scheme to make beef more tender
One of the West Country's major beef suppliers is working with farmers to produce beef that is more tender. The Better Beef Scheme has just put the first of the meat on Tesco shelves after being launched last year. It is expected to begin...