All The Grocer articles in 8 December 2001
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In the year to October 14, there has been a turnaround in th
Sector Trends Growth within the market has not been driven by the premium sectors as we have seen in the past, but more by the mainstream canned soup sectors such as standard, chunky and low calorie. Standard soup dominates the market with a...
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Carling 24-pack at £9.99 is lunacy'
Sainsbury's move to slash the price of Carling has brought howls of outrage from the wholesale sector. Sainsbury shocked the trade with national advertising for a 24 pack of Carling 440ml cans at £9.99 (down from £12.99). This is a pack exclusive...
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Look - let's sit down and talk about this
n GM foods: is it time to put them back on the shelf? The Grocer's latest debate in a packed London venue pitted organics champion Patrick Holden against GM pioneer Hugh Grant of Monsanto. If the audience had expected heated, intolerant exchanges...
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CELEBRATING ACHIEVEMENT
The FWD's Gold Medal awards were also presented at the annual dinner. Alan Brett-Pitt of Booker and Grant Scrimgeour of Martex were named young wholesalers of the year. Kevin Wilson of Makro won the gold medal for service to retailers; Derek...
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The Advertising Standards Authority has upheld Safeway's com
A Tesco Lotus supermarket in Bangkok was damaged when an anti-tank rocket hit a nearby building. Police are investigating the possibility the rocket was fired at Tesco Farmers are paying to promote milk throughout the festive season with a series...
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Brewers' advertising decisions to rest on TV's World Cup sch
Tim Palmer ITV will kick off the biggest marketing bonanza of 2002 when it unveils its full schedules for next year's World Cup. The announcement is set for the first days of January and will reveal when match highlights are planned during evening...
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Revamped multimedia magazine aims to capture younger generat
De Agostini is relaunching one of its most successful children's partwork series, Learning Land. Updated since its initial 2000 launch, the series goes on sale on January 9, supported by an £800,000 peak-time TV advertising campaign. Additional...
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there's a place for all kinds
Monsanto's executive vice president and chief operating officer Hugh Grant called for UK consumers to be given the chance to eat GM foods. He said the ultimate decision should be given to the public. "This would provide real consumer choice between...
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FSA must be heard on aquaculture
Sir; I see even Private Eye in its latest issue is now having a go at Scottish farmed salmon, which is consistently presented by certain environmental campaigners as the greatest threat to mankind since Osama bin Laden. I am very fond of fish and...
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Ice cream's assets are unfrozen
Distribution within the £834m take-home ice cream market is, as is the case in the majority of food markets, dominated by grocery multiples. With distribution in the hands of relatively few retail players (themselves with quality brand images), and...
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How would you like to pay for that?" says the checkout assi
The ability to use your phone like a credit card is fast approaching and there are a number of new technology companies out there all vying to be first off the blocks in the mobile payment race. One of these is Paybox, which works across any phone...
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GrocerTV wins Costcutter award
Grocer TV won the Marketing prize at Costcutter's Annual Awards ceremony on Monday night, fighting off challenges from nominees including Muller and Bacardi Breezer. Sonia Young, editor of The Grocer's sister magazine Convenience Store and editor...
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Morrisons shows off full basket and pleasing lack of congest
The saga of the single full basket continues this week, with it being Morrisons' turn to be the only store to have everything on our list. Our shopper also praised the store for its wide aisles and lack of congestion. Out of stocks were mainly a...
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Beat This it's a sharper PoS line
Costcutter is revamping its promotional material and embarking on an ambitious development of its web site facilities for retailers. Speaking at the Costcutter Supplier Awards last week, marketing manager Ian Bishop unveiled a new look which will...
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Our kids need better food education
Sir This week at the BBC Good Food Show more than 6,000 people, including a host of celebrity chefs, queued up to sign a petition to put pressure on the government to shake up the state of food education in schools. Focus on Food (the RSA Campaign,...
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DEVON DESSERTS AND BG BOUGHT
Devon Desserts and BG Foods have been purchased from receiver Grant Thornton by Greenleaf Foods a specially formed management buy-out company. Acquisition is subject to Greenleaf's four to five-week review of the businesses, involving...
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Designer water bottles may hold fountain of youth for Welsh
Mary Carmichael Welsh water company Ty Nant is bringing out its first PET bottles in a bid to reach a younger, trendier audience. The brand is best known for the distinctive cobalt blue wine-shaped bottles designed for formal eating occasions....
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Bounce series
"I don't seem to get the chance to watch much TV in the evenings, so ads don't really stick in my mind. This series of credits for Bounce has been running on GMTV which I watch most mornings while I'm getting the kids ready. I think they're really...
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It's a jungle out there in the world of customer service, bu
Finding the will to exceed Every business has customers, but how many can say they are truly customer-driven? Which businesses have an overriding desire to serve the customer better and actually put this into practice? Customer service is the...
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Supermarket power now restricts choice'
The dominance of the superstore multiples in the UK is "on the cusp of what most reasonable people would describe as unacceptable", according to wholesaler Steve Parfett. Speaking at the Federation of Wholesale Distributors' annual dinner, Parfett...