All The Grocer articles in 8 December 2001 – Page 6

  • News

    Brewers' advertising decisions to rest on TV's World Cup sch

    2001-12-08T00:00:00Z

    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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    CELEBRATING ACHIEVEMENT

    2001-12-08T00:00:00Z

    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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    Look - let's sit down and talk about this

    2001-12-08T00:00:00Z

    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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    Carling 24-pack at £9.99 is lunacy'

    2001-12-08T00:00:00Z

    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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    In the year to October 14, there has been a turnaround in th

    2001-12-08T00:00:00Z

    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...