All The Grocer articles in 9 December 2006
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News
In the can
Meat. Pork prices tend to decline at this time of the year but warm summer weather and stronger-than-usual demand have combined to help them remain stable. Pig stocks are low throughout Europe and processors are having...
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In the can
MeatPork prices tend to decline at this time of the year but warm summer weather and stronger-than-usual demand have combined to help them remain stable. Pig stocks are low throughout Europe and processors are having...
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World News - 9th December 2006
Wal-Mart online soars; stores flat. Bentonville, Arkansas: Wal-Mart has reported wildly differing fortunes for its stores and website Walmart.com. Like-for-like sales at its stores fell 0.1% during November - its first drop since...
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Hot stuff 2007 buys
In 2006 it was hi-definition, email phones, iPod, hi-fis and Nintendo Wii, but what will 2007 bring? Solar-powered electric supercars? Laser TVs? Tickets to ride the Airbus A380? Maybe all the above and of course, Sony's latest gadget, the PS3....
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CCE adds zest to drinks to refresh key brands
Coca-Cola Enterprises is ringing the changes with its Diet Coke and Minute Maid Froot Refresh brands as part of a wave of activity planned for the next 12 months. From February, its Diet Coke with Lemon and Diet Coke with Lime variants...
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CCE adds zest to drinks to refresh key brands
Coca-Cola Enterprises is ringing the changes with its Diet Coke and Minute Maid Froot Refresh brands as part of a wave of activity planned for the next 12 months.From February, its Diet Coke with Lemon and Diet Coke with Lime variants...
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The Advice Shop
Small businesses are driven by their individuals and what an individual does is always under the spotlight. In small businesses, individuals are under pressure to get a great job done each and every time, which can lead to a level of...
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The Advice Shop
Small businesses are driven by their individuals and what an individual does is always under the spotlight. In small businesses, individuals are under pressure to get a great job done each and every time, which can lead to a level of...
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The supreme deal maker does it again
Premier Foods acquiring RHM? The very idea would have been dismissed as idle gossip not long ago. RHM tends to be tipped as a potential bidder in most takeover battles, after all. But this week it found itself on the receiving end of a £1.2bn...
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First GM potato trials in UK set to go ahead
Genetically modified potatoes that resist blight will be planted in England, after Defra gave the go-ahead for trials next year. BASF will plant in Derbyshire and Cambridgeshire to see how the crop performs in British conditions, but it...
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First GM potato trials in UK set to go ahead
Genetically modified potatoes that resist blight will be planted in England, after Defra gave the go-ahead for trials next year.BASF will plant in Derbyshire and Cambridgeshire to see how the crop performs in British conditions, but it...
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Trident aims to do it for habitual chewers
Cadbury Trebor Bassett is putting £10 million behind the anticipated UK launch of its chewing gum brand Trident, including TV advertising and a sampling campaign that will reach 10 million consumers. Instead of going head-to-head with...
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Trident aims to do it for habitual chewers
Cadbury Trebor Bassett is putting £10 million behind the anticipated UK launch of its chewing gum brand Trident, including TV advertising and a sampling campaign that will reach 10 million consumers. Instead of going head-to-head with...
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Comment & Opinion
"The deal is an exciting prospect - but Robert Schofield ain't going to have it all his own way"
If it goes ahead, Premier's acquisition of RHM is an exciting prospect. It brings together many of Britain's best-known food brands, and with his old alma mater, United Biscuits, reportedly still in his sights, you can expect lots of headlines...
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In Brief: Real ale in season; Screwcap benefits; Bubbly heritage
Real ale in season Wye Valley Brewery in Herefordshire has launched a campaign to get traditional real ale on to the nation's Christmas dinner table. The brewer's labels now feature recommendations on the best to eat with its...
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campaign trail: Nivea is using samba dancers from Rio De Janeiro and surfers from the Algarve to modernise the image of its oldest product.
Nivea is using samba dancers from Rio De Janeiro and surfers from the Algarve to modernise the image of its oldest product. Nivea Creme will star in its first TV ad campaign since 1994 and help consumers understand its uses. The campaign,...
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Who is the trendiest of them all?
I really rate George because it is always ahead of the pack or quickest to react. It has got everything so spot on for the past few seasons. When Kylie was seen in her green chiffon dress last year, George had it in store immediately....
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We're all gonna get reconnected
Cricketing jokes were in the air at Lord's last week when ministers Miliband, Flint and Dandha launched the Government's plans for 2007-08 to be Year of Farming and Food in Schools (YFFS). Fronted by Sir Don Curry and the brainchild of the...