All The Grocer articles in 9 December 2006
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Japan Tobacco to buy Gallaher
Gallaher, the maker of Benson & Hedges and Silk Cut cigarettes, has agreed to be bought by Japan Tobacco for a recommended cash offer worth £7.5bn.Under the terms of the offer, Gallaher shareholders will receive £11.40 for each Gallaher...
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Products recalled due to glass contamination
Tesco and Sainsbury's have both recalled products because they could contain small pieces of glass.Tesco has withdrawn its own-label hot salsa dip due to possible glass contamination. The affected product is Tesco Hot Salsa Dip, 300g, batch...
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Nestlé acquires Novartis nutrition business
Nestlé has acquired the entire medical nutrition business of pharmaceutical company Novartis for $2.5bn (£1.3bn).The business, which supplies oral and enteral nutrition and medical devices used to provide nutrients to patients with special...
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Cadbury recall to cost £30m
Cadbury Schweppes' recall of seven products in June this year following a salmonella scare will cost an estimated £30m.The confectionery giant had originally estimated costs of £20m but in a full-year trading update released this morning,...
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Kwik Save customers 'voting with their feet'
Kwik Save may have improved its availability, but judging by sales figures leaked to The Grocer it is still very much in the midst of a crisis.Last week we reported that the beleaguered soft discounter, which is still believed to be...
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This year's Christmas dinner hits shoppers in the pocket
The average price of a Christmas lunch at the big four supermarkets has leapt by more than 10% over the past year, according to exclusive research by The Grocer.Our findings, based on The Grocer 33, show the average cost of a 10-item...
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Company profile - V Water
It's not often that a hangover changes the course of someone's life. But if it hadn't been for one particularly bleary-eyed morning after, V Water, the brainchild of Walter Faulstroh and Chris Coleridge, would never have seen the light of...
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How can small suppliers make their size of their businesses a virtue?
Simon Speers MD, Bottlegreen Drinks CompanySmall businesses are driven by their individuals and what an individual does is always under the spotlight. In small business, individuals are under pressure to get a great job done each and...
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Dairy Crest acquisition moves closer
Dairy Crest's E370m (£250m) acquisition of St Hubert, the French and Italian spreads business of Uniq, has moved a step closer following a positive consultation with the St Hubert workers council.“The required French Works Council...
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Supermarkets
Many suppliers think retailers could be doing more in-store to drive sales in the infant care aisle.Research by Heinz found that mothers spend on average slightly more than three minutes shopping the baby aisle - longer than most...
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Top-Up shop
Who we visited. Spar, Chesham, Buckinghamshire. Texaco, Nottingham Road, Ashby de la Zouche. Sainsbury's Local, Bridge Way, Cobham, Surrey. Co-op Group, Kingfisher Drive, Westbury, Wiltshire. Tesco Express, Warwick...
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Rags to riches
Forget department stores. These days supermarkets are just as likely to be styling the nation. Fashionistas regularly mix their designer wear with "fashion finds" from the aisles of the big four. And we're not just talking fashion...
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Profile Revisited
Farmhouse Fare, the premium pudding company, has seen wide-ranging changes over the last year, not least of which was its acquisition, in October, by Daniels Chilled Foods, owner of the Covent Garden Soup brand. It's no surprise the company,...
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Profile Revisited
Farmhouse Fare, the premium pudding company, has seen wide-ranging changes over the last year, not least of which was its acquisition, in October, by Daniels Chilled Foods, owner of the Covent Garden Soup brand. It's no surprise the company,...
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Price Survey
The price of oranges has risen this week by a whopping 61%. Hurricanes in the US and Caribbean have affected the volume of oranges produced there this year, while frost in South America and flooding in South Africa have also contributed to the...
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Research Notes
The baby market - which is defined as households with babies and children under the age of four years old - is worth £916.6m, according to the latest data available [year to November 2006]. But growth has been static. More than 70% of...
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Montana range is really set to sparkle
Pernod Ricard UK is to launch additions to its Montana range at the New Zealand annual tasting event for 2007. The drinks giant is bringing out a sparkling variant and a Pinot Grigio and will complete its Terrior Series of three...
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Profiles and QandAs
Welsh meat role for Smith
Kirsten Smith is to become red meat executive at Hybu Cig Cymru, Meat Promotion Wales. The new role sees her take responsibility for enhancing, delivering and implementing Welsh red-meat strategy to complement Welsh Assembly policies for...
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Profiles and QandAs
Q&A with Mark Prout Manager of the Week
What's been keeping you busy? We have just reopened the store after an extensive refit and enlargement programme, which has lasted for a total of 32 weeks. It's been a pretty major challenge, as the majority of the work was done while the store...
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Letter of the week
Liz Hamson's article on retail planning applications 'The People's Planopoly' (2 December, p28) was misleading and unduly negative about Tesco's involvement in the planning process. Instead of speaking to Tesco directly, the article quoted a...