All The Grocer articles in 9 December 2006 – Page 3
-
News
Shelves spilling over as beautiful offers pick up
The health, beauty and baby category has started to increase activity in featured space promotions in the run-up to Christmas. This category has been consistently in the top 10 branded activity chart and in the top five for three of the...
-
News
Morrisons' Melnyk set to go before Christmas
Marie Melnyk has resigned as managing director of Morrisons after taking medical advice. She will leave on 22 December after more than 30 years at the supermarket chain and will then consider her options for the future. The company...
-
News
Industry blasts Defra welfare labelling plan
Defra proposals for a good-better-best welfare label on food products have come in for flak from the industry.Following the launch of a 12-week consultation period last week, the proposed bronze, silver and gold labelling system has...
-
News
Industry blasts Defra welfare labelling plan
Defra proposals for a good-better-best welfare label on food products have come in for flak from the industry. Following the launch of a 12-week consultation period last week, the proposed bronze, silver and gold labelling system has...
-
News
Business blooms in the desert
Few British shoppers realise it, but they are taking home more produce than ever before from Israeli fields, groves and orchards. Of the £140m of produce imported into Britain by Agrexco and Mehadrin Tnuport Export, about three-quarters...
-
News
Business blooms inthe desert
Few British shoppers realise it, but they are taking home more produce than ever before from Israeli fields, groves and orchards.Of the £140m of produce imported into Britain by Agrexco and Mehadrin Tnuport Export, about three-quarters...
-
News
Bogof's week
Bogof was in Scotland last week for the launch of Tesco's new eco-friendly superstore at Wick. Unfortunately, when he landed at Inverness at 10pm ready for a 6am drive up to the remote superstore the next morning he discovered his luggage had...
-
News
Bogof's week
Bogof was in Scotland last week for the launch of Tesco's new eco-friendly superstore at Wick. Unfortunately, when he landed at Inverness at 10pm ready for a 6am drive up to the remote superstore the next morning he discovered his luggage had...
-
News
Fairtrade fans boosting nuts
Tesco is extending its Fairtrade nut offer. It claims more than 13,000 farmers in Malawi, Mozambique and India will benefit from the decision to launch a 200g Fairtrade peanut and raisin mix and Fairtrade natural cashews in 150g...
-
News
Fairtrade fans boosting nuts
Tesco is extending its Fairtrade nut offer.It claims more than 13,000 farmers in Malawi, Mozambique and India will benefit from the decision to launch a 200g Fairtrade peanut and raisin mix and Fairtrade natural cashews in 150g...
-
News
Wold Top has the bottle to expand
A new micro-brewery in Yorkshire has begun bottling its most popular ale and will, initially, target regional off-licences and specialist stores.The Wold Top Brewery, which was founded in 2003, is bottling its bestselling cask ale,...
-
News
Nurturing the bottom line
Raising an infant is a wallet-emptying experience, with companies in the infant care sector constantly dreaming up new ways to part parents from their cash.And the pressure on suppliers to do so is great, because birth rates are stable,...
-
Comment & Opinion
Personal coach Graham Botwright why trading on personal relationships isn't good business sense
The word 'partnership' is often bandied around as the holy grail of negotiation. But while it is always appropriate to create a true partnership with your buyer or supplier, some partnerships are more about one side trying to make the...
-
News
UBUK goes nuts with brands for New Year
UBUK is welcoming in the New Year with a range of snacking launches as well as slashing the saturated fat content across its crisps portfolio. New for 2007 is limited edition McCoy's Jackets, available from March. The crisps are made...
-
News
UBUK goes nuts with brands for New Year
UBUK is welcoming in the New Year with a range of snacking launches as well as slashing the saturated fat content across its crisps portfolio. New for 2007 is limited edition McCoy's Jackets, available from March. The crisps are made...
-
News
In Brief: Carluccio's expands; Tesco to the rescue; A Humphrys grilling
Carluccio's expands Café and grocery chain Carluccio's is eyeing 100 sites as part of a major expansion programme. This week the company announced a pre-tax profit of £3.4m, up 6%. Sales were £45.8m, up 24%, for the year to 24...
-
News
McVitie's heats up the cake shelves
The McVitie's brand is making its debut in the hot desserts category with a range of everyday cakes designed for heating in the microwave.Heat to Treat cakes will be available from March in a variety of flavours - Double Chocolate,...
-
News
FoE can be proud of campaign
SIR; The article by Liz Hamson on the Friends of the Earth planning submission was a useful and interesting contribution to the debate. However I cannot allow two arguments to go unchallenged. Firstly, the contention by a "disgruntled...
-
News
FoE can be proud of campaign
SIR; The article by Liz Hamson on the Friends of the Earth planning submission was a useful and interesting contribution to the debate. However I cannot allow two arguments to go unchallenged.Firstly, the contention by a "disgruntled...
-
News
Winter chill of discontent hits Iceland
Distribution workers are to put the freeze on deliveries to Iceland stores in London and the south east in the run up to Christmas. Drivers and warehouse staff based at the retailer's depot in Enfield plan a series of strikes after...