All The Grocer articles in 9 March 2002

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    showcase of

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    international excellence Jamaica is taking part for the first time with a bid to make its cuisine the next food sensation in the UK; but many other countries are also showing off compelling products Expo is becoming a major international event...

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    Tropicana singles out Smoothies

    2002-03-09T00:00:00Z

    Tropicana is extending its fruit juice brand into another new arena with the launch of three single serve dairy-based Smoothies in May. Building on the company's alliance with yogurt giant Müller, the bottles will also carry the Müller logo. The...

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    Speedibake refocuses NPD

    2002-03-09T00:00:00Z

    Bread and cake supplier Speedibake is spending £1m to restructure its new product development around its five core product streams. Part of the money has been used to create an npd team of 18 under Hillary Harrison who has been recruited from...

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    the money's

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    on smart Ed Bedington discovers how Asda shaped its parent Wal-Mart's technology for the benefit of all its UK stores Asda has always claimed to be spiritually in tune with its parent company, but the introduction of new technology means that...

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    Name: Keith Stevens

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    Position: Marketing director Company: Kettle Foods The job: Stevens said the company had just drawn up a five-year new product development programme aimed at the gourmet consumer which he would ...

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    ProViva presses home probiotic lines

    2002-03-09T00:00:00Z

    ProViva is aiming to put some extra life into its probiotic fruit juice range with a new £1m marketing campaign. Breaking next month, consumer press adverts will go into a number of selected titles including OK Magazine, Good Housekeeping,...

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    GH link with Ideal Home

    2002-03-09T00:00:00Z

    Good Housekeeping magazine has teamed up with MFI and the Daily Mail Ideal Home show to offer one reader the chance to win £10,000 to spend on a kitchen from MFI. Readers can also claim a 10% discount on bedlinen and wallpaper. The issue offers...

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    Pecan gets a Whip out

    2002-03-09T00:00:00Z

    Confectionery stalwart Walnut Whip is being given a contemporary feel with the introduction of a permanent new variation, Maple & Pecan. Available from Monday (March 11), the 92-year-old brand's trademark walnut makes way for a single pecan nut...

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    Time for a generic sizzle?

    2002-03-09T00:00:00Z

    Consumer groups wax lyrical about it, vegetarians secretly scoff loads of it and it's often called the backbone of the grocery trade. Can there ever have been a product with as much going for it as bacon? Yet listening to the folk who celebrated...

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    Foster's relies on girl power

    2002-03-09T00:00:00Z

    The adventures of five hand-picked models during the 2002 Grand Prix season are being chronicled through a link up between Foster's lager and FHM magazine. Scottish Courage Brands is spending £1m on a cross media sponsorship deal for its flagship...

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    fFB: ready to reclaim sales for regions

    2002-03-09T00:00:00Z

    Whitehall funding is helping FFB to direct its energies to regional producers hit by foot and mouth British regional and speciality food and drink has the biggest and strongest presence ever at Food & Drink Expo 2002, thanks to Food from Britain's...

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    AND MEANWHILE­ A FEAST OF THE

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    very BEST FROM THE BRITISH ISLES Scotland is a regular participant at Expo and this year Scottish Food and Drink International is hosting 13 companies from the mainland, Western Isles and Orkney in the Scottish pavilion. "Expo is an excellent...

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    Fresh fare in London

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    Somerfield is converting six London based Kwik Save stores into the more profitable Somerfield convenience format. Kwik Saves in Paddington, Cricklewood, Camberwell, West Norwood, West Wickham and Waltham Cross will be refurbished between May and...

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    Dr Oetker determined to be major UK player

    2002-03-09T00:00:00Z

    exclusive Simon Mowbray Leading German food manufacturer Dr Oetker is to launch its first assault on the British market. The multi-billion pound business is introducing a range of frozen pizzas which should start hitting supermarket freezers as...

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    FDF defends Premium own label

    2002-03-09T00:00:00Z

    The Food and Drink Federation has lashed out at a Which? report criticising the quality of supermarkets' premium own label ranges. The report claims that the extra price paid for these ranges does not guarantee better tasting food. It bases its...

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    David Felwick moves to JLP on a high

    2002-03-09T00:00:00Z

    As Waitrose md David Felwick this week prepared for his move to a new role at parent group the John Lewis Partnership, he said he looked back with a great deal of pride and satisfaction at what had been achieved during his time with the supermarket...

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    Shok tactics for Hula Hoops as KP launches foil cube pack ex

    2002-03-09T00:00:00Z

    Simon Mowbray KP will next month make a Shok addition to its burgeoning Hula Hoops range of bagged snacks, with the company claiming a packaging first for the sector. Hula Hoops Shoks will hit stores in three flavours and foil cube packs on April...

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    In memory of Desmond Cracknell

    2002-03-09T00:00:00Z

    Sir; As part of Food Brokers'celebrations of 40 years of successful brand building, we are running a programme of fund raising events in tribute to my father Desmond Cracknell, who passed away last year at the age of 75. The events will raise...

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    Discounters taking to CR

    2002-03-09T00:00:00Z

    Lidl and Netto have become the latest food retailers to adopt the practice of civil recovery to combat shoplifting and staff theft. Netto director John Buitekant said: "The system is on trial, and trials will continue for the next few months. So...

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    danske slagterier conference

    2002-03-09T00:00:00Z

    Pledge to step up campaign to contemporise and modernise Danes determined to keep bacon special' Clive Beddall Copenhagen Buoyed by increased sales to Britain, upbeat Danish bacon producers fired another "whacky" marketing salvo this week ­...