All The Grocer articles in 9 November 2002
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Wiseman laps up profits
Robert Wiseman Dairies has posted a 38% jump in pre-tax profit which it said was driven by its investment programme and increased contracts with the major supermarkets.To March 29 pre-tax profit rose to £22.8m from £16.5m last year on a 5.4%...
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M&S rolls out RFID tags
Marks and Spencer has begun using radio frequency identification tagged metric trays for delivering produce to its stores to ensure customers “even fresher food”.The tags enable staff and suppliers to read pallet-load information upto six...
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Licensing laws to be liberalised
The Prime Minister has paved the way for a liberalisation of licensing laws in England and Wales in the Queen's speech at the state opening of Parliament.The Queen announced: “My Government will bring forward legislation to streamline the...
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Asda rings in festive rush
Asda has ramped up the roll out of its jewellery departments to offer shoppers prices up to a third less than in the high street in time for the christmas rush.Eight new departments will be opened by the end of November to bring the total at...
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Somerfield gains sales but loses Maguire
Somerfield’s second quarter like-for-like sales have rallied but also announced another high profile executive casualty with the departure of Kwik Save md, Graham Maguire, from the group.Group like-for-like sales for the 28 weeks to November...
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Franco-Italian jv to open new fascia
The joint venture between French retailer Leclerc and Italian co-operative organisation CONAD – has opened its first five hypermarkets in Italy.The E Leclerc-Conad hypermarket chain – formerly under the Planeta banner – is to focus on...
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Coke adds flavour to Dasani
Coca-Cola has launched four new vitamin-enhanced flavoured versions of its Dasani bottled water brand Stateside.Coke said Dasani NutriWater now came in mandarin orange, lemon tangerine, wild berry and pear cucumber flavours. It contains no...
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Numico to sell US vitamin unit
Dutch group Numico is to sell its US vitamin unit Rexall Sundown to switch its focus back to infant food and clinical nutrition after poor third quarter sales hit profits. Numico posted a 3% drop in third quarter net profit of 53m euros on...
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Pasta soars
Sales of fresh pasta are rocketing, according to new figures published in tis week's issue of The Grocer. TN Sofres Superpanel data shows the total value of fresh pasta rose 25% in the last year to top £74m, just £22m short of the static...
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no vanilla yet
Coca-Cola says it has "no immediate plans" to launch Vanilla Coke in the UK, contrary to reports. A spokesman for the soft drinks giant told The Grocer: "Vanilla Coke has enjoyed a successful launch in the US since its introduction there five...
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Tennent's worldly Thais
Tennent's lager has taken an unconventional approach to advertising by featuring a pair of Thailand ladyboys in its latest creative. Set in a Scottish theme bar in Bangkok called MacAndrew's, the new television commercial, running now, is the...
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A universal requirement
Young executives believe online shopping is vital for the future of grocery retailing.A big majority of young managers in the grocery industry believe retailers who do not have an online shopping presence are losing out to their competitors....
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An Optimum opportunity
The OFSCI initiative in foodservice has the ambitious goal of slashing £450m from the supply chain by standardising and sharing information, as Helen Gregory reports.There's been a lot of talk about standardising and sharing data in the retail...
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Then there was one...
Tesco and the Co–operative Group’s shopping sprees last week have put TM Retail in the spotlight as the UK’s largest remaining independent convenience chain. But with T&S and Alldays snapped up, the obvious question is how long will TM hold onto its...
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Then there was one...
Tesco and the CoÂoperative Group's shopping sprees last week have put TM Retail in the spotlight as the UK's largest remaining independent convenience chain. But with T&S and Alldays snapped up, the obvious question is how long will TM hold onto...
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M&S starts using RFID tags
Marks and Spencer this week started using radio frequency identification tagged metric trays for delivering produce to stores. The tags can cut the time taken to read a pallet-load by 80%, speeding short shelf life lines through the supply...
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This week: key trends in the lunchtime occasion
n As an occasion, lunch in the home accounts for one-fifth (20%) of all meals consumed. Prepared food carried out (eg: lunchboxes) accounts for a further 8% of all meals n Over half (51%) of all in-home lunches are designated light' or snack'...
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Rise of the Italian mob
Mamma mia! British shoppers are showing an ever increasing appetite for a plate of good old spag bol', and more besides. But we're still a long way behind other pasta-eating nations, says Simon Mowbray An average Italian consumes a...
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Revealed: how Tesco met T&S
Sean McAllister andElaine Watson T&S boss Jim McCarthy has revealed how a weakness in the company's chilled and fresh offer ultimately led to Tesco's takeover bid. T&S approached the major multiples, including Tesco, for a partner to bring...
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Semiotics in hot water
A conference date for the diary - January 22, to hear possibly one of the most bizarre speeches of recent times. Entitled: Why Greg Rowland is the Slag of all Semioticians, the speech at the Consumer Insight conference should prove illuminating....