Archive of all Booths articles – Page 34
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Suck on our chocolate, salty pretz
Kraft may have the mass market for chocolate dipped pretzels sewn up, but The Big Yum reckons it’s on to something at the premium end of the market. Simon Creasey reports
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Acid Test: Bottlegreen Squeezy Squash
This squash is a light and refreshing drink with a mild, sweet flavour. However, the taste is no different from supermarket own-label squash drinks.
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Müller shakes up its sales team to boost business in c-stores
Müller Dairy has restructured its sales team to increase its focus on convenience and impulse.The German dairy giant has appointed Simon Warren to head its newly created impulse channel, where he has taken up the position of impulse...
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Three men and a baby (Prudence)
Having made headlines by commissioning London’s first new copper still in 189 years, Sipsmith is now seeing its liquors listed in multiples. Simon Creasey reports
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NewsWhy would Price see a sarnie chain as good enough to Eat?
Rumours that Waitrose is eyeing food chain Eat has analysts wondering what is in it for the retailer. Carolyn Wilson looks at the menu of options
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NewsAcid Test: Panda Cherry Licorice
I enjoy the rich dark taste of liquorice but found this unpleasant: it was sickly sweet, had a rubbery texture and there was no liquorice flavour.
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NewsAcid Test: Whiskas Simply
I’m not a brand-loyal shopper - I’d buy any cat food, particularly if it was on offer. The cat food market is already very crowded and I’m not sure we need another type.
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Waitrose whirlwind plans to double sales by 2020. How?
Waitrose MD Mark Price wants an 8% share of the grocery market by 2020. Is the target achievable, and if so, how? By Chloe Ryan
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Indie supermarkets defy recession with big swing
The renaissance of the independent supermarket scene helped the independent grocery retail sector to record a recession-busting increase in both sales and profits last year.
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Top 50 Independents: The will to survive
The past year hasn’t quite been apocalyptic, but at times it has felt like it. Beth Phillips looks at how the UK’s Top 50 independent retailers have fared – and finds variety discounters and small supermarkets leading the way
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NewsRetailers take stock
Supermarket share prices nosedived when the economy went into recession. Now, with the aid of The Grocer’s Share Price Tracker, our new index comparing the performance of 10 global players plus the UK’s leading grocery plcs, Chloe Ryan looks at how businesses fared in 2009
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Ex-Tropicana man brings Granini to UK
A former Tropicana boss is targeting “recession-proof” shoppers with a super-premium chilled juice.
Steve Wheatley, MD of the UK arm of German supplier Eckes-Granini, is spearheading the launch of the six-strong Granini Freshly Squeezed… -
NewsBooths reduces prices of non-food groceries
Booths has permanently cut the price of more than 1,000 non-food groceries across its larger stores…
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Former Green & Black’s directors back Cawston
The team that masterminded Green & Black's meteoric rise is injecting a six-figure investment into ambient apple juice company Cawston Vale to bring some upmarket appeal to the ambient juice fixture.It has revamped the packaging,...
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Profiles
The Human Angle: Therese Edmonds
What's it like to work for your company? It is both challenging and exciting to work for Booths. As a fifth-generation family owned business with members of the family working in the business, there is very much an extended family culture where...
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Supermarkets shrink to fit
As Dr Evil said to his clone: "Mini-Me, you complete me." And with the supermarkets increasingly moving into smaller formats, it seems they agree. Beth Phillips reports
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Devastating floods force retailers in Cumbria to close
Supermarkets and suppliers in Cumbria were forced to close last week when they were caught up in the region's worst flooding in living memory.Booths' flagship store in Keswick, one of the worst affected areas, closed for three days. It...
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Comment & Opinion
Third Party: Christmas ads are music to consumers’ ears
But if you do enlist a popstar to promote your brand, make sure you get as much out of it as they do, says Giles Fitzgerald
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A cola that kids are allowed to drink at school – unlike Coke
A small drinks company from Cheshire has got one over on global giants Coca-Cola and PepsiCo with the first-ever cola to be officially endorsed by the government's school regulations.
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NewsPotato face
Think glamour, branding and Hollywood endorsement - potatoes probably won't be the first product that springs to mind. But that may not be the case for much longer. Richard Ford reports on the growing trend towards branded produce