All articles by Charlie Wright – Page 11
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NewsBrakes completes capture of new finance chief
Brakes has named its new chief financial officer. Philip Wieland joins from General Healthcare Group.
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ACS slams plan to limit off-licence numbers
Retailers have slammed a new report linking underage drinking with the density of off-licences outside London.
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Comment & OpinionCritical Eye... on Shappi's happy-clappy curry revolution
It's standard to argue that Britain's national dish is now tikka masala rather than ye olde staples such as jellied heron, badger hotpot or whippet in a bap. Spice Britain (BBC1, Sunday 4pm) was the latest lid-lifter on how Little Englanders came...
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Uncle Ben’s office politics go back to the Seventies
The sprint for the office kettle: a rare chance for the adminisphere’s bottom-feeders to put one over the high-fliers, big-hitters and over-achievers who are promoted ahead of them simply because they work harder, dress properly and didn’t drunkenly…
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NewsNew row over ‘ill timed’ attack on salt levels in bread
The amount of salt in leading brands of bread has come under scrutiny once again after a new alert from health campaigners.
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Comment & OpinionCritical Eye... on the extreme slaves to saving
You may not know 'coupon' is a verb as well as a noun. It's also variously an addiction, a religion and a state of mind. Extreme Couponing (Discovery Real Time, Monday 10pm) is back to shadow the savings slaves who live and die by the...
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NewsUK ‘resilient’ as emerging markets fuel Diageo growth
Rapid growth in emerging markets was the key driver as Diageo posted a 5% rise in operating profits for the past year to £2.88bn.
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NewsLosses slow as Foster’s boss claims ‘turnaround is on track’
Foster’s Group has posted losses of AUD89m (£56.5m) for the past year. The figure represents an improvement on last year’s performance, when the Australian brewer suffered losses of AUD464m.
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Comment & Opinion
It's cheese, James, but not as we know it
Few product launches whip up the media storm swirling around Alex James and his new line of cheeses, with surely only some of the attention due to his former life as bassist for Blur.
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Comment & OpinionCritical Eye... on baking and the clockwork rioters
Most kids these days probably think Nadsat is something you stick to a car dashboard rather than the fictional slang of A Clockwork Orange. But there were strong echoes of the Anthony Burgess classic in the shocking and shameful images arising from…
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Herring roe is new beans on toast, says Waitrose
Beans on toast are taking a back seat as shoppers roll back the years with an old-fashioned alternative: herring roe. Sales of the fish at Waitrose are up 39% over the equivalent period last year.
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NewsClarke ponders Iceland move as Asda ups small store target
Andy Clarke has said Asda could move for some of Iceland’s estate – but appeared to rule out a swoop for the whole chain. “The estate does not fit our model,” Clarke said yesterday at a former Netto store now converted to the Asda fascia.
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NewsBiodegradable bags now ‘too weak’ for Tesco
Tesco has quietly ditched biodegradable carrier bags, citing customer concerns about the bags’ strength. The supermarket said it was switching from biodegradable bags to bags containing 15% recycled material. The changeover began earlier this year.
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Comment & Opinion
Poundworld hero has pants firmly inside trousers
The makeover in superhero movies is usually more dramatic than in Undercover Boss. No facepaint or titanium vest for Poundworld…
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Comment & OpinionAd of the Week: Off-the-Wall’s Alan joins the sausage roll of legends
Throw Skippy on the barbie and haul Flipper, gasping and wheezing, ashore in the tuna nets. A new animal star is born. While Birds Eye wrestles with the dilemma of whether to pull its polar bear ads, Wall’s has blown the competition off…
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NewsTesco eyes legal challenge to OFT price fixing fine
Tesco has vowed to battle the multimillion-pound fine it was handed yesterday by the Office of Fair Trading. The UK’s largest supermarket was fined £10.4m as the competition watchdog’s long-running probe into price fixing in the dairy trade finally drew to a close.
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Comment & Opinion
Up for the Cup
Who’s your star of 2011? Today we’d like to give you a nudge in the direction of our nominations for The Grocer Cup.
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Comment & Opinion
Gordon's tonic
Daily Bread would have very little time for anything else if we pointed out every national newspaper ‘exclusive’ that comes from The Grocer’s archives.
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NewsMastercard man Horgan ends Sainsbury’s hunt for marketing chief
Sainsbury’s has finally named its new marketing chief – a year after Gwyn Burr vacated the role. Mark Horgan joins from Mastercard and counts stints at Mars and Nestlé on his CV.
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NewsFood sales perk up in July
High street sales showed signs of improvement last month, up 0.6% on a like-for-like basis over July 2010. Food sales picked up after a sluggish June, according to data from the British Retail Consortium. And sales of food and drink were up 0.9% on a like-for-like basis between May and ...