All articles by Elinor Zuke – Page 14
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NewsP&H vows to match C&Cs on 600 top lines
Palmer & Harvey is taking aim at cash & carries with a new initiative to wean independent retailers off visits to their local depot.
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NewsDoor-to-door boxes to flog black-market lamb
The amount of illegal lamb’s meat entering the food chain has soared by as much as 250% this year.
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NewsLevi Roots: ‘I lied about Reggae Reggae recipe’
Levi Roots has confessed that he lied on Dragons’ Den when he said the recipe for Reggae Reggae sauce was handed down by his grandmother.
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NewsTHL accuses Camelot of stirring up retailer fears
The bitter war between The Health Lottery and Camelot took a new twist this week as THL accused the national lottery operator of abusing its dominant position and acting as "an unelected policeman" of the lottery sector.
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News99p Wholesaler site takes fight to rivals - by comparing prices
A new wholesale website is going head-to-head with Booker and Bestway this week as it bids to become the first price comparison website for the wholesale grocery sector. 99p Wholesaler this week started to list Booker’s prices next to its own…
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NewsEskimo targets frozen gap left by Eismann UK
Ex-Spar chief Jerry Marwood is chairing a new company that is hoping to rebuild the collapsed delivered frozen food business Eismann UK - using a new business model. Eskimo Frozen Foods, which has been trading for six weeks…
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NewsStobart profits hit by volume declines at major customers
A decline in grocery sales has eaten into profits at logistics giant Stobart Group. Deputy CEO Richard Butcher told The Grocer volume declines at its customers - including Tesco, Danone, Mars and P&G - led to a £1.3m fall in pre-tax…
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Compass cleans up with ICM deal
Compass Group has bought Integrated Cleaning Management as the catering giant looks to strengthen its support services. The company said its latest acquisition meant it could offer high-quality cleaning solutions to more organisations across the UK.
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NewsBelfield plays Lucky Red card from China
Frozen food wholesaler Belfield is targeting restaurants and takeaways with a new Chinese brand. Lucky Red will launch with mini vegetable samosas and mini vegetable spring rolls sold in catering packs.
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Analysis & FeaturesBack on the bottle: can the new Oddbins find its niche?
For many in the industry, Oddbins looked to be, well, in the bin. So how does new MD Ayo Akintola aim to keep the reborn off-licence on high streets, asks Elinor Zuke
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Henderson snaps up Newry catering supplier
Henderson Foodservice has acquired Independent Catering Services in Northern Ireland. ICS, which is based in Newry, supplies chilled and ambient products to caterers in Northern Ireland but also has a significant client base in the Irish republic.
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Analysis & Features
Shut that door!
Many independents claim they are saving energy and cash by fitting doors to their chillers. So why isn’t everyone as open to chiller doors? Elinor Zuke reports
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NewsLandmark hits out at Asda for selling Bud 24-pack for £11
Landmark Wholesale MD Martin Williams has slammed Asda for selling lager at a "dramatically cheaper" price than wholesalers can buy it for directly from suppliers. Asda has been selling 24 bottles of 300ml Budweiser for £11 on Rollback...
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Booker profits rise 22%
Booker has posted a 22% rise in pre-tax profits to £45m in its first half, with sales up 8.5% to £1.8bn. The company said improvements in customer service had helped to drive overall like-for-like sales by 6.5% in the 24 weeks to 9 September.
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NewsTesco eyes fresh boost with ‘hot house’ trial
Tesco is exploring ways to dramatically boost its fresh foods offering with a ‘hot house’ availability trial.
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Analysis & FeaturesDesmond takes a gamble on rivalling the National Lottery
Express Newspapers tycoon Richard Desmond plans to tackle Britain’s “health inequalities” with his new lottery. How sound a venture is it, asks Elinor Zuke
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Indies rage as Carbon Trust drops free loans
Leading independent retailers have slammed the Carbon Trust for scrapping interest-free loans for energy saving equipment and replacing them with loans charged at rates of almost 10%.Since 2004, the Carbon Trust has dished out £160m in...
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NewsWrap plans agreement on waste for foodservice
Wrap has held its first meeting with the hospitality and foodservice sector as it looks to establish a voluntary agreement on waste similar to the Courtauld Commitment for retailers. About 50 industry players were invited to a closed...
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NewsIllicit beer now costing the taxpayer £800m
The amount of tax lost to the illicit beer market ballooned by 45% last year and illegal supplies now account for a shocking 14% of the total market, figures released by HMRC this week have revealed. Customs officials estimated they lost...
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Grocer 33Tesco Extra, Gloucester Quedgeley
The Grocer 33 is a weekly mystery shopping survey, tracking price, service and availability at the five leading grocery retailers: Asda, Morrisons, Sainsbury’s, Tesco and Waitrose. Each week the winning store manager is interviewed by The Grocer.