All articles by Elinor Zuke – Page 6
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Dividend for creditors of DBC 'pence'
DBC’s unsecured creditors are in line to receive around 7p for every pound they were owed when the company collapsed in March…
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Consolidation scheme delivers Spar efficiencies
Spar suppliers have slashed the road miles they cover to reach the symbol group’s wholesalers by 85% after Spar…
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Local businesses survived Olympics 'no thanks to LOCOG'
Foodservice wholesaler Essex Flour and Grain has survived the Olympic Games, but with “no thanks to LOCOG”…
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Appletiser brings Tony Holmes back to drinks
Appletiser has hired ex-Health Lottery sales director Tony Holmes as commercial director for Europe. The move is a return…
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Is London ready for the Paralympics? Sainsbury's is
The Paralympic Games could spark the traffic chaos that the Olympics didn’t because they overlap with the start of…
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Analysis and Features
Wheat price worries haven't hit the supermarkets... yet
All the warning signs are there. Wheat prices in London and Paris have leapt by a third in just a month…
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Campylobacter risk could be slashed by new packaging invention
Food poisoning cases caused by bacteria carried on poultry packaging could be slashed following the invention of…
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East End Foods tops Aston site with solar panels
East End Foods has installed Birmingham’s largest collection of solar panels on the roof of its new cash & carry at Aston Cross…
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Nestlé loses Nespresso protection case
Nestlé has lost a legal bid to stop companies from selling generic coffee capsules to use its Nespresso machines.
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Power brands deliver Premier growth
All eight of Premier Foods’ ‘power brands’ have increased their market share for the first time in 18 months.
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Spar adds nine lines to S Budget range
Spar is adding nine new lines to its S Budget range after sales from its five wholesalers reached £6m in the year since launch…
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Walthamstow Spar in the running for best c-store in the world
A north London Spar will go up against Tesco’s Fresh & Easy format in the US in a competition to be crowned…
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Beer sales crash as crooks deliver to dodge duty
Legitimate beer sales have nosedived by as much as 30% since the start of the year.
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Kerry Group begins overhaul of van fleet
Kerry Group will be able to make more efficient deliveries of chilled food and drink to indies after upgrading its delivery vehicles.
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Brakes secures £150m from new contracts
Foodservice giant Brakes has picked up new business worth £150m since the start of the year. Around £50m of the new…
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Warner Budgens to get Post Office
High-profile Budgens retailer Guy Warner is to open his first Post Office in the autumn.
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Players blast Health Lottery move to cut prizes
The Health Lottery has defended the reduction of its prize payouts for players who match three or four balls.
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Analysis and Features
Promotions fall as multiples get set for Olympic bonanza
The countdown to the Olympics saw featured space promotions elbowed out in three of the top five this week…
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The Big Interview
'We want the biggest basket in the sector'
Spar’s managing director Debbie Robinson talks about ethics, pricing, seasonality, store concepts - and taking suppliers to task.
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Oddbins mocks rules against Olympic ads
Oddbins is planning a “marketing counter-strike” in defiance of the ad restrictions surrounding the Olympics. As well…