All articles by Grocer Staff – Page 4
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Noble claims first with boiled eggs
Noble Foods is claiming an industry first with the launch of a range of chilled hard-boiled eggs aimed at time-conscious consumers. The British Lion-approved free-range eggs, which have a 12-day shelf life, are being sold under the Fresh & Tasty...
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Pre-paid card keeps student beer fund full
Sainsbury’s is launching an innovative new Meal Ticket scheme designed to assure worried parents their kids are feeding themselves properly at university. Next month, it is bringing out a pre-paid card that parents can top up at their local store,...
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Booker bags S&N pub deal
Booker has landed a contract to supply Scottish & Newcastle’s 2,100 UK pubs. Scottish & Newcastle Pub Enterprises customers will gain access to a dedicated website and telesales service for landlords to order products and free deliveries in...
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Asda’s milk price cuts see sales soar
Asda has reported a huge uplift in sales of milk during its price promotion last weekend. The supermarket sold 1.5 million more pints during the Friday-to-Sunday promotion than the previous weekend, according to a spokeswoman. The price of two...
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All change for newsagents around Jersey
Jersey CTN chain Channel Islands Newsagents has been sold to the Channel Island Wholesale Group. Channel Islands Wholesale Group holds the Spar contract for the Channel Islands and as part of the deal bought 12 of Channel Islands Newsagents’ 13...
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Dairylea campaign aims to bring out mums’ nostalgia
Kraft is tapping into mums’ nostalgia for Dairylea with a £6.5m campaign under the strapline ‘Dairylea… it’s never grown up’, to run for 13 weeks from next week. Packaging will be revamped and ads will aim to remind mums about the “goodness and...
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Crossing the road to another Co-op will cost you 70p more
The Co-operative Group is charging customers inconsistent prices for brands, The Grocer can reveal. A snapshot study by The Grocer found prices for brands varied by as much as 20% in society-owned stores, including shops on the same street in a...
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Sales dip 6% but profits up at Roys
Independent retailer Roys of Wroxham has reported a 5.8% dip in full-year sales. Sales fell from £47.7m to £45m in the year to 26 January following the closure in 2007 of the retailer’s store in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, according to accounts filed...
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World News - 23rd August 2008
Lianhua profits reach for the sky SHANGHAI, CHINA: Lianhua Supermarket Holdings has seen its first-half pre-tax profit leap 44.2% year-on-year to 262m yuan (£20.5m). Sales rose 19.8% in the half to 10.74bn...
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Independent view: Indies: Learn to make the most of your USPs
Yes, the multiples have posed formidable competition since they entered convenience. And, yes, they are a hard act to follow – but the independent shouldn’t forget their own points of difference
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Retailer gives up on Frinton-on-Sea
A Budgens retailer has been forced to close his store in Frinton-on-Sea after it was snubbed by residents. Owner Dee Patel said he had decided to close the store because it wasn’t viable. “I have tried for 18 months with this store but it was making...
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Not Just M&S Food
Marks & Spencer is trialling top household brands for the first time in its history. Joanne Grew takes a look at how they are faring
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St George has UK distributor
Beer importer Pierhead Purchasing has added a Tasmanian lager to its portfolio. Boag’s St George (4.8% abv) is being pitched as a more easy-drinking alternative to Boag’s Premium (5.2% abv), which Pierhead already distributes in the UK. It will have...
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Weetabix draws up debut CSR plan
Weetabix draws up debut CSR plan: Weetabix has pledged to reduce excess packaging and eliminate it where possible as part of its inaugural report into corporate social responsibility.The document, drawn up with help from the Carbon Trust, sets out the company’s aim to reduce its...
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Spotlight: Cornwall Quality Livestock Producers
It is quite a challenge for producers to match supply with demand in the independent food retailing sector, says Catherine Broomfield of marketing group Cornwall Quality Livestock Producers You would think that in a market where both demand and...
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Warwick to close Kirton research unit
One of the country’s leading horticultural research institutes is to close in a move that will deal a major blow to future UK R&D. The University of Warwick confirmed last week it would be closing its 120 acre research site in Kirton in Lincolnshire...
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Mulberry juice first claimed by Fairjuice
Drinks company Fairjuice has introduced what it claims is the UK’s first mulberry juice drink. Mulberry Fair is available in two flavours, Mulberry & Sanguinello Orange and Mulberry, Grape & Pear, rsp £3.29 for 1 litre. The company says mulberries...
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Corpora creating ‘Red Bull of wine’
Chilean wine producer Corpora is planning a blueberry functional wine drink, described as “the Red Bull of wine”. The functional wine is still in development and there is currently an issue over whether the tipple, which would also contain vitamin B...
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Youngs brings scampi and Kiev together
Seafood company Young’s is combining two 70s favourites in its latest launch. Scampi Kievs are made from Scottish scampi stuffed with garlic butter and covered in breadcrumbs and retail at rsp £3.99 for a 250g bag. They join Young’s other scampi...