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Promotions by brands keep own label at bay
Consumers are sticking to brands in the recession despite the best efforts of own-label, which is actually losing market share, Nielsen data shown exclusively to The Grocer reveals.At the start of the year, own label food accounted for 48.2%...
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Beef processors hit by falling leather returns
Beef processors are losing millions from the sale of cattle hides as the downturn in consumer goods hits wholesale leather prices.Prices paid to processors for leather have slumped by £15 per head of cattle, according to Gerry Maguire, MD...
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Now Tesco's been bitten by the pound shop bug
Tesco is rolling out a new 'pound shop' strategy that involves both food and non-food to its larger stores.
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Burgers get big boost from recession and hot weather
Burger consumption is soaring as recession-hit shoppers turn to affordable foods - and sales are set to get a further boost as the weather gets warmer.
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United Biscuits gets healthy with brand reformulation drive
United Biscuits has slashed the fat levels across brands such as Go Ahead! Jacob's Cream Crackers and Wheat Crunchies to boost sales among health-conscious consumers.The manufacturer made the changes this week as part of a drive to make its...
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Mills broadens offer with new food ranges
CTN and c-store chain Mills Group is further expanding its grocery offer with new meat, poultry and bakery ranges in a bid to reinvent itself as a one-stop shop.The 78-outlet chain, which operates c-stores and CTNs in the north of England,...
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David Sands' Central Kitchen business gets ready for T in the Park
A new sandwich and ready meal business developed by independent retail chain David Sands is set to service thousands of rock fans at next week's T In The Park music festival.The Central Kitchen business will supply a 24-hour sandwich stall ...
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Lord Rooker set to take over FSA chairmanship
Former Defra minister Lord Rooker is set to replace Dame Deirdre Hutton as chair of the FSA.Rooker, a Labour MP and peer for 35 years, will take up the appointment subject to approval by the health select committee on Monday.The news...
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The Co-op Group gets whipped by Waitrose in consumer survey
The Co-operative has emerged as the surprise loser in a major six-monthly customer service survey.The Institute of Customer Service asked a panel of 25,000 shoppers to score the major food retailers. They voted Waitrose the best food...
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First Milk setting up creamery on Kintyre
First Milk has revealed plans for a new multimillion-pound creamery on the Kintyre peninsula.
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NewsCritical Eye... on Glasto loos and Ross Kemp Lite
It wasn't Glasto's toilets that shocked me for once (hurrah for hospitality tickets). It was the food - and the people serving it. Unfortunately, I failed to notice until I'd half scoffed it that the baked Camembert was a week out of date....
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Falling milk production to level off within three years
UK milk production will stop declining by 2012, a new report has predicted.Milk production has fallen for five consecutive years and currently stands at a 40-year low, and there are fears the UK will have to resort to importing milk in...
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NewsHalewood's Mule gives Red Square a new kick
Halewood International has introduced a female-friendly RTD under the Red Square banner and revamped its original Reloaded RTD, in a bid to rejuvenate the brand.
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NewsWispa Gold to return, and possibly for good
Cadbury is expecting the majority of its relaunched Wispa Gold bars to be sold out by Christmas - and if the launch is successful could make them a permanent line. The confectioner announced yesterday that it was going to introduce the...
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Netto's interceptor
Netto's Claus Juel-Jensen and Charles Kay tell Nick Hughes how they'll get the UK's forgotten discounter back on track
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JTI updates Mayfair with modern look
JTI has given its leading cigarette brand Mayfair a more stylish pack design. All the brand's cigarette packets will be modernised to give Mayfair a more contemporary look, with features such as a fine silver stripe on the margin and a...
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The store manager of the year
He has triumphed over delivery curfews, troublesome traffic lights and fluctuating demand to increase sales by 150% in three years. His staff respect him, head office praises him - and The Grocer thinks he's pretty good, too. Mike Toth, winner of our first Store Manager of the Year award, tells ...
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Tesco and Sainsbury's vie for Merseyside site
Tesco and Sainsbury's are squaring up for a battle over a site in north Liverpool that forms the centrepiece of a large regeneration project. Sainsbury's signed a deal with developer St Modwen this week to build a 110,000 sq ft supermarket at the...
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Scandinavian Tobacco presents natural RYO
Henri Wintermans owner Scandinavian Tobacco is hoping to enter the flourishing roll-your-own market with a new chemical-free brand called Crossroad.The recipe used honey to retain the tobacco's moisture and would appeal to smokers who wanted...
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Sainsbury's takes up suggestions by staff
Sainsbury’s staff have suggested more than 20,000 improvements that could be made to the retailer and more than 2,000 have been implemented in the past four years, according to CEO Justin King. The ideas were put forward for Sainsbury’s Tell Justin…