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Campaigns of the Year 2008
From the suave Stella 4 hero to the Mafioso panda, with suicidal Creme Eggs and a gay Heinz kiss on the way, it's been a hot year in advertising. Charlie Wright reports
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NewsTop Products Survey 2008: Roller coaster ride
With food price inflation, recession, and the rise of the discounters, it's been a helter skelter year. As we reveal this year's risers and fallers, Robyn Lewis reports on the battle raging between branded and own label
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Review of the Year 2008
At the start of the year, we said 2008 would be all about the credit crunch. We were right, only it was a crunch far worse than we - or any one else for that matter - had dared predict. As the global banking system reached near-meltdown, no-one in...
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Sterling slump will keep fresh food costly in 2009
Prices across the board look set to remain high in 2009 as the weak pound and tight UK supply hit home. Michael Barker reports
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NewsGrocer 33: Brace yourselves for continuing volatility in food prices in 2009
Food price inflation has had a rollercoaster ride over the past six months, soaring in June but flattening by November. But after a tumultous six months, plotting where prices will go next is a tough task. Due to lags in the supply chain,...
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NewsGrocer 33: Waitrose turns up the goodwill
At this time of goodwill to all men, it seems only fitting that this year's final top store award has been won primarily for great service.
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NewsGrocer 33: Morrisons has the last word on price
Morrisons has won the final pricing contest of 2008, making it two weeks in a row at the top. Asda was firmly shunted into second place by Morrisons' £53.09 basket, which was a full £1.87 cheaper than the usual champion of cheap's £54.96 offering...
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NewsGrocer 33: End of year review - downturn makes price fight fiercer
Asda remains the retailer with the lowest prices but is having to work harder than ever to retain its pricing crown. The big four have responded aggressively to the economic downturn, with Tesco launching its discount brands...
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Parfetts heading for eight Local 4U stores
Parfetts Cash & Carry remains on track to open eight Local 4U stores by next summer following the opening of its sixth store in Bulwell, near Nottingham , this week.The 2,000 sq ft store is on the site of a former DVD-rental...
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Tesco acts on impulse to up discount range
Tesco is widening its discounter range into impulse products such as waters, smoothies and crisps in the new year, in the first major extension of the tertiary branded range. The 200 new products will hit shelves in January, five months...
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Parkie talks turkey in M&S's latest ad
Michael Parkinson has become the latest celebrity to do a voiceover for a Marks & Spencer TV food ad in the post-Dervla Kirwan era.In the final weekend before Christmas, M&S is set to add to its range of promotions, which last week included...
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Ad of the Week: Monkey's christmas message
You can't stop progress. And PG Tips has come a long way over the years, its tea-sipping chimps of the 1950s (and 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s) clambering out of adland's primordial soup and evolving into the TV dream team of hernia-voiced funnyman Johnny...
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NewsAdvertising: Wall's shares its passion for the best bits
Bangers have been making a bigger bang in the world of meat advertising, with Wall’s sausages far outstripping beef and lamb in the four weeks to 30 November. While meat advertising overall is down 32% on 2007 levels this year, in November it was up 34% year-on-year across TV and ...
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Alternative CV: Father Christmas, chief operating officer, Lapland Gift Solutions Inc
What's your nickname? The elves started calling me Captain Birdseye a few years ago and it's stuck. In Japan they call me Annual Gift Man.
Who was your first teenage crush and why? I always fancied the Tooth Fairy until she hooked up with that Easter Bunny idiot. But anyone in stockings is good with me. -
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Amoy turns arty for Chinese New Year
Oriental specialist Amoy is celebrating Chinese New Year with a stylish redesign its entire range.The Heinz-owned company is decorating the brand's new black packaging with ornate Chinese art to emphasise the authenticity of foods including...
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Analysts optimistic as Premier talks to investors over debt
Analysts have welcomed Premier Foods' confirmation of talks with potential investors as the company works to restructure its £1.8bn debt - but warned that talks were still at an early stage.The company is rumoured to be seeking £300m to...