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NewsGrocer 33: Asda proves it's a friend indeed
Two retailers boasted 100% availability this week, but Asda in Swansea was the clear winner thanks to great customer service and a fun atmosphere as staff got into the spirit of Children in Need
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Grand Marnier: not just about Christmas
Grand Marnier is attempting to boost the brand’s appeal beyond Christmas with a second round of off-trade sampling. Next week, consumers visiting Sainsbury's and Tesco in the south east can pick up a free glass of the ‘grand café’ serve, which...
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Massive wave of M&A activity forecast for fresh
The fresh food sector should brace itself for a fresh wave of M&A activity as companies look to access new markets and expand product lines by buying up the competition.This year there have been a number of high-profile acquisitions,...
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Watchdog says the number's up for Müller's Little Stars advert
Müller Dairy has been found guilty of wrongly implying its Little Stars range is healthier than Yoplait's Petits Filous. The Advertising Standards Authority upheld four out of seven complaints against the dairy brand this week....
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Advertising: Cravendale cartoon fun boosts milk
Standard milk still accounts for more than nine in every 10 pints sold, but the market now boasts a host of alternatives including organic, lactose-free, pure-filtered variants and dairy alternatives such as soya 'milk'
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Why no prosecution for Dunbia after meat labelling offences?
Despite clear evidence of mis-labelling offences, Dunbia has escaped with only a caution. Chloe Smith asks how they got off so lightly
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Makro boss Floto strikes back after rise in losses
Makro MD Hannes Floto has defended his company's poor full-year results, claiming 2007 was "the start of a new journey" for the cash & carry wholesaler.Earlier this month, The Grocer revealed Makro's pre-tax losses had widened from £3.5m to...
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Aldi: planning law change is 'not healthy'
Aldi is lobbying the Government not to push through changes to the planning laws that it feels would make store development too difficult.Next year, communities secretary Hazel Blears plans to get rid of the controversial needs test, which...
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Debbie & Andrew's ventures beyond bangers into soups
Debbie & Andrew's is hoping to persuade sausage lovers to give soup a try as it looks to stretch the brand into new categories
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Co-op ordered to sell another seven stores
The Co-operative Group must sell seven more stores, on top of the 126 already earmarked for sale, to complete its £1.57bn acquisition of Somerfield.The OFT cleared the deal to create the UK's fifth-largest supermarket in October but ruled...
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NewsCritical Eye... on Rhodes around the regions
What a relief. For a while I thought I was going to have to: a) resort to writing about Celebrity Come Dine with Me; b) subject myself to the latest instalment in Neil Morrissey's beer odyssey/idiocy; or worse still, c) write about something...
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Asda kicks off drive to flag up local food
Asda is to trial a revamped local sourcing format in store after it became the first retailer to take on ambitious local food targets outlined in a new report.Improved merchandising and better promoted local food will be trialled in a small...
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Financial difficulties? Asda says it will listen
Asda has revealed it is giving financial help to one of its oldest suppliers and offering to discuss with other suppliers any financial difficulties they are having.In an exclusive interview with The Grocer, CEO Andy Bond said the main way...
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Asda slashes petrol prices even further
Asda led the latest round of petrol price cuts this week, despite CEO Andy Bond claiming aggressive fuel price cutting had cost Asda £3m in October alone.The retailer cut petrol to 90.9p/l, with diesel down to 105.9p/l - a move that prompted...
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Soil Association warns of need for food plan
Britain needs a "food plan" to feed the population with healthy, environmentally friendly food in a future where fuel and resources are scarce, a new report has claimed
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Murphy's comes back in house - ready for battle
The newly merged Scottish & Newcastle/Heineken business has unveiled audacious plans to turn its Murphy's Irish Stout brand into a serious contender to Diageo-owned Guinness's crown.Prior to the merger, the stout was being brewed under...
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Wall's bacon gets updated pack design
Wall's has updated the packaging on its smoked and unsmoked bacon ranges, applying the new Wall's design introduced on its sausages in September.The redesigned packaging, which retains the familiar red for smoked bacon and blue for unsmoked,...
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Wispa and Twirl join the Easter egg battle
Cadbury is reviving its Wispa and Twirl chocolate eggs for the first time in five years for next year's battle of the Easter eggs
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Brands not at top of category risk being delisted in recession
An unprecedented number of branded products are at risk of being delisted during the recession, experts have warned.The supermarkets' focus on own-label and tertiary brands presented a direct challenge to household brands, they claimed. Any...
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Organic to Infinity and beyond
Some believe the recession spells big trouble for indies and organic. But Infinity Foods is confident its diversification strategy will help it ride the storm. James Ball reports