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Beckham launches frozen food range
Brand Beckham has expanded into the grocery sector after the news that former England football captain David Beckham is to launch a range of frozen food.
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A new spin on retailing
Johannes Holtzhausen, CEO of Spinneys, is building a thriving business selling to expats. Charlie Wright reports
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Supermarket sales growth slows in September, says Nielsen
Year-on-year growth at the UK’s leading supermarkets slipped by almost 1% over the last month, according to new data from market analyst Nielsen.
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Grim news for Mariner as Bakkavor axes Grimsby base
Icelandic manufacturer Bakkavor Group has announced plans to axe its factory in Grimsby in a move that could lead to the loss of more than 500 jobs.
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Cadbury confirms 580 jobs to go in new round of cuts
Cadbury is to slash almost 600 jobs from its workforce – including staff from its UK head office – despite yesterday posting a rise in sales for the past three months of 11%.
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Cadbury splits regions as UK sales surge 11%
Cadbury has announced robust third-quarter financial results and is to overhaul its regional management structure as part of a continuing bid by the confectionery giant to drive down costs.
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Morrisons movie tracks apple from tree to till
Morrisons has produced a film that follows its apples from orchard to its shelves in a bid to highlight its credentials for offering UK-sourced fruit and vegetables.
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Other Movers: 11/10/08
Mervyn Davies is stepping down as a non-executive director of Tesco. He has resigned due to potential conflicts of interest as the supermarket increases its financial services in similar areas to Standard Chartered Bank, where Davies is...
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Doubts over Aldi 1,500 UK stores target
Aldi has said it is on track to eventually operate 1,500 UK stores, despite a report this week that claimed the number was unrealistic. The CACI report, Discounters’ Challenge in Tesco & Sainsbury’s Heartland, claimed there were 959 potential new...
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Three-for-£10 offers at centre of Asda’s wine range revamp
Asda has carried out a “root and branch” overhaul of its wine range with the introduction of 250 new wines and permanent double bays for three-for-£10 offers in all stores. The number of Extra Special premium own-brand lines has been increased by...
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World News 11/10/2008
African supermarket chain Pick ’n Pay has opened its first convenience store in Johannesburg, South Africa, as the business moves into small format stores for the first time....
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Investor group in 11th-hour Cappoquin deal
Beleaguered Irish poultry processor Cappoquin Chickens has been hauled out of liquidation in an 11th- hour buyout by an Anglo-Irish group of investors. Cappoquin, which looked certain to close last month following the collapse of takeover talks,...
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NewsGrocer 33: Tesco comes in 22p less than Asda
'Britains biggest discounter' emerges as the cheapest of the bunch in the latest G33
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NewsGrocer 33: Sainsbury's stock and staff impress
The Sainsbury's in Halifax gets the nod from the Grocer 33 panel
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Acid Test: Baby Blue and Baby Pink
Our panel test-drive the brightly-coloured new his'n'hers alcopops from Alcohol Drinks
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Indies call for Co-op’s expulsion from ACS
There were calls this week for the Co-operative Group’s membership of the Association of Convenience Stores to be revoked following its £1.57bn acquisition of Somerfield in July. Some independents claimed the society’s size post-merger as the UK’s...
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Ad of the Week: Guinness bangs the drum
Good things come to those who wait… and Guinness has finally moved on from that age-old slogan in its latest onscreen extravaganza.
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Vickery ads push up Aldi’s seabass sales
Aldi’s sales of seabass have increased ten-fold in the two weeks since celebrity chef Phil Vickery has promoted it. The chef has endorsed the fish in the discounter’s television advertisements and on podcasts on Aldi’s website in which he...
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Advertising: TV in the driving seat for cereals
Do you run your original budget and get a bigger campaign, or do you cut the spend and get the original weight, asks Martin Radford
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Online marketing works, so why aren’t brands using it?
A new report reveals that online is now as effective a way to get your message across as TV – yet it’s still an underused medium. Robert McLuhan reports