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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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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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Display ban won’t cut smoker levels says ACS
The expected benefits of the government’s proposed tobacco display ban have been grossly exaggerated, the Association of Convenience Stores is claiming. The government has set out health benefits worth £1.1bn based on reduced smoking prevalence...
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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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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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Learn a lesson from the fact people will always have hair
Thinking negatively can often bring on negative consequences. When economic times get tough, think creatively. Adapt. You’ll be surprised what can be achieved. I was sitting waiting for a friend in a hairdresser the other day when I overheard the...
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Premium release from Arniston Bay
South African producer The Company of Wine People is boosting the premium appeal of Arniston Bay with a new Limited Release tier, which will be available for just a month. The Co-operative Group will be the exclusive stockist of the new range,...
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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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We ask... do you stock fresh produce?
The news that convenience store owners in deprived areas of England and Wales will be given financial incentives to buy more fruit and vegetables should have had the wholesale industry salivating at the thought of potential new business...
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Saturday essay: This milk price war is bad for shoppers and farmers
Tesco claims it is taking the profit hit on its new ‘discount’ milk. If that’s so, it won’t last for long – spelling trouble for dairy farmers. The launch of Robert Wiseman’s Fresh’n’Lo in all Tesco stores last week spurred great media interest and...
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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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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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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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Make or Brakes with Woodward purchase
With its own debt mountain, why is Brakes buying loss-making Woodward Foodservice? Peter Cripps reports
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Magners to triple UK office to grow brand
Magners owner the C&C Group is planning to more than triple the size of its UK office in a bid to stem declining sales of the cider. The Irish company ran the UK business from its Dublin base until last March, when it appointed John Holberry,...
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Call for more products to use British Lion eggs
British egg producers are being urged to step up production of eggs for use as an ingredient in processed foods in an attempt to counter soaring imports. Britain imported products containing the equivalent of more than 120 million eggs this May, up...
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Burts focuses on multipacks
Burts Chips is to concentrate its efforts on the multipack market following success in the multiples. The company is launching its first range of multipacks for adults and has revamped its range of kids’ multipacks. It has built a new factory to...
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Businesses go into toxic shock over chemical regs
Retailers and suppliers face tough new regulations on the registration of chemicals. So why are so many unprepared, asks Nick Hughes