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Rising star
General Mills is mounting its first television advertising campaign in seven years for frozen pastry brand Jus-Rol in a bid to make the most of the frozen category's reviving fortunes.The 30-second ad, which offers up a quick and simple...
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Top-Up shop
Who we visited costcutter Finchley Road, London LONDIS Harrogate, North Yorkshire somerfield Stamford, Lincolnshire spar Milton of Campsie, East Dunbartonshire tesco express Aberdeen How...
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Imperial Tobacco cigar factory to close
Imperial Tobacco is to close its cigar factory in Bristol and transfer production to Spain as part of a review of the tobacco giant's European operations.Production of exported brands at its Nottingham cigarette factory would also be...
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Sainsbury's shares fall
Shares in Sainsbury's fell 10.5p to close on 325.5p yesterday as the chain's first-quarter sales failed to meet analyst expectations.Sainsbury's reported a 3.4% increase in first-quarter like-for-like sales, excluding fuel, but analysts had...
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Ombudsman role may be delayed by retailers
The creation of a grocery ombudsman could be delayed by as much as two years as the Competition Commission thrashes out the detail with the supermarkets. This was the fear expressed this week by supplier organisations, lawyers and MPs at a meeting...
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Waitrose snaps up Woolworths stores
Waitrose has snapped up four London stores from high street retailer Woolworths.Woolworths has disposed of the leases of the stores to the supermarket chain for £25.5m, and the deal is expected to be completed by 31 July.Woolworths...
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Vion acquires Grampian
Dutch food giant Vion has completed its much anticipated acquisition of Grampian Country Food Group.The deal, signed on Saturday (14 June), significantly boosts Vion’s position in the UK market place, where it already has operations in the...
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Booths expanding nicely, thank you
Sir; It is perhaps unfortunate that you chose Booths to illustrate the point you made in your Analysis last week 'Independents too can feel the heat of nimby wrath' (7 June, p24). Unless I have missed something, Booths shut a store last...
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Small chains will be hit the hardest
The supermarkets can see off recessionary economic conditions by driving volume and absorbing cost hikes. Smaller operations will find survival a lot more difficultAre we heading for a recession or not? As in the initial stages of...
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Shoppers won't sacrifice ethics to penny pinching
Belt tightening and ethical shopping don't mix, according to some economists. But perhaps we should have more faith in shoppersThere is nothing like an economic slowdown for encouraging the prophets of doom. Last week IGD published its...
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Letter of the week
Interesting reading though it was, the report The New Food Gangs (The Grocer, 7 June, p 25) should not be taken too literally. Few, if any consumers, neatly fit into any of the categories analysts like to create.More important, however,...
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What the papers said
?Sainsbury's has started selling milk packaged in a recyclable plastic pouch in 35 of its stores to try to reduce packaging waste, according to The Times. The pouches, produced in partnership with Dairy Crest, are claimed to reduce milk...
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The Grocer 33: Availability award 2008
It was another close call on stock availability, but Asda edged ahead of last year's champion Morrisons to add the prize for availability to its The Grocer 33 pricing gong. Although Morrisons achieved three more full baskets over the...
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Branded supplier of the year
The winner of our Branded Supplier of the Year award had to beat off stiff competition from the likes of Mars, Heinz and Dairy Crest for the top spot. That PepsiCo did so despite operating in one of the toughest categories around -...
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britain's favourite supermarket
Tesco won the highly coveted title of Britain's Favourite Supermarket for the fourth consecutive year, but, with strong competition from rival retailers, the contest is getting closer. Based on Nielsen's annual Homescan PanelView Survey...
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Green wholesaler of the year
The judges chose Brakes for the first Grocer Gold Green Wholesaler of the Year award. It was applauded for having "a great story to tell", and its strong "focus on issues specific to its business".The foodservice giant has been...
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Grocer of the year
The dark days that followed the 2004 Safeway acquisition are firmly in the past for MorrisonsSir Ken Morrison may have retired to tend the flowers in his new walled garden, but he left the business on a high in February, able to proclaim...
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independent retailer of the year
Mills Group has scooped the title of Independent Retailer of the Year for its original approachFollowing a two-year reign by Spar retailer Tates, c-store and CTN chain Mills Group has made it to the top spot.Mills Group, which...
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Top launch of the year
Trident burst on to the market in January last year with a £10m marketing campaign and an ambitious agenda to rejuvenate the gum category. It hasn't failed to impress.The new entrant has so far clocked up sales of £33m, making it one of...