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Ocado: Tesco's 'rubbishing' led to record Sunday orders
Ocado claims Tesco's negative advertising campaign over the price-match battle between the two retailers has backfired, as Ocado's sales shot up. "On the day Tesco placed ads rubbishing us, we had our record number of orders on a...
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L'Epicurien
Healthier jams and premium fruit chutneys are the focus for L'Epicurien, says export director Xavier Gandon.The company produces a range of condiments - including chocolate, wine and flower confits, as well as spreadable savouries that...
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The luxury treatment
The French probably do luxury better than anyone else, says Chris Seale, head of Champagne and cognac at Pernod Ricard UK. "Look at how much more accessible luxury brands have become these days. Dior, Chanel and L'Oréal are now increasingly...
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Mont Tauch
The Mont Tauch co-operative produces 90% of the Fitou wine drunk in the UK, under a number of brands and retailer own labels. At the end of last month the company launched a £500,000 campaign in a bid to position the winery as The Face of...
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Climbing the ladder
What was your first-ever job? Store development executive with Spar UK, working in a team of 25 refitting stores from top to bottom. It was a steep learning curve but I really enjoyed it.Give us a quick rundown on your career to date. I...
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The joy of simply quitting the things you hate doing
Sometimes the best thing to do when you're stuck in a situation that you're not happy with is just quit - at least for the day. You can always pick it up again tomorrowI remember when I was a student I had a series of temp jobs....
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Reader survey - plastic carrier bags
Earlier this month the government warned that it would force retailers to charge shoppers for plastic bags unless the number of free bags they gave out was significantly reduced. The move was slammed by the industry, which argued retailers were...
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Shop Profile - B&M Retail
Store numbers: 71Staff: 2,100Turnover: £147mSales growth year-on-year: 69%Type of operation: Groceries and non-food discounter Simon Arora is a fast mover. In just three years, the chief executive of thriving Lancashire...
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One postcode left for Tesco
Tesco has stores in all but one postcode area of the UK after buying three stores in the Northern and Western Isles of Scotland.The stores were bought from Somerfield and expands the supermarket giant's reach into every postcode area of the...
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Child cough medicines withdrawn
Six cough medicines aimed at children under the age of two have been withdrawn because of overdose fears.The products, including Asda Children's Chesty Cough Syrup and Buttercup Infant Cough Syrup, have been removed following concerns that...
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The New Mecca For British Grocery
Matthew Johnstone and his wife Kathryn miss Cadbury's Double Deckers. And they struggle to find Green & Black's chocolate. But the list of UK grocery lines these British ex-pats cannot buy from supermarkets in Dubai seems very short. "British...
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UK retailers in the Middle East
Marks & Spencer No of stores: 17Marks & Spencer has international franchises in seven Middle East countries, including Bahrain, Qatar, Oman, Kuwait and Dubai, which are operated by the Al-Futtaim Group. Its latest opening was a...
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Price Survey - 22nd March 2008
Despite hefty price cuts at Morrisons, Asda has returned after a three-week absence from the top spot to reclaim the title of cheapest retailer. Asda undercut Morrisons on 13 items, the most significant of which was Cathedral City Cheddar: £1...
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What the papers said - 22nd March 2008
Sainsbury's top potato buyer has been arrested by police investigating an alleged £3m fraud. The News of the World said detectives have questioned John Maylam over allegations that he took "backhander" payments from potato company Greenvale, which...
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opinion -"Even Justin King couldn't sign off a £3m expense form claim unchallenged, let alone an ops director at one of his suppliers"
While Mr Potato, as he was dubbed by the Mail, turns out to be a middle-management buyer at Sainsbury's, the alleged £3bn bribery and money laundering case over a potato contract with Greenvale cannot be overstated. Rumours of bungs and brown...
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Premier: it's about more than our daily bread
The soaring price of wheat, the now unfashionably heavy debt levels, and the cut in the dividend. These fundamentals dominated the headlines when Premier Foods announced a £73.5m pre-tax loss earlier this month. But CEO Robert Schofield...
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acid test - Schwartz recipie mix pouches & Branston bloomin big baked beans
Expert's verdict... 7/10 This is a strange one. UK consumers are used to drowning their meals in wet sauces, so this is not what you'd imagine for a cooking sauce. The challenge will come in helping the consumer to distinguish what this product is...
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Young at little risk from additives, says review
Food manufacturers say they will continue to remove artificial additives, despite a review finding little evidence to link them with adverse effects on children's health or behaviour.The European Food Safety Authority concluded...
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Fruit First collaboration fails after just one year
A UK top fruit packing project that was hailed as a major step forward for the fruit industry went out of business this week - less than a year after opening. Fruit First, which began operating last summer, stored, graded, packed and...
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Ocado says it's put a 'big fat hole' in Tesco web ambition
The chief executive of Ocado has accused Tesco of running scared in an increasingly bitter war of words following Ocado's claims it would price-match Tesco.Tim Steiner told The Grocer the price-match policy appeared to have caused "angst...