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Supplier warns of potato shortages
The Real Potato Co is warning that supplies of its Piccolo and Bellini potatoes are shorter than forecast because of the wet summer. The farmer-owned brand, which is part of Tesco potato supplier Branston, will start to run short of...
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Price Survey
After weeks of anticipation the rocketing price of commodities has finally hit the supermarket shelves, but the rising price of bread, milk and other staples is by no means across the board. Our analysis of The Grocer 33 this week shows,...
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Talking shop
The era of cheap food - and of food becoming cheaper year-on-year - is over, according to Richard Lowe, chief executive of the Meat and Livestock Commission Britain's pig farmers have been arguing strongly their case for higher prices in...
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Top-Up shop
How they performedAlthough the Weetabix was sold out and only 6-packs of bacon were available, the Co-op shop in the village of Longridge near Preston impressed our shopper who said it was clean, well stocked and had attractive...
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Soundbites
?"Hundreds of cups of Clipper Green tea are consumed every minute at the moment, a phenomenal figure compared with a few years ago. We think the switch is due to lifestyle changes, greater choice in the stores and the fact that diet and...
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Speciality tea
Speciality teas such as Earl Grey, Assam and English Breakfast continue to do well as consumers trade up to more premium options. The sector is worth £48m and has grown 9.2% [Nielsen MAT w/e 30 June 2007]. Twinings is a star performer in...
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Store visit - Kingsgate Wines and Provisions
Established: 1996Size of store: 700 sq ftNumber of lines: 1,500 plus 100 different winesTurnover: £400,000 a yearOn a beam in Kingsgate Wines and Provisions is the Latin phrase 'multum in parvo', which means 'much in little'....
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Retail surgery - cashless payment systems
How to install cashless payment systems wellCard payment services can bring customers into stores on a more regular basis, but to get the best from them retailers must analyse costs carefully and try different networks to suit shoppers'...
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ABF buys Jordans stake
Associated British Foods is to buy a 20% stake in cereal manufacturer Jordans.The food giant will acquire the share capital from the founding Jordan family, which will continue to control the business.The Jordans product range...
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Organic and fairtrade boosts Waitrose
Local, fairtrade and organic ranges helped Waitrose record half-year like-for-like sales growth of 3.2%, according to its parent company John Lewis Partnership.Underlying profit for the six months to 28 July rose 18.7% to £21.3m on sales up...
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Defra confirms new case of foot and mouth
A new case of foot and mouth disease has been confirmed at a site in Surrey.Defra said initial tests on the samples taken this morning from the cattle on the holding in Egham, Surrey, had indicated the presence of foot and mouth...
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WORLD NEWS - PepsiCo building Las Vegas plant
PepsiCo building Las Vegas plant LAS VEGAS, NEVADA: Food and beverage giant PepsiCo is to invest $101m...
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Can the Scots enter the £10bn league?
So. Scotland has ambitions to become one of the top countries for food and drink in 10 years. New public/private marketing body Scotland Food & Drink has been tasked with propelling the £7bn-industry towards a £10bn target by 2017. But when...
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Booker's economy lines hit £2m sales
Booker is hailing the launch of its Euro Shopper economy range as a success after hitting the £2m sales mark in just two months.The range, which was launched in July, consists of 30 products such as Jaffa Cakes, tea bags and coffee. It...
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What the papers said - 8th September 2007
? Fears that international wheat prices could surge even higher are likely to be exacerbated by a move in Russia to consider banning cereal exports, said the FT. It reports that December's legislative elections have created the need for the...
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Reader survey - 8th September 2007
The majority (67%) of Top 50 independent retailers who replied to our latest poll claimed to have been able to have taken more than two weeks off work as holiday so far this year. However, although retailers may be taking holiday, they are failing...
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CUP For Outstanding Business Achievement 2007
The Grocer Cup for Outstanding Business Achievement is one of the industry's top accolades. Presented at the IGD Food Industry Awards in London on 9 October, it is given to an individual who has inspired exceptional results and made the...
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our man from drip Don Pumsey - 8th September 2007
Hogarth, thou should'st be living at this hour! Who better than the 19th century doodler of Gin Lane to depict the depraved insanity that I in my darker moments feel has become of our beloved industry. This has surely been one of the madder weeks at...
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Price Survey - 8th September 2007
It's a case of five weeks and not out for Asda, which has chalked up its fifth consecutive week as the cheapest retailer. Asda's £35.32 basket contained five of the cheapest items on the list, although it undercut Morrisons on the loose apples, Hula...