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Industry works to sell discarded fish
Retailers and fish processors could help to reduce the numbers of unwanted fish tipped back by commercial boats through creating new markets for unfashionable species. Seafish has brought together industry and government representatives to make...
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Eco-detergent: will it wash this time?
It should be an obvious move. Consumers think clogging up the environment with chemicals is a bad idea and just about every fmcg market is looking for greener alternatives. Yet eco-friendly laundry detergents are a tiny niche.
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Martin Glenn: why private equity's good for grocery
PR is not the strongest suit of the private equity brigade. They are variously described as as barbarians, asset-strippers and tax-dodging vultures; accused of slashing jobs, ignoring pensions and paying low wages before selling up and moving on to...
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Fair play pledge by PM
Prime Minister Gordon Brown has given his assurance to the National Farmers' Union that he will not stand by and let retailers exploit the foot and mouth outbreak. The farming industry feared the worst when the foot and mouth virus was discovered on...
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Shop Profile Proudfoot Group
Store Numbers: four Staff: 200 Turnover: £18.9m Type of operation: supermarket chain As the deadline for the Competition Commission's findings on the grocery market comes ever closer, Mark Proudfoot, joint MD of the Proudfoot Group, will be leading...
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Harriott puts name to rice
Symington's has launched a range of microwaveable rice dishes under the Ainsley Harriott brand. The Rice & Simple line, which joins the company's Ainsley Harriott Cous Cous range on shelf, comes in authentic basmati, Thai sticky rice, long...
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Sainsbury's hit by out-of-stocks
Sainsbury's has played down concerns of an availability crisis despite reports of dismal out-of-stocks from The Grocer 33 survey. In the past four weeks, Sainsbury's average availability has plummeted to 89.4%. Last year's average across the six...
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spotlight - John Shropshire
Family business G's grows and markets hand-harvested vegetables in Cambridge and Norfolk. Its produce has just won a listing in Tesco. MD John Shropshire outlines plans for further growth For more than 50 years our family has been growing, packing...
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New team takes over at Petty, Wood
Marketing and distribution specialists Petty, Wood has been sold to an HBOS-backed management team for an undisclosed sum. There will be a new management team headed by newly appointed CEO Mike Hogg, former commercial director of Uniq's Smedley's...
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A spirited recovery
At 4.30 pm on Saturday 15 October 2005, Tony Sharpe, MD of gin and vodka distiller G&J Greenall, received a phone call from his operations director informing him that the company's sole plant in Warrington was on fire. There were only two...
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Reader survey - grocery inquiry
Despite the thoroughness of the Competition Commission's inquiry, which will not see publication of its findings until February 2008, many c-store owners are sceptical about whether it will have a positive impact on their businesses, according to...
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Shop Profile - Proudfoot Group
Store Numbers: fourStaff: 200Turnover: £18.9m Type of operation: supermarket chainAs the deadline for the Competition Commission's findings on the grocery market comes ever closer, Mark Proudfoot, joint MD of the Proudfoot Group,...
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Tesco extends Dobbies offer
Tesco has extended its recommended cash offer for Dobbies Garden Centre for a second time.The first closing date of the 1,500p a share offer, which Tesco tabled in June, was 18 July but this was extended to 8 August. However, this would now...
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Kellogg recalls Crunchy Nut cereal
Kellogg has recalled boxes of Crunchy Nut cereal following a small number of complaints from customers of an unusual taste from some packs.There is no risk to health and the tainted taste was a quality issue and not a food safety issue, the...
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FSA highlights confusion over 1% milk
EU regulations introduced nearly 10 years ago about the use of 1% milk is still causing confusion, according to the Food Standards Agency. The Drinking Milk Regulations (1998) state that milk must fall within fat-content bands for whole (above 2%),...
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Niklas spends £1m on freshening up stores
FreshXpress is to spend £1m "straight away" sprucing up stores and replacing fascias at 24 stores. In an exclusive interview with The Grocer, CEO Paul Niklas said he had set a five-week deadline to get the chain's top 24 stores up to scratch. He...
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Better ranging 'would boost sales to £10bn'
Consumer spending on dairy could rise £2.4bn to £10bn per year by 2012 if the industry focused more on what shoppers really wanted, according to new research from Dairy Crest. Its report, Dairy for Life, seen exclusively by The Grocer, says...
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My Alternative CV - Michael Cohen, marketing director, Whole Earth Organic 10/10
What's your nickname? The Eyebrow When was the first time you got drunk and what did you drink? I remember downing a whole bottle of the sweetest dessert wine imaginable in one go during a school trip to France... not a pretty sight!
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British asparagus sales soar by 19%
British asparagus growers have overcome difficult weather to post a 24% increase in volume sales. The Asparagus Growers Association praised the multiples for their support during the short April to May growing season. Speaking at the AGA's annual...