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READER SURVEY
Independent retailers contacted by The Grocer this week are divided as to how important it is to offer customers more than just standard groceries. Half the retailers we approached either have a hot food counter or want one, according to...
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After the big statement, Whole Foods gears up for rapid expansion in Britain
Whole Foods Market is targeting more London sites following the launch of its 80,000sq ft flagship store in Kensington this week.Now the "big statement store" had opened it doors, expansion would speed up, said Jim Sud, executive vice...
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Asda is cheapest chain for decade
Asda chief executive Andy Bond and his colleagues will be celebrating this weekend after being crowned Britain's cheapest supermarket for an amazing tenth year running.The Leeds-based retailer provided the cheapest shopping list for 32...
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Milk falls foul ofad rules
The absurdity of the FSA's Nutrient Profiling Model was thrown into sharp relief again this week when it emerged Asda had been forced to drop whole milk from its latest TV adverts because it breaches Ofcom's rules on advertising food to...
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The searchfor a star
It's late 1994 and a group of advertising executives from brand agency Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO are considering a PepsiCo brief for a one-off advert to reposition Walkers crisps. They hit upon the idea of an ad that shows the crisps as so tasty...
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Reader survey - product offer
Independent retailers contacted by The Grocer this week are divided as to how important it is to offer customers more than just standard groceries. Half the retailers we approached either have a hot food counter or want one, according to the...
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Shop Profile - Spar Helston
Size of store: 2,450 sq ftDate established: 1976Number of lines: 2,800Turnover: £35,000 a weekSpeciality: Food-to-goThe owners of Spar Helston in Cornwall are no strangers to change. Chris and Sue Sharrinton's efforts to...
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Name change for Richmond
Richmond Ice Cream, the producer of Nestlé ice creams, has changed its name to Richmond & Roncadin Ice Cream (R&R), as a result of its merger last year.The buyout by American investment company Oaktree last year meant Richmond merged with...
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Threshers sold
Terra Firma Capital Partners has sold off-licence chain Threshers to a consortium led by Edmund Truell, founder of Duke Street Capital, according to The Telegraph.It is believed that the deal is worth significantly less than the £225m the...
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Defra to work on carbon labelling
The Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs has joined forces with the Carbon Trust to measure the carbon footprint of products.Defra and the Carbon Trust will work with BSI British Standards to develop an agreed method for...
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AB Foods shares rise
Shares in Associated British Foods rose 6.5p to finish on 932p yesterday after the group revealed it had acquired Indian food company Patak's in a deal thought to be worth more than £100m.The deal includes the Patak's brand and assets in all...
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Air freight food faces organic ban
Air freighted food could be stripped of its organic status under plans being considered by the Soil Association.The proposal is set to be put out to consultation by the association this week as part of a range of policies being considered to...
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Associated British Foods acquires Patak's
Associated British Foods has acquired Indian food company Patak's from the founding Pathak family for an undisclosed sum.The deal includes the Patak's brand and assets in all countries except India and completion is subject to a number of...
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Drinks to carry warning labels
Alcoholic drinks will carry health warning labels by the end of 2008, according to public health minister Caroline Flint.Under a voluntary agreement between the government and the drinks industry, labels on bottles and cans will state how...
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monitor - 26th May 2007
Britain's hard-pressed dairy farmers have been promised more money for their milk since early spring. But it is taking a long time to turn the ship around after three years of steadily falling milk prices and an ever-bigger squeeze on margins. After...
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non-food -26th May 2007
?Sean Hannam is the online editor of www.ertweekly.com - the website of ERT Weekly - a dedicated magazine for electrical retailers Tesco sent shock waves through the electrical retailing sector recently when it sold a name-brand washing machine for...
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Price Survey - 26th May 2007
Sainsbury's has become our cheapest retailer after weeks of striving to match the prices of its nearest rivals. It's the luck of the draw as to whether we choose items the retailer has put on special offer - this was evidently Sainsbury's week. Its...
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Star order - 26th May 2007
Ocado has won this quarter's Star Order award for shopping excellence, taking the crown from WaitroseDeliver. Our Ocado shopper said it was easy to find all the items on the Ocado website.
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What the papers said - 26th May 2007
The Mail got the inside track on the BBC's Whistleblower programme - a fly on the wall documentary aired this week that exposed some pretty nasty goings on inside some of the UK's supermarkets and food suppliers. Undercover reporters who worked at...
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acid test - Tungi and Classic Mix
Expert's verdict:5/10 ?At 43.2% abv, Tungi is potent and the strap line 'Enjoy the rich smooth flavour of pure unblended Prickly Pear Spirit' is accurate. Regrettably, the bizarre packaging may alienate the off-trade. It is not space-efficient in...