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The government, too, must get off the sofa
Just six months ago the Healthy Living Social Marketing Programme was launched with a seven-point plan to halt the rise in obesity among children under 11 by 2010. It detailed a range of eye-catching initiatives, from increasing the provision...
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'Too much goes on promotion spend'
Most food and drink suppliers believe they are spending too much on funding in-store promotions, new research reveals.A survey of 200 big-name manufacturers by Billetts Marketing Services exclusively for The Grocer found 75% of suppliers...
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Morrisons scores a hat-trick
Morrisons' store in High Wycombe has scooped this week's Top Store award for the third time, thanks to excellent customer service and availability.Our shopper was impressed by the clean and tidy store that had no packing trolleys or...
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Q&A with Henri Henriques Store manager of the week
What is your greatest challenge and how do you tackle it? The greatest challenge I have is consistency in the workplace. We have won the Top Store award three times because we consistently want to be the best. We want to deliver...
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The Hutton inquiry
Why has the FSA developed a Nutrient Profiling Model that allows chips, chicken nuggets and diet soft drinks to be advertised to children and not honey, cheese, raisins or cereals? Here's what Dame Deirdre Hutton had to say. The Grocer asks:...
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Squeezing the most out of juices
It was tough to determine the top six buyers in juices and smoothies and many contenders missed out by the slightest of margins. The category poses a number of challenges for buyers, not least because of the large number of new entrants...
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Letter of the week
The Grocer should be commended on its efforts to put forward constructive alternatives to the FSA's Nutrient Profiling Model, particularly those incorporating positive attributes of foods. It is all too easy to criticise government...
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Transform your life through the power of make-believe
The world is what you think it is! Now let me explain that statement. If you see the world as a friendly place, you'll tend to notice the ways in which things work out for the best. Because you're looking for 'friendly' things to happen,...
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Top-Up shop
Who we visited Sainsbury's Local Birmingham, West Midlands Co-op Crieff, Perthshire Nisa Stockport, Greater Manchester Tesco express Amersham, Bucks Budgens Trowbridge, Wiltshire How they...
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Sainsbury's withdraws coleslaw
Sainsbury's has withdrawn some batches of its own-brand coleslaw because of incorrect labelling.The coleslaw contains milk, which is not declared on the label.The affected batches are Sainsbury's Coleslaw 150g and 300g tubs with use by...
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Waitrose/M&S top sustainable fish table
Waitrose and Marks & Spencer have topped the Marine Conservation Society's Sustainable Supermarket League Table, which examines the UK supermarkets' commitment to sourcing fish from responsibly managed fisheries.Tesco and Sainsbury's ranked...
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Treat staff well and it will pay big dividends
Attracting and retaining top-quality employees isn't just about how much you pay them. Companies will thrive if they train and induct staff fully as well as acknowledge and reward performance.Steve CrabbEditor, People...
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Retailer visit - William Wight
Size of shop: 1,200 sq ftEstablished: 1929Total number of lines: 2,000+Speciality: Traditional sweets and dry cured baconStep into Wm Wight on North Shields fish quay and be forgiven for thinking you've stepped back in...
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"We're back to pushing 5-a-day and 10 Top Tips for Mums. A £7bn problem reduced to an anorexic pamphlet"
On Tuesday, I thought the government was at last thinking along joined-up lines in the obesity debate. A bonkers study conducted at a Plymouth hospital, which suggested that the amount of exercise children undertake had nothing to do...
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"Only 16% of 11 to 15-year-olds are doing the seven hours of weekly exercise recommended by the DoH "
"Mummy, we've got to get an endowment mortgage," said Henry, the six-year-old son of a friend of mine. "Errrr, why Henry?" asked my friend, understandably perplexed. "Because it says so on the telly," said Henry.One of the reasons that...
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Price Survey - 17 March 2007
Yet again Asda is the cheapest retailer, according to data from The Grocer 33 pricing survey. It provided the cheapest basket this week at £41.33 with some price cuts on basket items. Lettuce was 10p cheaper than the previous week...
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World News - 17th March 2007
Bain in on KKR bid for Coles...Tooronga, AUSTRALIA: Private equity firm Bain Capital has reportedly joined a Kohlberg Kravis Roberts-led consortium interested in bidding for Australian supermarket chain Coles Group. Last month,...
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World News - 17th March 2007
Metro Group celebrates growth. Düsseldorf, GERMANY: Retailer Metro Group, which owns wholesaler Makro in the UK, increased its pre-tax profit by 14.1% in 2006 to €1.9bn (£1.3bn). Group sales for the year rose 7.5% to €59.9bn...
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Martin McColl puts 54 sites up for sale
Convenience store and CTN chain Martin McColl is selling off 54 of its 1,274 stores.Eighteen of the sites for sale are in Scotland and 16 are in the Midlands and west of England. A further 11 stores are in the north of England, with the...
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My Favourite Things Lee Gurteen, national account controller, For Goodness Shakes!
What's your favourite restaurant? Chez Gurteen - the current Mrs Gurteen is a whizz in the kitchen.Do you prefer healthy food or junk food? Healthy. I'm running the London Marathon this year and I've used For Goodness Shakes as part of a...