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a flying start for mcColl
?A new year and a new number one. Martin McColl has dethroned frozen discounter Farmfoods after a three-year reign as the UK's largest independent retailer.The retailer hit the top spot on our list having completed its first full year of...
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Foreign focus
Product: Fine Support Smooth Walking Company: Calpis Country: JapanWhat does an energy drinks supplier do, when its core market of teenagers and young adults no longer offers the growth potential that it once did?One...
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Fury as teens get pulled in
Food and drink suppliers have reacted angrily to Ofcom's refusal to bend on its tough stance on a ban on advertising high fat, salt and sugar products to kids.Ofcom has rubber-stamped a proposal to extend the ban from the under-nines to the...
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halfway is hot
?Independent retailers are constantly bombarded by experts telling them the only future is in the loving bosom of a symbol group. Indeed, it is rare to stumble across a pure, non-affiliated independent retailer but, as our figures below reveal,...
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Hi-tech line polishes the look of salad
A new, high-speed production system that eliminates the need for drying salads and enhances shelf life and appearance has been commissioned by Lancashire-based Salads to Go, which supplies The Co-operative Group with salad.A vacuum and...
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Innovation
Fair trade packaging often has to work harder than any other kind on the shelf. Not only does it need to communicate its fair trade message clearly and concisely to consumers, but it also needs to stand out from the masses by creating a striking...
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Innovation
Constant price hikes on tobacco are creating a vibrant market for value brands. At least 10p has been added to a packet of cigarettes over the past year and another 20p increase is expected after the next Budget, which puts a lot of brands well...
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Landmark insists it has no need for Nisa tie-up
Landmark Wholesale has poured cold water on rumours linking it to a merger with Nisa-Today's.Rumours of a tie-up between the UK's two biggest buying groups have persisted since the proposed merger between Nisa-Today's and Costcutter...
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Thai meals made simple to prepare
A new Thai food range encouraging home cooking of ethnic recipes aims to take on Sharwood's and Blue Dragon.Thai Kitchen was first launched in the US in 1989 and is popular in the Netherlands, Belgium and...
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A mixed and not-so-greenset of results
The multiples still have work to do to become environmentally friendly if this quarter's The Grocer 33 online survey is anything to go by.Despite their much-trumpeted environmentally friendly plans, the multiples used 53 plastic bags...
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A taste of the new
Visitors to CRS 2007 are guaranteed a first look at loads of new products. The Country Choice stand is always one of the busiest at the show. This year the company is launching two pizza concepts - hot pizza for shoppers to eat straight...
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Research Notes
The fair trade market is worth more than £136m and has grown by 15% since last year.Markets that traditionally feature fair trade products - such as fruit, coffee, tea and chocolate - are still performing well and collectively...
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Research Notes
The category has barely dropped in value over the past 12 months, falling just 0.1% compared to 1.3% the previous year. Budget lines continue to grow the category as smokers opt for value in a sector increasingly hit by price hikes....
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Ones to watch
Helena Hudson set up the The Real Eating Company in Hove after moving to Brighton from London and deciding there was a gap in the market for a high-quality food retailer. Three years on and the influx of organic and specialist food...
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star order
WaitroseDeliver was the winner of this quarter's Star Order award for shopping excellence, knocking Tesco from the top spot. WaitroseDeliver impressed our shopper with high levels of customer service and all-round ease of use.Our mystery...
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People power scuppers Tesco Tolworth plan
Tesco has been forced to scrap plans for what would have been its biggest-ever mixed use development.The development in Tolworth, Surrey, would have included 835 flats, a 60,000 sq ft store and 7,800 sq ft of additional retail...
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Price Survey
Asda is the cheapest retailer for the second week in a row with a basket cost of £46.60.It managed to keep hold of the cheapest retailer title in The Grocer 33 pricing survey this week thanks to a half-price promotion on 8-packs of...
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Reading the smoke signals
Smokers are a resilient bunch. Despite the constant price hikes on tobacco and the absence of any advertising to reel them in, they still spent £9.3bn a year on tobacco over the past year, just 0.1% less than in the previous year. For some...