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Why danger is still lurking for the major multiples
There's no evidence of a waterbed effect, wholesalers are light years away from a tipping point and direct suppliers to supermarkets are in "reasonable shape". On the face of it there was plenty to cheer the big supermarket chains when...
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Joint fascia deal doubles store sales
Bargain Booze has extended its strategy of securing links with independents thanks to a deal with CTN retailer Finlay Newsagents. The two companies are piloting a joint-fascia concept called 'Bargain Booze at Finlay at a Finlay store in...
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Whole Foods Market entry delayed to June
Whole Foods Market, the US retailer of organic and natural foods, has delayed the launch of its eagerly awaited first UK store, The Grocer has learnt. The flagship supermarket in Kensington was widely expected to throw open its doors in...
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Dove range to target mature women's skin
Skin, hair and body care brand Dove will reveal its charms to older women this month, with the launch of its first range aimed at females aged 45+. Supported by a £12m marketing investment, Dove Pro Age is an eight-strong collection of...
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Fear of price-flexing if multiples enter Jersey
The entrance of Tesco, Sainsbury's or Asda to Jersey would not necessarily lead to falling grocery prices - because they could fix prices artifically high, business leaders on the island have warned. Entry by one of the big three is...
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Nutrient profiling explained
1Work out the total 'A' points that can be awarded for each nutrient. Points are scored on the amount of energy, fat, sugar and sodium that a 100g serving of food contains. The greater the nutrient content the more points are awarded (up...
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Are supermarkets milking the farmers?
The Competition Commission has so far stopped short of openly supporting the claims of many farmers that supermarkets are at the root of all their woes. But it is concerned about the huge fall in farmer numbers and plummeting...
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Restructure set to make FDF stronger
Food and Drink Federation president Iain Ferguson has announced a major restructuring of the organisation. The FDF is to place a sharper focus on three key areas by creating new strategy groups, which will be headed by FDF elected...
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Salad promotions help sales flourish
Salad producers said they enjoyed the run up to Christmas, with sales of salads up 10% to almost 10 million bags. The Fresh Prepared Salads Producer Group, which supplies salad packs to major UK supermarkets, said the extra trading day...
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Nestlé grasps new format
Nestlé Rowntree is hoping to grab itself a bigger chunk of bagged confectionery with new sharing bags of its most popular brands. Aero Bubbles and Quality Street versions hit shelves this month priced at £1.49 per bag, with the...
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Masterfoods powers forward with Planets
Masterfoods is launching its flagship confectionery brand Mars into new territory next month with bitesize Mars Planets. The new arrival - an impulse pack that contains three balls in caramel, nougat and crispy chocolate flavours - is...
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Letter of the week
Adam Leyland is quite right that independent retailers such as myself need more help from wholesalers (The Grocer, 27 January, p3). If an independent retailer is not stocking what his community wants, then he should choose another...
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Women on warpath over milk price levels
Retailers have stood up to Farmers For Action picketing the depots; tolerated farmers standing outside their stores with anti-corporation leaflets; and have even been forced into checking produce for name and shame stickers. Now they may...
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Origin really matters to shoppers says MLC
Country of origin is a much bigger driver in the purchase of meat than has been assumed, the MLC has claimed. In a survey released at the MLC Outlook conference this week, nearly a third of shoppers put it in their top five...
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Trans-fats: the new smoking
Sir; The mountain of recent research published on trans-fat has brought food ingredients back into focus, but yet again the food press doesn't look to the future or to the issue as a whole. The unnatural trans-fats we have become excited by are...
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Price Survey
It was all change this week in The Grocer 33, with Tesco being crowned the cheapest retailer and Asda dropping to fourth-cheapest. For the past four weeks running Tesco has been the fourth-cheapest retailer in The Grocer 33 survey as a...
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We say: Weigh It Up!
In the week that Ofcom's controversial advertising ban on 'junk food' to children comes into effect, The Grocer is launching Weigh It Up!, a nine-week campaign to expose the anomalies and absurdities of the Nutrient Profiling Model. And we call for...
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Top-Up shop
Who we visited. Sainsbury's Local Chessington, Surrey. Your Local Co-op Elburton, Plymouth. Keystore Kirkintilloch, Glasgow. Londis Morpeth Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Spar Brockham, Surrey. How they...