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Results shine as Waitrose moves north
Waitrose managing director Steven Esom disclosed a sparkling set of Christmas trading results this week as the supermarket showed it continues to go from strength to strength. Five-week like-for-like sales rose 5.6% for the period to 6...
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Profile Revisited
If 2005 was a year of controversy for Jonathan Crisp, with its outrageous on-pack caricatures upsetting the Church of England and Buckingham Palace, then last year was one of growth and profitability. The company has spent the past 12...
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Retail Spotlight
Located beneath a sweeping arch of the Docklands Light Railway, Budgens' new-look London store is a sign of things to come, not just for Virginia Quay, the developing heart of the capital's Docklands, but for the Budgens business as a...
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Birds Eye factory to close
Birds Eye, the frozen foods brand acquired last year by private equity group Permira from Unilever, is closing its factory in Hull with the loss of 490 jobs.The company blamed inheriting a business with “unsustainable over-capacity” for the...
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M&S shares fall
Shares in Marks and Spencer fell 4% to close on 696p yesterday, despite strong Christmas trading from the retailer.Like-for-like food sales rose 3.6% in the 13 weeks to 30 December and total food sales rose 9.5%. Total like-for-like sales...
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Waitrose sales rise
John Lewis Partnership, the parent company of Waitrose, has reported strong Christmas trading for the supermarket chain.Like-for-like sales rose 5.6% in the five weeks to 6 January, with sales up 11%.“Our sales for Christmas and the...
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Tesco could sell land bank
The Competition Commission's inquiry into the grocery industry could force Tesco to sell its land bank. At least two of the six members on the inquiry's panel are arguing Tesco's property portfolio is preventing rivals from entering local...
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Bucks Fizz is a Shloer thing with the testers
Shloer has reason to toast its success, thanks to its Bucks Fizz offering clocking up the highest score in The Grocer's Acid Test slot during 2006. Of the 50 food and drink products sampled by consumer and retailer testers throughout the...
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New ready meal range targets busy parents
Busy mums struggling to feed fussy offspring are the target of a new range of healthy chilled ready meals for children. Eat Fussy is the brainchild of Annabel Karmel, food consultant, chef and author of children's food and nutrition...
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Wholesaler profile - Woodward Foodservice
Woodward Foodservice is a business with an eye on a rather bigger prize these days. Chief executive Ed Hyslop's ambition since joining Woodward in 1997 has been to create a genuine rival to the big two leading national foodservice operators...
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Dove and Lynx to get £19m revamp
Unilever is revamping its major male and female toiletries ranges for the new year, with a combined budget of £19m. The Dove brand gets a new look and improved formulations from this month, backed by £10m. The Lynx line-up also gets...
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Better Asda food pulls in 20 million
Asda is the first of the big four to declare its Christmas trading performance, claiming it bucked the poor Christmas retail trend with sales above expectations. Customer numbers were up year-on-year by more than one million to 20 million...
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World News - 6th January 2007
France allows supermarket TV ads. Paris: The French government has dropped a ban preventing major retailers from advertising on analogue television channels. The ban was originally enforced in 1968 to protect smaller retailers and...
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What's in store in 2007?
If 2006 was the year the grocery industry came under more scrutiny than ever before, 2007 is poised to be the year in which it is held to account. This is the stark message from some of the biggest names in UK grocery, who...
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What the Grocer Editorial Team thinks are the big issues of 2007
Ingredients go natural. Superfoods and Omega-3 may be everywhere but this year we will see a return to products that contain good old-fashioned ingredients. Consumers are becoming aware of so-called nasties in foods, such as MSG...
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Ofcom delays ad ban to review objections
Ofcom has delayed the implementation of its ban on advertising high fat, salt and sugar (HFSS) foods to children, while big manufacturers have lodged objections to proposals to extend its reach. The new rules that prevent advertising of...
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Food additives probe could lead to ban on colourings
A host of colourings could be banned from use in food products, leaving manufacturers struggling to find alternatives. The European Food Safety Authority has launched an investigation to re-evaluate the safety of all authorised food...
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ADM hike sparks fear of further bread rises
Bread prices are set to soar again after milling giant ADM announced yet another hike in the price of flour - the second within four months. ADM's decision to increase the price of all its flour by £21.25 per tonne from 15 January comes...