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How organicis organic?
Twenty years ago organic food accounted for a tiny, tiny niche in the market, with sales of just £5m. Now sales have reached £1.6bn p.a. and strong growth continues. With retailers, farmers, packaged foods suppliers and consumers embracing...
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Inside track
What's a parent to do? They are informed, harassed, multi-tasking - and totally committed. So what gets the new parent's buying juices going? Well, the new purchasing mantra among informed parents is 'good and quick'. If you can supply...
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Q&A with Mike Shaw Manager of the Week
Tell us a little bit about Morrisons' Livingston store? The store was opened on 17 October last year so it's just over one year old. At 83,000 sq ft it's one of Morrisons' largest in Scotland and has the most up-to-date footprint. I am...
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Spanish pay for raspberry plants
Spanish raspberry production is set for a boost after growers struck a deal with a British plant breeder. With legal action hanging over their heads, the largest growers have agreed to stop illegally propagating plants developed by...
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The people's planopoly
The battle lines have been drawn. On one side are Friends of the Earth, local community groups and small independent retailers. They accuse Tesco et al of: browbeating local authorities with "legalised bungs" (aka planning gains); submitting...
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Price Survey
Fresh fruit and vegetable prices continued to fluctuate in this first week of December. The cost of parsnips has risen by an average of 11% in the past seven days, and now rests at £1.82 for a kg. The largest increase took place at Asda,...
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Profile Revisited
Rippleglen's focus in the past year has been on promoting active selling among its shop staff. The drive began in earnest in February, with a comprehensive training programme. "We had a sales conference for store managers, tailor-dmade to...
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Push is vital as well as pull
SIR; In the summer Amy Williams, commercial manager of the Marine Stewardship Council, wrote in The Grocer about how retailers can play a decisive role in leading fisheries on a sustainable path through their purchasing power ('Talking Shop',...
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Reader survey
Christmas trading is going smoothly, with sales either the same as or better than last year for the vast majority of The Grocer Top 50 independent retailers. According to our latest reader panel survey, many retailers took the precaution...
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Top-Up shop
Who we visited. Spar, Manor Green Road, Epsom, Surrey. Kwik Save, The Paddock, Handforth, Cheshire. Best One Ditton Hill, Long Ditton, Surrey. Scotmid Co-op East Main Street, Uphall, West Lothian. Tesco Express,...
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Heinz reports mixed results
Heinz has reported a 6% decrease in second-quarter net profit to $191.6m (£97.1m) on sales up 3.5% at $2.23bn.Net profit was hit by higher tax rates and discontinued operations, while sales were boosted by higher prices and a weaker...
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Hill Station secures funding
Shares in Hill Station have started trading again after the ice cream manufacturer secured the funding it needed to upgrade its factory in Cwmbran, south Wales.The company suspended trading of its shares on the Alternative Investment Market...
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Wal-Mart beats Tesco to India
Wal-Mart has beaten Tesco to India, linking up with Indian telecommunications giant Bharti Enterprises in a joint retail venture. Tesco had been one of the retailers, together with Wal-Mart and French retailer Carrefour, in line for the...
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In the can
Fruit. The few remaining Spanish canners have started to process the season's bumper mandarin orange crop. At 150,000 metric tonnes, it was nearly double last year's production. A high proportion of 2005's crop went into the fresh...
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100 tonnes of chocolate per year
A new addition to The Grocer's World's Greatest Food Retailers, Harrods, based in Knightsbridge, London, started life in 1849 when Charles Henry Harrod opened a small grocery shop and placed the emphasis on high-quality customer service....
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World News - 25th November 2006
Campbell profit falls. CAMDEN, NJ: Campbell Soup Company has reported a 3.6% fall in first-quarter net profit to $291m on turnover up 8% at $2.2bn (£1.15bn). Sales were boosted by price increases and new products, including lower...
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Abattoirs air big beef on price-fixing claim
Abattoirs have denied allegations by the National Beef Association that they are engaged in cattle price manipulation. The NBA said some farmers were "allowing themselves to be conned by a handful of influential abattoirs into thinking...