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"I was a loyal customer and had even recruited others to the cause. Now all I feel is pretty worthless"
I was considering the twin trends of healthy food and convenience this week after attending a conference when something happened to bring the reality into sharp focus. I got home to find my weekly organic box, from Abel & Cole, had been...
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English apples off to a cracking start
The English apple season has got off to a good start, confirmed Adrian Barlow, chief executive of English Apples & Pears this week.The first Discovery has now been cleared and growers are marketing Worcester and some niche varieties such...
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Asda system designed to help kids buy 'green' food for lunch
Asda is to launch a payment card designed to help parents ensure their children don't spend their lunch money on junk food.The new Green Card is still at the development stage, but the plan is for parents to charge it Oyster Card-style...
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Asda set to challenge JS, Tesco with national online roll-out
Asda is launching an offensive on Sainsbury's and Tesco's online market share with plans to take its service national from next year. Asda.com is currently serviced by 80 stores across the country. However, this will be increased to 100...
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Asda pushes for exit from fisheries policy
Asda has joined calls for Britain's withdrawal from the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) in order to protect the livelihoods of Scottish fishermen and preserve fish stocks in the North Sea.Gordon Maddan, regulatory affairs manager at Asda,...
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Asda trebles shelf space for organics
Asda has told The Grocer it is planning big changes to its dairy category following two major reviews.The shelf space for organic produce will be trebled with lines pulled together into a dedicated cabinet at the end of this month. A...
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Austin lands logistics role at Morrisons
Morrisons has appointed Neal Austin as director oflogistics. He is set to start his role, which is a new one for the retailer, on 2 October, and will be reporting directly to David Hutchinson, Morrisons' manufacturing, warehouse and...
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Availability
Asda West Bridgford, Nottingham1 Our mystery shopper at the Asda store on Loughborough Road in West Bridgford, Nottingham said that the store looked "well stocked" and that staff were busy refilling shelves. However, she was...
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Chocs away as Kellogg sweetens Bran Flakes
Chocolate is joining the line-up of Kellogg's high fibre cereal All-Bran Bran Flakes, as the company bids to boost the healthiersector's taste factor.According to marketing director Kevin Brennan, taste is the key to encouraging...
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Beans are back in business
Premier Foods prompted some frenzied promotional and marketing activity last November with the £5m launch of Branston baked beans. For the first time in two years Heinz was forced to temporarily drop the price of baked beans in response...
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Investment by Walkers in baked expectations
PepsiCo is extending its reach into the healthier snacks market with new baked crisps, backed by a £6m marketing campaign.Rolling out now, Walkers Baked are made from potato flakes rather than potato slices, baked rather than fried, and...
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Heinz crosses its beans with silver
Heinz is flexing its marketing muscle in baked beans with a new £5m campaign.Half of the spend will go on TV activity breaking next week and building on previous executions featuring a Woody Allen-style bean talking about health...
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"Behind the scenes at the Labour Party conference there was the faintest whiff of optimism"
Are we in the middle of the two weeks that will change the face of the world - or at least of planet grocery? This week Waitrose, Nisa-Today's and the ACS put their cases to the Competition Commission in its investigation into the market. Next...
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The big breakfast
Others may be checking for bruises as the furore over guideline daily amounts (GDAs) versus traffic-light labelling rages on, but Kevin Brennan, Kellogg marketing director, is convinced that the controversy is doing the food industry...
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Brilliance at Bishopbriggs
The Bishopbriggs Morrisons on Kirkintilloch Road in Glasgow has won this week's Top Store award. Our mystery shopper there was impressed by the helpful and friendly staff. She noted that the managers made sure new checkouts were opened as soon...
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Snacks gain the Nak for a bit of rebellion
UBUK is aligning the Wheat Crunchies and Nik Naks brands it bought from Golden Wonder with its existing Discos and Skips lines for a four-pronged assault on the savoury snacks category.The company is relaunching both Wheat Crunchies and...
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Bogof's week
What better than a large glass of chilled wine now that the weather has turned sunnier once again? Not so easy to get, however, if you happen to shop at Tesco in Shoreham, as my colleague found this week. She asked a member of staff if the store...
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Tesco trials boost Subway's target
Subway, the US sandwich chain, is to open three trial concessions in Tesco stores in a move that will give it a foothold in one of the major UK multiples for the first time, The Grocer can reveal. The Tesco pilot, due to start in the next...
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Supermarkets are bullying Scots suppliers, inquiry told
Supermarkets north of the border are bullying suppliers into making lump sum payments and routinely selling products below cost in a bid to squeeze the competition, the Competition Commission heard in Edinburgh this week. The Commission...
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Israel has a bumper crop, says importer
Israel has shrugged off its volatile security situation to post a bumper harvest of most crops, according to major importer Agrexco.In fact, it said the only cloud on the horizon was the lower mango harvest and stiff competition in the...