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Shop Profile Wing Yip
The devil is in the detail, they say, and a few hours with the eponymous founder of oriental food wholesaler Wing Yip reveals that nowhere is this more true than at its Cricklewood outlet in north London. Builders are completing the first phase...
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Reader Survey
With the sector gearing up for British Food Fortnight later this month, our wholesaler panel is enthusiastic about the drive for local food, but not necessarily optimistic about its short-term prospects. However, the panel believes wholesalers...
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Rising star
Though not yet officially on our Big 30 wholesaler list, London-based Loon Fung operates in the same sector as Wing Yip, and will definitely be knocking on the door now it has opened its fourth outlet, in Silverton, east London, this...
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Stirred not shaken
Where is the Andy Bond who delivered "that speech" at IGD's annual convention last October? Since gamely shouldering Asda's share of the blame for the industry's "bland, amorphous, sameness", the dynamic leader that these comments seemed to...
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Top-Up shop
Who we visited Smile, Old Market Street, Bristol Spar, Warwick Road, Solihull, West Midlands premier, Broadfield Barton, Crawley, West Sussex tesco EXpress, High Street, Woodville, Derbyshire tesco metro, New...
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Bovril reintroduces beef to drink
Bovril is planning to include beef stock in its recipe again.Its maker, Unilever, removed the meat content two years ago after the export ban on British beef following a BSE scare and replaced it with yeast.Unilever has now announced...
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Maintain the best position by sticking to your own role
The successful team negotiation requires colleagues to define their job and stick to their own roles in preparation and performance Think about the times during a negotiation when you wished you could retract a concession or a piece of...
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Climbing the ladder
How did you get to where you are today? I am a food technologist by profession and initially went into production management, where I gained experience in problem solving and dealing with people from diverse backgrounds. I also learnt that you...
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Lidl to sell cheap flights
Discount retailer Lidl is to sell-cut price flights alongside its usual grocery offer.
Next week, in conjunction with budget German airline Air Berlin, customers will be able to save up to £100 on a return flight to 25 European… -
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Fyffes acquires Lembcke Group
Fresh produce company Fyffes has acquired the remaining 50% stake in Danish fresh produce company Lembcke Group for DKK125m (£11.32m).It has also acquired banana companies Interbanan and Valby Bananimport for DKK45m (£4.1m).Carl...
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Asda scraps age from job applications
Asda has said that it will no longer ask applicants for their age on job applications.The supermarket group said that it would employ staff from the ages of 16 to 70, which goes beyond new age-discrimination legislation coming into force on...
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In the can
SALMON As the Alaskan red salmon season comes to an end, there is frantic activity at the government inspection facilities to get the gradings completed. All product has to go through a rigorous process to ensure both quality and...
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CUP For Outstanding Business Achievement 2006
The Grocer Cup for Outstanding Business Achievement is one of the industry's top accolades. It is given to an individual who has inspired exceptional results and made the biggest contribution to the industry in the past year. And it's a special...
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David Sands takes its store total to 22
David Sands has introduced a new company logo and invested £800,000 in two new stores in Fife, giving The Grocer Top 50 independent a total of 22 stores. The company has modified its logo and introduced the strapline 'Your friendly local...
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Addiction relaunched with 'masstige' focus
Men's fragrance Addiction is set to wrestle with the mighty Lynx brand with a relaunch that repositions it as a 'masstige' range - one that has prestige appeal with an affordable price tag. An autumn marketing campaign will aim to show...
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Buyers advice centre
The competitive arena that is grocery retail has been the backdrop for an extended game of musical chairs during the past few years. Ambitious store chains hungry for market share have devoured smaller ones, increasing their range - both...
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Don't get caught out by age laws
With little more than a month to go before new age discrimination regulations come into effect, time is running out for employers in the food and drink industry to be swotting up on their 3Rs: recruitment, retirement and redundancy. The...