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300 years of quality service
If The Grocer Top 50 retailers were all members of a single family, Berry Bros & Rudd would be the aristocratic great-grandfather. Sitting comfortably in the top 5% of the fine wine market and at number 21 on our Top 50 list, it sells...
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300 years of quality service
If The Grocer Top 50 retailers were all members of a single family, Berry Bros & Rudd would be the aristocratic great-grandfather. Sitting comfortably in the top 5% of the fine wine market and at number 21 on our Top 50 list, it sells...
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BWG to sell E90m of franchise stores
The BWG Group, owner of Spar and Mace franchises in the Irish Republic, is planning a major sell-off of stores to retailers. As much as €90m worth of property is be sold, mostly in Dublin, company CEO Leo Crawford has revealed. The BWG...
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How about fair trade for British farmers?
The Fairtrade Foundation and the fair trade movement as a whole have done a lot to give a better life to producers in the developing world. But what of British farmers? In a stark report unveiled this week at the Royal Show, Sir Stuart...
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Brands spread butter offers across retailers
This week's Promotrack focuses on the butters/spreads and cheese sub-categories in line with the Focus on Butters & Spreads. Of the featured space promotional activity recorded over the past 12 weeks, promotions were captured...
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ACS fears more violence if cigarette sale age is raised
Raising the legal age for buying tobacco could lead to a rise in violent attacks on small retailers, the Association of Convenience Stores has warned. The government announced this week that it was considering increasing the minimum...
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Country Life ad sticks knife into rival Anchor
Dairy Crest is spreading controversy in the butter sector, with a print ad for its Country Life brand that contrasts the food miles of a rival with its own British provenance. The ad sticks the knife into Anchor butter - the number two...
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Pringles cuts fat, adds taste
Procter & Gamble is slashing the saturated fat content of its Pringles by a third to capitalise on the growing 'better for you' category. Launching next week, the new recipe Pringles uses a different vegetable oil blend, claimed to make...
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Eat less salt, say FSA ads
A fresh wave of adverts to encourage consumers to cut salt consumption begins next week, ahead of a new campaign for 2007. The Food Standards Agency is to run 10-second versions of last year's ads, in which food packets urge consumers to...
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It all 'ads' up to a total ban
Banning the advertising of branded food during children's TV was always going to be a hot topic for consumer groups after communications watchdog Ofcom opened its consultation on advertising to children. What may not have been expected was for...
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Union again getting picky with Asda
Asda may have averted a five-day strike over collective bargaining rights among distribution workers last week, but issues over depot pick rates are unresolved. The GMB is concerned that Asda wants to raise pick rate levels following the...
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Amy Williams, commercial manager of the Marine Stewardship Council, says supermarkets really could do a lot more to push sustainable seafood
Consumers eat more seafood than ever before and increase the pressure on already strained fish stocks. We urgently have to take action to secure seafood supplies and meet future demands. Retailers can play a decisive role in leading...
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Amy Williams, commercial manager of the Marine Stewardship Council, says supermarkets really could do a lot more to push sustainable seafood
Consumers eat more seafood than ever before and increase the pressure on already strained fish stocks. We urgently have to take action to secure seafood supplies and meet future demands. Retailers can play a decisive role in leading...
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Mitchell is back to take the helm at Wilkinson
Stuart Mitchell, former MD of Sainsbury, has returned to the UK as chief executive officer for high street general retailer Wilkinson. Mitchell left the MD role at Sainsbury in May 2004 after 20 years at the supermarket group and moved to…
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Spam: bacon is in the can
Spam fans can bring home the bacon from this month in the form of a limited edition of the canned meat.Spam with Bacon follows a black pepper limited edition, launched last year, that has performed so well that general manager Swen...
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Ofcom stance on pre-watershed ban is wrong
If the government wants better regulation, it should set up a rogues' gallery where people can pelt fruit and veg at regulators they love to hate. My 5-a-day goes to Ofcom. The regulator is deciding how to restrict TV junk food ads to...
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Full Brazilian beef ban possible, EC tells NFU
The prospect of a full ban on Brazilian beef imports came a step closer this week, according to the NFU, which says the country is producing meat that would be illegal in this country. European Commission officials have told the union...
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Call to get riding the vegbox bandwagon
Organic growers are being invited to supply growing 'vegbox' home delivery scheme Riverford Organic Vegetables and its franchise operations. Owner Guy Watson said that he was already giving supermarkets a run for their money, but claimed...
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In Brief: M&S tenderness; Green barbecue
M&S tenderness Marks & Spencer is set to launch a new range of fresh beef this summer, called Guaranteed Tender British Beef. It will appear on sirloin, ribeye and fillet steaks and is claimed to represent maximum tenderness in...
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Mars, Galaxy bars grow up
Masterfoods is pitching its Mars, Mars Delight and Galaxy Ripple brands at an older age group this Christmas with the launch of a cubed gift box format. The boxes contain ten to 12 mini bars of the popular countlines and are intended as...