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Bright Pink in aluminium
Ehrmanns Wine, which owns the Blue Nun range, has gone against tradition by bringing out a recyclable aluminium wine bottle.Bright Pink, created by Australian winemaker Peter Bright, is the company’s new Rosé concept aimed at the younger wine...
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Asda puts small stores at heart of growth plan
Asda is to put small food stores at the centre of its growth plan in an effort to rebuild sales as the leadership gap between Tesco widens.Huw Edwards, the former central merchandising director appointed director of small store formats in...
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MBL names Aylwin as supply chain director
Musgrave Budgens-Londis has appointed former Safeway director Mark Aylwin as its new supply chain director.Aylwin joined Safeway’s store operations team in 1984 and moved into supply chain management in 1992. Five years later, he became...
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Drive to end beef ban
The government believes it has done enough to halt the spread of BSE to warrant a speedy resumption of beef exports.Chief veterinary officer Debby Reynolds said in a report on animal health published this week that gaining ‘moderate risk’...
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Scottish beef heads south
The face of Scottish beef, Glen, is to venture south as part of £1m promotional drive in England. The kilted Scot – played by actor James Devlin – will appear in TV ads aired from August in London, the south east and the Midlands.This will be...
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In profile: Mike Beer, the manager of Booker’s Medway branch in Rochester, Kent
Catering for the future Since he left school at 18, Mike Beer has spent his entire career in wholesaler and cash and carry management. Beer’s first job was as a trainee...
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Best buys might have to go
The Competition Commission could force Somerfield to sell the two Safeway stores that best fit its customer base as they give the retailer a dominant market share, according to exclusive research for The Grocer.The watchdog is probing 23 of the...
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Farmed cod set for big volumes
Britain’s major seafood supplier Young’s Bluecrest has hailed the birth of farmed cod as a major new food supply industry, anticipating it will reach some 200,000 tonnes by 2013.That level would represent a quarter of the volumes delivered...
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Time to bite the bullet
Food industry chiefs were urged this week to bite the bullet and start putting value back into the market.Marketing guru Martin Hayward, director of strategy and futures at Dunnhumby, also warned delegates at the Association of Convenience...
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Fair trade unity blooms
Flower industry representatives are poised to launch a new, consumer-facing international fair trade label.The Fair Flowers and Plants mark is being championed by Union Fleurs, the international flower trade organisation, and is backed by a...
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A blueprint for convenience
A couple’s bright ideas, plus Nisa innovations, are fast reaping rewards. Sonya Hook reportsFew would argue that running a convenience store is an effective remedy for stress. But that is exactly how Mohammad and Farhana Saleem saw it...
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Dairy Crest’s bucket is full
The first branded fresh milk with added Omega-3 is being described by supplier Dairy Crest as an important breakthrough for the sector.Aimed at families with young children, St Ivel Advance aims to capitalise on growing interest in the role...
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New Start for Tony as TM Retail’s top buyer
TM Retail has appointed Tony Start as its new trading director responsible for buying, marketing and distribution.Start’s most recent senior appointment was with Balfour, where he was commercial director. He was a member of the management...
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The case for signing up
The convenience retail sector is continuing to outperform mainstream grocery and is to hit sales of £32bn by 2010, despite falling store numbers.While grocery as a whole grew 4.2% to £119.8bn in the last 12 months, c-stores grew their sales by...
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Lerwick port rakes in the mackerel catch
Fish landings in Shetland’s Lerwick harbour in the first three months of 2005 leapt dramatically, according to the Lerwick Port Authority.Lerwick Port Authority said that fish worth £23 million had been landed in the harbour, an increase of...
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Humphreys moves up to be chairman of Pass initiative
Proof of Age Standards Scheme (Pass) has announced that Robert Humphreys has become its new chairman.The British Retail Consortium initiated Pass in 2003 with support from the Home Office and other trade associations to tackle the problem of...
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Switched on to a hi-tech channel?
Over the previous few pages we have given you a taste of the latest gadgets on offer. It begs the question: could the major supermarkets ever become destination stores for such gear? Sean Hannam, editor of Electrical Retailing Magazine,...
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Still time to say ‘cheese’
There’s still time left to enter the 2005 Retail Cheese Awards, but hurry – the deadline is May 28.The Retail Cheese Awards, which are jointly sponsored by Dairy Crest and The Grocer, are designed to recognise the best cheese retailers in the...
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Consolidating the clashing symbols
Some experts say there are too many symbol groups and that this is diluting the competitive power of the independents. Rod Addy reportsAs the major multiples and co-ops have increased their presence in the c-store sector, independent...
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How to clean up
Morrisons is taking a leaf out of Safeway’s book and offering dry cleaning operations in its stores.The company is trialling its first dry cleaning facility in its Boroughbridge store in Yorkshire, emulating the success of the operations in...