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Christmas has a stale feeling
Buyers on our Reader Panel have given suppliers a big thumbs down in the festive innovation stakes this week.More than two thirds were not impressed with the new products on offer for Christmas, with many complaining of a lack of imagination...
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Convenience for slimmers
Heinz has extended the Soup Cup microwaveable format to its Weight Watchers range.Heinz originally launched the convenient format, which heats in 90 seconds, in June 2003, and supported it with a £5.5m marketing campaign. The new Weight...
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Lough to develop Parfetts in Halifax
Landmark member Parfetts Cash & Carry has appointed Jason Lough as its deputy general manager at its Halifax depot, taking over from Andy Whitworth who has been promoted to general manager.Lough previously worked as a store manager for Asda...
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The Saturday Essay
>>Nigel White, secretary of the British Cheese Board, on why a traffic-light labelling system is flawedCheese is a natural way of preserving the protein, cream, calcium and vitamins in milk, making it one of the most...
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The Saturday Essay
>>The food industry’s an ostrich when it comes to obesity – Tim Lang, Professor of Food Policy, City UniversityI am amused and perplexed to see how defensive so many inside the industry are being about food and public health. I...
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The one-stop finance shop
A reshaped financial services market is allowing the supermarkets to widen the number of products on offer. John Hancock reportsThe supermarkets, with their keen prices and convenient opening times, clearly envisage financial...
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Shoppers give M&S food top marks for quality
Food sales may be falling, but shoppers are still hugely loyal to Marks & Spencer’s food offering and rate it as better quality than anyone else’s.As M&S prepared to put out another set of poor interims on Tuesday, a survey carried out for...
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Tesco pushes fragrances
Tesco is challenging health and beauty retailers by shifting fragrances on to the shelves in 60 stores and cutting their prices by as much as a half.Previously top perfume and aftershave brands were only available over the retailer’s pharmacy...
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Time to take a fresh view
Air fresheners had one of the highest conversion figures of any category surveyed in Shopper’s Eye, with more than a quarter of people who had not intended to make a purchase persuaded to do so. As an infrequent purchase category – 55% buy an...
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Ginsters scoop top prize
Ginsters scooped top prize in The Food Manufacture Excellence Awards, winning company of the year and coming top in bakery. Other winners were Tyrrells Potato Crisps , Robert Wiseman, Edrington, Tryton Foods, Freshway Foods and Salar Smokehouse....
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Spar’s going for greatness
Spar’s goal is to evolve into the UK’s biggest and best convenience retailer, delegates at the group’s conference in Cape Town were told this week.UK MD Jerry Marwood said that Spar would have to reduce the cost of everything it did, sell more...
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Will it, won’t it… revive Harmony?
Home and personal care brands expert Lornamead is to kickstart an ambitious move to become a E1bn player within five years by reviving one of advertising’s most iconic slogans.The company, which specialises in buying unwanted brands from...
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Doing it yourself - it makes sense
It’s more than a gimmick. Co-op Today makes a solid business case for only having self-checkout says Elaine WatsonIt was a bold move, admits Bill Laird, as he launches the first store in Europe serviced purely through self-checkout. ...
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Metro RFID
Metro Group has launched the first phase of its RFID roll-out, working with 20 key suppliers to source tagged products for 270 stores. Participating manufacturers include Colgate-Palmolive, Nestlé and Procter & Gamble. Separately, the company’s...
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Rémy mixes it for RTDs with Red
Rémy Martin plans to plug a gap left by the decline of RTDs with the launch of a fruit and cognac-based liqueur, which is aimed at women who want to mix their own long drinks.As revealed by The Grocer (p62 June 19, 2004), Rémy Red will be...
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Onions a wash-out
Onion production rose 24% this year but a rain-drenched August means that much of the crop will be unsaleable.British Onion Producers’ Association figures show total production to have been 490,000 compared with 396,000 in 2003. Brown onion...
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Rannoch refocuses
An award-winning Scottish meat smokery has just doubled its capacity with a £280,000 investment and intends to focus on making bigger inroads into the foodservice sector.The £1m family-owned Rannoch Smokery, based in Perthshire and which picked...
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Rising Stars
>>a monthly look at the most promising newcomers in key grocery categories. This month: cerealsProduct: Rice Krispies Muddles Company: KelloggLaunch date: February 2004The total breakfast cereals market,...
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Stores in waste vanguard
The government is pumping £8m into a new retail innovation fund designed to tackle household waste through smarter packaging initiatives. Given that supermarkets were responsible for up to 40% of domestic waste, the vast majority of which went...