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Team talk: Persil
>>Q& A with jay liwanag, persil brand managerThe Persil marketing team at Lever Fabergé has to work hard to keep a tight grip on the brand’s 30% share of the laundry market.Persil brand manager Jay Liwanag says that Persil...
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Cooltrader acquires Poundfreeze
Cooltrader, the freezer chain set up by former Iceland boss Malcolm Walker, has almost doubled its store base with the acquisition of West Midlands chain Poundfreeze.The eight-store deal boosts Cooltrader’s estate to 20 stores, said buying...
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Compass revamps its depot
Nisa Today’s group member, Compass Cash and Carry, celebrated its 25th anniversary this week with the official opening of its fully revamped depot.The Glasgow-based licensed and impulse specialist has invested £100,000 to modernise the interior...
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Cooltrader acquires Poundfreeze
Cooltrader, the freezer chain set up by former Iceland boss Malcolm Walker, has almost doubled its store base with the acquisition of West Midlands chain Poundfreeze.The eight-store deal boosts Cooltrader’s estate to 20 stores, said buying...
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Asda’s non-food Living format debuts
Asda has launched its first store under the Asda Living general merchandise format today, at Crown Wharf Retail Park in Walsall town centre in the west Midlands.Two further trial stores are under development. The second, measuring 30,000 sq...
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EBLEX appoints new ceo
The director of food policy at the British Retail Consortium, Richard Ali, has been appointed chief executive of the English Beef and Lamb Executive.He will take up his new post in January and will succeed David Croston, who retires in...
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Obesity is leading to diabetes crisis
The rise in obesity in the UK is leading to a diabetes epidemic with one in ten Britons likely to suffer from it by 2010, according to the latest data by Diabetes UK.The new figures revealed in its survey indicate that cases of diabetes have...
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Trans fats found hidden in food products
A call for the reduction of trans fatty acids in food production is the latest episode in the health and food debate, following a Which? Report published today.The Which? Survey on Trans Fats has found that high levels of these fats, which...
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Frosties slogan banned by ASA
The Advertising Standards Authority has banned the Kellogg’s Frosties brand from using the slogan “train hard, eat right and earn your stripes” due to its high sugar content.The agency considered that the slogan, used in a commercial,...
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Sainsbury finance chief quits
Sainsbury’s finance director Roger Matthews, yesterday became the seventh board member to quit the company since the start of the year.Matthews has been with the company for five years and will leave the supermarket group at the end of its...
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M&S acquired Per Una business
Marks & Spencer continues with its road to recovery programme with its recent announcement that it has acquired the Per Una brand and company from George Davis for £125m.George Davis will continue to be responsible for the business and will...
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Kaufland plans Bulgarian hypermarket
Kaufland is to build the first hypermarket in northwest Bulgaria, costing a total of E5.3m.Most of the hypermarkets range will consist of Bulgarian-made products, according to media reports.The grocery retailer also plans to invest a...
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Tesco RFID delayed until Christmas
Tesco is preparing to introduce its RFID tracking by the end of the year, having been delayed by the setting of global standards for technology, according to a spokesperson.“We will work with our suppliers in a working group that will be set...
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Sandwiches may be next target in obesity debate
Supermarket sandwiches may be next in the firing line as the obesity and health debate continues.A report in The Independent today states that dietitians are accusing high street stores of selling unhealthy sandwiches that contain high...
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Presidential stuff at £600/bottle
One of the most expensive vodkas in the world is being launched in the UK, at about £600 for a 24-carat gold-coated bottle.The Russian producers of Imperial Collection vodka say they hope the range, which includes a carafe in the flamboyant...
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Gin is a cut above Gordon’s original
Diageo is launching an extension to its market-leading gin brand, Gordon’s, in a bid to drive sales among consumers with more adventurous tastes.The company is claiming a major innovation for the category with the release of Gordon’s...
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retailers’ exposure to abuse unchecked
from Shamus Lehal, Londis retailerSir; Phil Thomas’ letter (Retail’s role in curbing alcohol abuse, The Grocer, September 25, p28) is a typical head-in-sand response from officialdom.While I agree with him that retailers have to...
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The Acid Test
>>consumers and buyers give their views on the latest launchesOrganic Draught Vintage CiderFrom: WestonsWestons Organic Draught Vintage Cider is the first bag-in-box cider in recent years to hit the off-trade. It...
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Independents push OFT to act
The independent retail sector is holding meetings with the OFT and key ministers as part of efforts to block major multiples from taking over c-store chains.This week a delegation from the ACS including Spar UK MD Jerry Marwood and leading...