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Tesco’s RFID schedule falters
Tesco’s timetable for RFID is understood to have slipped substantially, with the first wave of suppliers unlikely to start labelling cases for Tesco RDCs until well into next year.Speaking at Tesco’s interim results this week, Tesco finance...
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Pull together for a great finish
Leave the haggling over price behind. Retailers and suppliers will grow their businesses better through creative collaboration. Siân Harrington reportsEach year 150,000 retail buyers and manufacturer sales staff spend 10 million days...
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Newton MD of Florette
Mark Newton has been appointed managing director of the prepared salad producer Florette UK, following the death of former MD Gerald Lacey after a short illness last month (The Grocer, September 4, p68).Newton was formerly commercial director...
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Staff on the front line
It’s not all bad news about retail crime in 2003 says Rod AddyThese are dangerous times to be a shop worker, according to the British Retail Consortium’s 11th Annual Crime Survey. Cases of violence to retailers and their staff leapt...
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The Grocer says...
The food and drink industry has got used to being a political football. And ever since the obesity panic started to take hold in this country two years ago, you have taken a good kicking. We think this industry has an important role to play in...
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Hit or Miss?
>>How is one of last year’s top launches faring?
Product: Michelob Ultra
Company: Anheuser-Busch
Launch date: August 2003
Anheuser-Busch’s journey back to the low calorie beer market with the launch of Michelob… -
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Loire sharpens its image
Wine producers from the Loire Valley are launching a new umbrella brand in the UK to create a clearer identity for the French wine region.Vallée Loire is a collection of six wines – three whites, two reds and a rosé – priced at £4.99 and £6.99,...
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ramsay’s meal kits
n Gordon Ramsay has launched three top-of-the-range meal kits for consumers to recreate his restaurant’s fine dining experience at home.n The meals for two, developed from the TV chef’s own...
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SteamFresh turns to meals
Unilever is aiming for some warming winter sales figures by throwing its SteamFresh range into two new areas.The company, which this week shocked the City with a rare sales and profit warning, is extending the range, which had previously...
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Netto picks up Norwood
Netto has bought Safeway’s store in Norwood, Beverley, from Morrisons for an undisclosed sum. The Danish company, which is also interested in a raft of Safeway’s smaller stores, will pump £3m into refurbishing the store, which will re-open in...
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Thresher on the offensive
The Thresher Group launches an assault on the c-store sector next week with the opening of 121 convenience stores in the north-west of England.Victoria Wine, The Drinks Cabin and Huttons stores will be converted to The Local in the first stage...
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No stopping for One Stop
Tesco is to open up to 25 One Stop convenience stores a year once it has pared back the existing chain to 500 outlets.Colin Holmes, chief executive of Tesco’s convenience operation, said the retailer was “absolutely committed” to the fascia....
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Toffee puds partnership
Matthew Walker has tied up with Thorntons to launch two new indulgent toffee puddings.The sponge pudding specialist is producing under licence a 350g Thorntons Toffee Soft Centre Pudding and a Thorntons Toffee Christmas Pudding – a fruited...
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Krispy Kreme to open in Tesco
Tesco is opening a Krispy Kreme doughnut concession at its Watford Extra hypermarket in early October. The store within a store concept will include Krispy Kreme’s trademark doughnut theatre (where customers can see the doughnuts being...
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Boots ups its food offering
Boots has ramped up its commitment to food, appointing its first internal food managers and launching a raft of other initiatives.Nikky Wallington has been made food operations manager and Nina Farrell has become food development...
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Co-op half-year profits down by 40%
The Co-operative Group has suffered a severe setback after several years of steep growth in sales and profits.Profits are down more than 40% to £35.8m for the six months to July 24 compared with £61.6m last time, and sales are almost flat at...
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Morrisons keeps Exult on board
Exult, provider of HR-led business process outsourcing, has reached an agreement with Morrisons supermarkets to continue to provide accounting and payroll services for their Safeway businesses in the UK. Exult will continue with its existing...
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Nutrinnovator still on track
UK nutritional food and drinks maker Nutrinnovator has announced it expects its results for the six months to 30 September to be in line with its expectations.The company said it expects to deliver first-half losses and cash flows in line...
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Dairy industry’s united approach
Dairy UK, the new united voice of the dairy industry will be launched today with the aim of representing the interests of all sectors of the dairy industry on a UK-wide basis.The National Farmer’s Union has welcomed the launch and believes...