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Chairman’s exit sparks reshuffle at Unilever
Chairman of Unilever Niall FitzGerald will retire on September 30 as the company nears the end of its Path to Growth programme.At the same time he will step down as vice-chairman of sister company Unilever NV.His departure, after 37 years...
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Top team changes at JS
Sainsbury has made internal management appointments as it replaces key executives.Penny Vegting is appointed brand and format development manager. She replaces Diana Hunter, senior project manager for future stores. Hunter left Sainsbury...
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Mangoes in court
Asda is being prosecuted by Swindon Borough Council for allegedly misleading customers over the anti-cancer properties of its mangoes. The council instigated legal proceedings for breach of both the Food Labelling Regulations and the National Cancer...
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UK-bound or destined to stay strangers?
>>recent launches from around the globe which could have potential in the UKUnilever’s Magnum ice cream brand has launched into chocolate confectionery in Italy. Praline, Infinity and Essence all contain 60% pure chocolate....
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OS&G divi goes super
Oxford, Swindon & Gloucester Co-op is relaunching its dividend with the introduction of a superdividend card.Customers will no longer receive dividends as point of sale discounts but as points earned on the card. Shoppers earn points on the...
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Dr Oetker prescribes a pizza snack
German food giant Dr Oetker is extending its successful pizza range into snacking. The company, which first stunned supermarket buyers two years ago with a daring assault on the UK market, is launching a hand-held snack called Intermezzo.Due in...
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E-pay terminals
Sainsbury has introduced electronic top-up terminals from E-pay at all its stores and petrol stations. Category manager Charlotte Alberry said: “The shift from scratchcard to electronic enables us to avoid extra costs from keeping cards in...
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EU ‘must move fast on salmon’
Independent Scottish salmon farmers have welcomed the UK and Ireland’s application to the EU for safeguards against surges of cheap imports of farmed Atlantic salmon from Chile, Norway and the Faroes. But sources among the independent salmon...
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Idea factories point the way
Successful new products remain the holy grail for both suppliers and retailers. Manufacturers may soon be taking cues from abroad more than ever before says Simon MowbrayThere’s a lot of truth in the age-old adage there’s no such...
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Farmers need to wake up
On the day the government announced how it was implementing CAP reform in England, an IGD survey showed 66% of farmers believed it would have no impact on them.Speaking after announcing the changes, Defra secretary of state Margaret Beckett...
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Florette hits TV with relaunch
Leading bagged salad brand Florette is preparing for a £3m relaunch.The company, owned by French operator Soleco, has appointed advertising agency Hooper Galton to relaunch its brand in 2004.Florette is hoping to build on the success of...
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The Grocer salary survey forms can be found online
Responses have been flooding in to our second annual salary questionnaire which was included with the last two weeks’ issues of The Grocer.But for those who haven’t yet filled in their forms, we’ve made it even easier by including copies on our...
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Sainsbury’s gain is a high street loss
While January is traditionally a quiet time of year, with trading patterns returning to normal, both Tesco and Asda are continuing to attract new shoppers according to ACNielsen’s Homescan Total Till information. Meanwhile, Sainsbury has seen a...
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Kemp goes milky
Former Eastenders heart-throb Martin Kemp has joined the campaign to boost the Scottish milk market.The actor is the latest star to sign up to the Scottish Diary Marketing Company and Milk Development Council’s £500,000 White Stuff Milk...
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Sheila goes for privacy
Sheila Donatantonio has led a £12.1m management buy-out of UK-based Italian ingredients supplier Donatantonio and has taken it off the stockmarket.The move was funded by the Royal Bank of Scotland and by Sheila Donatantonio who is the current...
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Top tactics for growth
Admired frozen food discounter Farmfoods now heads The Grocer Top 50Sean McAllister reports on the updated ranking for 2004Farmfoods may be a bit bashful about talking to the press, but the new number one in our Top...
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Londis would do well to join Nisa
from Ashwin Dave, Vikas Buying Group, Bromley, Kentfrom Alastair Smyth, Limavady, Northern IrelandSir; re Londis chief executive Graham White’s allegation in a national newspaper that Londis does not have a future as...
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Orville joins Surf victims
Ventriloquist duo Keith Harris and Orville are the latest victims of laundry brand Surf’s 99 stains challenge.The green fluffy duck and his operator pipped spoon bender Uri Geller and glamour model Jordan to the dubious honour in a public...
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Self-heat meals listed nationwide
Self-heating canned ready meals are finally making inroads into the mass market with products under the Hotcan brand getting nationwide listings.Launching now in Moto service stations, the range is also listed in Palmer & Harvey, Aldi, Spar...
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Net tightens on‘modern slavery’
Action on illegal gangmasters is nearer after Morecambe Bay says Ed BedingtonThe tragic deaths of 19 cockle pickers in Morecambe Bay have once again hurled the thorny subject of gangmasters back into the public eye. Human trafficking...