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Fashionable Nescafé
Nescafé has signed up TV fashion gurus Trinny Woodall and Susannah Constantine to front the brand’s first ‘text-to-win’ promotion.The £5m on-pack push will give consumers the chance to win one of 10 shopping sprees, each worth £10,000, with the...
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GSK to invest £100m in drinks
GlaxoSmithKline is to drench its cold drinks brands with a £100m investment this year.The giant spend, up from £79m last year, will be ploughed into its Ribena and Lucozade propositions and will include funding for new products.Plans for...
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CJ Lang chases 17 Spar stores
Scottish Spar wholesaler CJ Lang is chasing a top 10 slot in The Grocer Top 50 through a deal to acquire 17 stores from Spar retailer AJ Gillespie.The deal – at the due diligence stage – would boost turnover at CJ Lang’s company-owned stores...
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EU bans 3 more powder dyes
Three more types of cancer-causing food dye may have found their way into the food chain.The Grocer last week revealed how more than 200 lines of Indian and Italian cooking sauces had been withdrawn from sale following the discovery of Sudan 1,...
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Lattimore to retire after 32 years in dairy industry
David Lattimore, managing director for specialist businesses at Dairy Crest, is to retire on February 6. He was responsible for building relationships with direct suppliers. Graham Osborne, direct supply director, will take responsibility for...
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Call for action on kidnap ‘stunt’
Campaigners for responsible drinking have slammed a promotion offering consumers the opportunity to win their own kidnap.Alcohol Concern accused the Russian Vodka House of performing a publicity-seeking “stunt” after it set up a website...
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Bertolli ad cuts a dash
An 84-year-old runner is the star of a TV and press campaign for Bertolli olive oil spread.The activity, on air from Monday (February 2), forms part of the Unilever brand’s £10m marketing budget this year.Aimed at highlighting the...
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Domestos aims to put bleach in the pink
Domestos will get a spicy addition next month in the form of a Pink Power variant as owner Lever Fabergé aims to modernise the bleach category.The newcomer will be backed by a dedicated £4m share of Domestos’ £12m marketing budget this year....
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Asda’s top buyers walk the floor
Senior fresh produce managers have found themselves stacking shelves as part of a new initiative in Asda.The entire head office fresh produce team took over the roles of the shop floor staff for a week at the retailer’s York store recently....
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Mondavi cuts Chile assets
Wine producer Robert Mondavi is reducing its assets in Chile by selling its interests in the Caliterra brand.The company has announced changes to its joint venture with Viña Errázuriz, which will take full control of Caliterra and merge it into...
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Raisin awareness
Californian raisin producers will be going all out to raise their UK market share this year – despite being at a disadvantage because of the traditionally higher costs when up against Turkish packers.US industry executives were holding...
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GSK trio back on TV
GlaxoSmithKline is bringing three of its over-the-counter and personal care brands back to the small screen next week.A £1.35m, four-week campaign for stomach acid relief Zantac 75 features a woman who sees heartburn triggers wherever she goes....
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Entenmann’s cakes head back to the shelves
Entenmann’s cakes could be back in stores by March following a deal between the brand’s Canadian owner George Weston and Leeds baker Country Style Foods.
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Bacon packer put up for sale
Administrators are hoping for a quick sale of struggling bacon slicer and packer, St Helen’s Bacon Packing.The St Helen’s-based business says it has suffered cash flow problems. The company has an annual turnover of £3.8m, 22 employees and a...
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Bargain Booze seeks third depot to keep pace with growth
Off licence chain Bargain Booze plans to open a third depot towards the end of next year as its rapid expansion continues.MD Matthew Hughes said the company’s new logistics director Peter Dokerty had been charged with finding a suitable...
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New board at Londis
Five new non-executive directors have been appointed to the board at Londis following criticism that existing board members have not acted in the best interests of retailers.Four of the appointments – Rick Bailey, Rodney Braxton, Mike Howe and...
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Sainsbury in talks to buy TM Retail
City sources have confirmed that Sainsbury is in talks to buy the 1,201-store TM Retail chain.A source close to the deal said the price tag was £200m to £250m, not £130m as Sainsbury was reported to be offering in the press last weekend....
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CASE STUDY
Ian MacLaurin is a prime example of someone who moved up the retailing ladder. During his career he made a dramatic rise from trainee store manager to peer of the realm! Born in Blackheath, Kent in 1937, Ian was educated at Shrewsbury House Prep...
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CASE STUDY
CARE PONTELAND CARE Ponteland is part of a national charitable organisation, which provides accommodation and day services for people with learning disabilities at eight locations around the country. The charity has been receiving goods from the...
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Case study
>>’It’s our single biggest issue’Deepak Patel is a director of Aimes, which employs 54 staff across three stores in Clacton-on-Sea in Essex. He is furious about the proposed increase. “It’s a ridiculous problem – we’ve basically...