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for sex read 6X
Somerset brewer Wadworth is pumping £1m into marketing its 6X ale. The beer will be the focus of a new campaign where taglines use the brand’s name instead of ‘sex’. One poster shows a near empty pint with the line ‘6X starved’ while another has a...
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White rises at AG Barr
Robin Barr, executive chairman of soft drinks manufacturer AG Barr, is to assume a part-time chairmanship on February 1.Roger White, MD of the company, is to become chief executive at the same time. It will be the first time in the 100 years it...
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Safeway bosses’ exit raises alarm
The City has raised concern over Morrisons’ ability to integrate the Safeway business after it announced that Safeway’s operations director Lawrence Christensen and marketing and trading director Jack Sinclair would not join the new board once the...
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RFID needs all-party collaboration
from Neil Matthews, md, Checkpoint Systems UKSir; The Grocer is to be congratulated for its fair and balanced reporting of the RFID debate (‘The smart way to do business’, January 17, p30). This feature looked at the benefits of the...
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Asda gets price cutting
Asda became the latest multiple to announce a round of new year price cuts this week.Following the £70m of cuts announced by Tesco on January 5, Asda said it was taking £85m off prices, including £2m of cuts to offset VAT on 200 medicines. The...
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Asda says it’s standing by Saltire
A tartan labelling war has broken out between a political party and Asda.The Scottish National Party has accused Asda of ditching its Scottish credentials in sourcing its premium beef products, a claim hotly denied by the Wal-Mart...
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Instant attraction
England rugby hero Jonny Wilkinson is to appear on limited edition packs of Lucozade Sport in time for the Six Nations Championship which starts next month.
The drop-kicking World Cup winner will also be back on the nation’s TV screens as GSK… -
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Auction code plan
WorldWideRetailExchange, the online trading portal, is developing a code of practice to govern the conduct of internet auctions in a bid to tackle negative publicity.WWRE director, UK and southern Europe, Fabiano Aguilar, said: “I keep...
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Unrivalled service lands Rogan manager award
When Martin Rogan started work in the C& C sector as a 14-year-old part-timer, he could not have imagined what it would lead to.After 22 years in the sector, during which he climbed the managerial ladder at Booker depots in the north east, he...
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Award or reward?
A sampler in advance of The Grocer’s annual salary survey reveals pay rises running ahead of forecasts. Liz Hamson reportsPay rises are set to be way ahead of expectations this year, according to a preliminary poll to The Grocer’s...
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Shoks axed as UB lifts brands
United Biscuits is ramping up the marketing budgets behind its key brands by 30% this year to £44m, but is axing one of its key recent launches.Major backing will once again be given to the company’s snacking portfolio, with Hula Hoops and The...
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Multiples fuel the forecourt battle
Forecourts face a challenging year as the UK’s big food retailers move up a gear with expansion plans, says Siân HarringtonPetrol forecourts are shaping up to be the big battleground for the multiples this year. Last week, Tesco chief...
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Best of both worlds
Retailers the Samani family have given birth to a C& C and now a fascia. John Wood reportsWith Booker, Bestway and Dhamecha dominating London’s cash and carry sector, it might appear a forbidding market to enter, but since its launch...
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A bigger picture at Comber
The stress is over for Andrew as the deal he spoke about in our last article finally completed, with the sale of his store in inner city Belfast and the takeover of a store in Comber, a leafy residential town about seven miles outside the...
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Recall is UK’s biggest ever
Manufacturers are facing a bill for millions of pounds as a result of what is believed to be the longest running packaged food scare in UK retail history.More than 200 retail and foodservice lines have now been taken off shelves since a banned...
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Course of Truelove takes her to Greencore board
Anne Truelove, chief executive of Greencore Chilled Foods, has been appointed to the board of Greencore Group.Truelove joined Hazlewood Foods, now part of Greencore, in1984 as a management trainee and has worked on its ambient foods and...
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FSA boosts controls
Food safety bosses are targeting poultry producers in a bid to better control campylobacter on farms.The Food Standards Agency has produced a leaflet outline best practice advice on hygiene measures on farm.The leaflet, entitled ‘Cleaner...
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Milk brand called Moo
Integrated dairy business Milk Link is launching its first branded product, a long-life milk range called Moo.Rolling out now, the skimmed, semi-skimmed and whole milk UHT offerings will be available across the grocery spectrum in Tetra...
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Receivership for Bronte Foods
A major poultry supplier has gone into administration. Yorkshire based Bronte Foods supplies more than 200 lines of fresh and frozen poultry products to UK multiples and for export.Administrators Ernst and Young said they were hoping to see the...
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Budgens spring cleans
Budgens has embarked on a radical brand rationalisation exercise to make its range more manageable.The spring-cleaning exercise, announced at the chain’s supplier conference in October, was not purely about tackling logistical problems, but...