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Tesco’s Asian aisle rolls
Tesco is rolling out its dedicated Asian food aisle concept to another 75 stores and expanding the range’s shelf space in existing outlets by a half.The 250-strong range, launched in September last year and currently in 100 outlets, includes...
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Trade urges alert over bushmeat
Meat industry representatives remain largely confident that new policing systems are stopping illegal bushmeat imports.A prison sentence was imposed last week on Pauline Owuso Pepra for selling meat, including bushmeat, unfit for human...
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Alfred Jones swells by purchasing Loggins
Alfred Jones has boosted its estate to 82 stores after scooping up fellow Spar member Jacques Loggins.Alfred Jones, already Spar’s largest independent operator, is ranked 20 in The Grocer’s Top 50 private grocery chains.The 13-store...
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Best-ever share for Asda at Christmas
This week sees the launch of our new TradeTrak market share barometer using ACNielsen’s Homescan Panel.Each month we will measure retailers’ market shares based on total till purchases bought into the home by an in-home scanning panel of 10,000...
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Bacardi developing rum premix
Bacardi-Martini is developing a new premixed cocktail to extend its flagship rum into new territory, The Grocer has learned.A dedicated innovation team is working on the top secret concept, which is not set to be officially unveiled until...
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Yeo back in the old job as turbulence goes on
Iceland has replaced its retail director with the man he replaced 18 months ago.It has appointed store development director Mark Yeo as retail operations director, following retail director Ted Smith’s resignation a week earlier. The move...
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Bakery destroyed
Fire has gutted Warburtons’ Wednesbury bakery, its largest in the UK, which is leaving retailers throughout the Midlands and north-west short of key bread lines.The Wednesbury bakery produced two million loaves a week, which represented 20% of...
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Recall day for a batch of Dolmio
Masterfoods has had to ask consumers to postpone their Dolmio day following complaints that a batch of Express Carbonara Pasta Sauce 150g pouches didn’t “smell or taste right”.The grocery giant placed recall notices in all national Sunday...
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The Black country
Taking more grocery staples to market is a big challenge for one food broker. Liz Hamson reportsNobody will convince me that RTDs are a weakening market,” says John Black, the managing director of SHS Sales and Marketing in response...
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Boot camp for the brain
It’s short, sharp, very effective and gets Steve Crabb’s vote as the next big thing in trainingEvery few years the world of training is shaken by a new fashion which is going to transform learning and development for ever.A few...
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The smart way to do business
The barcode’s successor is moving mainstream at a rapid paceWhen Tesco announced a massive rollout of radio frequency ID tagging, it was a wake-up call to UK manufacturers and retailers. Suddenly it was less a matter of ‘if’ RFID...
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Glisten buys F Fravigar
Confectionery group Glisten has bought sweets manufacturer F Fravigar for £6.5m.F Fravigar makes products ranging from wine gums to toffee and fudge in Skegness.In the year to December 31 2002 it reported pre-tax profit of £1.19m and sales...
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Change on the menu
Julian Hunt on the Compass chief’s vision of a healthy directionAs the debate about the health of the nation has intensified, we have seen politicians, lobby groups and the media focus their attentions on the role played by food...
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Tesco winner at Christmas
More than half of all UK households shopped at a Tesco store during the four-week run up to Christmas, according to ACNielsen Homescan TradeTrak data which measures grocery and non-food spend.In the four weeks to December 27, 53.3% of all...
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NI food industry group works for a clearer global profile
Top names in Northern Ireland’s food industry including Moy Park CEO Trefor Campbell and former Golden Vale MD Chris Gibson will sit on a new strategy group designed to give the province’s food and drink a clearer global identity.The...
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Co-op wins right to pursue ICL
The Co-operative Group has won the right to a re-trial to pursue a multi-million pound claim against IT provider ICL.The society took ICL (now part of Fujitsu) to the Technology and Construction court in November 2001 claiming it had breached a...
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Non-food is the cue
The flurry of Christmas trading statements this week reveals that grocery outperformed the retail sector. Non-food proved a key factor, as Sean McAllister reportsChristmas brought glad tidings for those with a strong...
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Sainsbury faces fourth strike day
Staff at Sainsbury’s Haydock distribution centre were preparing to go on strike for the fourth time in less than three weeks as The Grocer went to press on Thursday.The latest action follows one-day strikes on December 29, January 7 and January...
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Dunnes takes on Foley over nappies
Dunnes Stores is taking legal action against Irish consumer affairs watchdog Carmel Foley over the Groceries Order – at a time when she has started proceedings against both it and Tesco for alleged breaches of the order.The Dunnes action, to be...
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Exotic Passion kicks off limited editions
Diageo is planning a series of initiatives to promote the roll-out of the latest flavour of Archers Aqua and generate excitement. The Exotic Passion variant, which went into Tesco’s stores in an exclusive arrangement before Christmas, is the...