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Car parking survey
The big four supermarkets are supporting a competition set up by Baywatch, which campaigns for good car parking facilities for disabled customers.Shoppers who are disabled will be asked to nominate the stores that they believe have the best,...
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Tesco to fore at Christmas
Tesco looks set to win the battle of the supermarkets this Christmas, according to an exclusive survey of consumers’ spending plans for the festive season carried out for The Grocer.Almost a third of consumers who are not regular Tesco shoppers...
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The Christmas waiting game
Shoppers at the beer and lager fixture appear to be waiting before making their final purchase decisions for Christmas.The category is key to festive sales so we looked for signs of Christmas activity at the alcoholic drinks fixture. When...
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The who, why, what and when of the nation’s multi-million pound Christmas shopping spree
>>Key findingsTesco 3133Asda2020Sainsbury1725Morrisons810Safeway719Co-op323Kwik Save39Somerfield211Waitrose 16Other928Tesco31Asda...
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Provender comes with jam
English Provender Company, best known for its Very Lazy range of ambient ingredients, is launching a range of eight premium jams and marmalades.The jams, each containing 42g of fruit per 100g, come in apricot & vanilla, strawberry & ...
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Devolution means competition
The stage was set this week for no-holds-barred competition between the devolved UK meat bodies.Quality Meat Scotland, Meat Promotion Wales (HCC) and the English Beef and Lamb Executive (EBLEX) will in future run their own beef and lamb...
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Coregeo MD dies
Coregeo founder Gordon Winterbottom died this week. He became involved with the fresh produce industry in 1990 when he joined Saphir Fruit as MD. He was there for 10 years during which time he formed many long and lasting friendships. In...
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Where the season of goodwill fails to stay the course
>>shopping early for christmas…availabililty…piped carols…retailer stocking prioritiesRetailers will be reassured to hear that only one in four consumers plans to spend less this year than last year on their Christmas shopping....
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CTB focuses on regional retailers
The Grocer Top 50 members Mills Group and GT News have seen sharp sales uplifts on confectionery after working with Cadbury Trebor Bassett on a category management project.Dubbed ‘fieldman’, the system, developed by software company JDA,...
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Vox pop – shoppers expect festive deals to gain momentum
>>visuality predicts a last minute spree as shoppers wait for christmas discountsFood shoppers are weighing up retailers’ Christmas offers before parting with their money, according to our festive vox pop. Shopper behaviour...
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n a good eggA Somerset free-range egg producer has won a national award for his commitment to food quality and hen welfare.Tim Wood, who runs Blackacre Farm at North Cheriton, has been presented with a Good Egg Award from the British Free Range Egg...
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Price is not enough
The deals might shift off-the-shelf products, but how will the multiples move to the hi-tech end of the market, where consumers need specialist advice? Steve Hemsley reportsIn November, American entertainment giant Disney announced...
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Experience to savour
Specialist snacks retailer Julian Graves plans to build its JG Experience format to challenge Marks and Spencer’s Simply Food. Anne Bruce reportsShutts says the company is not afraid of change. In fact it has already been through...
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Fame’s serious side
Glitz gives way to gravitas when Clive Beddall probes one celebrity chef’s off-screen ambitionsTo ladies of a certain age in Tunbridge Wells he is “that cuddly Teddy bear on the telly”. To the great and good of UK Grocery plc, he is...
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Landscape of the future
Losing more than £1bn from a £2.6bn turnover would be catastrophic for most businesses, but senior figures at the Landmark Cash and Carry buying group insist Bestway’s decision to leave is not the body blow many would imagine.Steve Parfett,...
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Keen supplier prices key says FWD
Wholesalers are initiating record levels of creative marketing and promotional activity but this does not remove the need for the keenest prices from suppliers.Federation of Wholesale Distributors chairman Rodney Hunt emphasised this point in...
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Water takes on the Glenlivet name
The Glenlivet name is being extended beyond its whisky heartland – and into water.Speyside Glenlivet natural mineral water is rolling out to Waitrose nationwide after an exclusive launch period inHarrods. The water, from a source in the...
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No go says Portman
Watchdogs have urged retailers not to stock a raft of newly launched drinks because it believes they appeal to underage consumers.The Portman Group has ruled that two vodka jelly products – Buzzpots, which is made by the Tubular Drinks Company,...
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Hellmann’s launches UK’s lightest mayonnaise
Unilever Bestfoods is continuing its push to turn Hellman’s into a £128m “master brand” within five years by launching the UK’s lightest mayonnaise.Hellmann’s Extra Light will debut during the next few weeks, and will be supported by a £1.9m...
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Make room for a hero
A major £0.25m investment in a new packaging store by Inverness-based seafood processor Strathaird Salmon is now operational, providing extra capacity as Christmas nears.The 410 sq m store has created additional space, allowing Strathaird to...