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Tesco tills will be a’ jingling
Exclusive research for The Grocer reveals how consumers will be spending their money this Christmas. Liz Hamson reportsShoppers plan to spend just as much this Christmas as they did last yuletide and Tesco is their number one...
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Spottiswoode thinks local for Somerfield
Somerfield has promoted Kieran Spottiswoode to local marketing controller to help support its £70m store refit programme and new formats roll-out.He replaces Rachel Warren, who left in August to become head of retail marketing at Oxford,...
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Superquinn.ie motors
Turnover at Superquinn’s online shopping portal Superquinn.ie is approaching 5% of the chain’s annual sales.The anchor tenant in the Irish virtual shopping precinct www.Buy4Now.ie, Superquinn’s site was set up in autumn 2000 before Tesco’s...
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Non-food is pivotal
Tis the season to be merry for Tesco and Asda whose superior non-food offers will give them the edge, says Sean McAllisterThe City and retail analysts are predicting both Tesco and Asda will have a bumper Christmas. In fact both...
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Ocado ‘set for second slot’
Online retailer Ocado is set to overtake Sainsbury’s to You in turnover in the next few months, according to chief financial officer Jason Gissing.He said Ocado had achieved 300% sales growth this year and was set to be taking £1.5m a week by...
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Outdoor type
Interbrew has unveiled the first ad campaign for Bass ale for seven years.The campaign centres on outdoor posters that will be sited in London and the south-east in a £3m push.Tim Bertin, MD of confectionery importer and marketer Sweet...
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Whitworths scoop
Whitworths’ Sunny Raisin Nuggets has scooped the top prize – the Barrow Lane & Ballard trophy – in this year’s Dried Fruit New Product Awards. The company also won the snacking category.This was the sixth year of the competition, run by the...
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Team Talk: Scotmid
>>Adrian Lorimer, head of property developmentScotmid’s property and development team has refitted eight of the society’s 75 food shops, which include convenience formats and supermarkets, this year. The most recent refits were...
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virgin snowman
Virgin Cola is getting its first seasonal packaging this winter, with labels on two and three litre bottles featuring a Mr Snowman character. The bottles also carry the chance to win a day at a luxury spa and enter an ongoing ‘Get a Life’ prize...
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ACS to lead crime fight
The Association of Convenience Stores has won a £75,000 government grant to help train independent retailers to combat crime in the sector.The money will be spent on organising nearly 30 seminars across the UK on behalf of the Home Office....
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Lower fat at Walkers
Walkers is to launch a get active-style promotion and cut the saturated fat content of its core range in a bid to quell the public row over obesity.The announcement came after PepsiCo UK president Martin Glenn gave evidence to the Commons...
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Unilever/Pepsico JV announce new structure
Unilever Bestfoods has announced the management structure for the Pepsi Lipton International joint venture it launched in October.The enterprise was set up to expand the marketing and distribution of Unilever Bestfoods’ Lipton ready-to-drink...
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Multiples on the menu
Foodservice operators aren’t just buying stock from supermarkets. They look to them for inspiration too says Siân HarringtonThose cash and carries thinking that their salvation will come in the form of foodservice operators had better...
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Allied Bakeries joins ACS
Allied Bakeries, the maker of Kingsmill and Sunblest, has become a Premier Club member of the Association of Convenience Stores. Convenience channel controller for Allied Bakeries Mike Bailey said: "We look forward to working very closely...
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Reckitt names new non-executive
Consumer products group Reckitt Benckiser has appointed Ken Hydon as an independent non-executive director with immediate effect. Hydon has worked for Vodafone for 18 years. Chairman of Reckitt Benckiser Adrian Bellamy said Hydon...
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Fab profits at Richmond Foods
Ice cream manufacturer Richmond Foods posted a 28% jump in full year pre-tax profit on the back of increased market share in the UK.For the year to September pre-tax profit rose to £10.5m from £8.2m, as sales rose 9% to £127.2m....
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Tesco 55% at factory gate
Tesco has negotiated factory gate pricing contracts with more than 1,000 suppliers making up 55% of its volumes.Distribution director John Boulter said he was confident of substantial progress in 2004.He dismissed suggestions Tesco had...
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Affluence as a force for change
As the UK has become more affluent, fewer people have mortgages and more of the population are seeking larger detached houses. There are nearly half a million fewer traditional terraced homes and a million more detached homes. These trends and many...
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Feelfine offers pick-me-up after festive indulgence
Swedish ‘recovery’ drink Feelfine is getting support from a three-pronged advertising campaign over the festive season.Print ads in the Christmas editions of lifestyle titles feature everyday scenarios and show the passionfruit flavour offering...
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Inside Aldi
Little is known about the notoriously secretive hard discounter, so Liz Hamson tracked down a former insider to quiz him on the secrets of its success and ask whether he thinks the formula will thrive in the UKMost of the time,...