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Tesco’s small town offensive
Following the article about the new Budgens store in Hawkhurst (The Grocer, October 25, p44) CACI has investigated the potential impact on Budgens and other surrounding retailers that the arrival of Tesco in that local market will have.Tesco...
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Rumblers takes savoury snack route
Ennis Foods is throwing its Rumblers brand into the snacking arena with a range of snack and dips packs.The Ireland-based company is making its first move outside its all-in-one breakfast cereal and milk bowls to launch ambient Chips’N’Dip –...
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Marks’s quality is its key advantage
Shoppers love M& S food, according to our exclusive research. But range and convenience remain serious issues, says Liz HamsonIf the Marks and Spencer board is feeling depressed ahead of the dire interim results it is expected to post...
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Baxters goes for size
Baxters is launching its largest ever soup – Big & Chunky.The new chilled sub-brand is available in two varieties – Tomato, Mushroom & Pasta and Chilli Beef Meatballs with Tomato – and both have secured listings in Tesco and Sainsbury stores...
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E-top ups for c-stores
Independent retailers will be able to offer e-top up and e-vouchers for mobiles through their EPoS platforms in a new trial.Alphyra UK, which runs the PAYzone electronic payment network, and CTN Systems, an EPoS provider to 2,300 independent...
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Vladivar debuts on TV
Whyte and Mackay has unveiled the first TV commercial for Vladivar in its 40-year history.The company hopes the ad will help tempt consumers away from rival Smirnoff, whose sales it has failed to eclipse.The drive, part of a £50m...
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Safeway tackles Scottish press
Safeway has expressed disappointment at reports in the Scottish press that it created a fiasco in the sale of tickets for Scotland’s Euro 2004 soccer match against Holland at Hampden Park on November 15.Safeway sold 8,800 tickets across 48...
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Grolsch tops vegetarian award
Grolsch premium lager has won an award in the “best wine and beer category” at the annual Vegetarian awards in London. Grolsch was nominated as a finalist along with other beers from Beck’s, Caledonian Brewery Golden Promise (last year’s...
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Original RTD Hooch is pulled
Hooch – the controversial drink that started the alcopop revolution – has been axed by Coors Brewers.Launched in 1995 as Hooper’s Hooch, it was the first RTD brand to hit the UK but has failed to maintain its presence in a shrinking...
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Unilever seals Ambrosia sell-off
Unilever Bestfoods has agreed to sell its Ambrosia and Brown & Polson businesses to Premier Foods for an undisclosed sum. Ambrosia, known for its ready-to-use custard and creamed rice puddings and cornflour maker Brown & Polson, with...
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Asda price cut ‘madness’
Angry rivals claim Asda has wiped millions off their profits by slashing the price of spirits with nearly two months to go before Christmas.Asda fired the first salvo in the seasonal price war this week with spirits promotions so deep it...
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Strathmore pumps £100K into McIntosh relaunch
Strathmore is putting £100,000 behind a relaunch of McIntosh chilled ready meals.The brand was owned by McIntosh of Dyce, which changed its name to Smmart following a management buyout, but went into receivership earlier this year. The...
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Robinsons gets a £31m revamp
Britvic Soft Drinks is to spend £31m on a major revamp of Robinsons, the biggest in the brand’s history. As well as adding new products, Britvic wants to give greater clarity with a uniform design across all products.And it plans to...
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Where the multiples are focusing their activity
>>Sainsbury extends stores and converts warehouse space…Asda remodels and opens standalone george…non-food takes 50% in tesco extraSainsbury - Sainsbury has been reshaping its stores as part of its business transformation...
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UK acts as test market for Wal-Mart financial
The UK has become a global test market for Wal-Mart as it extends its financial services offer, said financial services director David Rutley.Asda has introduced a life insurance and a mortgage life insurance product on trial at 40 stores in...
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Irish oats alternative
Irish porridge producer Flahavan’s has brought its brand to the UK mainland with the launch of Microwaveable Quick Oats in Tesco stores.The product, in resealable drums, takes two minutes to microwave and comes complete with a measuring...
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First Jaffa arriving
Despite export difficulties, the first arrivals of Jaffa grapefruit are hitting the UK during what is described as an extremely short market with South African fruit finishing earlyMehadrin Tnuport Export is marketing the Jaffa-branded White...
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Bensons buy back Bellevue
Scottish cash and carry chain Bellevue has become the fourth BWG wholesaler to be sold back to its original owners as the BWG Group restructures.Managing director Graham Benson and commercial director George Benson said they had made a...
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Meat’s back on the menu
The Red Meat Industry Forum claims it has started to deliver. Ed Bedington reportsMore than a year ago, meat bosses unveiled an ambitious plan to try and turn around the fortunes of the ailing red meat sector.Today, attitudes...
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Fruit-tella has bags more
Confectionery brand Fruit-tella is bidding to bite off a bigger share of the UK soft chew market with a host of new products planned for 2004.In January, Perfetti van Melle, the brand’s Holland-based owner, is launching Fruit-tella Juice...