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Constellation sells La Baume
Constellation Wines has sold French brand La Baume to concentrate on its New World interests.Specialist exporter Les Grands Chais de France has purchased the winery for an undisclosed sum from the wine giant which wants to focus on “core...
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Londis looks to chillers
Londis will remerchandise chillers at members’ stores for free to boost the category that has margin returns of 25%.Following a £2.5m investment at its RDC operations, Londis has increased the guaranteed date-life of over 100 short-life...
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Multiples’ flower sales booming
Cut flowers represent a huge opportunity for the multiple sector, a leading supplier has claimed.Spalding based Lingarden estimate the market to have grown to £1.5bn by 2006, doubling its value since 1998.Martin Brown, managing...
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Small store MP lobby
An all-party parliamentary Small Shops Group has been formed to press home the concerns of the sector to MPs.Current issues include the impact of a Safeway takeover, the level of retail crime and violence and the mounting burden of red...
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21st century spend
CJ Lang is drawing up investment plans for its Martex cash and carries says John WoodCustomers of the Martex chain of cash and carries in Scotland can expect to see the parent company CJ Lang investing in the depots in the near...
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A depot where it’s Good to talk about football
Like many other CJ Lang employees David Good has clocked up more than a decade with the company after joining as a trainee with its Martex cash and carry business 11 years ago.Rising through the ranks he became manager of one of the group’s...
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Acquisition drive for CJ Lang
Stalled expansion plans by Scotland’s largest independent retailer look set to kick into action in the next few weeks, as a raft of new initiatives begin to bear fruit.Spar’s Scottish principal, CJ Lang, announced plans to double its...
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New faces for Alpro
Dairy free stalwart Alpro has recruited four more celebrities to act as brand ambassadors.Former Olympic sprinter Linford Christie, TV presenter Katie Hill, singer-turned-gardener Kim Wilde and BBC Masterchef winner Rosa Baden-Powell will...
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Alternative chocolate
What happened when the sheep farmer met the master baker? They came up with the idea of sheeps’ milk chocolate.It is not as gimmicky as it sounds. Choco-Lina is aimed at those wishing to avoid products made with cows’ milk. It is also...
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Archers’ men ditch the dresses
Diageo has unveiled the next generation of Archers commercials that it hopes will give the brand an edge over its rivals.It is pumping £4m into a new ‘Something for the ladies’ campaign, which kicks off on Monday (October 20) when the first...
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Deal-seekers catch a cold at Asda
Sales of cold and flu remedies start to rise dramatically during the autumn. Although the category may be relatively small, we recorded an average of 46 SKUs per store,and the retail profit per square metre is quite attractive.While advance...
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Minding Baugur’s millions
Jón Scheving has a £100m war chest to invest. Anne Bruce probes his intentionsBaugur overseas investments MD, Jón Scheving, is marauding through a tin of Tesco Finest biscuits. Cue a discourse on Tesco’s pricing policy. “Not...
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Tesco strong on beauty
Tesco reclaims its place at the top of the fascia chart this week closely followed by Asda which has moved up to second place.Tesco is particularly strong on health and beauty promotions, while Asda features good displays of soft drinks and...
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BeingKen Morrison
Siân Harrington tries to get inside the head of the man who is Morrisons as he approaches the critical stage of his Safeway bid“Win, lose or draw in the Safeway saga, we have a strong company well equipped to continue to prosper in...
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Sir Ken silent as shadow of no Morrisons bid falls
Top retailers have this week raised the spectre of the Safeway doomsday scenario becoming a reality – with Morrisons deciding to walk away from a deal and no other bidders coming into play.Speaking at the IGD annual convention, John von...
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Stay-away ministers blasted
British exhibitors were out in force at Anuga with 80 companies represented in seven of Anuga’s 14 halls. However, this strong turnout was not enough to persuade a single minister from any of the home countries to support them by attending the...
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Bulmers’ sales director prepares to bow out
Bulmers sales director Colin Smith, who is credited with turning around the Bulmers take home business in the past 12 months, is leaving the company.His departure follows Bulmers’ acquisition by Scottish & Newcastle brewers in...
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Lucozade turns on the brain power
GlaxoSmithKline this weekend kicks off the first TV ad for Lucozade Energy since its decision to drop advertising icon Lara Croft.Hitting screens today (Saturday), the new treatment replaces the ‘Gone a Bit Lara’ campaign and marks a change...
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Korway buys Camp Bros
Ethnic snack maker Korway Foods has moved into the ice cream market after striking a £0.7m deal with receivers to buy troubled ice-cream company Camp Brothers.Camp, which supplies its brand to the multiples and own label to Farmfoods from...
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Young’s buys Marr
Young’s Bluecrest has snapped up one of the UK’s largest independent seafood processors in a bid to consolidate its position as the UK’s leading seafood supplier.The acquisition of the Pinegain Group of companies, the holding company for...