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Londis ups wine game
Rosie Davenport Londis is attempting to move in on the territory traditionally occupied by off-licences as it goes for a larger slice of premium wine sales. The symbol group believes it must counter moves into convenience by the multiple...
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Sainsbury goes further with Shell
Sainsbury is to expand its joint fuel and convenience store operation with the addition of 100 more of its Sainsbury’s Local formats at Shell petrol stations which will create up to 2,000 new jobs.After trials combining Shell's branded...
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E200m pledge for Spar growth
Anne Bruce BWG plans to put almost E200m into expanding Spar in the Irish Republic over the next three years, bringing the portfolio up to around 500 stores. The move was announced this week following a strategic review in the wake of the...
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Oliver's 21-day beef difference
Jamie Oliver has teamed up again with Sainsbury to launch a new range of specially matured beef. The Jamie Oliver 21 day Extra Matured Taste the Difference British Beef will be on shelf from June 23 and is the result of three years of...
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360 degree view of the human factor
Sir; The Coca-Cola Retailing Research Group (CCRRG) report about recruitment in the food industry ('Food must try harder for talent, The Grocer, May 24th) and Nigel Broome's article ('How to banish retail myths', The Grocer, May 24th highlight two...
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Own label at 6 year low
Simon Mowbray, Amsterdam Britain's own label market has hit a six-year low as retailers and brands continue to slug it out in the aisles, according to new findings from ACNielsen. The researcher's annual review found that retailer brands...
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Get entries in for dried fruit awards
The countdown has begun to the announcement of the winners of the sixth Dried Fruit New Products Awards. The most innovative new products containing dried fruit will be revealed at a ceremony preceding the Dried Fruit Ball, at the Savoy on...
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The beautiful gain
Can supermarkets escape the out-of-town planning stranglehold by piggybacking on stadium developments? Liz Hamsom assesses breakthroughs by Asda and Tesco.It should have been the perfect signing. When it became obvious cash-strapped football...
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Festival beer is over here
Holsten UK is launching a seasonal speciality beer to coincide with the Munich Oktoberfest held in Germany later this year. Oktoberfestbier is brewed specifically for the event and will be available in the UK for three months from September....
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Telly shopping: the big turnoff
Technically, two out of every five people in the UK could shop from home using interactive digital TV. But they don't. In fact, according to the latest report from Gartner G2, the business research and advisory firm: "Hardly anyone does and...
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Bite-size times four
Masterfoods is to pump £17m behind its leading bite-size sweets brands before the end of the year. It is also launching multipack versions of its four bestselling bite-size brands Maltesers, M&M's, Revels and Minstrels. Four standard bag packs...
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Quorn business is sold
Marlow Foods, maker of meat substitute brand Quorn, has been snapped up by Montagu Private Equity for £70m.The company intends to retain the business and build it up in its present form. Chief executive Nick Hughes said: "We have a great...
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Cauliflower extension
English cauliflowers have hit the shelves at Sainsbury a week early. Supplier SAS Fresh Produce said the good spring conditions for planting and subsequent rains had given the crop a boost. SAS founder member Univeg has now achieved...
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Youngest CE in history
Scotch whisky distiller Edrington, maker of The Famous Grouse, has chosen operations director Ian Curle to replace Ian Good as chief executive. Good, who is also chairman of Edrington, will step down from the chief executive role in April 2004...
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Citizens' Jury conclusion on GM
Sir; re:'Punch and Judy with bogus allegations' (The Grocer, Letters May 24th). The Food Standards Agency's Neil,Martinson would do well to read the FSA's own press release on its Citizens' Jury.This announced that the jury had concluded that GM...
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Irish hit out at rip-off claim
Irish grocery distributors have angrily rejected new allegations that they are responsible for consumer prices sharply outpacing other European countries over the past five years. A report from Forfas, the republic's national Policy and Advisory...
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Foster's cool keg
Foster's is bidding to jazz up the home drinking experience with a self-dispensing 35-pint keg. Costing £49.95 less than £1.43 a pint the CoolKeg format has the added advantage of a self-cooling system which promises cold beer within 60...
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Spend in c-stores still on the up
Convenience store usage has crept up from a low of 47% in 2001 to 54% of shoppers in 2003. But c-store retailers' opinions of suppliers over the past year have not improved, despite 12 months of consolidation in the market. Harris International...
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Failing to deliver to C-Stores
Manufacturers are all talk and no action when it comes to dealing with retailers in the convenience sector. According to a survey of 700 retailers across the market, from managed chains and independents to forecourt operators, suppliers are...
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The Saturday Essay - Frazer Thompson
I am not normally the type to spew vitriol. I try to wake up each day just a little less stupid than I was the day before and I honestly believe you have to make mistakes to learn a little.But ever so occasionally the build-up of black bile...