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n kmart blow
US food distributor Fleming has filed for bankruptcy protection in the wake of losing a $4.5bn supply agreement with troubled retailer Kmart. Fleming's Chapter 11 filing listed total assets at book value of $4.22bn and liabilities of $3.54bn....
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Blue Dragon offers more from Japan
Blue Dragon is expanding its multi-ethnic repertoire with new jarred Japanese sauces, a premium range of Royal Thai sauces and Oriental vegetables in doy packs. Rolling out now, the Japanese range comprises classic Teriyaki and Creamy Wasabi, as...
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Parfetts welcomes Pace to the board as trading boss
Parfetts Cash & Carry has promoted its group buying and trade marketing controller Bill Pace to the board as trading director. The move is only the second appointment of a director from outside the family in Stockport-based Parfetts' 22-year...
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Bogofs work for Princes
Asda continues at the top of the fascia chart this week with a wide variety of multibuy offers and price promotions. Sainsbury improves its position, moving up to number two and forcing Morrisons down by one place. Sainsbury also makes...
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Whatever your personal position on British involvement in Ir
Parliamentary questions are beginning to be tabled. Talk of rationing is rife. This talk is folly and suggests that either the powers-that-be have not internalised the lessons of the past 15 years or that there is deliberate psy-ops' in play here. ...
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Grocery giant Groupe Casino, one of France's leading multi-f
The E22.8bn company operates more than 6,000 stores in France, which accounts for 77% of sales, under fascias including Geant, Supermarchés Casino, Leader Price, Franprix and Monoprix. It also has outlets in Poland, Asia, Latin America and the US….
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QMS chair outlines his vision
Ed Bedington A strategy to boost the prospects of the Scottish red meat industry has been outlined by Quality Meat Scotland. Giving his first address as chairman at a QMS conference this week, Jim Walker outlined the organisation's strategy...
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Jackson new chief at Golden Wonder
Golden Wonder has made former United Biscuits' manager Ed Jackson chief executive, replacing Paul Monk who left in January to set up a venture capital company. Jackson joins on April 8. He was previously UB's managing director of development...
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OFT set to report on code consultation
The Office of Fair Trading is preparing to report on its consultation with the industry over reforming the Supermarket Code of Practice in the summer. A spokesman said it had had a "good response" to the process which ended on Monday. The...
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Cork recycling planned
Rosie Davenport Oddbins is in talks with the Portuguese Cork Association (APCOR) about a venture to recycle natural corks returned to its stores. Discussions about the initiative are said to be at an advanced stage, with a formal launch...
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Quantum leap for CRTG with ranging software
Elaine Watson A major upgrade of space-planning software across almost 2,500 stores in the Co-op's CRTG buying group has just been completed. The new user-friendly software from Galleria enables merchandisers to generate electronic...
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Nielsen tracks c-stores
Elaine Watson A new service from ACNielsen will enable suppliers to get hold of more accurate category sales data from the convenience and independent sector. The new ScanTrack service is an industry first, taking weekly EPoS data from...
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Jefferson Lynch likes to think of data as a long piece of wi
"The secret is keeping it whole." Lynch who heads up Unilever's business intelligence unit was parachuted into Port Sunlight in 2001 with the express mission of keeping data captured through Unilever's Home and Personal Care division in its...
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Nisa's sales director to strike out on his own
Rod Addy Nisa-Today's has suffered a blow with the departure of sales director Stan Whittenbury to set up his own consultancy business. Whittenbury is a respected and familiar figure in the food industry, having worked for Nisa-Today's for...
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Tesco rolls out EAS
Tesco plans to roll out Electronic Article Surveillance systems across its portfolio apart from Express stores by Autumn. It has already has the security system in 300 stores, said a spokesman, and has "every confidence in it". But some...
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n egg inspiration
A total rethink of UK egg marketing strategy has been called for by Richard Langdon, marketing manager with Stonegate Thames Valley. The industry needed to take on board lessons from other sectors, he said. "Pasta is no more convenient than...
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SKIPS IN THEIR EYES
Savoury bagged snack Skips is to sponsor new TV series Stars in their Eyes Kids, which starts a nine-week run this weekend, as part of the brand's £2.7m marketing budget this year. Ads at the beginning, end and during the show feature an...
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Farm sticks it to the supermarkets
Pressure group Farm is marking the first anniversary of the supermarket code of practice with a consumer supermarket sticker campaign. The farmers lobbying body has produced stickers for shoppers "to use to express concern" at the gap between...
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Spanish Salsa joins Pringles flavours
Procter & Gamble is supporting the arrival of new Spanish Salsa flavour Pringles with a dedicated £2m TV spend. Due to hit the small screen next month, the campaign is part of the brand's £10m 2003 marketing budget. Further activity is set to...
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When the founder of modern meteorology Professor Irving Kric
As the DIY chains frantically marked down their barbecues last June in a bid to shift stock after a dismal May, bosses at Asda held firm, and waited for the sun to come out again. Which it did, exactly when they predicted it would, thanks to...