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Safeway bills soaring
The final bill for those involved in the battle for Safeway could top a massive £150m. Research by The Grocer suggests Tesco, Asda and Sainsbury and Philip Green could each face bills of up to £40m, mainly from the professional advisors working...
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Keep those body moves cool
It's said that interviewers make up their minds in the first three minutes. Those crucial first impressions are doing all the work, so manage them well, says Simon Howard How many times have you heard it? "I knew from the moment I sat down that...
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Tesco revives Duo box concept
Rosie Davenport Tesco is hoping to refuel interest in a forgotten wine packaging innovation by giving the two wines in one box concept a new outing. It is following in rival Sainsbury's footsteps by teaming up with Darlington Wines to...
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BPEX woos China delegation
Major steps have been taken towards opening the Chinese market to British pigmeat. MLC export product manager for pigmeat Bent Windahl discussed the issue of exports with Fan Xiaojian, Chinese vice minister of agriculture, who led an inward...
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Braeburn hit in a lighter NZ crop
David Shapley The first New Zealand Cox will be due in the UK the first week of April, marginally later than last year, said Worldwide Fruit chief executive Alastair Robertson. This season total apple crops are some two million cartons...
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Sustainability heads to brand status
Siân Harrington Unilever is to use sustainability as an advertising message for the first time as part of a £25m push behind its Birds Eye brand. The E52bn company has decided to promote its sustainability credentials after initial success...
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Spar chairman takes on BRC role
The British Retail Consortium has signalled its intention to increase its focus on small store issues with the appointment of Spar's Morton Middleditch as deputy chairman. Middleditch, who is Spar UK's chairman, fills a gap created by the...
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Nearly a quarter of shoppers intending to buy jams or preser
The main reasons for this are that they can not find the product they want or it is too expensive. Many shoppers are not prepared to settle for an alternative if their favoured brand or product is not available. Jams and preserves is a bit of a...
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Caton to expand E&J in Europe
Ernest & Julio Gallo Winery has appointed Glenn Caton to handle the marketing of its wine brands in the UK and Western Europe. He will report to senior marketing director for Europe, Tamara Minick-Scokalo, who joined E & J Gallo last October....
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Cauldron diversifies pâtés
Chilled vegetarian food specialist Cauldron Foods has added Sun-Dried Tomato & Basil and Mexican Bean flavours to its pâté range. General manager David Arrow said pâtés were one of the company's bestselling ranges, as the diverse flavours also...
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hardys celebrates
Hardys plans to celebrate 150 years of winemaking by bringing out a new range of premium wines. Dating back to 1853, the Australian brand, part of the BRL Hardy stable, claims to have pioneered the McLaren Vale region. Details of the new wine...
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change that has to be embraced
The one thing that is constant about this industry is that it is constantly changing. Like me, you have probably heard that phrase or something similar uttered dozens of times in recent months. It has rapidly become grocery's newest cliché. But...
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Waitrose keeps up speedy switch to new Quick Check
Waitrose is to convert 34 more stores to a second generation Quick Check system and put the facility in seven new stores between April and December 2003. The new radio frequency controlled version of Quick Check called Storewave is already live...
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Up close and personable
Although Morrisons remains at the top of the retailer chart Asda has rapidly closed the gap between them and comes in just two percentage points behind at number two. Buy one get one free offers and other multibuy promotions appear to dominate...
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Sir; I was delighted to read the comments of Jane Wakefield,
As one of the first Asian ethnic food buyers with Linfood and Booker Cash and Carry in the 1980s/90s, I was convinced an explosion was about to happen in ethnic foods, and we can see today that chicken tikka masala is no longer considered an Indian...
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Lever Fabergé launches are no sweat
Simon Mowbray Lever Fabergé's ongoing quest for even greater sales in the personal hygiene arena is continuing with major launches across two of its key brands. The healthcare giant is introducing a range of anti-perspirants to its...
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Lever Fabergé launches are no sweat
Simon Mowbray Lever Fabergé's ongoing quest for even greater sales in the personal hygiene arena is continuing with major launches across two of its key brands. The healthcare giant is introducing a range of anti-perspirants to its...
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Ferocious but honest'
Grocery buyers do not always have a good image and the power they wield has once again come under the spotlight recently with the Safeway auction and the code of practice review. But buyers are also the consumer's champion and many are respected and...
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Information technology has infiltrated food retail to such a
Yet pricing strategically the most critical aspect of any retail business has somehow managed to bypass the IT department and remains driven by a remarkably old-fashioned combination of intuition and pure guesswork. At least, that is what...
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Mayfair rolling into new format
Gallaher is bidding to take a bigger slice of the hand rolling tobacco (HRT) market by putting its value-for-money Mayfair cigarette brand into the format. The tobacco giant, which already commands a major share of the HRT market with its Amber...