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Asda employee scheme pays off
Asda staff is to receive a £13.7m bonus as part of the retail giants benefits scheme.This Friday 100,000 employees will pocket the bonuses of up to £300 each as part of the Asda Wal-Mart colleague bonus scheme which was introduced in 2000 -...
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Britons back home produced foods
Demand for British-produced food is expected to outstrip supply, according to a recent survey from market analysts Mintel. A survey of 1000 adults found that half of consumers try to buy British when shopping for meat and 44% go for British...
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Simply delicious
Barr Soft Drinks has introduced its Simply Clear fruit flavoured soft drink in a 250ml resealable PET bottle.The new size is aimed at capturing the lunchbox and the impulse purchase markets. It is available in four flavours,...
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Food safety less of a concern for consumers
Shoppers are less worried about food safety according to the Food Standards Agency's third annual Consumer Attitudes to Food survey.Most significant was a fall in consumer concern about mad cow disease or BSE down to 45% in 2002 compared...
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Safeway ready to uncork new wines
Safeway insists it is “business as usual” as its wine department prepares to unveil its new range amid speculation over the multiple’s sale. The new line-up will be showcased at a trade event in April. In the meantime, the beer team has...
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Alpro gives £5m answer
Dairy-free supplier Alpro is to spend £5m marketing its products in 2003. The move follows last week's report in The Grocer that rival So Good is to spend more than £2m on a new TV campaign. Alpro, which is fighting with So Good for...
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Maryland to invest in Cellar 5
Elaine Watson Cellar 5's new owner Maryland Securities has promised to invest in the Booze Buster and Wine Cellar brands after purchasing parent Cellar 5 from receivers last week. The Manchester based property company beat off competition...
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ACS/BRC look to congestion charge pros and cons
As London's congestion charge swung into action this week, the British Retail Consortium warned that smaller retailers could suffer the most. As well as increased distribution costs, the charge could dent sales as shoppers avoided the zone,...
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Retailers plan defences against terror
A clutch of top retailers has formed a working group to tackle security threats from e-mail viruses and fuel shortages to terrorist attacks. Membership details have not been disclosed, but the group includes representatives from one of the...
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Robin Alexander to retire early
Scottish Courage operations director Robin Alexander, aged 52, is to take early retirement at the end of April for personal reasons. Alexander joined Scottish & Newcastle in 1978 from ICI and has held a variety of positions, including managing...
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Robin Alexander to retire early
Scottish Courage operations director Robin Alexander, aged 52, is to take early retirement at the end of April for personal reasons. Alexander joined Scottish & Newcastle in 1978 from ICI and has held a variety of positions, including managing...
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Britain is no stranger to American heavyweights making waves
Coors' £1.2bn bid for Carling was accepted on Christmas Eve 2001, concluding a turbulent spell as regulators forced Interbrew to break up the Bass Brewers business it had earlier snapped up for £2.3bn. But before the ink was dry, analysts were...
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The Saturday Essay - Annie Seeley
Since we launched the Parents Jury last year, we have had hundres of complaints from parents about the way the fod industry markets unhealthy products at children.And it's not only parents who are concerned 80 public health organisations, from...
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Asda builds up links with farmers
Ed Bedington Pig and lamb farmers are set to benefit after Asda reaffirmed its commitment to British agriculture. The retailer has announced plans to extend two successful schemes which have helped to boost farmers' businesses. Dr Chris...
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IWS gives pink Babe a partner in black
International Wine Services has added a partner to its Babe brand, and which is aimed at male drinkers. Dude is an Australian 2002 Shiraz packaged in a sleek black bottle designed to complement Babe, a Chardonnay which was launched last year and...
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Scottish Courage calls for balance in pricing
Rosie Davenport Scottish Courage has called on its fellow brewers to restore balance in the beer market by redressing the price differences between the multiples and independents. The brewer fears that recent data from ACNielsen for 2002,...
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And the beauty of it is...
Food and drink products with an added beauty-enhancement selling point is the trend to watch, delegates at last week's International New Products Forum 2003 were told. Organised by Leatherhead Food RA, Mintel and GNPD, the forum showcased more...
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OFT rules consumers being taxed by MasterCard fee
Retailers could benefit from lower credit card charges after the Office of Fair Trading published a preliminary conclusion stating MasterCard's transaction fees were anti-competitive. The OFT investigated the fees after a complaint from the...
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Biodiesel at Tesco
Tesco will become the second supermarket to sell biodiesel a blend of low sulphur diesel and rapeseed oil on its forecourts. The new fuel, first trialed by Sainsbury at its Greenwich store in January, will go on sale at Tesco's Hatfield store at...