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The smooth movers
Carlsberg-Tetley has unveiled a £750,000 press and poster advertising campaign to coincide with the start of the Six Nations and Tetley's Rugby Super League season. The campaign is part of the brand's Year of Sport programme, and features two...
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Tobacco voucher muddle
Tobacco bosses have admitted they are confused as to whether or not existing money-off vouchers can be redeemed legally in the wake of this week's ban on consumer tobacco advertising. As The Grocer went to press, Imperial Tobacco, which owns...
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Spray in past as Sunsilk turns shampoo player
Lever Fabergé is to revive the ailing Sunsilk hairspray brand by turning it into a major player in the shampoos and conditioners market. Backed by a £20m marketing spend, the new Sunsilk haircare range, without hairspray, will be available to...
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Smugglers raking it in
Anne Bruce and Rod Addy Bootleggers are making "an obscene amount of money" on smuggled cigarettes, according to the Association of Convenience Stores, despite government assurances new measures are working. ACS public affairs and commercial...
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Simply is really on a roll
Kwik Save has reported a strange outbreak of Swiss roll fever has overtaken the nation. There has been such a rush on its new Simply value range swiss rolls that bakers are working extra hours to keep up with demand. Kwik Save says sales of...
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Waitrose would be the winner
Waitrose and Marks and Spencer will be the winners in a Safeway sale, with Somerfield, Sainsbury,Big Food Group and the Co-operative Group likely losers. That was the consensus of opiinion at the seminar.If Sainsbury lost, it would be exposed as...
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Carton recycling initiative
The first commercial UK plant for recycling beverage cartons has been opened in Fife, Scotland.The recycling plant, operated by the Smith Anderson Group and the Liquid Food Carton Manufacturers Association (LFCMA), will be fully operational...
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Fleming/Kmart deal to end in March
US distributor Fleming said it will stop supplying to the bankrupt retailer Kmart on March 8.Fleming chairman and CEO Mark Hansen said: “We are finalizing our action plan for necessary adjustments to our distribution network and support...
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Asda launches range for kids
Asda is set to follow its rivals in launching a 90-product children’s range, More for Kids.Due on shelves on February 17, the range arrives two years after Sainsbury launched its 170-strong Blue Parrot Café range and six months after Tesco...
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Asda demands security tagging
Asda is asking hundreds of suppliers to put security tags on packaging in a bid to reduce shrinkage by 30%.Asda loss prevention manager Kate Defraja said the new regime would cut store theft, improve customer service, product availability,...
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Tesco buys stake in green fuel firm
Tesco has bought a 25% stake in environmentally focused fuel supplier Greenergy Fuels for £1.9m.Under the deal Tesco will extend its current supply agreement with Greenergy – a wholly owned subsidiary of Greenergy International.Tesco...
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Parmalat to close East Anglian dairy
Parmalat Dairies will close its Mildenhall dairy in Suffolk at the end of June resulting in 150 redundancies.Parmalat Dairies UK managing director Chris Ball said the pressure of rising milk prices had made yogurt-making at the site...
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RSPCA promotes free range at Tesco
The RSPCA has embarked on a new supermarket advertising campaign to urge consumers to choose free range and barn eggs. Posters ads will go up at 154 Tesco stores to publicise the “less cruelty, free range or barn eggs” campaign. Ads...
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C-charge will cost JLP £200,000
London's congestion charge, which swings into action on February 17, will cost John Lewis at least £200,000 a year, the partnership has calculated. Of this, roughly £84,000 will be needed to service three Waitrose stores in the charging zone,...
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Asda's £27m store in Blackwood, Mid-Glamorgan, offers a perf
As the graph shows, Asda has a particularly strong fit to the catchment of the store, which opened in November last year. Only Kwik Save, with its strong Welsh heritage, has a better demographic fit to the catchment based on CACI's Acorn...
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Closing in on Cellar 5
Manchester based property company Maryland Securities is understood to have beaten off rival bidders in a sealed bids process for off-licence chain Cellar 5. First Quench had been widely tipped to pick up a large chunk of the chain, which called in...
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Staring into the abyss
While Safeway shareholders face weeks of uncertainty as the bidding war for the chain intensifies, spare a thought for its 92,000-plus staff who must endure a worrying period of job insecurity while the battle rages. Similarly, employees at...
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Staring into the abyss
Steve Hemsley considers the job prospects for the 1,000 grocery managers who face redundancy as a result of the three big deals While Safeway shareholders face weeks of uncertainty as the bidding war for the chain intensifies, spare a thought...
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Silver lining to twilight of tobacco ads
Simon Mowbray Tobacco giant Gallaher is to use the last week of mainstream tobacco advertising to push a new sibling brand for Benson & Hedges. B&H Silver officially launches at the end of this month, positioned as a "value for money"...
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Pernod Ricard wants Martell to race ahead
Pernod Ricard wants to build the cognac category by using its £2m sponsorship of the Grand National as a platform to grow awareness of the Martell brand. Although the spirit has been associated with the sporting event for 11 years, Pernod Ricard is...