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Press round-up ... Safeway
The Daily Telegraph reported that Safeway shares plunged 28.75p to 265.25p after Philip Green, the BHS and Arcadia owner, was the only suitor cleared to launch a takeover bid for Safeway.The paper said the City fears that Green, who prides...
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Press round-up ... Safeway
Retailers and consumer pressure groups all submitted formal submissions to the Office of Fair Trading on Friday, reported The Business. The Consumers’ Association threw its support behind Morrisons, arguing that a “fourth aggressive player in...
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Press round-up ... Safeway
A letter to The Grocer which accuses Safeway of threatening to axe its suppliers unless they make upfront payments to the retailer has been flagged up by The Daily Telegraph.The comments emerged as the Office of Fair Trading is considering bids...
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Press round-up ... Safeway
Philip Green's planned £3bn offer for Safeway is understood to face referral to the Competition Commission, according to the Observer. Lawyers at top City law firms told the paper that five out of the six bidders would probably be referred after a...
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Wall's finds a cool £20m
Wall's is to spend a total of £20.5m on media support for its 2003 ice cream portfolio in a bid to "bring back the buzz" to the category. The biggest portion £8.7m is earmarked for Magnum, which, as reported in The Grocer last week, is to...
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BRC benchmark wins accreditation
The British Retail Consortium's Technical Standard is one of the first food safety standards to be accredited by a new international benchmarking scheme. The Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) judged the standard, along with three other food...
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Juicy new Reef advert
The second of Reef's "Juicy" TV ads goes on air from next week. Part of a £9.5m spend on the brand, the execution comes ahead of a new flavour extension which is yet to be revealed. The ad highlights Reef's fruit juice content, which Coors...
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Bramley caters for new age
Ed Bedington Bramley apple growers are employing long-term tactics in this year's promotional plans. The Bramley Apple Campaign will use Bramley Apple Week, which starts on Monday, to launch two initiatives promoting the use of the fruit in...
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The Safeway takeover is already a spectator sport, a classic
This is real politics, with MPs stirring. After decades of backing the Conservatives, boards must be happy that they became born-again New Labour just in time. This is not about favours being called in, but contacts and PR. There are four key...
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Angus breed brand success
Vic Robertson Asda's switch to Aberdeen-Angus beef for its Extra Special' range has cut customer complaints about quality by 60%, the multiple has claimed. In the six months since its launch, the range has built up a £3m a year market ...
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Wine brands are called to arms
Rosie Davenport The number of wine brands on the market could be substantially reduced unless producers learn from fmcg heavyweights like Heinz, a leading supplier has warned. John Mills, MD at Grants of St James's Wines, which owns the...
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Tesco renews assault on Irish market
Elaine Watson Tesco Ireland is ramping up store openings this year after a relative lull in 2002. Six new stores and three replacement stores are planned, taking store numbers in the Irish Republic up to 82 as part of a £66m investment....
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wines in the bag
Bulgarian wine producer Boyar Estates is releasing several of its branded wines in a bag-in-box format. The move begins with two wines from its Blueridge and Domaine Boyar ranges a Merlot and a Cabernet Sauvignon. The packs have been designed...
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Stream Foods is a few months short of its third birthday, bu
The Cambridgeshire-based company's fortunes are based on a range of fruit snacks for children, developed from ideas that founder Paul Newberry picked up while on a business trip to the US. "I could see great potential for these here," he says....
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Sweets in biscuit form
Kids' confectionery stalwarts Milkybar and Smarties are expanding into a new snacking arena with the launch of biscuit formats. Brand owner Nestlé Rowntree is backing the two new lines with £2m to include posters and press advertising....
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When Safeway boss Carlos Criado-Perez unveiled his Gonzalez
New research from market research group Taylor Nelson Sofres Superpanel, revealed here for the first time, shows just how big a role these Temporary Price Reductions (as TNS dubs them) now play in Safeway's sales profile. The data relates to total...
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Brands are on the move
The retailer chart remains relatively stable in terms of positioning this week with only Sainsbury and Safeway on the move. Sainsbury shifts up one place to number four, pushing Safeway down to number five. Morrisons remains in the number one...
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Honest John calls the shots
The FSA has won confidence, almost against all the odds, and Clive Beddall discovers how You won't find it in his entry in Who's Who, but Professor Sir John Krebs, chairman of Britain's first independent Food Standards Agency, is a potcher....
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Cashing in on delivery
As independentschange, what fate awaits cash and carries? By Elaine Watson Warnings of doom for the independent retailer have been coming in almost as fast as bids for Safeway since Tesco announced plans to get into neighbourhood retailing....
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competitive food chain is necessary
from Richard Ali, director of food policy, British Retail Consortium Sir; Ben Gill (Saturday Essay, The Grocer, January 25) is right to call for a better understanding of the food chain. The British Retail Consortium supported the setting-up of...