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Chocolates join toffees
Walkers Nonsuch, best known for producing speciality slab toffee, is adding chocolate products to its repertoire with the launch of Milk Chocolates with Toffee Centres. The newcomers, which boast a double coating of milk...
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Sainsbury moves in with Conran
Sainsbury has exchanged contracts with Conran Holdings to develop a 10,000sq ft store within the Bluebird Gastrodome on London's King's Road. Branded Sainsbury's Market at Bluebird,' the store will stock 7,500 lines, including new product...
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Forecourts sold on convenience
Anne Bruce Convenience retailing in the forecourt sector is booming, with forecourts taking a further 2.5% share of the market in 2002, up to 18.5% in total, says the IGD. Around 90% of forecourts now operate retail outlets that qualify as...
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The global countdown
IGD assesses global markets and rates their retail potential. Helen Gregory reports International grocery retailers are being urged to look to China as the single biggest global opportunity. Although some western chains already operate there,...
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Iceland is driving home its great deals message with new poi
The figure is a "conservative estimate" of how much customers will save through buy-one-get-one-free (BOGOF) offers and meal deals at Iceland in January and February, said a spokeswoman. "We've launched into 2003 with a fantastic package of...
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Generating increased demand for frozen desserts may be in th
Footfall is lower than in other parts of the store. The problem of defrosting before reaching home places the category at the end of the shop. This affects sales because shoppers may have bought alternative products before reaching frozen desserts...
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Rowse founder dies
Tony Rowse, founder of Rowse Honey, has died aged 86. He established Rowse Honey in 1954 as a bee-keeping operation with 1,000 hives. He steadily grew the business into £23m company, employing over 100 people in Wallingford, Oxfordshire. ...
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The essential Safeway event
Keeping on top of the latest developments in the Safeway auction frenzy is not easy neither is getting a handle on the possible implications for the grocery market. But help is at hand. The Grocer has teamed up with industry experts to run a...
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Safeway pledge to own label expansion
Simon Mowbray Development of Safeway's own label offering will continue despite the supermarket chain's uncertain future. The company said its insistence that it was "business as usual" applied to all areas of its operations and "most...
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Regional fishing industry review
A major survey of the south-west fishing industry has begun in a bid to boost its sustainability Ekos Consulting, in association with Nautilus Consultants, has been commissioned by the South West Regional Development Agency to compile a...
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Flying on a wing and a prayer
Sick of the old 9-5 and looking for a new challenge? If being strapped to a vintage biplane and doing a spot of gymnastics at 1,000 feet is your idea of fun, look no further. Utterly Butterlys Europe's only professional wingwalking team is...
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M&S plans Simply Food trials at m-way services
Marks and Spencer plans to open two pilot Simply Food outlets at Moto’s Reading and Heston service areas on the M4.The sites have not yet been secured, but talks with Compass, which operates the service areas, are in an advanced stage. One...
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n Gay fortnightly
A magazine called Gay UK is launching from Hallmark Communications on February 13. The fortnightly title will cover news, entertainment and gossip and hopes to achieve mass appeal. The cover price is £1.50 and distribution is by Odyssey. n ...
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forum to meet
The joint forum of independent retail trade associations from the UK and Ireland will meet at the end of February in Dublin. The Association of Convenience Stores, the Scottish Grocers' Federation, the Northern Ireland Independent Retail Trade...
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Pop goes nestlé
Nestlé Rowntree is in talks with ITV to sponsor the next series of Pop Idol. A Nestlé Rowntree spokesman said any deal would be the "biggest UK TV sponsorship" to date, but added that reports of a £6m agreement between the company and television...
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Pomegranate seeks out greatness
Newcomer RJA Foods is aiming to make the pomegranate as big a player in the ambient juice market as cranberry with the launch of a drink called Pomegreat. The new line, which is being listed by Booths, comes in pink, yellow and grey one-litre...
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Infolink protests grow
Sainsbury has rejected claims that technical glitches are thwarting its attempts to build a more efficient supply chain. As part of a complete supply chain systems overhaul, Sainsbury has been developing a website called Infolink. This allows...
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Rich pickings for investors
Beech's Fine Chocolates has been sold by the Renshaw Scott Group to three investors. The buy-out team comprises: Dr Peter Heaps, former md of couverture chocolate company Barry Callebaut and director of Thorntons, who will become CEO; new...
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Kmart target
Embattled US grocer Kmart said it was to begin a new strategy focusing on neighbourhood retailing, stocking goods specific to the communities where it has its stores. Kmart outlined a five-year business plan at a Chicago bankruptcy court aimed...
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The measure of Strongbow
Does Bulmers' prize asset make it a prime takeover target? Rosie Davenport reports Cross-dressing is not a habit usually associated with cider lovers. But the image of Johnny Vaughan, decked out in a blonde wig and fashioned to resemble...