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Press round-up ... Safeway auction
Morrisons' £2.4bn bid for Safeway received a boost yesterday when the company issued a bullish trading statement ahead of its offer document posted today.In the four weeks to 26 January like-for-like sales were up 5.2% on last year compared with...
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Confused? Don't be ...
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 a host of industry...
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Cadbury milks it in US
Confectionery and drink giant Cadbury Schweppes has entered the milk market Stateside targeting young adults with the launch of a range of flavoured milk drinks under the brand name Raging Cow.Produced by Cadbury’s US subsidiary Dr Pepper/...
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Asda product recall
Asda has warned its shoppers to return a number of products, which have been mislabelled with a milk-free icon and available at its stores from next Monday, February 17.The products do not contain milk but have been produced at a factory...
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Study clears link between chips and cancer
Scientists have dismissed recent claims that foods such as chips, crisps and toast could raise the risk of cancer.A few months ago Swedish scientists rang the alarm bells when they found high levels of a chemical called acrylamide – which...
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Bisc& ‘biggest priority’ at Masterfoods
Masterfoods is to back biscuit newcomer Bisc& with a £15m marketing campaign, making it the company’s “biggest priority” this year.It also aims to make the brand, plans for which were revealed in The Grocer at the end of last year, a...
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Safeway’s commercial boss departs for M&S
Safeway’s commercial director Ian Mumby has left to become head of IT and supply chain for Marks and Spencer’s food division. Mumby has worked for Safeway for six years. His other positions included director of supply strategy and director...
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Tesco expands in Republic of Ireland
Tesco is to open six new supermarkets creating 1,500 jobs in a £66m expansion of operations in the Republic of Ireland.The group will open six new stores, replace three existing ones and build a new distribution centre in Dublin. Of...
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Tyson fighting oversupply of meat
US meat producer Tyson Foods has seen its quarterly profit dive as plentiful supplies of meat drove prices down and which would impact on results for the current quarter. In the three months to December 28 net earnings dropped nearly 47% to...
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Pernod told not to muscle in
Pernod Ricard has been ticked off by advertising watchdogs for making misleading claims in an ad for its Jameson Irish whisky brand.Fitness First objected to the advert which was headed “98% have a gym membership. 2% use it”. Beneath were...
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CIES: ‘Customer loyalty is key’
Customer loyalty has taken over as the number one ‘top of mind’ issue for food retailers and suppliers, according to the 2003 worldwide survey conducted by CIES – The Food Business Forum.Based in Paris, CIES surveyed almost 400 food...
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New HR director at M&S
Marks and Spencer has appointed Jean Tomlin as its new director of human resources with effect from March 17.Tomlin, who has been the human resource and development director at Corporate Service Group since 2002, will report directly to M&S...
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Philip Morris goes high
Philip Morris, the parent company of Kraft Foods and tobacco companies Philip Morris USA. and Philip Morris International, has changed its name to Altria Group. The New York-based company, which proposed the new name in November 2001, said...
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Gist goes further for Carlsberg-Tetley
Logistics provider Gist has expanded its contract with Carlsberg-Tetley to deliver to major supermarkets as well as to the brewer’s retail depot network for onward delivery to on-trade customers.The £100m deal over five years will include...
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Headsets help M&S service
Marks and Spencer is testing wireless headsets at Marble Arch and Gateshead Metro Centre stores to improve customer service.The communications system, manufactured by Quail Digital, is used by checkout and customer service...
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XXXX goes for 100%
Interbrew has outlined ambitious plans to swell distribution of the new look Castlemaine XXXX. The brewer wants to grow off-trade distribution of the brand from its current 65% to 100% by the spring and double the number of packs stocked by...
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The age of Innocent
Not even four years old, Innocent Drinks is a rapidly rising star in tune with the times. Mary Carmichael meets the founder Richard Reed's entrepreneurial streak was apparent at primary school when he found he could buy Smurf stickers for 3p and...
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PASS finally comes of age
Anne Bruce Local authority proof of age card schemes stand to be phased out as new PASS and Connexions card initiatives gain momentum. After months of delays over funding, the British Retail Consortium launched its Proof of Age Standards...
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First it was Morrisons, then Sainsbury's and now we have Asd
For many commentators, this move was an inevitable extension of a well-documented trend. Consolidation, improvements in supply chain efficiencies and impressive advances in retailing have given rise to power shifting down the food chain. We now...
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Spar bags deal to supply Stars News c-stores...
John Wood Spar has topped last week's 56-store win ( Right Choice deal swells Spar', The Grocer, January 18, p6) with a deal to supply 63 c-stores in the Wolverhampton-based Stars News chain. Spar's biggest wholesaler AF Blakemore has signed...