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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...
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We're being fleeced'
Angry Irish farmers drove 300 tractors into the centre of Dublin in protest against falling incomes and claimed both they and consumers were being ripped off by the multiples. John Dillon, president of the 80,000-strong Irish Farmers'...
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If you don't like it, you'd better shout
We have said all along that the country's biggest retailer would not stand idly by while its two main rivals fought for Safeway in what is now recognised as being the last big deal in British grocery. Like every commentator, we assumed Tesco would...
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Leahy: bid not a spoiling tactic
Siân Harrington Tesco boss Sir Terry Leahy was this week adamant his prospective bid for Safeway was a serious offer and not a spoiling tactic. Leahy told The Grocer he understood the market's incredulity at the news Tesco had filed a...
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Paperboy's holiday pay bid is defeated
Newsagents have welcomed an employment tribunal ruling that lifts the threat of young newspaper deliverers being entitled to paid leave. The London hearing, brought by a 15-year-old boy against his employers Addison's in Selby, North Yorkshire,...
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Bisc& biggest priority' at Masterfoods
Simon Mowbray 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...
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RHM chief bows out
Paul Wilkinson is stepping down as chairman and chief executive of Ranks Hovis McDougall.
His resignation follows the decision by owner Doughty Hanson & Co to postpone seeking a listing for the food manufacturer on the London Stock Exchange…. -
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Bowyers senior sales and marketing team
Pork Farms Bowyers, a Northern Foods subsidiary, has a new team at the top.Charles Dawson, MD, has appointed Steve Corby as sales director and Gary Johnston as marketing director to deliver plans for further growth. Johnston was promoted...
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BRC in milk call
The British Retail Consortium has called on the government to help tackle yo-yo milk prices caused by a glut every spring. Food policy director Richard Ali said it was vital milk supply was better matched to demand to stop the annual collapse in...
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Buyout looms as TM put on sale
Anne Bruce A secondary buyout of Martins and Forbuoys owner TM Retail by venture capitalists looks likely as its two main financial backers put the 1,000-plus chain on sale. HSBC Ventures which has a 33% share, and Electra Partners, which...
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You can't expect retailers to take lead
from James Ensor, managing director, Strategic Vision, London Sir; On the evidence of the Saturday Essay by Joanne Denney-Finch, chief executive of IGD last week, the government does not have a clue about how to induce the average Briton to...
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Matthew Clark cider chief quits
Robert MacNevin, group marketing director of Matthew Clark and managing director of its cider business, is leaving to join a management consultancy. After a handover period, his role in the cider division will be taken by Neil Fraser from field...
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The texture of drinks to come
Britvic is aiming to put some extra fizz into the children's soft drinks market with a launch which has been three years in the making. Bidding to build on the success of Britvic's £30m-a-year Fruit Shoot kids' brand, Freekee Soda contains a...
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Game of consequences
Sainsbury knows this is the last chance saloon. Asda is desperate not to let Safeway slip through its fingers, while Tesco can’t afford to let either of them get their hands on it. Sir Ken Morrison, meanwhile, looks set to laugh all the way to the...
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Game of consequences
How will the smaller players be hit by the fallout from the battle for Safeway asks Elaine Watson Sainsbury knows this is the last chance saloon. Asda is desperate not to let Safeway slip through its fingers, while Tesco can't afford to let...
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Keeping his cool
Kerry Foods' chilled distribution is motoring, and the bumpy ride ahead in the c-store arena doesn't worry the boss, as Rod Addy reports Kerry Foods' Direct to Store is on a roll, but industry consolidation means the future route for a company...
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Tesco's stock-out crisis revealed
Ready meals is one of the growth sectors in frozen food, being a destination for family shoppers but more impulse driven for a single customers. Promotions are important across the board.Availability is therefore of utmost importance. Research...
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Tesco stock crisis shown
A fifth of frozen ready meals on promotion at Tesco have availability issues while 14% of non-promotional stock is at risk of being out of stock, according to The Grocer's first StockWatch category survey launching this week. The survey, which...
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Strategy for English meat
Meat bosses have started to develop a strategy for the future of the industry. Members of the English Beef and Lamb Executive met last week to discuss short, medium and long-term issues. Chairman John Cross said: "Nobody is under any...
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Indian food turns fast
Two former Marks and Spencer buyers will open their first Indian fast food outlet, in Wardour Street, London, on Monday (January 27). The new 700 sq ft shop will have a tandoori oven to bake fresh naan bread and offer a range of more than 100...