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I was floored by the Twist
Tesco group human resources director Clare Chapman was amazed by the range of questions she had to field during a stint on the shop floor. She explains how the TWIST scheme is revolutionising customer service I was standing nervously behind the...
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Simply Food goes to Ireland
Marks and Spencer will take Simply Food to Ireland this year as it presses on with aggressive expansion plans for its food-only format. The first Simply Food in the Irish Republic is scheduled to open in Dun Laoghaire, Dublin, in October, with...
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Future more optimistic for HRI
Ed Bedington The future is looking more secure for Horticulture Research International following backing by food and farming minister Lord Whitty. He said he broadly accepted the recommendations made in the recent quinquennial review of HRI....
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Miller will head up Spar trading
Spar UK has recruited Booker's trading director Peter Miller to fill the newly-created post of group trading director. Miller will take responsibility for all Spar's trading activities and divisions and will report directly to Spar UK managing...
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Hot numbers at Mr kumar's
India is developing a big appetite for western grocery lines. Clive Beddall flew to New Delhi to find out more about the dawn of the modern supermarket revolution When it comes to convenience retailing Asian-style, Mahendar Kumar is a pioneer...
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McDonald's to take on organic milk
Organic milk is set to get a big boost from fast food giant McDonald's. The chain is to start offering its customers organic milk in 250ml bottles from the beginning of February. The Organic Milk Suppliers Co-operative will be supplying the...
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Nesquik powers up
Nesquik is heading back to TV screens as part of an £8m round of support for the brand this year. More than a quarter of the spend (£2.5m) is going on a new ad for the Nesquik powdered milk range. Hitting screens on February 3, it will be the...
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There's more from Potter
Every Flavour Chocolate, the latest in Masterfoods' Harry Potter licensed confectionery line, is set to reach shelves in April. Coming in purple packaging to echo the teenage wizard's school robes, the dark, milk and white chocolate balls have...
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The uphill slope
Ski pledges slick innovation in its fightback. Helen Gregory reports The boss of Nestlé's chilled dairy division is blunt in his assessment of the once-popular Ski yogurt brand. "It was seen as old-fashioned, having zero innovation and suffering...
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Asda payout for injured shopper
An Asda customer has been awarded £500,000 damages after slipping on a mushroom in its Hatfield store in July 1997.Asda said in a statement: "We are sorry about the circumstances that led to Mrs Jackson's injury. We have taken every...
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Confused? Don’t be...
The Grocer is organising a seminar to help everybody in the trade get to grips with the wider implications of the increasingly complex Safeway auction process. Speakers confirmed so far include former Somerfield boss and Littlewoods chairman...
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Nestlé scoops Swiss ice cream brand
Nestlé has struck a deal with Swiss food group Mövenpick to buy its ice cream brand – Mövenpick – for an undisclosed price.The deal includes the Mövenpick brand for ice cream products and related ice cream businesses worldwide with the...
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FSA warns on unfit meat in food chain
The Foods Standards Agency is consulting on a report which contains recommendations to help prevent unfit meat entering the food chain.The FSA is seeking comment on the report written as part of its seven point action plan to prevent waste...
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Safeway tells shareholders to hang on
Safeway has withdrawn its recommendation of Morrisons all-share offer for its supermarkets and advised shareholders “to await developments”.Morrisons agreed to buy Safeway on January 9 which valued its rival at £2.9bn. Morrisons stocks have...
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Grupo Bimbo in gum deal
Mexico's Grupo Bimbo, which manufactures packaged bread, cakes, biscuits and other packaged foods, has struck a deal to sell the products of US chewing gum giant Wrigley in Mexico.Bimbo said its subsidiary Barcel will become the exclusive...
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Fanta gets new flavour
Simon Mowbray Coca-Cola is bidding to push the meteoric rise of Fanta in the UK even further by introducing another new flavour. The company predicts that Zesty Berry (blackcurrant and Lemon) could even eclipse the success of recently...
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Fanta gets new flavour
Coca-Cola is bidding to push the meteoric rise of Fanta in the UK even further – by introducing another new flavour.The company predicts that Zesty Berry (blackcurrant and Lemon) could even eclipse the success of recently introduced...
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Tesco to tussle for Safeway
Tesco has entered the battle for control of supermarket chain Safeway and said it is making a submission to the Office of Fair Trading in relation to a possible bid.Tesco boss Sir Terry Leahy said: “We have always understood that competition...
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Camelot considers £50m jackpot
Lottery owner Camelot and the government are considering a one-off lottery prize of £50m to revive flagging sales.Culture secretary Tessa Jowell and Camelot chiefs are reported to have agreed to use the £40m a year of unclaimed prize money...
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Boots sales up over Christmas
Health and beauty group Boots said its third quarter sales were boosted by strong Christmas trading at its high street business Boots The Chemists .For the period to December 31, total sales rose 8.1% and 7.5% on a like-for-like basis....