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So you made it. You made it through all the seasonal excesse
And what have you got to look forward to? Well, if it's another break you're after, you'll have to wait until Easter and (are you ready for this?) that's fully 15 weeks away. And if that fills you with dread and all you can see is 15 weeks of...
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Iceland: any improvement?
Last year Iceland opened a picking centre in Sunbury, enabling it to offer an enhanced range to 1.3 million households. Director of home shopping Jon Grey contacted The Grocer to point out the areas covered by the trial, so we picked a virgin online...
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MLC appoints Roberts DG
The Meat and Livestock Commission has confirmed the appointment of Kevin Roberts as director general. Roberts had been acting director general after the resignation of Gwyn Howells in October. MLC chairman Peter Barr said: "There was a great...
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Naafi is back in the black
Armed forces service provider Naafi has moved back into the black this year after dramatically reducing operational costs. British operations, which have underperformed the rest of the group in recent years, were still marginally loss making,...
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Baked Bean for a laugh
Walkers has confirmed it is to add a limited edition Baked Bean flavour to both its crisps and Monster Munch ranges to help raise funds for Comic Relief. It plans to back the newcomers with a burst of TV ads starring brand ambassador Gary...
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New Year OBE for Clive Beddall
Sean McAllister Former editor of The Grocer Clive Beddall has been made an OBE in the Queen's New Year Honours. Beddall, who moved on to the ambassadorial role of editor-at-large with the William Reed Group in June last year after 38 years...
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Boru Black's prospects gloomy
Rosie Davenport Interbrew is reviewing the future of its PPS brand Boru Black. The Stella Artois brewer is expected to make a decision about the drink in the next few weeks but emphasised that Vodka Source, its second foray into the sector,...
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Somerfield boosts local cauliflowers
Locally grown produce is being given a boost by Somerfield stores. Cauliflowers produced on the Isle of Thanet, Kent, and supplied by AV Produce are in the retailer's stores featuring a Produced in Kent' logo. The logo is used exclusively...
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Painting a rosy picture for the boss
from Allan Kirkwood, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire Sir; I read with interest Lucy Neville-Rolfe's Saturday Essay about Tesco Express (The Grocer, December 7). However I vividly remember Sir Richard Greenbury, a year or so after the great Marks...
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Holmes is new T&S boss
John Wood Tesco has named the new boss for T&S Stores following approval for its takeover from secretary of state for trade and industry Patricia Hewitt, and confirmation that it had acceptance of its offer by 85% of the shareholding. Colin...
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Brands dress up for the party
Morrisons remains at the top of the retailer chart, although Asda leaps into second spot with a New Year surge driven by promotion on alcoholic drinks. Somerfield is again last in the ranking although it has increased share during this period....
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Grocery bucks the retail trend
Anne Bruce The food sector appears to have bucked the depressed sales suffered by non-food retailers in the run up to Christmas. The major multiples were not revealing final figures ahead of their trading statements later in the month, but...
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There are Reasons to be cheerful
The New Year is traditionally a time for predictions. And here's one that makes for particularly grim reading: 10,000 small stores will close over the next five years, representing a fallout of 9%. This rather gloomy statistic comes not from the top...
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How to make Christmas more costly
The Ghost of Christmas Past came back to haunt online grocery retailers as our shoppers found the season of goodwill had turned to the season of bad mistakes.While retailers had pulled up their Christmas stockings, with the delivery and stock...
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Congestion starts here
The food industry is so preoccupied with factory gate pricing, it is easy to forget other issues could shunt road distribution on to the hard shoulder. Getting from A to B isn’t easy. There are already numerous pressures on hauliers,...
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Congestion starts here
The food industry is so preoccupied with factory gate pricing, it is easy to forget other issues could shunt road distribution on to the hard shoulder.Getting from A to B isn't easy. There are already numerous pressures on hauliers, including...
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Fairtrade pineapples for Co-op
The world's first Fairtrade pineapples went on sale in the UK over the Christmas period. The fruit, imported by farmer-owned AgroFair UK, joins bananas and mangoes as fresh fruit that can be certified Fairtrade. In response, the Co-operative...
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Surfax's DAB hand
DAB lager is hoping to attract new customers after Surfax took over the distribution and marketing of the beer from Bulmers. The deal, which signifies the first round of cuts at Bulmers, started at the beginning of the year and puts the brew in...
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Dispatches - global update
Imports increaseSpeciality cheese imports to the UK rose by 5% in August. This reverses the trend seen earlier this year when imports were declining for the first time in several years. In August there was a 13% rise in imports of...
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Dispatches - global update
Relentless climbWorld dairy product prices continue to climb with no sign of a let-up. Whole milk powder prices have risen $300 a tonne since August this year, while skimmed milk powder is also up, by $250 a tonne. World market butter...