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Spar set for facelift
Spar will be unveiling a new store fascia, off licence package and a raft of new service initiatives at its biennial conference in Penang this week. The fascia launched at a BP forecourt site in Belfast has been designed to "revitalise and...
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Wholesalers urge talks on factory gate pricing...
John Wood Wholesalers are warning that the introduction of factory gate pricing threatens to pass on extra costs to their sector. And they are calling for urgent talks with suppliers. Many blue chip companies that currently deliver to the...
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Heinz falls
Heinz said first-quarter profit fell 11% due to higher marketing spend and costs from spinning-off its Starkist tuna and 9-Lives petfood brands to shareholders and Del Monte. Net profit at the food and ketchup maker fell to $177.8m from...
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...as Tesco hails FGP as a success
Tesco is handling 20 million cases a month through its factory gate initiative  just one year after it was launched, says group supply chain chain director David Wild. The major multiple started the project with its frozen goods suppliers and...
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M&S unveils new sites for Simply Food
Marks and Spencer is sticking with a larger format as it announces further sites for the expansion of its Simply Food convenience chain. It has sacrificed extended opening hours for increased turnover generated by square footage at a proposed...
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New soft fruit trials
Israeli strawberry varieties are set to be grown in the UK. English growers which supply AFI, part of the Redbridge Group, will be able to trial new varieties of Israeli strawberries supplied by ReDeva. The company has taken over the...
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Hot for a new generation
Suppliers have been digging deep into their pockets over the past year in an attempt to keep their brews on the boil and capture the youth vote from soft drinks. Lisa Riley finds out their ways and means Competition within the hot beverages...
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Smirnoff Ice hits TV
Smirnoff Ice is back on TV with a new ad in the As clear as your conscience' campaign. The execution is part of a £14m investment for the brand over the coming year and features a girl nagging her boyfriend to redecorate their front room, when...
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keeping up with what's on shelf
from Nick Jones commercial director, CPM UK Sir; I read with great interest your article £2bn sales lost in the black hole (The Grocer, September 7) and could not agree more. Indeed, your own Grocer 33 out of stocks data further highlights the...
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Tesco's Maltese question
While taking a break in ex-pat magnet Malta, one of our eagle eyed reporters thought she'd stumbled on a scoop when her guidebook said that the local supermarket was run by Tesco. All thoughts of catacombs abandoned, she hot footed it to the...
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M&S to test self-scan tills
Marks & Spencer will trial a new self-service checkout till over the next few months in three stores. The tills called SCOT (self checkout till) will allow customers to self-scan and bag their purchases and then pay with cash, debit or credit...
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Nectar Points Are Sweeter
If the marketing is to be believed, shoppers across the nation will be lapping up Nectar when the multi-retailer loyalty scheme launches in store on Monday. And, perhaps more than any of the other participants, Sainsbury will be praying it is a...
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Richer pickings
Spanish cherry growers are celebrating the end of a successful season. Excellent growing conditions since March, in stark comparison to the harsh condition of last year's season, have ensured a bumper harvest of deep red Spanish Picota cherries....
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Training school's pioneer spirit rewarded
Tyneside's fish industries' training school at North Shields has gained further national recognition for its pioneering training scheme in filleting. The course, aimed at developing traditional skills in fish preparation for young people who...
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Wasa plans to rival Ryvita
Food Brokers is moving into the healthy snacks market by launching what it claims is the "world's top-selling crispbread brand" into the UK market. The sales and marketing specialist has been been appointed by Wasa to introduce a range of six...
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Stormin' Stella takes second slot
Though Morrisons remains at the top of the chart, competition has become increasingly fierce with the four leaders standing within six percentage points of each other. In addition Sainsbury and Somerfield, in positions five and six, are just...
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Somerfield
Somerfield is extending two experiments, 24 hour trading and in store coffee bars. On July 18 three more stores will join the New Invention outlet in Willenhall, West Midlands and trade throughout the night Bristol, Dulwich and Birmingham. The...
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Tea is a triumph of style and substance
It's out with the old for tea advertisers, but will the new look attract a fresh generation? Lisa Riley reports It's been an exciting if turbulent year for the tea market, which is experiencing something of a style renaissance. The New Year saw...
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Wotsits Worth With Walkers?
This summer's purchase of the Wotsits brand by Walkers will bring major benefits to independent retailers and wholesalers as the new owner works its magic on the declining brand, according to Walker's president Martin Glenn. However he concedes the...