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Allied Domecq aims to motor with Tias as Lusso extension pro
Simon Mowbray Allied Domecq is aiming to "triple" the value of its two-Tia liqueur offering Maria and Lusso within five years. The drinks giant revealed its ambition this week as the £11m marketing push for newcomer Tia Lusso got under way in...
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It's raining in Scotland but the Andersons are looking on th
The World Cup also helped shift lots more booze, which is something they've been concentrating on in their recent Christmas ordering. Says Lara: "It'll be the first Christmas with the complete new look and we've been ordering more stock than last...
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Tesco ups ante with Finest
Tesco has extended its Finest brand into heath and beauty as it stretches the premium range better to rival Sainsbury's Taste the Difference. The first three Finest beauty products to go on sale were Silk Creme Bath, Smoothing Body Polish and...
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french apples
Loire Valley's producers ring in varietal changes French apple growers in the Loire Valley are making increasing headway in developing new varieties which are now reaching commercial proportions. The Loire Valley is the largest production region...
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FRENCH APPLES
Growers seek new bicoloured varieties French growers are continuing to search for new apple varieties as the demand for bicoloured fruit continues to grow, often at the expense of its traditional Golden Delicious, Granny Smith and Red Delicious...
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Landmark makes three appointments to senior trading team
Landmark has confirmed it is searching for a new marketing director. The cash and carry buying group announced two weeks ago that MD Mike McGee and sales and marketing director Ron Colley were leaving to form a new business called Smartertrader....
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Belt and braces' approach urged
Sir; Your excellent feature on the lack of instore compliance ( When Plans are Shelved', The Grocer, July 20, p32) was absolutely spot-on. As a field company whose main business is to tactically assist manufacturers and stores to make the most of...
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Sainsbury slides while Asda climbs on the back of frozen mul
Morrisons remains at the top of the chart for the second week although Asda, in second place, has closed the gap between them quite dramatically and stands just two percentage points behind. Activity in Asda is most strongly focused on price...
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Asda making the space sweat in Walthamstow format
Asda will open its first food-only small store on Monday with a 17,000 sq ft outlet at Walthamstow, east London. The £4m store is the third in Asda's smaller store programme, key to the retailer's strategy given the difficulties of gaining planning...
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Asda gives fresh fuel to EDLP as it works for the best value
Siân Harrington Asda is ramping up its price Rollback strategy and de-ranging across all categories as it prepares a major push of its EDLP message to customers from next month. The multiple has been working with category captains and other...
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Unilever and William Reed Exhibitions have joined the Associ
Marks and Spencer has extended its home delivery facility to 28 stores in central London. Customers buying over £50 of food can have it delivered free with a £4 charge for smaller baskets. Sainsbury has opened its third railway station Local...
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Back to the drawing board?
It's hardly surprising that the food and drink industry is not exactly rushing to sign up "voluntarily" to the government's code of practice for buyers. After all, the code was designed specifically to address the relationship between suppliers and...
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Order backlog in sardines
Sardine catches off Morocco and Portugal have improved but a backlog of orders is still giving problems to canners, who have experienced poor catches for the last couple of months. In addition to the scarcity, some of the fish are of poor quality,...
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The home baking fixture is on the verge of revolution. And i
As far as David Smith, head of marketing at Whitworths, is concerned the figures in this case, Information Resources figures speak for themselves. The total market for dried fruit was up 15% in the past year to £114.9m and growth was fuelled...
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Spam's got balls
Monty Python's favourite canned meat, Spam, is limbering up for the new football season with an instant win, spot-the-ball promotion. Winning cans will carry one, two or three footballs on the underside of lids to win either a branded football,...
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Random Customs checks banned
Retailers and wholesalers have criticised a High Court ruling outlawing Customs and Excise random checks. Officers must now only stop travellers if they have a valid reason to believe they are smuggling goods for re-sale. Association of...
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Smart tags' main benefit lies in speed
The UK industry will be ready to start using radio frequency smart tags across the supply chain by the end of 2003, says global research institute the Auto-ID centre. Sponsors, including Johnson & Johnson, Kimberly-Clark, Pepsi, Gillette, Philip...
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Salty old sea dog's renaissance goes on as Captain Birds Eye
Mary Carmichael Advertising icon Captain Birds Eye is to cast his nets wider this autumn as a collection of non-fish products comes under his banner. It is the first time the brand has extended to landlubber products such as meat and vegetables...
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Minister urges industry to take code on board
John Wood The Code of Practice for supermarket buyers was top of the agenda at a major meeting at Defra's Nobel House HQ this week, which was chaired by food and farming minister Lord Whitty and attended by leading figures in food retailing. The...
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n Iceland's boss says he knows what his customers want, and
Are they doing a deal or are they doing a deal? Iceland customers don't seem to think so and have turned their backs on the chain and its new EDLP strategy. Following last week's dismal trading statement, Iceland's been forced to restore its bogof...