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Neat ideas from many small suppliers
Many of the smaller suppliers exhibiting in Amsterdam were showing the more innovative products to be spotted at this year's event. On the non-food side, Swiss firm Bonyf launched its Steryl Brush tabs. These are designed to kill all the bacteria...
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independents
Butchers feel a turning of the corner may be in the air Independent butchers have welcomed a 1% increase in the household purchase market by this sector, although this has most probably come from the Co-ops and "others" sector rather than the...
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It's time to think and invest in retail'
The future for independents is bleak unless suppliers and wholesalers invest in the sector, delegates were warned this week. Outspoken Kent retailer Phil Brown said: "Unless the industry invests in training, sharing expertise and showing us how to...
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Market may be peaking but UK still keeps leading position
New evidence that the market for own label products has peaked in the UK emerged at this week's PLMA show. ACNielsen research revealed own label's share of the UK market fell back from 42% to 41% by volume between 2000 and 2001. In the same...
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scotch premier
Building the Highland Lamb premium Aberdeenshire based Scotch Premier Meat is now offering lamb under the Highland Lamb brand to complement its well established Scotch Premier branded beef. The move follows the purchase of the Grants of Dornoch...
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Sales-based replenishment
Supermarkets are trialling a sales-based replenishment system for magazines. British Retail Consortium deputy director general Mark Bradshaw said the project allowed retailers to automatically replace stocks when low. He said Menzies, WH Smith...
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TURBULENT YEARS
When we launched The Grocer 33 shopping survey in 1997, we promised to track trends, price variations and availability across the regions. One of the first chains to spot its promotional potential was Morrisons which used it in a campaign to tell...
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Budweiser Ice 10 x 330ml Price promotion £6.99 Floor s
Budweiser 24 x 330ml Price promotion £13.98 Side stack Asda Cadbury's Chocolate 200g 2 for £1.50 Side stack Asda Cadbury's Chocolate Football Price promotion £4.99 ...
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Coca-Cola pitches in with Euro 2004
Coca-Cola Enterprises has confirmed it is to add the Euro 2004 football championship to its list of football sponsorship deals The deal, said to be around £15m, nets the drinks giant rights to commercial airtime, perimeter signage at all matches...
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Folic acid is proven to reduce the risk of babies being born
So the FSA's recent decision to recommend rejection of the compulsory fortification of flour with folic acid might seem absurd. But there are strong arguments to support the FSA's decision. First, folic acid can mask a deficiency of vitamin B12 in...
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Northern boost as group acquires GT Smith chain
Elaine Watson The Co-operative Group has boosted its estate in the north with the acquisition of West Yorkshire based GT Smith, its second major deal in the region in five weeks. With annual sales topping £37m, GT is a major player in West...
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action needed on bags
Sir; I can't agree with Peter Yarwood's letter about a tax on plastic bags (The Grocer, May 11). Even putting aside some shaky arithmetic (9p is the same as 15c not double), we need to do something about plastic bags now, because our countryside is...
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Lidl is an ad heavyweight
Sainsbury is the biggest spender on advertising so far this year, according to the latest data from Nielsen Media Research. Although Sainsbury's ad spend for the three months to the end of March was down 15.8% on the period last year, its...
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Corn alternative in gluten free as Andutra adopts a fresh ap
Biscuit distributor Andutra is aiming to challenge the growing consumer appetite for rice cakes by launching a corn-based alternative under its Newbury Foods label. The Waltham Abbey-based outfit said it was bringing out Corn Slims in response to...
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Life has settled down after the robbery at the Clarkes' sho
Jane says life in Oxford is different to life in their previous village store because this one's bang in the middle of a housing association estate. "We get a bit of aggro from there it's become almost routine," she says. Although CCTV keeps a...
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Receivers called in at Albert Fisher
Leading fresh and frozen produce supplier Albert Fisher has called in the receivers after talks with bankers to renegotiate its finances fell through. The company said it had been "unable to reach agreement with its lenders and has no option but...
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Holiday companion that can become an all-weather friend to y
The puzzle magazine sector is one to which retailers tend to pay extra attention in the summer because of the traditional uplift in sales. However, while the holiday season is certainly the peak period, retailers should not underestimate the...
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Martin appointed sales and marketing chief at Harrogate Spa
Paul Martin has been appointed sales and marketing director of Harrogate Spa Water and not md as reported in our last issue. We have also been asked to make it clear that he is also very much involved with Leeds-based Cherry Recruitment...
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Beck's masters the art of labelling
The latest limited edition Beck's bottle features the work of British artist Sam Taylor-Wood. Scottish Courage has produced 2,000 bottles of the brand with one of his photographs, On the Waterfront, on the label. Taylor-Wood's bottle is the 21st in...