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Brook-Jones steps into an independent role at Waverley
Waverley Wines & Spirits has announced the appointment of Colin Brook-Jones to the newly created role of national independents manager. Brook-Jones will be spearheading a thrust into the cash and carry, wholesale and independent sector. He...
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Get tough call gains support
The Grocer 4 Independents readers have unanimously backed the Association of Convenience Stores' call for fresh legislation and tougher sentencing for those who attack or steal from convenience store owners and their staff. A straw poll of The...
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Green and Chambers are jailed in corruption case
Two former CWS executives each received prison sentences of three and a half years after being convicted of corruption relating to a supply deal in 1995. Allan Green, former chief general manager of CWS, and ex-chief buyer David Chambers were found...
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The phenomenal growth of the yogurts and chilled pot desser
Consumers are spoilt for choice. Manufacturers have satisfied their tastebuds with an innovative menu offering healthy, indulgent, organic, children's offerings and even a resurgence of classic desserts like sticky toffee pudding and layered...
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Napolina cleans up
Enduring Italian brand Napolina has been given a major packaging overhaul. New owner Princes, which bought the brand from Unilever Bestfoods last May following a period of decline, has also committed a £7.8m marketing spend to the brand over the...
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It's week three of The Grocer's new fmcg product. We've come
So you think you've got a wonder product, but it can take a fresh view to make you realise it's true potential and its drawbacks.One obvious way to obtain this different perspective is to ask the consumer. Qualitative research is commonplace few...
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Conversions hit Safeway results
Elaine Watson "Severe disruption" at Safeway stores being converted to the new hypermarket format will drag into early summer as bosses continue to tinker with the concept, the company has admitted. Safeway blamed a lacklustre set of fourth...
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Martell must steal a march on Courvoisier to recover
Tim Palmer Pernod Ricard's plans to breathe life into its brand leading cognac, Martell, will face stiff competition from Allied Domecq. Joint managing director Richard Burrows this week said the company was determined to make the former Seagram...
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müller custard &
sponge dessert Rsp: 59p for 175g Launched in September, this traditional pud was a huge success. A glitch in the supply chain, however, has taken it off the market temporarily to be relaunched later this year. Best sales were in December at...
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dairy: MILK
National quota only undershot by the equivalent of about one day's production. Output nearly hits quota Fears that last year's foot and mouth disease disaster would leave the UK short of milk, and faced with the need to import milk during the...
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We must stem independents' decline'
Landmark is working with 16 suppliers to develop a new vision for wholesaling, according to Ron Colley, the buying group's marketing development director. He told the FWD annual conference that suppliers and wholesalers had to pull together to...
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Londis launches dedicated training pack
Londis is launching what it claims is the first complete convenience store training package for staff from June this year. The scheme has been designed in partnership with Belmont House and was unveiled at the Londis Retailing 2002 shows this week....
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trends, developments
Alpro claims to hold more than 50% of the £12.5m dairy free yogurt and pot dessert sector which, it says, is set to double in value over the next five years. Product manager Greig Saunders says: "The sector is no longer driven by consumers...
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Toft praises dramatic transformation
A wind of change is blowing through the £24bn wholesaling industry. And it was change definitely for the better, said FWD director general Alan Toft. He said the industry had undergone "a most dramatic transformation" in the past 12 months. In...
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Easy ways to turn plastic into a small trader's flexible fri
Do you take credit and debit cards yet? It doesn't take a razor-sharp mind to work out that the small independent retail sector is one of the last bastions of the cash-only transaction. When the average spend is, say, £2.50, then plastic can prove...
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Waitrose no to ethics rank
Waitrose has rejected a leading research body's attempts to rank its ethical policies against those of its supermarket competitors. The other big supermarkets have agreed to take part in the new annual Race to the Top independent annual monitor of...
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in the face of new evil
n Terrorism has put security surrounding the food chain on a previously unknown level in the US. Len Lewis reports With America still on high alert for terrorist attacks, the supermarket industry and federal law enforcement agencies have created...
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mr Kipling is exceedingly naughty
Mr Kipling is heading back to TV screens in a £3m campaign which continues to show its namesake icon wreaking havoc. A new ad gets its first airing on May 1 and shows the gentleman who makes exceedingly good cakes' filling a bouncy castle with...
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n Small retailers face a record level of violence, robbery a
Violence, robbery, threats and abuse are all in a day's work for independent shopkeepers who are increasingly on the front line. As one store owner says bluntly: "My feeling is that it's far more dangerous to be an Asian shopkeeper than a fireman,...
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McVitie's famous penguin gets into trouble seeking fish in s
A four-week burst of TV ads for Panadol Actifast pain reliever breaks today (April 20), as part of a £2m campaign that includes posters. Hula Hoops XL's poster campaign featuring people who are obsessed with flavours gets a four week re-run as...