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Spar has relaunched in Lithuania after Norwegian real estate
Baltic Food, which owns the Spar franchise in Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia, went into liquidation in December. Spar International deputy general manager Gerrit Kok said Selvaag a major shareholder in Baltic Food has promised to put in the...
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Newsagents Radio goes on the air
A free satellite radio service intended to boost c-store sales and backed by the publisher of The Sun and News of the World went live this week. Newsagents Radio has been set up by Storm Digital Broadcasting, headed by former radio and TV presenter...
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The definitive place to check out all that's new
More than 150 producers and importers are planning to launch new products and services at Food & Drink Expo next month. The UK's premier food trade show in 2002 at the NEC Birmingham from March 17-20, is organised by The Grocer's publisher William...
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Anger at February cut price Carlsberg
Tesco's decision to slash the price of Carlsberg this week brought angry reactions from the trade. It offered a short-term deal on 24-packs of Carlsberg Lager 440ml cans which cut the price from £15.75 to £9.95, the same level as the cutthroat...
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Lord May hits out over lobbyists' anti GM spin
Royal Society president Lord May has hit back at lobby groups for misrepresenting the findings of the latest Royal Society report into GM foods. "We're not gung-ho positive about GM, but nor do we see any special worries about the technology," said...
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The question for the brewers is can it get any worse?' And
Christmas, the trade agrees, was the worst yet with price cutting starting earlier than expected, and the prices went lower than anyone anticipated. The much publicised winner among the multiples in the race to go lower sooner was Sainsbury. Its...
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A carousel of launch and closure as tots' favourites lose ap
The pre-school market is a huge one with 100-plus titles competing for your shelf space. After all, the pre-school readers are key consumers, with more free time than probably any other target reader, and mums who want to keep them entertained and...
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Redesigning an art gecko
Western Wines is building on the success of its South African wine brand Kumala by developing its consumer advertising and revising the packaging. It will make more of the brand icon, a cartoon gecko, which will feature in the advertising breaking...
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Bodmin design pointing way for more smaller Asda stores
The success of Asda's smaller store design pioneered in Bodmin has led the retailer to rethink its store format programme. The programme which will be unveiled in two weeks will contain three categories: supercentres, superstores and small...
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PTF chairman Smith attacks
negative strategy on imports The chairman of the Provision Trade Federation has added his voice to calls for tighter import controls, but has warned they must not be used as a way of excluding legitimate imports. Speaking to a 1,000-strong...
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Bacardi-Martini's position of total dominance of the premium
Bacardi Breezer has led the market since the late 1990s following the fall from grace of the Bass brand Hooch, but the brand's apparently endless growth curve appears to have reached a peak. Pre-Christmas ACNielsen tracked a 6% decline in Bacardi...
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Glanbia bites back
Irish dairy giant Glanbia is to take on the might of Dairylea by launching a lunchtime snack pack aimed at kids. Munchsters, set to hit shelves from the beginning of next month, are resealable plastic pods which contain wafer thin strips of ham or...
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Macleans Ice Whitening toothpaste is back on TV from tonight
A second burst of Texan hoedown themed ads for Stagg Chili run until the end of April, aiming to focus attention on the brand's US credentials. A new £3.25m Shake your Tic Tacs ...
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Forum prepares blueprint for red meat
The red meat industry will next month be urged to grasp the opportunity to create the sort of "joined up" supply chain needed to ensure it has a profitable future. The rallying cry will come in London on March 7 when the Industry Forum a...
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Thai Chicken Curry boards RVP's Oriental Express
Frozen ready meal specialist RVP Foods is launching a new limited edition Thai product under its Oriental Express banner. Thai Chicken Curry is the first Thai meal to come under the label and will join the company's existing range of popular 99p...
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Willie Nimmo leaves Botterills
Willie Nimmo, development director at Scottish Spar convenience chain Botterills, is leaving the company by mutual agreement as of the end of March. Botterills md Jim Botterill said: "Both parties have agreed this is the best course of action for...
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Mentzendorff restructures to focus on premium brands
Leading drinks agency business Mentzendorff is cutting its portfolio and concentrating on fewer key brands following a major restructure undertaken by md Bill Page. He said: "In the last few years there has been a history of too many personalities...
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Easter and Mother's Day bring in the good times for confecti
There is little change in the fascia chart this week, with all but Tesco and Morrisons remaining in the same position. Asda still retains the number one position but Sainsbury has moved a little closer and less than one percentage point separates...
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n Discounters in Ireland are growing by building small store
Below-cost selling has been outlawed in the Irish Republic's E8bn grocery market for the past 14 years, in defiance of advice from independent analysts, economists and the country's Competition Authority. Successive governments, whatever their...
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Long lease Spar sold to private buyer
The Spar store in College Road in the heavily populated Kingstanding area of Birmingham has been sold through Dowling Kerr. Price paid by the private buyer is under wraps, but the agent was looking for offers based on £80,000 for the long leasehold...