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Tesco has announced that it will sell cars if expected chang
I hear you might be selling cars soon? Nothing's finalised but I think that's the plan, yes. Keep an eye on the press about it. Will it just be Smart cars or all different sizes? Oh, I think it'll be all kinds of cars, all sorts of ...
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Taste, health and convenience are the three areas for growt
The market is virtually static, but it remains fiercely competitive, brand led and backed by massive marketing muscle. The message is that those products that don't deliver in these areas face a shaky future. Cereals have always been perceived as a...
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Seed giants create arena for GM clarity
The biotech industry has decided the time is right for a major push to explode the myths surrounding Frankenstein foods' in the wake of calls for a more rational debate on genetic modification. Seed giants including Monsanto, Syngenta and Aventis...
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Sir Don Curry's eagerly awaited report on the Future of Farm
The one issue that appears to have excited the NFU is that of modulation. I would suggest Ben Gill is probably right, knowing the record of this government's refusal throughout the last parliament to obtain EU funding for farmers, to which they are...
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I have been deeply saddened by news that Collins has axed th
A century after it was added to the dictionary, and while contemporaries such as teddy bear' are going from strength to strength, grocerteria has been cut off in its prime. Surely it conjures up much nicer images than staid old supermarket'. What...
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Tesco begins Malaysian growth
Tesco has secured sites for its first stores in Malaysia as it starts its aggressive expansion plan in the country. Under a deal signed with joint venture partner Sime Darby last year, Tesco will invest £215m to build at least 15 hypermarkets...
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Carling's sale signals the start of big shake-up for British
A fundamental restructure of the British brewing industry gets underway this month following the government's green light for Interbrew's sale of Carling Brewers to Coors. The sector is still led by a UK company, Scottish and Newcastle, with 28% of...
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BP plans convenience offer with a standalone Connect
BP will launch a standalone Connect convenience chain when it has built a strong retail brand through its solar powered Connect forecourts. A spokesman said: "We want to be the number one convenience retailer, and a standalone Connect launch is on...
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Kendall leads Coors Brewers
Peter Kendall has been named chief executive officer at Coors Brewers. He takes over from Gerry Fowden who has been made chief operating officer at Interbrew, Belgium (The Grocer, February 2). The move follows Coors' acquisition of Carling Brewers...
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Hot cans hit civvy street
The first branded self-heating ready meal cans could be on supermarket shelves within six months. Graham Taylor, md of Hotcan, said the company was working with a major manufacturer and that "three of the big five" multiples were already...
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Capespan closes UK Vinfruco
Capespan is closing its Vinfruco wine operation in the UK and linking with Vinoceros to sell its wines. From April, the South African company's wines, including Arniston Bay and Oak Village, will be distributed by Vinoceros. Its commercial manager...
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Loyalty cards are not creating loyalty
Supermarket loyalty cards are not working according to results of a Mori poll commissioned by Black Sun consultancy. The survey, published this week, found more than half of British adults owned loyalty cards. But more than two thirds of them...
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German supermarket chain Spar Handels is expected to close t
The streamlining exercise began last year when new boss Dr Fritz Ammann pulled the plug on the cash draining online shopping venture Einkauf 24 and sold the non food discount chain Kodi. According to local press reports, predators circling round...
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Costcutter eyes other operators as Connex c-store chain take
Exclusive Costcutter plans to work with other railway franchise owners following the launch of its joint Connex convenience store chain this week. Costcutter managing director Colin Graves said: "The Connex project brings a new avenue for...
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Seeds of Change
Breakfast Flakes Rsp: £1.49 for 250g Another organic variant from Seeds of Change, this time made from clusters of oats and crisped rice with maize and wheat flakes, raisins and red apple pieces. September was its best month, recording sales of...
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Chilean Pinot Noir goes wild
Chilean winery Viña Errazuriz has released a Pinot Noir style to partner its Wild Ferment Chardonnay which was launched in 1995. Wild Ferment Pinot Noir 2000 is the result of three years experimenting which involved leaving the wine to ferment...
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Somerfield fascia will come under scrutiny
Somerfield is strengthening the ties between its two retail operations, despite the decision this week to set up a separate business unit to manage its Somerfield fascia stores. Somerfield chief executive Alan Smith said the group had been...
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Masterfoods, as it is now known, moved some of its Mars conf
The Twix, Bounty, Snickers Mars and M&Ms tubs had £2.5m of advertising all to themselves and also benefited from a £3.5m spend across the ice cream range in addition to the individual confectionery brands' budgets. Sales Mars ice cream tubs...
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Lighter ice cream with Maltesers
Maltesers is the latest Masterfoods confectionery brand to jump into the freezer. Maltesers ice cream stick is the sole addition to its 2002 ice cream range. This year the company ditched four lines from its range, recommending just 12 lines for...