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Empty shelves mean empty aisles
Sir; When I worked in category management for a major Canadian retailer, we always operated on the premise that empty shelves in our stores would mean empty aisles, ie no customers. They would be shopping at our competitors who had the product. I...
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Amstel throws its hat into UEFA ring
Bulmers is gearing up for a big boost to Amstel's sales when the UEFA Champions League final is held in Glasgow in May. The cidermaker is the UK agent for the Dutch beer which is one of four main sponsors of the soccer tournament. It is planning...
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We finished the refit before the launch date," Lara Anderson
The Andersons' Peterhead store was, even by the family's admission, in desperate need of refurbishment. Expanded on the same site since it opened in the 1950s, it has now been brought well into the 21st century. But in keeping with tradition and...
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Apathy over food origins
New research from IGD reveals consumers remain relatively apathetic when it comes to finding out more about where their food comes from, despite reports they are increasingly preoccupied with food safety issues. Only 11% of consumers questioned by...
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ASHBURY BUYS NEEDLER BLUE BIRD
Ashbury Confectionery has acquired Needler Blue Bird Confectionery. The multimillion pound deal delivers Corby based Ashbury the consumer brands Needlers, Chewies, Sensations and Fiesta as well as Blue Bird toffees. It will also give Ashbury...
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European food safety authority gets green light from Brussel
Brussels has finally given the green light for the establishment of a European Food Safety Authority it claims will restore confidence in a food chain rocked by a series of food safety crises over the last decade. The European equivalent to the...
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n Food from Britain is helping British exhibitors sweep away
With the food and drink industry emerging from the shadow of foot and mouth, British compnies now have a great chance to rebuild confidence in their quality products in the rest of the world. More than 80 will be exhibiting in a celebratory Food...
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Staff morale hit as the axe starts to fall
Morale among Sainsbury store staff has been rocked as the cull of Sainsbury store managers who don't match up to a new specification claimed its first victims. Managers and staff have told The Grocer that some departures have been brutally sudden...
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Many consumers still baffled by basic nutritional labelling
Safeway this week revived the long running debate on effective food labelling with a survey which suggests most consumers still do not understand basic nutritional information on food. It questioned 994 men and women aged 25 to 64 for the Eat Smart...
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Eaglemoss sends Barbie on the first leg of her world tour
Partwork publisher Eaglemoss has a raft of launches planned in the next two months. The Country Bird Collection combines a 16-page magazine with hand-painted model birds and launches in the south of England on February 13. Part one will be...
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Bickering and barriers
With more of a whimper than a big publicity bang, the European Food Safety Authority this week became an official body albeit one without an official launch date, official home or, for that matter, a top official to lead it. Those with long...
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Blair's in for a euro battle
Prime Minister Tony Blair will have his work cut out if he is to persuade the public that the UK should join the 12 European Union countries that have ditched their national currencies in favour of the euro. In a straw poll taken among Grocer Club...
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n Can salmon become
the new poultry? Kit Davies reports Fresh salmon is no longer a seasonal luxury it's available 52 weeks a year at about half the price it was a decade ago. Indeed, it seems to be cropping up everywhere these days, piled up in heaps where once the...
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Tia Maria, Beefeater and Kahlua set to be extended beyond sp
Tia Maria, Beefeater and Kahlua could become ranges of clothing, financial services or gifts under new plans announced by Allied Domecq. The company has already extended them into the food market through its Thomas Lowndes ingredients division, ...
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Three months before the launch of euro notes and coins in ma
Although the euro comes with a mass of security features, it is a fact that there will be copies in circulation and, in the early days, before people grow accustomed to its face, even the bad counterfeits will be accepted as genuine. It is reckoned...
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Wal-Mart sales data show it's beginning to crack Germany
Five years after its ill-fated foray into the market, Wal-Mart has shown the first signs that it is finally beginning to turn things around in Germany. Like-for-like sales at the company's 95 German stores moved into "double digits" this month,...
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n Touchy-feely marketing is being employed by fmcg companies
Streetwise consumers, resistant to traditional marketing methods, are forcing brand owners to look much harder at the ways they get their messages across. This has given rise to the creation of brand experiences which aim to use all the marketing...
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Tea Folk relegated to the bench as Tetley's up for a champio
Simon Mowbray Tetley is to embrace life without its Tea Folk icons by launching a £15m multi-media campaign. As exclusively revealed in the news pages of The Grocer this week, the tea maker is ditching its famous cartoon characters after 28 years...
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Marmite's big mouth
Zippy, the mouthy star of children's TV programme Rainbow, is to front the second ad in Marmite's 100th birthday campaign. This will hit screens on February 4 for a four-month run. Continuing the brand's love it/hate it theme, the ad shows the...
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A match box design critic writes...
Sir; Swan's rewarding relationship' (The Grocer, January 5, p43) doesn't extend to the famous matches. The top of the box used to be different from the bottom; the swan was on the top and you knew how to hold the box when you opened it. Now you...