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Gilletts hits 27th store
One of the largest Spar retailers in the UK has opened its 27th store and launched its own web site. Mark Gillett, sales director of Gilletts Callington, which operates Spar stores in the West Country, said: "The scale of our business is now such...
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Bacardi Breezer 8 x 275ml Price promotion £7.49 Gondol
Bacardi Breezer 8 x 275ml Price promotion £7.48 Gondola end Asda Bacardi Breezer Variety Pack 15 bottles Price promotion £15.49 Floor stack Safeway Cadbury's Chocolate Mousse 100g ...
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Asda is selling 9ct gold jewellery for as little as £3, so w
Hello, I understand you're flogging cheap jewellery now. Can I get a gold and diamond engagement ring for £30? I don't have any price lists here, sir, but I can ring one of our buyers and give you a call back. (Later, true to his word, our helpful...
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Cussons splashes out £4m to help its refreshed Carex range
Cussons is slipping a £4m support programme for the first four months of 2002 behind its antibacterial handwash Carex. Activity starts with the launch of Portable Family Soft Wipes, three variants of Gentle Foaming Handwash, and 750ml Antibacterial...
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Lancashire Dairies offers farmers a share of the action
Lancashire Dairies is allowing farmer suppliers more involvement in its business by offering them shares. The deal follows the completion of the first phase of LD's restructuring programme, developed with input from food chain business management...
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M&S steams ahead with plans for railway Simply Food sites
Exclusive Marks and Spencer plans to open at least 40 Simply Food stores on railway station concourses this year as it looks to accelerate the rollout of its new c-store format. The chain is steaming into railway stations in partnership with SSP,...
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bigger spread ahead for chocolate
Indulgence, instant gratification and insufficient support sums up the chocolate spread sector. However the latter may change as the big chocolate confectionery brands reassess their role in this burgeoning sector which grew 6.7% year-on-year and is...
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NZ's Independent Distillers aiming to lead the market in UK
Tim Palmer The company which dominates the premium packaged spirits market in the southern hemisphere has boldly vowed to do the same in the UK. New Zealand's Independent Distillers leads the sector in Australia and its own country and is now...
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It's not often I am forced to slum it, but then it's not oft
The occasion was a reception for Caravan, the trade's charity of which he is patron. And I can report the honourable Lord was in fine form. Mind you, so was Gavin Neath, who is chief executive of Unilever Bestfoods, and vice-president of the...
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n Good management is one thing and good leadership quite ano
The art of leadership Many assume that a manager is automatically a leader. Although each, essentially, has a different role to play in an organisation, leadership qualities can make a manager a star performer. A manager must be responsible for an...
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Tesco goes poaching as Asda@tHome converts
Asda is planning a counterattack as Tesco launches a bid to poach Asda@tHome customers in the south east with an offer of 500 Clubcard points, the equivalent of £5. The move comes at the start of a three-month disruption for the Asda@tHome ...
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comparing Co-op's shopping basket
Sir; In your last issue of The Grocer you summarised the result of different shops on The Grocer 33. You claimed the Co-op has had the cheapest basket on one occasion, but I find this an unfair comparison. In the few months that I have read the...
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Take me down to Rio. Let me stroll on Copacabana beach and s
OK, it's a little whimsical. But the vibrant promotion of Latina's range of five South American cook-in sauces promised such delights. The labels are rich in the colours of a Rio carnival and the titles and ingredients equally exotic. From the...
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The boss of online delivered wholesaler Blueheath believes h
As any good science student knows, a catalyst is an agent you add to speed up developments and, as such, is a word Colin Smith feels aptly sums up the effect Blueheath will have on the wholesale sector. The former Safeway chief executive is...
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Birth of Little Rolo
Nestlé Rowntree is extending its Rolo portfolio with the launch of Little Rolo. Aimed at teenage girls and young women, 40g and 200g bags (rsp: 32p and £1.15) of the new variant are available from January 14. Graham Walker, Nestlé Rowntree's sales...
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Today's boosted as United Wholesale comes on board
United Wholesale (Scotland) is leaving the Landmark Cash & Carry Group and rejoining the Today's Group from the beginning of February. UW(S) was formed when Labour MP Mohammed Sarwar's Glasgow based United Wholesale Grocers business split in half...
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Freedom of HuggiesKimberly-Clark's Huggies nappies brand is
It has also upgraded two of its three Huggies nappy products. Rolling out now, improved Beginnings nappies (for 0-3 month-old babies) and Freedom nappies (four months+) both feature a new double action absorbent system that "draws wetness away from...
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UK office for Budvar
Leading Czech lager Budweiser Budvar is setting up a UK office. Budweiser Budvar UK has been based on the company's successful German subsidiary which accounts for 37% of the brand's exports. Its remit will be to increase distribution for the brand...
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Princes lays the foundations to double the size of its busin
International food and soft drinks group Princes has unveiled a new structure to back a plan to double the size of its business over the next three years through organic growth and acquisitions. Part of the Japanese Mitsubishi group, the company...
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Bustling business in Nuneaton
In a bustling location on the edge of Nuneaton town centre, the Central Avenue Supermarket and service station is a thriving, award-winning family business. Petrol sales are running at more than 2 million litres a year and sales from the c-store...