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Spar wholesaler Capper & Co is to open a fourth railway stat
Sainsbury has teamed up with the World Cancer Research Fund to distribute leaflets on reducing the risk of cancer through diet and lifestyle at its 96 instore pharmacies. Unilever has signed a multimillion dollar advertising agreement with AOL Time...
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One UK chain set for trial of electronic shelf edge labellin
A UK multiple will start trialling electronic shelf edge labels in a store next month from French ESL specialist Store Electronic Systems. If the trial is successful, the technology will be rolled out across the estate. UK supermarkets considered...
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Safeway plugs loophole with Farmers' Charter
The NFU has welcomed a move by Safeway to plug what it sees as massive flaws in the code of trading practice imposed on the leading multiples by the Department of Trade and Industry. The code legally binds the four largest supermarket groups, but...
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Longer life with coating
UK supermarkets are testing a new edible coating manufactured in the United States called Natureseal which extends the life and presentation of freshly cut produce. Products including apple and pear slices pioneered by Mantrose Haeuser will be on...
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Iceland sales dip is a concern'
Iceland and Morrisons reported strongly contrasting sales figures as they kicked off the round of Christmas period trading statements by the major multiples. A defiant Bill Grimsey insisted Iceland's results were "very good", although he conceded...
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Connex seals partnership
French rail operator Connex has finalised details of a retail partnership which will launch 42 co-branded concourse c-stores. E-Connex md Olivier Jenoc said the concept would launch under a Connex with...' fascia at Connex South East's Gillingham...
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Honey continues to sweeten the sweet spreads market with st
Nestlé’s Gale’s brand leads the sector having a 59% volume and 58% value share, up 4.2% and 3.2% respectively, and it hopes to improve these figures next spring. Then Nestlé is rejuvenating the brand with new labelling and lid designs which it says…
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Walkers partners for Marmite crisps
Exclusive Mary Carmichael Walkers has lined up savoury spread stalwart Marmite as its partner for another foray into dual branded crisps. The new product Walkers Marmite flavour crisps forms part of a big campaign of activity from the crisps...
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n The role of store design should be to dramatise the inhere
The quest for the ultimate sales-conducive environment is intensifying. Gone are the disastrous experiments with crooked gondolas introduced a few years back "to make life more interesting". Today's supermarkets are warm, calm and more homely places...
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An Oxo you don't know
Campbell's is unveiling a new 21st century Oxo ad family on Monday (January 14), and describes them as "more like the Simpsons than the Waltons". Written by Richard Curtis who also penned the Blackadder series, the two-execution, six-week TV...
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More Duchy lines on shelf
Prince Charles' burgeoning Duchy Originals organics label is seeing in the new year with a raft of new launches. In preserves, blackcurrant (rsp: £2.45) debuts in Safeway this month while English Damson (£2.45) and Balmoral Heather Honey (£3.29)...
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what's in store? The experts' views
There may already have been lots of activity, but there is more to come in store design as supermarkets continue to evolve. Many concepts will be pioneered and plagiarised over the next few years, so where will the changes appear? The experts share...
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TESCO FIGHTS ON OVER LEVI'S
Tesco is continuing its legal fight to sell cheaper, grey market Levi's jeans in the UK. The European Court of Justice in Strasbourg ruled last month that the multiple could not source Levi's jeans from outside the EU without the brand owner's...
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Why the future's just sensational
Mintel will be providing its annual glimpse into the future at the new products forum next month. The predictions include a growth in products which provide not only flavour but a physical sensation. Package size polarisation is also expected,...
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A Lidl goes a long way if you can get it
Only one shopper seeking the basics for a cooked breakfast at the discounters came away with a full basket this week. The lesson to be learned is that discounters may well be flexible on price, but in return customers must make allowances for pack...
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Volvic goes on price push
Volvic is kicking off this year's £9m marketing programme for Volvic with C&C and consumer promotions. Between now and next month, retailers who buy three cases of either Volvic 1.5litre or 50cl bottles in Booker, Bestway and Landmark will get a...
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Tesco inconsistent on multi-buys
Sir; Residing in Northampton and working in Luton, Bedfordshire, I visit and shop at both Tesco in Weston Favel shopping centre in Northampton, and Tesco in the Arndale shopping centre in Luton. The Tesco Northampton is an Extra format and the...
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Netto says it's won war
Netto claims to have won Britain's grocery price war. The hard discounter has unveiled an instore campaign using posters boasting that Netto win price war' and No-one beats Netto prices'. Netto is also claiming it is "up to 52% cheaper". ...
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Porridge with Marmite moonshine
There's nothing so inventive as human nature, particularly human nature cooped up in a prison. Deprived of hard drugs because of increased surveillance, inmates at Wolverhampton jail have taken to brewing hooch. But because their supply of raw...