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Trustin Unimerchants plans
Ice Age boost for Tricerapops Simon Mowbray Importer Trustin Unimerchants is warming up for a push on its Tricerapops ice lolly range after signing a marketing agreement with Twentieth Century Fox. The deal is aimed at raising the profile of both...
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Sainsbury sells wild venison
Sainsbury has introduced wild venison to its meat counters. The move follows calls from Prince Charles to help venison dealers in the wake of the foot and mouth outbreak as export markets closed. Traditionally, a large percentage of the UK venison...
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Vineyard tales
Australian winery Tyrell's has rung in the changes for the new year with a new look for its Individual Vineyard range. The wines have been repackaged to create impact and recount the story of each vineyard. The range includes the Shee Oak...
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TOUCH OF THE TROPICS
Regionality, flavours and easy to use packaging formats have added a sparkle to the sweet spreads sector. Small firms particularly have used them to advantage to attract new consumers. St Dalfour, handled by Canners & Packers International, has...
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Becks 24 x 275ml Price promotion £11.99 Floor sStack
Becks 24 x 275ml Price promotion £12.49 Floor stack Tesco Cadbury's Chocolate Mousse 4 x 55g Price promotion 79p Gondola end Safeway Cadbury's Dairy Milk 200g 50% ...
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top 20 cigarette brands (sticks in millions)
Sales % change 1 Lambert & Butler King Size (Imperial) 5,952.9 -6 2 Benson & Hedges Special Filter King ...
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The food chain hits 2002 enjoying one of its warmest, and m
Talking exclusively to The Grocer in one of her first major interviews since taking the helm at the new superministry last June, she has also praised the major multiples for their "competitive, professional approach". She went on: "The food...
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Superficial thinkers believe that consumers care only about
Low income consumers were invited to participatory workshops to talk about their views on the future of food and farming. The participants were initially reticent but soon, stimulated by the discussion, strong views emerged. Despite being on low...
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Given there are folk from just about every corner of the wor
But out of the 185 stores within the $4bn chain, one of the best examples of where this mission has found success is at Canton, just south of Boston. In this community, well heeled business professionals park their gleaming stationwagons alongside...
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Unaffiliated retailers get improved ACS offering
The Association of Convenience Stores has unveiled a new membership scheme for unaffiliated independents. Dubbed acsdirect', the scheme comprises the 600 unaffiliated independents within ACS and the 4,000 plus members of ACS associate Newsforce...
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Danone Activ a bottled water with added calcium arrived
Sales Information Resources puts sales of the product in multiple grocers at £7,857k for the 52 w/e Nov 4 2001. This gives it a 4.7% share of the multiples' bottled water market and fifth place behind own label, Evian, Volvic and Highland Spring....
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Snack-a-Jacks TV ads go for men
Quaker has earmarked £1.2m to support Snack-a-Jacks for the first 12 weeks of this year. The campaign kicks off on Monday (January 7) with sponsorship of GMTV's dieting feature, Inch Loss Island, followed by a new TV ad campaign. This moves away...
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Nestlé arms link to aim for Monster takings from Disney's la
Nestlé's chilled desserts, confectionery and cereals arms are uniting for their first co-ordinated launch this week, with the arrival of products based on the new Disney/ Pixar film, Monsters Inc. The range includes I Screams a milky dessert with...
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Asda ditches depots in online arm restructure
Asda is closing its two home delivery picking depots and has abandoned plans for a further 11 nationwide as it restructures the Asda@tHome service. All home shopping orders will be serviced from local stores from April, when picking depots in...
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An audience with Margaret
She'll probably shudder at the notion. But, in many ways, a meeting with Margaret Beckett is reminiscent of an audience with Britain's first female prime minister when she was at her political peak. The tough, steely resolve. The well briefed,...
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Fells picks up four Aussie wines
Wine shipper John E Fells is moving into the UK's Australian wine market with four new agency deals. It has become the UK distributor for Bleasdale Vineyards, Red Earth and Temple Bruer from South Australia and Delatite from Victoria. Fells...
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The bestselling cigarette brands generate profit and footfa
Here are the hard facts sales figures in millions of cigarette sticks compiled exclusively for The Grocer by ACNielsen from EPoS checkout scanners and retail audit information. They cover the year ending September 2001. The figures show just...
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Xanadu UK expansion boosted by Normans brands
Australian wine company Xanadu plans an aggressive expansion in the UK. The company was selling 70,000 cases a year in this country, but this will shoot up to 250,000 by the middle of this year following the integration of the key Normans brands...