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Asda still the best value multiple but isn't the best on ful
Sheila Eggleston Out of stocks have been the most disruptive feature in The Grocer 33 weekly shop in the past six months. Product delistings and promotional activity have been the main aggravating factors, and frozen food most badly hit. In the...
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Look back on our wannabe's from the philosopher's moan to
It's time to bid fond farewell to "I wanted to be" which has ended after 49 weeks in which the industry's great and good have revealed their early career ambitions. Intended as a little light relief and as a means of giving you a little more...
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Barry Carter
Senior buyer for biscuits, Budgens For Budgens, biscuits are performing extremely well and business is increasing by around 25% year-on-year. A lot of this is down to a project we started two years ago with McVitie's to review and refine our...
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Paul Batchelor
Trading manager, Nisa-Today's There is a significant and welcome swing away from the standard white sliced to the premium and, indeed, super-premium sectors. This has been driven by the heavyweight promotional activity in these categories and by...
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Depots lift Batleys profit
Yorkshire based cash & carry group Batleys was in buoyant mood after posting a sharp rise in profits for the first half. Although the steep climb in profit was partly attributed to the acquisition of six Wundpets depots in July, MD Len McCormick...
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The frozen food market has been static this year, with stiff
Given their convenience factor, it is no surprise that ready meals have experienced the highest value growth 7% and this has been driven by launches in the form of both new flavours for existing products and completely new brands. Heinz Weight...
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Whereas EDLP was the big issue for the biscuits market last
This has meant consumers are trading up to branded offerings as the price differential is now not so great. The trend for snacking on the go has driven the biscuits market, as mini biscuits in mini packets have appeared on shelves and in...
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New MD for ScotCo Brands
Keith Hogg has replaced Robin Alexander as managing director of Scottish Courage Brands. Hogg has spent nearly 18 years with Scottish Courage working in both the on and off-trade sectors. He spent seven years in the off-trade, working his way up...
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The cake market has continued to grow, with individually wra
The cake bar sector has experienced growth of almost 10%, contributing the most value to the cake market this year. This is closely followed by the smaller slices sector, which achieved 14% growth. All the slices featured in the top 20 have...
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As with many food sectors, convenience drives the canned foo
Recent NPD reported by Mintel's GNPD in the baked beans sector illustrates the trend towards convenience with the introduction of microwaveable Heinz baked beans. The beans are available in snacking plastic pots that can be placed directly into...
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White chocolate Kit Kat on the way
Nestlé will launch the first white chocolate Kit Kat in the UK early next year and will also add a five-finger newcomer to the growing range. Kit Kat Chunky White, which sports a cream with red wrapper, makes its debut in February. It will share...
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Don't let the fraudster lead you a merry dance this Christma
It may be the season of merriment and goodwill, but there is one class of customer who couldn't give a Santa's reindeer about it all the fraudster. And if you don't want to help the crook towards a much better Christmas than he or she deserves,...
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Code comfort for the few
n For key players in the British grocery industry, 2001 could be dubbed the year of recovery. Tesco remained firmly at the top, but Sainsbury started to show real signs of renaissance and Iceland and Somerfield started to pull round. The toothless'...