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The Grocer focus on speciality & fine foods:
analysis by Sheila Eggleston - Market is a moveable feast - Regions will take centre stage - FFB mission should add cash - Fringe products are missing a trick Defining the term speciality is getting trickier as the spectrum of food and drink...
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Marks and Spencer: M&S to trial Indian franchise stores
Marks and Spencer is to tackle India with plans to open two trial franchises in October. The company has formed a partnership with Planet Sports for stores in Bombay and New Delhi, scaled down from the usual 40,000 sq ft to 8,000 sq ft, and selling...
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Sainsbury: SIXTY STORES TO GET HOME SHOP
Sainsbury aims to put its expanded cookware range into 60 stores in the next two years. The Home Shop is now in 22 stores and will go into Harrogate and Burton-on-Trent next month; the range is usually introduced when shops are "reinvigorated"....
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Playful personality gets squashed
Toffee Crisp's crunchiness is the focus for a new ad campaign featuring a new animated character. Named Toffee Crisp Cheery Chocolate Chum, the character stars in three ads, in a bar, a cinema and at a pool table. These start on September 3. Each...
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Retail spotlight: Jacksons in Hull
For crown and gown Jacksons in Hull stole the show at the Top Shop Convenience Store awards and followed the victory with a second coup. Elaine Watson reports As soon as the results of the Top Shop Convenience Store of the Year awards were...
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New MD for Kellogg Nordics
Kellogg UK sales director Stephen Twaddell has been appointed managing director of Kellogg Nordics. The promotion, which takes effect from September 17, will make Twaddell responsible for the company's business in Denmark, Finland, Norway and...
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News special: Lies and the land
NFU president Ben Gill reads the papers. He doesn't take kindly to stories about farmers' foot and mouth rip-offs, intentional infection, ingratitude and odd phials. And as for Lord Haskins... Exclusive, Clive Beddall reports Ben Gill came out...
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Trebor's the master
Cadbury Trebor Bassett plans to breathe fresh life into its mint range by creating a Trebor masterbrand, adding two new products and relaunching the rest with new branding. The company said the masterbrand, which will encompass all brands in the...
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Profile: Michel Roux
Michel's main course Helen Gregory meets the chef who has achieved supreme status simply by catering to his own tastes Sitting in pristine chef's whites, surrounded by slick waiters in the rarefied atmosphere of his gourmet restaurant, Michel...
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Smartcards: The smart money
A fair division of the spoils is the sticking point between retailers and banks as the smartcard is hailed as the ultimate weapon against credit card fraud. Ed Bedington reports Crime-busting smartcards are the answer to a bank's prayers and...
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Quaker synergies for PEPSICO
US soft drinks and snack company PepsiCo's acquisition of Quaker Oats has brought cost savings of $400m, up from the $239m initially predicted. PepsiCo told analysts it would make the increased savings through lower purchasing costs as it exploited...
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Smartcards: what's in store with Smartcards
"Smartcards have finally got interesting," according to Dave Birch, a self-confessed smartcard nerd. Birch is a director with digital consultants Consult Hyperion and says smartcards have applications far beyond merely stopping fraud. He says in...
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Kronenbourg 1664 goes into 330ml
Scottish Courage is introducing a 330ml version of premium lager Kronenbourg 1664 for the take-home market. The new variant comes in Kronenbourg's distinctive Eiffel'-styled bottle and is aimed at complementing Kronenbourg's larger 750ml la...
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Bread: Allied adds 3p to loaf
Allied Bakeries is the first of the big bakeries to announce an increase in bread prices in the face of rising flour prices. It is to put the price of an 800g loaf up 3p from September 17. Stephen Thompson, marketing director of Scottish...
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Convenience stores: Connex stations set for 40 stores
Exclusive Anne Bruce Railway stations have become the latest battle ground for convenience operators with French catering giant Elior preparing to launch a co-branded c-store chain. The news comes a week after Marks and Spencer revealed it was...
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Obituary: Eric Jameson dies at 89
Food industry veteran Eric Jameson has died peacefully at his home aged 89. Jameson was general sales manager of Alfred Bird & Son in the 1960s, and was marketing director of General Foods before starting his own management and marketing...
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FISH: Buyers worried about prospect of herring price rises
If you are a herring buyer, the period from July to September is a tense one under normal circumstances. But this year buyers are wringing their hands in despair. A reduced UK quota to just over 60,000 tonnes, with strict monitoring of landings and...
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Brandwatch: My favourite ad: Fosters Feng Shui'
Robert James, marketing director, James Consulting "Fosters has really made the most of its lad image with the He who drinks Australian thinks Australian' slogan, and the ending here is completely unexpected. A zen-like Feng Shui expert' gives a...
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Government: Haskins blames press for distorting agri-food v
A robust defence was mounted this week by Northern Foods non-executive chairman, Lord Haskins, in the face of press criticism after his appointment as Rural Recovery Co-ordinator. Speaking to The Grocer from his French holiday villa, Haskins said...
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Soft fruit: KG links to Alconeras
KG has formed a strategic alliance with a Spanish counterpart, Alconeras, initially to develop joint category management to multiples. Alconeras has seven fruit farms covering 250 hectares owned by the Garrido family. It grows 10,000 tonnes of...