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COSTCO FINE' IN UK
UK MD Jim Murphy insisted "everything is chugging along just fine" at Costco on this side of the Atlantic, in the wake of last week's profit warning from its parent company. "It's a case of so far so good on this side of the pond. The UK business is...
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Retail spotlight: Londis' new creation
Londis is showing off its state-of-the-art "Genesis" format in an area rather more upmarket than your average location. Anne Bruce reports When the strategists at Londis head office chose Raj Chandegra's award winning store to showcase its lighter,...
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Cumbrian Spar
The Spar in the high street of Cleator Moor in Cumbria is run under management. The latest accounts show turnover of more than £610,000, with gross profits approaching £125,000. Christie & Co is quoting £100,000 for a new lease on terms to be agreed...
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The Grocer focus on soft drinks: trends and developments
Ty Nant Natural Mineral Water's distinctive cobalt blue glass bottle sets it apart from other mineral waters and is one reason why this premium brand has seen a dramatic 45% increase in sales in the last 12 months. Its crimson red version Ty Nant...
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Flippers in flap for Dipper push
McVitie's has teamed up with kids' channel Cartoon Network to stage an interactive campaign for Penguin Flipper Dipper. The aim is to get kids on to the Cartoon Network web site (via on air spots and an ad in the Cartoon Network comic) which leads...
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The Grocer focus on soft drinks: Energy: grab this serious m
Energy and sports drinks look set to be the sales phenomenon of the decade but only if retailers grasp the opportunity and give them more space. Last year sales rocketed 40% to £700m, driven by the huge success of functional energy drinks which...
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The Grocer focus on soft drinks
Analysis by Sarah Hardcastle - prepare for a summer awash with advertisng and promotions - prices under pressure - growth forecast at expense of hot drinks and alcohol Everyone in the soft drinks market is keeping their fingers crossed that a...
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The Grocer Focus on soft drinks
COLA: FINALLY UNDER THREAT The naked truth is that the cola market is in difficulties. What are the suppliers doing to reverse the decline? No product, however iconic, is invincible. This is the hard lesson that everyone in the cola market, from...
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The Grocer Focus on soft drinks
Water margin: price is the crucial issue As the premium branded water market grows, will price become the major factor? Sue Barnard reports I'll stock purified water as soon as it becomes as cheap as own-label lemonade." Such words these were...
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The Grocer Focus on soft drinks
PACKAGING: THE ART OF THE RIGHT PROPOSITION Suppliers are all too aware of how vital it is to send out the right signals to a highly brand literate and image conscious public, says Nicola Gordon-Seymour Soft drinks manufacturers are looking to...
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The Grocer Focus on soft drinks
Adult soft drinks: innovation is the key Adult soft drinks are now a well established market, but are they starting to run out of steam? Sue Barnard investigates Orchid Soft Drinks marketing controller John Vincent is indignant. He is not...
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The Grocer focus on soft drinks: new product monitor one s
The top 12 performers in total take home one-shot drinks highlighted by ACNielsen and based on value sales between April 22 2000 and March 24 2001 ...
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The Grocer Focus on soft drinks
CHILDREN: SEE THE HUGE POTENTIAL Bart and family, Tom & Jerry, and Noddy and co just some of the licensing power driving the children's market says Pam Peterson Hall & Woodhouse is making the most of the tremendous potential of the children's...
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The Grocer Focus on soft drinks
ENERGY DRINKS: IN THE MONEY Don't miss out on a staggering success story. Here are drinks with great margins and a great future says Richard Hall of Zenith Of all the soft drinks success stories in the past few years, energy and sports drinks...
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The Grocer Focus on soft drinks
RIGHT CHOICE: HOW TO MAKE SALES SOAR Britvic's Right Choice category programme shows retailers how to get those sales rising with little effort Britvic Soft Drinks' Right Choice category management programme unveiled in February promises to...
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The Grocer focus on soft drinks: neighbourhood shops: how th
Lisa Riley asks neighbourhood grocers to reveal their top selling big brands, the reception given to launches and whether a wide enough range of drinks in impulse size packs is available Judy Howard, proprietor of independent c-store The Village...
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The Grocer focus on soft drinks: new product monitor - energ
Everyone knows the energy drink bestsellers - Red Bull, Lucozade Energy and Sport - to name but three. But what about the newcomers? The last 12 months has seen the market flooded with new brands. ACNielsen gives the lowdown on the top 10...
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Symbol groups: E-commerce and new formats will drive Spar In
Spar International has set up a working group to address how the organisation can utilise the internet to develop the Spar business worldwide. Deputy general manager Gerrit Kok said two parallel working parties had been set up to devise a long-term...
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Tobacco: Wholesalers warn over stock with no duty paid mark
Wholesalers are urging independent retailers to dispose of any cigarettes which do not bear the UK duty paid mark as quickly as possible, because they face losing money on the packs they cannot sell (The Grocer, April 28, p5). Cash and carry...
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Potato Party gets on an election footing
The British Potato Council has been quick off the mark with a campaign to persuade the nation to vote potato this season. It has roped in 70 MPs to give their support to the spud and the farming and rural economy that produces it. Labour MP ...