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Webbs factory to close
Webbs Country Foods chicken processing factory at Lymington in Hampshire will close down this summer as part of a rationalisation programme announced by parent company Faccenda Group. A spokeswoman said Faccenda was "restructuring its operations...
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Co-ops: Forty jobs go as CWS closes Port Talbot superstore
The CWS has announced the closure of another unprofitable superstore at Baglan Moor, Port Talbot, after failing to find a suitable buyer. Although the organisation will try and redeploy staff from the store, 40 full-time and 40 part-time employees...
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Multiples: Revealed: demands of the industry code
Exclusive Clive Beddall The DTI's legally binding code of trading practice, set to be imposed on the big five multiples soon, will be tougher than the industry's voluntary version facilitated by IGD last year. The Grocer has seen the confidential...
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Profile: Sir Colin Spedding
Welfare states. Chicken safety champion Sir Colin Spedding is adamant that standards need not mean soaring costs as Helen Gregory reports Sir Colin Spedding is, by his own admission, an "old fashioned, public service guy". Years of committee work...
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Company culture: Safeway
You lovely people! Safeway under Carlos Criado-Perez is going all out to make employees feel empowered and motivated. Helen Gregory reports Safeway staff talk about life BC, but it's not a religious reference, rather a term to describe life...
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Manufacturers: Greencore takes control of Hazlewood
Irish firm Greencore has finally taken control of Hazlewood Foods after a protracted struggle to gain shareholders' approval which extended over the festive season. As soon as the £258m cash offer for the convenience foods specialist was declared...
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Shippers look to Corby for rework
Corby Bottlers is filling a gap in the market for wine shippers affected by packaging errors. The growth in the volume of wines coming into the UK has led to an increase in packaging errors and Corby's chairman Patrick Darlington has set up a...
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Not so dim sales
The Meat and Livestock Commission has reported a rise in sales on the back of its advertising campaign fronted by Harry Enfield's character Tim Nice But Dim. The MLC said during the autumn (while the ad was on air) that total beef sales rose by...
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First impressions: Dragonfly organic teas
Belinda Gannaway is web editor of on-tap.net, William Reed's information and trading platform for the on-trade I am a big tea drinker and do like to experiment. I am also an organics buyer so this product was on to a winner from the beginning. I...
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Tasting panel: Duckstein
From Holsten. A new type of beer brewed like an ale and dispensed like a lager. It has been sucessful in Germany for many years TARGET CONSUMER Nigel Snook, 48, is a civil servant from Bath I like the packaging but I have my doubts about the...
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E-fulfilment: Nice and E-asy does it
E-fulfilment firm Collectpoint claims that it's running way ahead of competitors M-box and Dropzone1. Director Scott Bellway said his company has attracted more business because its system is simpler to use. Installing the Collectpoint system onto...
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Leading edge: They're not too young to know
Starting to feel your youth? Then you could be among the rapidly growing number of younger managers in the industry who are at risk of prejudice or bitterness from older members of the workforce and manager colleagues. Sarah Dowding offers tips on...
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The National Lottery: Retailers welcome end to Lottery uncer
The People's Lottery may challenge Camelot though the back door after its failure to win the licence to run the National Lottery. Richard Branson has confirmed the People's Lottery would not seek a judicial review of the Lottery Commission's...
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FC plans a new stadium and retail park
Grimsby Town Football Club is to build a retail park alongside its proposed stadium on the A180 Grimsby to Cleethorpes Road. A 90-acre site has been allocated for the combined development by North East Lincolnshire Council. Developer Chiltern...
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The Grocer focus on jams, spreads & honey
Brand Ranking (based on value) 1 Hartley's Pure Fruit Jam 2 Robertson's Standard Jam 3 Robertson's Golden Shred 4 Tesco Standard Jam ...
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The Grocer focus on jams, spreads & honey: market value and
Market by value (£000) 52 w/e Nov 12 ...
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The Grocer focus on jams, spreads & honey
Chocolate spread: refine and survive Action is needed for a sector that suffers from overcrowding, heavy price cutting and poor support New Year's resolutions may include a pledge to shed a few pounds but consumers always find it difficult to...
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The Grocer focus on jams, spreads & honey
analysis by Sheila Eggleston Bucking the downward spiral of sweet spreads is uppermost in everyone's minds for 2001. Although the value share of the total preserves market checks in at £137.8m, a drop of just 1% year on year, there is an urgent...
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The Grocer focus on jams, spreads & honey
Lifting the lid on squidge n' squirt Squeezable, touchy-feely packaging is the latest move to encourage more young consumers to try preserves and extend them into other eating occasions, particularly lunchboxes. In May both Centura Foods and...
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The Grocer focus on jams, spreads & honey
Honey: specialities make the running It's always helped the medicine go down, but consumers now want a spoonful of sophistication with their honey Buoyed by an increasingly health conscious nation, honey has become a must stock item for...