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The Grocer focus on bacon
analysis by Peter Crosskey It used to be the jewel in the crown of the British bacon industry, and its boss Max Hilliard is regarded as a young manager of outstanding talent. But even Hilliard has found himself swamped by the crisis facing the...
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The Grocer focus on bacon: Retail: in need of a makeover
Like Cinderella, this category languishes in the parlour, while consumers are asking to take it to the ball Bacon has an aspirational element and is seen as healthier than steak or fast food. Yet in store the fixture fails because it is dull....
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The Grocer focus on bacon: storming the fixture
Tulip International is using brand loyal Scotland as a test bed for a £150,000 investment in category management. Working with Safeway's marketing and retailing agency Storm at the Gyle Avenue store in Edinburgh, the first Bacon Zone opened for...
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The Grocer focus on bacon
NPD: TULIP GETS CREATIVE Tulip is trailblazing development of bacon meal centres and innovative products at its new Vejle factory The bacon fixture is dogged by inherent conservatism. Range reviews usually mean redesigning labels or packaging...
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The Grocer focus on bacon: UK: Fever keeps pulses racing in
Weekly slaughter figures have dropped 20% and created a tough marketplace for the curers R etailers will continue to face growing pressure to pay more for British back rashers because supplies of British pork backs are becoming increasingly tight....
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The Grocer focus on bacon: the raw and the cooked
From being a food service sandwich ingredient, cooked bacon has developed very strongly as a retail sector in its own right over the last 12 months. The retail quantities remain small, but last year saw the rival launches of Streakers by Tulip...
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The Grocer focus on bacon
DENMARK: seeking an equitable life The Danes expect the UK to take a bigger slice of their pigmeat, but believe the market here is working against them. Peter Crosskey reports T he Danish industry's frustration with the climate of the British...
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The Grocer focus on bacon: what's in store
- Sainsbury Sainsbury has launched a new range of bacon on its delicatessen fixture, @west Country Premium Bacon, sourced in the West Country. "It is traditionally cured for a fuller flavour and thicker cut for a meatier texture," says category...
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The Grocer focus on bacon: MLC campaign Sales were not dama
The £4.5m MLC-backed generic pig advertising campaign promoting the British Meat Quality Standard Mark broke on May 11 and provoked a storm of controversy and even within the British industry. It was, of course, deeply resented by pigmeat...
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The Grocer focus on bacon: making its mark on ready meals
B acon has more possibilities than just fried rashers. Richard Cullen, MLC national accounts manager, trade marketing, says: "The opportunities for bacon are there in ready meals. "There is a lot we can develop for bacon and pork. "Ready meals...
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The Grocer focus on bacon
Netherlands: Braced for contraction Green legislation will add to already declining pig numbers, and the industry can no longer delay action The tide of environmental legislation is running against the Dutch pig industry which, in addition to...
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Bacon: French signs of slowdown
There are signs that the French pigmeat market slowing down after a further 50 centime lift in deadweight prices last week, Tuesday saw a 25 centime retreat by the slaughterers. There has been a 2p-3p/lb rise on Breton backs, although demand...
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Tasting panel: Banrock Station Sparkling Shiraz
from BRL Hardy TARGET CONSUMER The Grocer's marketing editor Karen Dempsey tackles this cherry-ish offering I am a big fan of red wine and fizz but not normally in the same glass. So it was with some trepidation that I approached this...
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Conkers battle for frozen food
Freshbake Foods is running an on-pack kids focused promotion on its frozen pastry products. Consumers buying Freshbake pies, pasties and slices can exchange three promotional tokens for a Battle Conkers' toy. Running until the end of January,...
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Beef: Quality cattle out of market
Protests against imports of meat from 30-month-old animals worry traders Imports of allegedly unsafe beef from relatively old cattle are the latest media scare story, but this twist in the BSE tale is provoking accusations by traders of a lack of...
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GM: listen before you damn
All revolutions breed extremists. But we believe the genetically modified food issue merits a more considered hearing than has so far been delivered on this side of the Atlantic. So The Grocer makes no apology this week for devoting four pages to...
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Bestway: Best-one's finally in business
Exclusive John Wood Bestway finally unveiled the first Best-one store this week, together with a bundle of delivered services to add to its cash and carry offering. The 2,500 sq ft store in Westbourne Grove, London, opened under the Best-one...
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Cash and carry: New boss at Booker pledges a revolution
The days of cost cutting at Booker are over, says new boss Malcolm Walker, who this week pledged to back the cash and carry business with more investment that would drive its future growth. Walker is taking day to day responsibility for the...
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It's the reel thing as kids are bowled fruit that's more fun
A raft of product launches under new brand Fruit Bowl aims to make the fruit snacking category more appealing to children. Norfolk based company Stream Foods has been developing products over the past year around the theme of "fruit made more fun...
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Dairy: British Creameries falters
British Creameries went into receivership this week. The company was formed in October last year with the purchase of West Marton creamery, near Skipton, from Van den Bergh's oils and fats division. Its plans included the development of Van den...