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Magazine scene: Television
TV Choice provides the drama as editorial content is sidelined TV listings is the most important magazine sector for retailers, with What s on TV and Radio Times selling more copies than any other magazine through news stands, and half of the top...
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Potatoes: New tactics for new sales
Sixty stores already committed to quality and presentation scheme with growers Growers, their wives and prepackers are being recruited by the British Potato Council to adopt a local supermarket and liaise with retail managers on quality and...
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Vodka PPSs a vital USP'
Nisa-Today's is offering its members the chance to capitalise on the rapid growth of the premium packaged spirits sector by introducing its own versions. These are based on Nisa's Kommisar vodka brand and have a competitive rsp of 89p. There are...
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UBS unveils value spirits
United Buying Services has produced a value range of spirits for independents which will be sold through major wholesalers. It has created Reshnoff vodka, Andre Philippe Napoleon French brandy and Highland Cairn blended Scotch whisky. These are...
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Canned fruit: South African pack faces slack market
Despite smaller stone fruit crops in South Africa, UK buyers are not expecting prices to move upwards when the pack is under way. "There's so much Greek product already in the system that no-one's going to make any more than current levels," said...
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Government: Suppliers want all chains to be covered by code
Food and farming groups are turning to Nick Brown in their bid to persuade trade and industry secretary Stephen Byers to enforce his legally binding trading code across all multiples and not just the top five. The draft code, which some retail...
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Foodservice: Catering for all tastes
Signs are emerging that multiples want a bite at the foodservice cherry. Mary Carmichael sifts through the evidence Foodservice the final frontier. And it's the way UK multiples are going if not quite boldly for their next enterprise. It's a...
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Rural retailers: C&C boss lashes rural alliance
A vitriolic attack has been launched at the newly formed Rural Shops Alliance by cash and carry boss Steve Parfett. In a letter to The Grocer, the managing director of AG Parfett & Sons and chairman of Landmark Cash and Carry slammed the Village...
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Rural alliance a multiples' stooge'
Sir; I am writing to express my anger and frustration at the publicity once again given to the organisation VIRSA, and its new Rural Shops Alliance. How can this organisation, funded by charitable donation and local government grants, be given any...
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News analysis: Iceland
A chill in the City Bill Grimsey arrived at Iceland and was angry at what he discovered. But he's getting on with the job. Organics and dotcom fascias have a shorter shelf life while ready meals will run and run, as he tells Helen Gregory Iceland...
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News analysis: Iceland
Carry on Malcolm. It's still early days for the Iceland/Booker merger, so does Stuart Rose's departure put the odd couple on a shakier footing? John Wood and Elaine Watson report on the challenges ahead for Malcolm Walker Malcolm Walker was taking...
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Sainsbury: Andersen's IT
Sainsbury signed a seven year contract outsourcing all its IT functions to Andersen Consulting this week. IT spending had reached £200m per year. Sainsbury said it will save £35m over the lifetime of the contract. Andersen takes on responsibility...
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Off-trade: Anger as price war deepens
The supermarket booze price war is "rapidly degenerating into a punch-up", claims Mike McGee, md of the Landmark buying group. And he said the group's disagreement with Bud brewer Anheuser Busch was continuing (The Grocer, November 11). He claims...
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Apples: Something special from Pomanjou
One of France's largest and best known grower exporters Pomanjou has launched a new dessert apple called Honey Crunch to coincide with its 40th anniversary. The green red apple which turns yellow is a cross between Honey Gold and Macoun. It was...
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The Grocer Focus on pizza: Asda's back on top
Asda has regained the title of Pizza Retailer of the Year awarded by the Pizza & Pasta Association an accolade it has now won three times. "We lost to Morrisons last year but got it back this year," says Asda buying manager Linsey Wright. "In...
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Tesco impresses in Asia
Brokers have been busily upgrading Tesco stock following an investor relations trip to the retailer's Asian stores. Describing Tesco as a "strong international challenger," Goldman Sachs and Lehman Bros have raised their price targets for its...
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Eastern Europe: Auchan girds its loins for Polish Atac
Auchan is taking its Atac supermarket chain into the fiercely competitive Polish market in a bid to catch up with major European competitors. The French retailers' Polish subsidiary ISMS Polska said suppliers for its existing Robert supermarket...
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Beer goes down a treat in c-stores
Convenience stores are playing an increasingly key role in the UK beer market and have increased sales by 21% in the last year. Their growing importance has been highlighted in a market report by Interbrew which showed they were performing ahead of...
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William Reed: Bigger, better a show to dine for
Food & Drink Expo, the biennial exhibition acquired by William Reed, publisher of The Grocer, earlier this year, is undergoing a thorough overhaul to give it a powerful new look and direction. The organisers are gearing up for a raft of major new...
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BEW recalls potato products
Birds Eye Wall's has recalled some of its Potato Product range after a contamination scare. The products could contain metal fragments because of a machine malfunction during the production process. Birds Eye recommended retailers take all...