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MLC: British meat marketing (advertisement feature produced
Developing the category to meet the consumer need for convenience Maurice McCartney, retail trade manager at the Meat and Livestock Commission believes that effective category management is key in driving the meat industry forward and states that...
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Jac Roper's advice centre: It's time to get connected to sel
Not many convenience stores buy or sell over the internet. In fact it is reckoned that fewer than 10% of convenience stores are even connected to it although this is a statistic which can only go up. According to NatWest data, the internet is now...
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Retail spotlight: American pie
M&S arm Kings know how to tug at the hearts of New Jersey's affluent commuters with a pastoral appeal as Clive Beddall reports Take the Lincoln Tunnel from midtown Manhattan, go north into New Jersey's Bergen County, and amid the tranquil avenues...
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New vice president/md for Anheuser-Busch Europe
Andrew Day has been appointed vice president and managing director of Anheuser-Busch Europe. He takes over from William McNulty, who has completed a five-year term in Europe and returns to the firm's St Louis head office. Bedfordshire-born Day has...
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UK Apples: English dessert season set to be disappointing
Shortfalls for Cox and Discovery but brighter news for Gala The forecasts for English dessert apples this year present a mixed picture. With the first Discovery already on supermarket shelves this week, the season is expected to be shorter with...
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Asda's pig in a poke
A clumsy PR stunt by Asda was the last thing Britain's beleaguered pig industry needed this week. By threatening to withdraw nine lines of Belgian pâté in the wake of an EU ban on live pig exports, the multiple ran the risk of trivialising an issue...
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Pizzas with Cheestrings attached
Exclusive Karen Dempsey Kids' cheese snack brand Cheestrings is extending into the "mini meal" hot snacks market. The first mini meal out of the Cheestrings kitchen is DIY Pizzas. Positioned as a "home from school and starving" kind of snack, all...
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Prunes: Average crop is predicted
French prune producers, concentrated in the south east of the country, are predicting an average crop. "This year will see something between 40,000t and 45,000t," said chairman of the Bureau national Interprofessionnel du Pruneau, Philippe Valey....
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United States: Debt stricken Grand Union axes staff
Cash strapped US grocery retailer Grand Union is axing 170 staff from its New Jersey and New York offices to reduce costs. The move will incur a $2m charge against the company's second quarter results, which were published as The Grocer went to...
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Cadbury brand now moves into home baking mixes
Homebaking mixes are the latest brand extension for Cadbury which has recently been putting its name to an ever widening array of licensed products, including cream cakes and instant desserts. McDougalls Foods will make eight products under the...
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Beef: GB lags in traceability
An attempt by the government to establish a national traceability system for cattle could yield cost benefits for beef processors and retailers, although perhaps it risks blemishing the industry's image in the eyes of domestic consumers and...
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The odd couple: Booker and Iceland begin talks with supplier
Cherrypicking the best for both' Suppliers remain sceptical about Iceland's chances of securing the £50m synergy benefits outlined at the time of its merger with Booker. The newly enlarged group plans to meet its major suppliers over the next...
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Hardy goes on TV in bid to make a great impression'
The stakes in the UK market for branded wine have been raised by BRL Hardy which is going on TV for the first time. The Australian company has planned a £1.3m promotional budget most of which will be spent on TV. This is for a generic campaign...
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Waitrose@work: Big brand sites link
Waitrose's shopping-from-the-office arm Waitrose@work has signed up big brands BP Amoco, Walkers Snack Foods, Heinz and Sara Lee. The new partners will advertise waitrose@work on their intranet sites as a timesaving employee benefit. The Waitrose...
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ScooterMAN in Virgin's boot
Virgin Drinks plans to drive sales of its non-alcholic energy drink Virgin dt among London's pub and club scene in a link up with ScooterMAN the latenight personal chauffeur service. ScooterMAN picks partying customers up after a night out, puts...
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Category management: Bright ideas
Does great marketing spring from adapting or innovaing? You need both but Roger Jackson prefers the latter What kind of category management projects have you been involved in recently? Have they been exciting and dynamic, all about new ideas and...
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Global suppliers' new product development: Lever Bros frogle
Lever Brothers has pipped arch rival Procter & Gamble to the post yet again by being first to bring a new home dry cleaning product to the UK market. Persil is extending its brand beyond the washing machine with Persil Revive which is a way of...
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Prizes: Doing the Calypso
A Spar retailer from Cheswardine, Shropshire has become the first Grocer Club member to scoop two major prizes. Last October, Jane Moore won a LDV Cub van and now is the proud owner of a chiller cabinet courtesy of Calypso Soft Drinks. Calypso ...
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Foster's Ice gets cans
Scottish Courage's leading ice beer Foster's Ice is being sold in 330ml cans to complement the existing 330ml bottle offering. The brewer said the brand accounts for almost half the ice beer sales in the off-trade. Marketing director Brian Sharp...
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Cash in on cool npd
Product launches represent a challenge for retailers in spotting the truly lucrative new lines from also-rans and short lived fickle successes says Future Positive If you see a bandwagon, it's too late," Sir James Goldsmith once advised. This...