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News special: 46th Summer Fancy Food Show
FFB helping Brits to tap into US own label Buoyed by export successes gained on the back of the strong dollar, Food from Britain this week unveiled a new initiative to help UK food and drink suppliers assault North America's fast expanding own...
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Shut down super large abattoirs
Sir; The overcapacity red herring raised by your story ( Narrow margins point to industry overcapacity,', The Grocer, July 1, Meat, p16), cannot be allowed to undermine the essential point of the Maclean MHS Charges report, which is that up to 50%...
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New role for Nicol and Hay at Aberness
Aberness foods former sales director Bruce Nicol has been appointed to the newly created role of acquisitions and recruitment director. Sales will be handled by Graeme Hay, who retains his brief to run the retail division. Retail controller...
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In the City: Sainsbury has been protesting it is about to re
Sainsbury's new chief executive Sir Peter Davis has been putting himself about in the City, ahead of the release of the company's first quarter sales figures at its agm on July 26, trying to convince analysts that he's the man to turn around the...
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Real liqueur first for aerosol cream with Anchor Tia Maria
New Zealand Milk is introducing alcohol into its chilled aerosol cream for the first time with the launch of Anchor Tia Maria Chocolate Cream. This is the fruit of a joint venture with Thomas Lowndes which is the licensing agent for the Tia Maria...
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Pigmeat: Export aid may penalise buyers
Deal with Eastern Europe is misleading Has Brussels come up with a clever new strategy for preserving the price differential between the EU pigmeat market and the world trade, likely to frustrate UK buyers who expect globalisation to make the...
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Bacon: Danish anger at organic blocks'
There is anger among Continental bacon and ham exporters that the standards set by British organic accreditation bodies are being used as a blocking strategy to prevent full market access. Some have criticised "holier than thou" attitudes. The Soil...
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Drinks: Seagram set for auction?
Seagram could take until the end of the year to complete the sale of its wine, spirits and off licence business. The Canadian group initially said it wanted to sell the business in one piece, so it was not left with a rump of unwanted products. ...
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The Grocer focus on video and audio
Analysis by Sheila Eggleston Buzz Lightyear's determined efforts to get Woody back, are nothing compared to the multiples' assault on the home entertainment market. Despite retail video sales worth £882m in 1999 being down 6% on the previous...
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Magazine scene: Mother and baby titles
Booming baby magazine sector: a lucrative choice for retailers Mother and baby titles can be a valuable source of revenue for retailers. With around 750,000 new mothers every year there's a continual demand. As a result the sector is well...
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Bloo's back with a Pink voice
Jeyes' Bloo in-cistern toilet cleaner returns to TV this week in its first national campaign for 20 years part of a £2m brand relaunch that includes repackaging, reformulation and two new blocks on the block. The new boys are the Crystal Clear...
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Tasting panel: Beaujolais Villages Terres de Granit
THE EXPERT Arabella Woodrow Master of Wine and wine buyer for Forth Wine A surprisingly deep maroon colour for a Beaujolais. The wine has a lovely raspberry and black cherry nose and is substantial and satisfying. It has plenty of cherry fruit...
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manufacturing beef
Producers and processors frustrated by loss of cheap high quality beef from trade Phasing out of OTMS set for delay by feed débâcle Scarcity of cheap cow beef for meat product manufacturing has long caused resentment in some corners of the...
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HOUSEHOLD DEMAND FOR BEEF
June heatwave boosted steak trade, but total beef sales were flat Retail data show market narrow and volatile Britain's adoption of barbecue culture has produced the predictable surge in steak sales, weather permitting, but latest household...
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The Grocer guide to OTC: Reckitt Benckiser Healthcare
Reckitt Benckiser Healthcare UK Damson Lane Hull HU8 7DS Tel: 01482 326151 Fax: 01482 326151 KEY PERSONNEL Lemsip brand manager Sally Ditcher Sales director, healthcare Steve Troote Regional director healthcare, Europe Peter Fry ...
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Wiseman board greets Dare
East Kilbride-based liquid milk specialist Robert Wiseman has appointed Andrew Dare as a non-executive director, with effect from October 1. Former St Ivel md, Dare is best remembered as chief executive of the producers' co-operative Milk Marque...
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Branding: Common interests
It's high time retailer web sites really brought to the fore the marketing firepower of the big brands says Gabrielle Baron Why should brand owners care about retailer e-commerce strategy it is the retailer's web site, used to build the...
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New product development: At risk of burn out
An overactive new product development system can be a serious commercial performance issue warn Jonathan Smith and Julie Craig of Axis Management Consulting Everything you read or hear about business tells you that new product development is a good...
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Retail spotlight: Business in paradise
Grand Cayman is off the beaten track, so running a great supermarket there poses unique sourcing problems. US journalist Lisa Sandberg paid a visit Grand Cayman, a tiny island just 150 miles south of Cuba in the British West Indies, is the last...
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BWG: Kealy moving to Haslett
Exclusive John Wood Appleby Westward's highly rated managing director Peter Kealy is leaving the Spar wholesaler to head Northern Ireland's Mace wholesaler J&J Haslett. It is an in-house move for Kealy, as both companies are owned by the Dublin...