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Recruitment: Good careers are out there, if you look in the
The booming economy means it is proving harder than ever to find good people to fill senior jobs in fmcg companies. And it's an issue affecting every part of our industry. Take field marketing, growing at the rate of 25% a year, as more companies...
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Cider chairman steps down
Esmond Bulmer is retiring as chairman of Bulmers, founded by his great grandfather Percy in 1887. Esmond said: "It has been an enormous privilege to see a small family business grow into a public company." Non-executive director Will Samuel, joint...
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Newstrade: PPA challenges Tesco/WH Smith
The Periodical Publishers Association is preparing a legal challenge to Tesco's exclusive distribution deal with WH Smith News, and is collecting funds from members to back the challenge. PPA chief executive Ian Locks said: "If the magazine...
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Crime: National civil recovery programme firing up
Retailers joined forces this week to back a national civil recovery programme to get tough on retail crime. Under the scheme run by Retail Loss Prevention, thieves will be issued with a notice of civil recovery from the store manager and expected...
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Soft drinks: Lifestyle drinks get major clout
Britvic Soft Drinks's acquisition of Orchid Drinks could lead to a spate of new launches in the adult lifestyle and organic drinks sectors. The company is likely to leverage Orchid's expertise in herbal drinks such as Amé, Aqua Libra, Purdey's...
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Danepak goes organic
Danepak is making its debut in organics with a new three strong prepacked bacon range due on shelf in the autumn. The range comprises smoked and unsmoked back bacon (both 220g; rsp £3.29) and unsmoked streaky (170g; rsp £2.29). Danepak marketing...
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Specialist suppliers: Gareth Davies has left Trustin Unimerc
Gareth Davies, the high profile md of John Lusty Group's Trustin Unimerchants business, has surprised the industry by announcing his resignation. Davies' departure was announced in financial results showing John Lusty's operating profit had been...
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A day at the Races
The Trolley Race is finally here! With wheels blazing and chrome flashing the competitors are set for battle It will soon be chocks away for The Grocers' Great Trolley Race! Thirty-three teams will be lining up on the runway at the Imperial War...
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Dutch horticulture: Salad growers feeling the heat
UK performing better than other import markets Dutch horticulture will continue to remain under pressure according to BJ Constandse, chairman of The Greenery International, who in the annual reports is not prepared to forecast the effects on the...
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Prepared salads: English learn French secrets
Florette looking forward to continued 15% growth English growers are learning the secrets of producing a new range of speciality salads such as escarole, frisee and lambs lettuce for Soleco, France's largest specialist producer which has opened its...
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Get your Gramia entry in
There's still time to enter the Grocery Advertising and Marketing Industry Awards organised by The Grocer. The premier awards for the fmcg industry, the GRAMIAs aim to reward both clients and agencies for their creative achievements. The winners...
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Real estate: Hot property
Imaginative property development strategies are increasingly important to the multiples as they seek to squeeze more revenue from their considerable real estate assets says Sarah Cunningham The supermarket groups have got millions tied up in bricks...
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Manhattan Summer Fancy Food Show
You guys should watch your asses' US warns Clive Beddall, New York "European grocers should be fearful Wal-Mart's only just begun." That was the blunt warning to British traders during Manhattan's Summer Fancy Food Show here this week. Business...
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Glad to leave Symbol
Sir; As an ex-symbol group territory representative, I have read with interest the spate of recent letters that have flooded The Grocer concerning the sector's "shortfalls". I personally felt most uneasy at some of the tactics that I was asked to...
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Heinz: No plans to launch green ketchup in UK
UK supermarket buyers attending the Summer Fancy Food Show in New York were astonished that Heinz has no plans to launch its green ketchup in the UK. The new version called Blastin' Green EZ Squirt ketchup is due to launch in the US in...
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The Grocer guide to OTC: Roche Products
Roche Products Ltd 40 Broadwater Road Welwyn Garden City Hertfordshire AL7 3AY Tel: 01707 366 993 Fax: 01707 395 292 Key PERSONNEL Trade category manager OTC medicines Matt Dealtry Brand manager Rennie Core and ...
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The Grocer guide to OTC: Warner-Lambert
Warner-Lambert Consumer Healthcare Lambert Court Chestnut Avenue Eastleigh Southampton Hampshire SO53 3ZQ Tel: 023 8062 0500 Fax: 023 8062 9816 KEY BRANDS · Anusol Cream · Anusol Ointment · Anusol Suppositories 12s ...
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The Grocer guide to OTC: Whitehall Laboratories
Whitehall Laboratories Huntercombe Lane South Taplow Maidenhead Berkshire SL6 7PQ Tel: 01628 669011 Fax: 01628 669846 Helpline: 0800 296034 KEY PERSONNEL Managing director D Beauchamp Commercial director R Honeybourne Sales...
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The Grocer guide to OTC
OTC sales are a shot in the arm for retailers seeking a rapid relief Is OTC the panacea we all seek, or will the sector reel under attack from a multiple disease called EDLP? Successive governments have been trying to ease the strain on the NHS by...
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Somerfield: Plan for own label in rethink of KS range
Exclusive Julian Hunt An own label range is under development at Kwik Save as part of Somerfield's attempts to revitalise the struggling discount chain. Research is under way to see whether the range should have a No Frills' badging or carry...