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DUBLIN TAKES LIBYA SERIOUSLY
Every week brings another sign of tightening supply in the Irish beef industry, the latest indicator being a report of Libya proposing to resume imports. Similar stories have been heard before, and proved untrue, but the latest is being taken...
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Indefensible encouragement
It should be no surprise on either side of the Channel that Britain's beleaguered farmers are again turning up the heat under France's illegal ban on British beef imports. For, despite the political comings and goings, on July 1 we'll be treated to...
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Fab launches golden rum PPS
A new premium packaged spirit based on Jamaican golden rum is being introduced to the market this summer. Soca is the creation of the Fab Drinks Company and is being marketed in the off-trade by KTC Edibles. The drink is a blend of rum, tropical...
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Teacher's fans the fires in whisky's heartland
Advertising support is going back behind Teacher's blended whisky for the first time in four years. The year round campaign began this week in the national newspapers and the specialist hobby press. It is designed to be topical and catch the...
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Off-trade priority for revamped Fox
The final phase of restructuring at Percy Fox is under way, designed to make the UDV wine business a major player in the take home market. The division's expertise has been in the on-trade and independents, but with the success of its Blossom Hill...
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Kinnerton goes naughty but nice
Kinnerton is targeting the spirit of naughtiness with its 2000 Christmas range which features Botty Burps cloud shaped chocolates sporting words such as Parp!' and Flurb' and lip shaped Chocolate Snogs. Both come in cans decorated with a...
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Waitrose: a supplement to The Grocer
The art of selling wine Julian Brind doesn't want crude formulae or too many labels in the drinks department. He wants balance and variety across all price points, as he tells Tim Palmer Julian Brind's comment that "wine is an art form and should...
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Waitrose: a supplement to The Grocer
Private pleasures Its status as a private company may exclude it from equity funding, but there are benefits to Waitrose's independence. Financial advisor Brian Carroll talks to Gillian Law Working for a private company gives directors an ideal...
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Waitrose: a supplement to The Grocer
Bring on the continuity people Waitrose's meat business has achieved an enviable robustness in a volatile and much troubled sector. Mike Ingham expalins why Tradition may have gone out of fashion in multiple retail management as troubles beset a...
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Waitrose: a supplement to The Grocer
Partners turn star performers. Waitrose has pulled the supermarket career image out of the doldrums. Thanks to its specialist training programmes, jobs now involve not just real expertise but also theatre, personality and panache, as Mary Carmichael...
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Waitrose: a supplement to The Grocer
The buying game The knack when buying for Waitrose is to keep one step ahead of the opposition says Rachel Pearson, central buyer for foodservice Camilla Palmer reports With a background at Harrods and four years' charcuterie buying under her...
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Waitrose: a supplement to The Grocer
In there for the duration Waitrose suppliers must be first class and share its philosophy. But once taken up, they are there for the long term, as director of buying Steven Esom tells Karen Dempsey You won't hear words like "squeeze" or "margins"...
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Waitrose: a supplement to The Grocer
The multiple multiplies With expansion plans coming to fruition much faster than anticipated, Waitrose distribution director Geoff Salt is having to cope with an unexpected increase in volume, as Nicola Gordon-Seymour discovers With the...
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Waitrose: a supplement to The Grocer
Information age brainpower Poor IT can put the skids under your company. That's why Waitrose has installed its own advanced system, as Gillian Law discovers In a competitive industry such as food retailing, IT systems are "competitive edge stuff",...
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Waitrose: a supplement to The Grocer
Pushing out the frontiers Waitorse is boldly seeking out new markets in new areas. Director of development and services Nigel Burton outlines the mission to Gillian Law Take away all the food from your local Waitrose and pile it up in the street...
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Waitrose: a supplement to The Grocer
Our grass is greener With a 'great story' to tell, Waitrose was no longer prepared to be shouted down by its rivals. Mark Price took up the cudgels. He explains his approach to Belinda Gannaway Mark Price had a challenge put in front of him two...
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Waitrose: a supplement to The Grocer
The history 1864 John Lewis opens his first shop on London's Oxford Street 1904 Wallace Waite, Arthur Rose and David Taylor open their first small store in West London 1905 John Lewis buys Peter Jones in London's Sloane Square 1914...
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Waitrose: a supplement to The Grocer
Partners, pioneers crusaders. Waitrose shares with its suppliers a joint vision to grow ahead of the market. There's also a solid dose of trust, says Nicola Gordon-Seymour The idea of forging solid, long lasting relationships with suppliers is not...
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Waitrose: a supplement to The Grocer
A sense of history Waitrose today accounts for half of the business of the John Lewis Partnership. Chairman Sir Stuart Hampson tells Julian Hunt what makes the Partnership different from the rest of the retail crowd If Sir Stuart Hampson has a...
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Waitrose: a supplement to The Grocer
They've been fully converted Need someone to convert a batch of Somerfields into slick, fully fledged Waitrose operations - fast? Bill Bishop's your man. The head of selling servies spoke to Tim Palmer If you want to know how to go about opening...