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Market watch: Retail meat prices week ending May 6 2000
Average price p/kg Change on week Price range BEEF Topside 612 -36 436 - 716 Rump 892 -44 724 - ...
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In Brief: 5th May 2000
Babyfood manufacturers have slammed a Which? report claiming that sugar levels in leading babyfoods are too high. Symbol group Select & Save is planning a major relaunch in August. Bestway has opened a new cash and carry in Bolton its 21st...
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Pigmeat: OECD Agricultural Outlook
Prices predicted to remain soft Pork buyers worried by the rising market might find consolation in the latest Agricultural Outlook published by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development in Paris. The OECD staff, who have a good...
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News analysis: Bestway launches voluntary group
Growth guaranteed Bestway is quite right to target the symbol group sector as an area for future growth, judging by the latest figures from IGD. It values the sector at £4bn, and says sales have increased 4% since 1998. The number of stores...
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The Grocer Focus on soft drinks. Analysis by Sheila Egglesto
1999 was the best year for UK soft drinks since the heatwave of 1995, according to the 2000 Sucralose Soft Drinks Report from Tate & Lyle Speciality Sweeteners, researched by soft drinks consultancy Zenith International. After the past two years...
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United States: AOL takes Coke products online
Coca-Cola and internet service provider AOL are using the power of both brands to boost their marketing campaigns this year. The deal means AOL can use Coca-Cola distribution channels to get to consumers, while Coke's products will be marketed...
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The art of survival
Given the regiments of fresh faced dot commies pouring through the staff entrances of the multiples these days you would be forgiven for thinking that internet shopping is the only wheeze on the big retailers' development agendas. But while the...
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Obituary: Arthur Skelhorn
Arthur Skelhorn, MBE, for many years a central figure in the independent sector, and a regular contributor to The Grocer on bacon matters, has died in a Manchester nursing home aged 91. Past president on several occasions of the Northern Council of...
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Bacon: Room for developments
There is a lot of speculation about likely developments at Malton Bacon Factory, which has a planning application for a 4,000 sq m extension. After 12 years as md, Max Hilliard has been promoted to chief executive (see story on page 80), while Neil...
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The Grocer Focus on Northern Ireland: Bakery suppliers
Tayto gets into rough trade Tayto, Northern Ireland's number one crisp and snack brand, is targeting the booming crinkle cut market with its most important product launch in years. The company believes Rough Cuts will take a 10% share of the NI...
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The Grocer Focus on Northern Ireland: Bakery suppliers
Punjana: blue is the colour The tea market has never been particularly innovative in terms of new product development. The most exciting thing to have happened is changes in the size and shape of the bags. But shape doesn't matter, according to...
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Strongbow keeps top banana
Big Breakfast Show presenter Johnny Vaughan is joined by a group of gorillas in the latest advertisement campaign for Strongbow cider. Bulmers is spending £9m on TV ads which will run from now until October. This is the third year of the Johnny...
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Caxton breaks the barrier
Caxton Wines is adding a premium red varietal to the top end of its Jacob's Creek range. The new Cabernet Sauvignon will be the highest priced non sparkler in the range at £5.99. Marketing manager Charles Marshall said the brand's volumes went up...
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Clicks not bricks: THE BIG mouth
It's the internet sales tool par excellence simple word of mouth. Matthew Tod explains the power of viral marketing A new marketing tool has been born on the internet viral marketing. Sounds offputting but viral marketing is simply a new name...
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Bradford HQ for Morrisons
Morrisons is spending millions on a new head office to be built near its Bradford roots. The company currently spreads its head office staff amongst two sites in the city and at its Wakefield distribution centre. Morrisons would not reveal how...
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Clicks not bricks: Tills ringing
The WAP phone holds out a future where we can buy anywhere at any time, says Paul Clarke Retailers must make WAP phones an essential part of the promotional mix to get customers into the shop. For the WAP (Wireless Application Protocol) or web...
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Clicks not bricks: Should I stay or should I go?
Will e-tail arms cling to the parent for protection and wisdom or go it alone in order to flourish in an atmosphere of dynamic reinvention asks Belinda Gannaway The economists might not have liked it. Why expensively cannibalise your market on a...
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British Farm Standard Mark: Stores pledge: it's for Brits o
Exclusive Clive Beddall The major multiples have given a commitment to Tony Blair and the NFU that they will only use the new British Farm Standard mark on home produced goods, despite rumours that foreign suppliers will seek to gain...
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Convenience market: C-stores set to triumph
The UK convenience market continues to perform well and was worth £19.2bn or 20% of all grocery sales last year. But, says a new report from IGD, while the sector is booming, it remains highly fragmented and has "considerable potential for...
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Spar en route to Coventry
The Spar store 2,200 sq ft sales area, takings average £14,000 a week in Hay Mills is located in a densely populated area on the A45 Coventry Road, one of the busiest routes into Birmingham City Centre. One bedroom living accommodation is...