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Convenience Stores: Day & Nite heads for 100th outlet
Northern c-store chain Day & Nite will open its 100th outlet this summer. Chairman Frank Heald said the company planned to open six stores before June in Bolton, Blackpool, Bradford, Leeds, Teesside and Shipley. And he confirmed that two recent...
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Guinness inflated for Euro 2000
Guinness is continuing its success with event based promotions with a £1m campaign based on the Euro 2000 soccer tournament. Last autumn its sponsorship of the Rugby World Cup brought it its highest ever share of the total beer market it climbed...
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IGD Grocery Retailing 2000: Multiples set to go down high ri
The multiples will take bigger risks to boost sales over the next five years as market growth continues to slow down, according to an influential study. IGD's Grocery Retailing 2000 report predicts Tesco, Asda, Sainsbury and Safeway will account...
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Training: Abiding by the law
Heavy penalties could result if managers do not get well versed in the changes to employment legislation Last year saw a steady flood of fresh employment legislation. Some but not all was generated by EU directives, but it affects all UK...
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Better accessories' for Safeway
Exclusive Julian Hunt Safeway is to dramatically increase the range of services offered in its superstores. The company's chief executive, Carlos Criado-Perez, said: "In our superstores we will be looking at accessory businesses' that are very...
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Staff development: Experience of all levels of the chain
Management Development Services was set up by a group of farmers with the aim of increasing management skills for young people in the food industry. After completing a two year graduate traineeship run by MDS, Jenny Wood got a job at Asda, the...
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Another daft idea, John
It's not often, these days, that this column finds itself agreeing with Her Majesty's Opposition. But it's hard to disagree with Tory transport spokesman Bernard Jenkins when he says the government is showing desperation by suggesting cut price...
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English apples: Are days numbered for Kent Cox production?
Growers struggling against world overproduction and strong pound Future Cox apple production in Kent which provides 60% of the national crop is in grave danger, according to David Butterworth, the National Farmers' Union south east fruit advisor....
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IT Systems: Asda Wal-Mart intranet installation due by Octob
Asda expects to complete the installation of Wal-Mart's Retail Link intranet information system in its UK stores by October this year well ahead of schedule. New systems have gone live in a number of stores across the country in the past few...
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Food from Britain: Exports down but cheer as sales to Asia r
Exclusive Clive Beddall Sterling's strength against the euro has hit UK food and drink exports for the second successive year. But although the value of overseas sales fell 5% to £8.8bn during the past 12 months, Food from Britain says the...
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E-commerce: Booker launching product auction site
exclusive Belinda Gannaway Booker customers will be able to take part in online auctions for shortlife and special product offers from next month. The Exchange is part of Booker's e-commerce strategy that will see the cash and carry group move...
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BSE: Call for French beef ban slated
Conservative Party demands for a ban on imports of French beef and beef products following a surge in the number of BSE cases in France have been rejected by MAFF, the FDF and the NFU. Agriculture minister Nick Brown was urged by his shadow, Tim...
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Boost for Barley Water
Britvic Soft Drinks plans to target adult squash drinkers with the relaunch and new health-oriented positioning of Robinsons Barley Water. It is adding a new flavour Robinsons Orange and Cranberry Barley Water from July to join existing orange...
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Discounting: Lidl opens in Belfast
German discounter Lidl is pressing ahead with its expansion in Northern Ireland. A new store has opened on Shore Road in Belfast and the chain has applied for planning permission to build a £1m outlet in Ballysillan, north Belfast, and another in...
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A Biblical botanist writes
Sir; I am writing a text based on the plants mentioned in the Bible. I seem to remember that carob or locust bean pods were available in sweet shops when I was a child in the 1940s. Can any (probably retired) readers supply me with any information...
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WKD side line includes body piercing
A new risqué ad campaign is the core of a £5.2m marketing campaign behind the alcoholic iron brew WKD. Beverage Brands has developed advertising with the line Have you got a WKD side'. Treatments include a nun with body piercing, an illustration...
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Spain: Spanish cherry imports boost
Redbridge and Valle del Jerte co-op forge new link A new marketing agreement which is expected to boost imports of stalkless Spanish Picota cherries has been signed between Agrupacion de Co-operatives, Valle del Jerte, one of the region's largest...
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An exotic cover story for Bounty
Mars peeled back the wrapping on its support for Bounty this week, as the first round of a £4.5m TV ad campaign kicked off. The ad, which will run throughout the year, features a young, female Bounty eater whose imagination runs wild at the sight...
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Buying groups: Nisa rolls out frozen CM initiative
Nisa is rolling out its in-store frozen food merchandising initiative to a further 25 stores on the strength of a trial across four stores which showed that sales and margins grew 20%. Nisafreeze senior controller David Stokes said the exercise...
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MLC cattle market outlook Imports set to decline this year
Forecast may prove useful in defusing protests Imports of beef are likely to decline slightly this year, after a sharp increase in 1999, according to the latest edition of the MLC's quarterly Cattle Market Outlook. This published forecast may...