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Bennachie aims to be Formidable
Bennachie Scotch whisky is planning to take the major players in the market head on to carve out its own niche. The company, under the new ownership of three private investors, now features three malts and two blends. The company has no distillery...
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The Grocer Focus on fruit juices and juice drinks: analysis
Growth in fruit juices and fruit drinks has been polarised at each end of the market. Sunny Delight has been injecting heady growth into juice drinks while, at the other end of the price spectrum, chilled not-from-concentrate fruit juice is...
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Juice drinks: Market keeps up its drive for new appeal
Juice drinks, defined as products with anything less than 100% fruit juice, grew 30% in the latest year [Taylor Nelson Sofres Superpanel], providing most of the growth in the combined fruit juices and fruit drinks sector. Most of that growth was...
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Asda busy sowing seeds
Asda is ploughing £3m into organic farming by launching its own three-year conversion support scheme. The investment comes as part of a package of measures designed to help farmers cope with the industry's crisis. Allan Leighton told some 250...
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That Rollback effect at Asda brings in cheapest hot cross bu
With a repeat of last week's shop, Asda has proved that last week's Rollback result was a permanent feature not a one-off glitch. However, this week's £37.96 at Asda West Bridgford slipped against last week's £37.71. Some of the difference can be...
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news special: Tesco results: Asian giants probed for opportu
Japan and China are being targeted by Tesco as it accelerated its overseas expansion. Deputy chairman David Reid said: "We believe there are opportunities to open hypermarkets in these countries that's the attraction. We have people out there and...
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Booker's prize for excellence awards
Public wants to see a vibrant independent sector, and this year's winners prove it is not doomed says Stuart Rose Quencher dazzles judges with hi-tech service A convenience store that has successfully combined traditional retailing skills with...
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Every day low pricing: Just when does 'cheap' become nasty,
Asda's Every Day Low Pricing is rewriting the promotional rule book for marketers trying to sell their brands, and is changing the competitive face of grocery retailing. But will it last? And is there a danger in being too dogmatic when it comes to...
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Sales: BE THE BEST
It is time for sales divisions to get serious about best practice training if they are to succeed in the cut-throat era of brand globalisation, warns Gary Carp Sales organisations have been resistant to change for too long, hiding behind the...
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Cash and carry: Bestway plans to rival symbol groups
Bestway is about to launch an audacious attack on the symbol group sector by launching its own voluntary operation dubbed Best-One And The Grocer understands the cash and carry group has set a target of having as many as 200 retailers signed up...
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Property moves Sainsbury takes the big one
Sainsbury has taken a pre-let on what is believed to be the UK's largest single warehouse unit. It has taken 695,000 sq ft at Kier Ventures' Waltham Point in Waltham Abbey for a regional distribution centre. Sainsbury is to occupy 88% of the 50...
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Cheese: Rowcliffe blasts low price mania
Tim Rowcliffe, incoming chairman of the Specialist Cheesemakers' Association, has launched a broadside at supermarkets for concentrating on price at the expense of quality. "For too long the British have been subjected to bland, mass produced cheap...
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Staff development: Networking builds blocks for success
The tightly built, traditional structure of organisations has given way to more fluid organisations, according to networking consultants. Dena Mitchelli, consultant for Potential International, told delegates at the IPD conference in Olympia that...
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Citrus: Brazilian oranges lighter
With harvesting due to start in May, the Brazilian orange crop has been forecast to be 10-15% less this season accounting for some 369 million carton equivalents. While a high proportion goes for processing, some fresh fruit is traded...
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The Grocer guide to brokerage:
What's sauce for the goose Stevens & Brotherton S&B House 2 Vinson Close Knoll Rise Orpington Kent BR6 0XG Tel: 01689 877799 Fax: 01689 890790 E-mail: sales@s-and-b.co.uk Key Personnel Managing director ...
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The Grocer guide to brokerage:
Land of milk and money IDC Ltd (Independent Dairy Consortium Ltd) Unit 14, Bridgegate Business Centre Gatehouse Way, Aylesbury Bucks HP19 8XW Tel: 01296 488997 Fax: 01296 488268 E-mail: info@idcltd.com Website: www.idcltd.com Key...
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The Grocer guide to brokerage:
When Super Broker' comes knocking on the door The world is getting smaller, but opportunities for brokerage will continue to grow just so long as you can keep one step ahead of the rest Globalisation and the power of the internet are making...
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The Grocer guide to brokerage:
Wedded to the brand ideal General Food Trading Retail Division 3 Viveash Close Hayes Middlesex UB3 4RY Tel: 020 88487555 Fax: 020 88487557 E-mail: gftretail@aol.com KEY PERSONNEL General manager Steve Pezzack Sales director ...
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The Grocer guide to brokerage:
Understanding the rationale SHS Sales & Marketing (GB) Farmlea House, 2 & 3 Oriel Villas Oriel Road, Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1XN Tel: 01242 570288 Fax: 01242 221119 E-mail: sales@shs-sales-mkting.co.uk KEY personnel Group...
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The Grocer guide to brokerage:
Leaving nothing to chance Petty, Wood PO Box 66 Livingstone Road Andover Hampshire SP10 5LA Tel: 01264 335500 Fax: 01264 332025 E-mail: info@pettywood.co.uk Website: www.pettywood.co.uk KEY PERSONNEL Chief executive Tony Noble ...