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Somerfield scheme gets our vote...
Sir; I read with interest the story on Somerfield's plans to supply village stores and the trial at our store in Ickford, Buckinghamshire (The Grocer, March 18). What was clearly missing, however, was a view from the village. Village stores and...
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Global welcome for Wm Reed
William Reed's purchase of Food and Drink Expo and the Convenience Retailing show was the big talking point as the fairs opened to record first day attendances at the NEC on Sunday. Visitors and exhibitors alike described the deal as a positive...
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Ice is going nationwide
Nestlé is backing its latest brand launch, Nescafé Ice, with a £4.5m budget. It tested the vanilla and mocha styles extensively last year and announced the national launch of the brand at the show on Monday. Consumer manager Katy Hilditch said...
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M&S relaunches with image makeover
Marks & Spencer this week relaunched itself with an upbeat brand identity which the group hopes will help revive its fortunes. The new Marks & Spencer logo will represent the brand on packaging, labelling, promotional material and in stores. The...
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Rebranding takes lead'
Iceland is overhauling its corporate image with an £8m rebranding programme. The new corporate logo Iceland.co.uk has been designed to underline Iceland's "clicks and mortar" links. Chairman Malcolm Walker said: "Until now, no supermarket has...
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The many skills of leadership
In recent years the stripping out of layers of management has led to gaps in the hierarchy of many fmcg firms. This has widened the jump between management levels, meaning staff are finding it more difficult to move up from one level to the next....
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SUSHI AT SAFEWAY
Safeway has launched a range of co-branded sushi ready meals with supplier Sakura. The initiative takes place in 31 stores and includes six ready meals, with two vegetarian options, and a Sakura Introduction Set. Prices range from £1.49 to £4.99....
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TGI: strawberries
Dutch varieties get earlier Availability of Dutch heated glasshouse strawberries is getting earlier with the development of new varieties such as Lambada and Karola. A further type, Primera, being grown exclusively by a group of 12 Dutch...
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NZ Milk splashes out £10m on major revamp of Anchor
New Zealand Milk is investing £10m in a major relaunch of its market leading Anchor brand, featuring a new logo, packaging and communication strategy. Ros Davis, marketing director, New Zealand Milk (UK), said: "A £10m investment is rare in the...
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KEEPING QUIET ABOUT OVERCAPACITY
Dairy farmers' spokesmen rarely mention overcapacity in their comments to the media because it compromise their position on business failures. Tragic tales of producers being forced to stop milking make headlines. However the need to restrain...
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ACS aims to stop crime at source
Convenience stores are being urged to carry out a root and branch review of every aspect of their crime prevention measures. The Association of Convenience Stores is calling for stores to become far more proactive rather than reactive. Full...
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ADVERTISING
Do they know you're in business? The major multiples spend millions of pounds on advertising. Shoppers sitting in front of their TV screens will have the advantages' of the superstore rammed down their throats with monotonous regularity. You can't...
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John Smith's aims high with no nonsense spend
Scottish Courage is pumping £19m into John Smith's Bitter this year in the hope of making it one of the top three beer brands in the UK. The megaspend 60% up on last year's £12m budget includes pack changes for both Extra Smooth and JS Bitter,...
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Nine lives may be all used up for Heinz petfood arm
Heinz's petfood business may be sold off to make room for the company's increasing investment in prepared foods. The US company said its petfood business, which includes the 9-Lives brand, had been losing market share and sales were down due to...
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Classic answer to apple lager image
Cider is being sold as cheap lager made from apples according to Merrydown which is launching a new brand to the trade this month. As he unveiled Classic, a 4.7% abv cider made from culinary and dessert apples, sales and marketing director Kevin...
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bacon report
Quiet August holiday The latest bacon factory returns show a drop in August output of nearly 1,000t, year on year to 15,100t. The small drop in pigmeat imports for UK curing down 400t yoy to 3,500t more a marker of the continental holiday...
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bacon report
Dutch get back into action Shipments of Dutch Royal Crest back bacon to the UK have topped the 100,000 tonne mark again this year. The total to the end of week 49 was 100,500t, with an estimated tonnage for week 50 of some 2,195t. With this week...
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Bacon report
Malton closes Motcombe Malton Foods has closed its Motcombe site, which it bought from Case & Sons in June. The Unigate subsidiary is to concentrate activities at Wiveliscombe, near Taunton. Slaughtering and cutting will be transferred to...
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in the beginning...
Marmite: derived from the French for stewpot which is the image still on labels today. The Marmite Food Company began life in 1902, the same year as the coronation of Edward VII. Britvic: comes from the British Vitamins Products Company formed in...