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IRI is making Tesco sales data available over the Internet with the launch of its InfoScan SalesWeb service. More than £1.5m in savings have been passed on to shoppers by the 200 Nisa retailers involved in the group's first Multibuy Bonanza...
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US retail giant K Mart is said to be seeking a merger with a supermarket partner. The chain has already sought a three-way deal with Albertsons and American Stores. Tesco has refused to comment on trade rumours it will be running a half-price...
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Organic healthfood supplier Meridian Foods, based in Denbighshire, has bought Organic Valley, a pioneer in the supply of organic canned foods, for an undisclosed sum. John Lewis Partnership has paid its staff an average of £2,000 each as part of...
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The British Retail Consortium hopes to start interviewing for a new director general at the end of this month having completed the first stage of its selection process. The Court of Appeal has agreed to the government's ban on tobacco advertising...
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Congratulations to the winners of our Canon Fax Machine competition who were: Jan Wilson from Doncaster, Lynn Collins from Derby and Sean Doyle from Nottingham. M&S is not commenting on reports of a boardroom row over who should succeed Sir Richard...
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Milk pool gets ready for a heavyweight buyer
Peter Crosskey Dairy Crest's acquisition of most of Unigate's dairy business will make it the largest player in the industry, buying nearly a quarter of milk produced in England and Wales. The size of the new grouping leaves the words monopoly'...
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Castaway a little longer
A limited offer bigger bottle has been introduced for the wine cooler Castaway. The switch is from 200ml to 275ml and the new bottle will be available in the off-trade for a limited period from March (rsp 99p). The offer will be backed by point of...
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vote catchers from mars
Mars sets out the ballot boxes this week for a campaign to find the most popular sweet in its Celebrations range. Press advertising worth £300,000 kicks off the campaign, which runs until May. Consumers can vote in store, by post, phone or online...
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Multiples unmoved by CC letter
Clive Beddall & Tony Brown The Competition Commission looks set to put its controversial supermarket profitability inquiry on track for an early conclusion after it published a list of "hypothetical remedies" for problems which have not yet been...
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Suck it and see surprise from Chupa Chups
Chupa Chups is targeting small hands as well as small mouths with the April launch of a Surprise lollipop which contains a toy. The futuristic models with lights and moving parts come in a capsule which fits over the lollipop. Both are then...
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in the white circles
Are you one of that elite band of Marmite patters, those folk who pat their favourite spread with a knife until it turns white? If so, you are in the company of jazzman Johnny Dankworth and society photographer Lord Snowdon. The latter even got...
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jaffa citrus
Israel in race to catch up last year's orange exports Shamoutis get off to slow start A combination of wet weather and dock strikes has meant that shipments of Jaffa Shamouti oranges have fallen well behind export estimates, compounding delays...
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CORKS POP IN GALLO PROMOTIONS
Ernest & Julio Gallo Winery UK has promoted four members of its sales team to head up the company's four new business units. The team includes three former national account managers. Lloyd Stephens becomes unit manager for the grocery sector...
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Danish direct line to UK trade
Jutland pigmeat group Tican's new sales office in Chippenham, Wiltshire, will secure the firm's supply lines into the UK under former DBC commercial director Bob Hitchin. EU conditions attached to its approval of the Danish Crown/Vestjyske merger...
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Deal excites new interest in Malton
Clive Beddall Speculation that the Danes were preparing to make Unigate "an offer it can't refuse" for its Malton Bacon Co subsidiary was sweeping the European pigmeat sector as The Grocer went to press. Suggestions that the "jewel in the crown of...
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Myrtle makes her MD debut
MD Foods' Harmonie Organic dairy products brand makes its TV debut on February 28 as part of a £2m support campaign and claims to be the first organic brand to advertise on UK TV. Myrtle the cow and Rosie are the animated brand spokeswomen in...
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NEC HOSTS WORLD EXPO
Exhibitors worldwide will be taking part in next month's Food & Drink Expo 2000. Companies from Sweden, Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, France, Egypt, Zimbabwe, Tunisia, Italy and Malaysia will be among the 700 food producers laying out the...
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Hendersons hunts for smaller format stores
Nicola Gordon-Seymour Hendersons, Spar UK's wholesaler in Northern Ireland, is looking for smaller format stores in the Province. Ken McWhinney, Hender-sons deputy md, said a CTN format would be the most likely option or a variation on Spar's...