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Liquid gold
Multiples could be left behind if they don't take a good look at their strategy for selling wine, argues David Bonney Take home wine replaced beer as Britain's favourite tipple this year, not because it is cheap, but because we like it. Yet the...
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Green out of picture as M&S works to recover
Financier Philip Green has announced he has no intention of bidding for Marks & Spencer. The announcement ends weeks of speculation he was stalking the company with the intention of launching a takeover. Green said he did reserve the right to make...
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Organic sales soar as shoppers take healthy option
A report by Health Which? has revealed just how much organic sales have boomed in the past few years as an increasingly health conscious public woke up to perceived health benefits. The Consumers' Association survey of 2,000 people found 29% are...
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Kids in shape
Heinz is capitalising on the popularity of BBC TV's kids programme Tweenies with the launch of Heinz Tweenies Pasta Shapes. Each can (205g and 400g) will contain seven shapes corresponding with the characters in the successor to the Teletubbies....
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Questioning UK salmonella level
Sir; In his letter (The Grocer, February 5, p18), Peter Bradnock said we were incorrect in our assertion a third of British chickens have salmonella. This figure is, in fact, an estimate but our source was a report from the publication Sustain. We...
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Local: reassuring talk?
Mark Rollmann walked into the lion's den at Gleneagles and emerged, practically unscathed, out the other side. Rollmann, as general manager for Sainsbury's Local, represents the new kid on the block as the multiple stores muscle in. He looks after...
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MUFFINS BY MAIL
The Fabulous Bakin' Boys is launching a muffin delivery service from its web site www.muffinthemail.co.uk Consumers can send their order over the web site, pay by credit card, and have a box of muffins delivered the next day (if they order before...
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Tesco sells off Stewarts offies
Tesco is offloading 18 of the Stewarts off licence chain it owns in Northern Ireland. It plans to integrate 30 others with supermarkets but six will be kept for development. Philip Russell, which operates 40 off licences in the province, is a...
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PurFiltre rolled out
MD Foods is rolling out its Cravendale PurFiltre milk to five more regions on February 14, backed by a £5m spend. PurFiltre will be available in Central, Granada, Yorkshire, Tyne Tees and Border TV regions following last year's trial in the...
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The serveover view
l A typical Budgens store carries between 20 and 30 cheeses, says senior buyer Philip Punter, although the multiple buys a range of 260 varieties because "we like to include local cheeses in our stores". The total range comprises 90 sold through...
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WHOLESALE UNREST
The row over lager prices at Christmas was the straw that broke the camel's back. Will wholesalers and suppliers ever see eye to eye on independents? Julian Hunt reports The same crazy deal seemed to be in supermarkets everywhere: a case of market...
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IPC magazines get stuck into covermount activity
IPC Magazines has announced a raft of promotional activity for some of its women's, teen and parenting titles. Glossy monthly Woman's Journal has teamed up with publisher Penguin for a special free gift for readers. Covermounted to its March...
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Can things get any worse for Alldays? Just how will David Cl
Investors are expecting Alldays to report a thumping loss when the c-store chain publishes its delayed annual results later this month. The company had an annus horriblis last year with the ongoing row with its regional development companies...
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Handy Andies take on the Velvet touch
SCA Hygiene Products is spreading the Velvet umbrella branding over its whole portfolio of branded tissue products and is padding out its Velvet marketing spend to £16m. Handy Andies pocket tissues and Wipe & Clean household towels are relaunching...
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ASDA: clout compatibility
Asda chief executive Allan Leighton was "not surprised" by the positive comments from the Competition Commission. "The effect we have had on inflation is greater than anything the Chancellor has done," he told The Grocer. "I have always been fairly...
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Asda on top in battle for loyalty but price wars have done h
Asda is the star performer of the latest Verdict report on the shopping habits of UK consumers. The report says Asda has overtaken Sainsbury to take number two spot in the hearts of the UK shopper gaining number one spot in the loyalty stakes. It...
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A brimful of Asher
Jane Asher aims to breathe new life into the graveyard of the home baking aisles with the launch of a new range of "baking solutions". The Jane Asher Home Baking Collection which hit the shelves at the end of January aims to drive more traffic...
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Fox's creates some associations
Fox's is launching ...Put the Kettle on this week in a bid to boost the flagging everyday biscuit category. The company aims to encourage consumers to do as the name suggests. "We drink 40 million hot beverages in the home every year and 61% of...
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Tesco: a fully automated future
One computer holds the key to the chain's fast track distribution in 2001 meet Tess of the multiples Tesco is trialling a high speed automated cross docking materials handling system at its composite distribution centre in Southampton. Tesco...
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Crinklins back on TV
McVitie's Go Ahead! Crinklins returned to TV this week in a four week £1.2m campaign, part of the £4m put behind the Go Ahead! range this year. The campaign, which builds on Go Ahead!'s snack police' theme, includes 5,000 posters and 50 specially...