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Nisa-Today's: new combined deliveries benefit stores
Growth in demand forced a major rethink in supply chain logistics Two into one doesn't always go, but for Nisa-Today's it's proving good maths. Last year Britain's biggest retail buying consortium brought its separately run frozen and chilled food...
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Divisions between food and medicine blurring fast
Functional foods, organic products and mood foods will be the biggest growth areas for new product development, according to Leatherhead Food RA. Speaking at last week's International New Products Forum, Leatherhead's director of information John...
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BEW: fast frozen success
Believed to be the biggest distribution centre of its kind in the UK, Hams Hall is cutting costs and offering flexibility to retailers large and small Birds Eye Wall's says its Hams Hall national distribution centre near Birmingham has brought a...
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Big brands ruled at millennium parties
Latest analysis of the multiples' pre millennium performance shows that most suppliers' guesses of a 20% uplift in sales was accurate. The data from AC Nielsen Scantrack shows the festive boost was not uniform. Secondary brands suffered at the...
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Bishop goes to Costcutter
Ian Bishop has joined Costcutter as project marketing manager after an acrimonious departure from Select and Save where he was retail marketing manager. Bishop left the symbol group following a difference of opinion with director Steve Jones, who...
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Mars moves to boost sales as freezer exclusivity outlawed
Mars is stepping into the newly declared ice cream free-for-all armed with new variants of its favourite brands and a £6m marketing budget. It is aiming to increase market share from 15% to 35% in the next three years following the government's...
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How british retailers are meeting online shopping orders
l Asda has two dedicated warehouses in Croydon and Watford serving one million customers in the London area, with two more scheduled to open in the second half of this year. It anticipates building a national network of 12-15 depots over the next...
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British poultry facts laid down
Sir; I read the article in The Grocer (p10, Jan 22) on the Danish poultry company that believes it is being snubbed by British supermarkets. The chicken market is increasingly competitive, but it does seem a little desperate to attack our industry...
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Britvic turns up the fizz with shouting
Britvic Soft Drinks has unleashed the latest quirky promotion for Tango backed by a £2m spend. The new bid to entice young people to choose Tango over all other soft drinks is structured round the message: Tangoism Shout Down Non Drinkers.' The...
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Londis builds up team as Scottish drive nears
Londis has started its recruitment drive in the far north and Scotland which will make it a "national player" for the first time. Three new business development managers for Scotland have already joined the company. Tony Gallagher comes from Spar...
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Coca-Cola is on call
Coca-Cola is linking up with One2One this month in the first joint promotion between a soft drink and a mobile telecoms brand. The Collect and Connect promotion offers Coke drinkers a prepay mobile phone in exchange for 60 on-pack tokens and/or...