All articles by Peter Cripps – Page 2
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AF Blakemore hires McCain’s Bromwich as its sales director
Tony Bromwich has been appointed sales director at the wholesale arm of AF Blakemore & Son. Bromwich is to join at the end of the month from frozen specialist McCain Foods (GB) where he was retail sales controller.
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Now fish fingers face shock doc treatment
The fish finger could soon be the latest victim of a shock doc investigation into the food and drink industry.
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Price of barley adds to woes of indie brewers
Independent breweries are warning they may have to put up prices by up to 15% as they are more exposed to soaring barley prices than the big breweries.Beer prices are expected to rise across the board next year as a result of a 50% rise...
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Brakes seeking CEO to drive its UK operations
Brakes is looking for a UK CEO to drive the UK business forward while new group CEO Philip Jansen oversees strategy and spearheads its aggressive expansion plans abroad.A spokeswoman for Brakes confirmed the foodservice giant was looking...
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Spar strikes gold with GB’s athletics heroics
While many independent retailers feel let down by England’s dismal showing at the World Cup, Spar retailers are toasting a sporting success story through the group’s sponsorship of the GB athletics team.
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Retail Prices: Deals fall across the board as World Cup becomes a memory
All the retailers have reduced their promotional activity over the past month, but guess who’s scaled back the most? Peter Cripps reports
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3663 splits logistics and wholesale arms in restructure move
3663 First For Foodservice’s logistics arm has been split from the wholesale business by South African parent company Bidvest, creating a new company.
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FWD leads duty stamp calls despite brewer opposition
The Federation of Wholesale Distributors has called for the introduction of duty stamps on beer to combat duty fraud, provoking fierce resistance from brewers.
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Payzone considers legal challenge over PayPoint exclusivity
Payzone is considering a legal challenge against the stranglehold that rival PayPoint has over the payment services market. The company is to fight PayPoint's exclusivity agreements, which ban retailers that use a PayPoint electronic...
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Rhythm & Booze to open best beer shop and its own brewery
Rhythm & Booze plans to open a shop that will sell every beer made in the UK and start brewing its own ales in a dramatic diversification move. The store, which will be named Britain's Best Beer Shop, will also have a trading website...
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A frozen food chain? Iceland growth is all in fresh and ambient
Iceland's double-digit growth is almost entirely in fresh and ambient, data from Kantar Worldpanel has revealed. In the 12 weeks to 14 June Iceland's sales grew by 11%, with 5.8% from fresh and chilled sales, 2.1% from ambient sales and...
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Sainsbury’s Hodgson heads for Shanghai to spot opportunities
Sainsbury's has promoted category manager Michael Hodgson to the newly created role of head of trading strategy international, based in Shanghai.
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Wholesalers face duty fraud raids by Customs
Customs officers are conducting surprise swoops on wholesaler depots as part of a new offensive in HMRC's war on alcohol duty fraud, The Grocer has learned.The latest crackdown was part of a 'revised alcohol strategy' recently given the...
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Struggling Waverley TBS hires Blood as chairman
Jeremy Blood has taken over as chairman of loss-making Waverley TBS after leading a buyout of the company.
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NewsThe four price options to curb binge drinking
The government has put forward four options to ban below-cost selling of alcohol and is planning to take the proposals to a public consultation within weeks, The Grocer has learned.
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Bestway aims to be biggest as well as Best in Scots assault
Bestway has launched a major push for its Best-One fascia in Scotland as it ramps up its efforts to become one of the biggest c-store brands in the UK.
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NewsMessino takes on McVitie's in battle of the Jaffa Cake
Not content with humiliating us at football, the Germans have now launched an assault on one of our national delicacies – the Jaffa Cake.
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Spar boss claims offies and CTNs are doomed
CTNs and off-licences are "doomed", Spar boss Jerry Marwood has claimed. In an explosive interview with The Grocer, Marwood said stores that were too specialised would struggle to survive as convenience shopping moved into larger stores...
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NewsOsborne’s medicine: bitter pills mixed with sweeteners
The Emergency Budget wasn’t as bad for the grocery industry as some had feared, but it has some worrying implications, reports Peter Cripps
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NewsIf anyone can, Jerry can
No-one has more c-stores than Spar, but rivals are rapidly closing the gap – not that MD Jerry Marwood minds. If anyone can keep Spar on top, says Peter Cripps, Marwood is the man