All The Grocer articles in 1 August 2009
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News
Aimia adds to Outspan with ‘educational’ Juice Splash
Aimia Foods has launched a new juice drink it claims will help provide education for South African children.
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PepsiCo takes control of bottlers
PepsiCo has completed the purchase of its two largest bottlers, Pepsi Bottling Group and PepsiAmericas, in a $7.8bn deal.
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Morrisons guilty over misleading ad
Morrisons has become the latest major supermarket to be rapped by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) after a “misleading” advert suggested it was cheaper than its rivals.
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Cricket fever helps drive thirst for Marston’s Pedigree
Marston’s Beer Company has posted a strong performance in both the on and off-trade for the 43 weeks to August 31, as sales of premium ale rose 31% and ale volumes climbed by 13%.
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Cadbury celebrates Wispa Gold return with world’s costliest chocolate bar
Cadbury has launched the world’s most expensive chocolate bar to celebrate the relaunch of its limited edition Wispa Gold.
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Dawson News enters administration after contract losses
Troubled newstrade wholesaler Dawson News has fallen into administration in the wake of a string of contract losses.
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Tesco hits landfill target a year early
Tesco has reached its target of diverting 100% of waste produced by its UK business away from landfill almost a year a head of its original target.
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World News
l THE NETHERLANDS: Ahold has reported second-quarter sales lower than expected as growth at Albert Heijn stores slowed and Giant-Carlisle sales were dented by price cuts. Sales climbed to 6.4bn (£5.5bn) from 5.7bn (£4.9bn) in the same quarter last...
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’X’ marks the stock as Premier revamps Oxo
After 100 years of kitchen duty, the iconic Oxo cube could face 'X-tinction' following Premier Foods' revamp of its cooking stock brand, The Grocer can exclusively reveal. Premier is relaunching Oxo with updated packaging, new products, £2m...
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’X’ marks the stock as Premier revamps Oxo
After 100 years of kitchen duty, the iconic Oxo cube could face 'X-tinction' following Premier Foods' revamp of its cooking stock brand, The Grocer can exclusively reveal.
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Comment & Opinion
third party Original labels: protection or protectionism?
Last month the European Commission published a controversial communication on the future of the EU's food and drink marketing and quality schemes, which is likely to lead to mandatory country of origin labelling (COOL) for products, and to extend...
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Comment & Opinion
Third Party: Original labels - protection or protectionism?
Mandatory country of origin labelling will be seen as an anti-competitive regulatory measure, says Sarah Salmond
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Winner: ian thorpe, store manager, morrisons, whitefield, manchester
Our shopper was impressed with your store. What pulls the customers in? Our Market Street offer brings the shoppers in and really drives footfall in the store. It is doing well across the board and we are always introducing new lines. I think...
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Good by name... and by nature
It's been a tough 12 months for the organic fresh produce sector. Sales of organic fruit, veg and salads are down 16.1% by value and 18.2% by volume [TNS 52w/e 17 May 09]. But organic's loss has been Angus Soft Fruits' gain. Its...
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Good by name... and by nature
Angus Soft Fruits has won over shoppers with its range of pesticide-free fruit. Now it hopes to do the same with its new Good Natured Salads. Richard Ford reports
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Mills Group forecasts it will be number one
Convenience store chain Mills Group has laid out an ambitious plan to double its profits and increase its turnover by £30m in the next two years following a reorganisation and rationalisation of the business.Profits were forecast to...
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Mills Group forecasts it will be number one
Convenience store chain Mills Group has laid out an ambitious plan to double its profits and increase its turnover by £30m in the next two years following a reorganisation and rationalisation of the business. Profits were forecast to increase...
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Swine Flu HQ
Swine flu is excuse the pun a pig of a problem for the supermarkets. The last thing they want is for consumers to spread the virus while doing their shopping or to start viewing supermarkets as no-go zones as they do 'infected' schools.
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Swine flu HQ
Now the health authorities have asked supermarkets to act as collection points for antiviral drugs, will stores start to play a more central role in tackling the swine flu pandemic? Alex Black and Sarah Butler report