All The Grocer articles in 11 November 2000 – Page 2
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Personal development: Glimpsing the bigger picture through s
How is your organisation coping with the rapid consolidation of the food industry, the rise of b2c, or staffing challenges that face every part of the fmcg community? Questions like these echo around the boardrooms of most food businesses, but what...
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Drinks: Biggest ever booze price war starting
Independent retailers are being warned to prepare for the biggest ever supermarket price war on booze. This year's Christmas campaign kicked off when Asda unveiled aggressive £15m plans for the festive season. And one of its star offers is a case...
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The Grocer focus on pasta & pasta sauces: Retailers: brands
The market's booming in the independents. Ann Bruce finds out what's selling and why Jeff Roberts, proprietor JA and MC Roberts Week St Mary, Devon Roberts runs a c-store and post office in a tourist area, so he is at his busiest in the summer....
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JIFFY GIVES HUNGARY A BREAK
Conoco is taking forecourt retailing into a new league in Hungary with its "new generation" Jiffy convenience stores. Jiffy is a 200 sq m mini supermarket with a built in café and bakery section. The first Conoco /Jet Jiffy branded station opened...
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Drinks: Carlsberg gets into Switzerland with brewery stake
Carlsberg has bought a controlling stake in Switzerland's largest brewer, Feldschloessen Huerlimann, in a $490m deal giving the Danish giant access to the Swiss market. Carlsberg will provide Feldschloessen with much needed investment and use it as...
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Cross-channel shopping: West may bring Eastenders home
Clive Beddall, Calais Dave West, whose "duty busting" Eastenders hypermarket in Calais pioneered the cross-Channel booze and tobacco trade, is considering opening in the UK. In an interview to be screened on GrocerTV (Sky digital Channel 642) next...
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Sheepmeat: Brussels causes unease
The lamb and mutton markets may come under the political spotlight again, following a study of the sheep subsidy system commissioned by Brussels policy administrators. This probe found shortcomings in the regime, although there are not yet firm...
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Symbol group: Londis builds in a pharmacy
Londis has opened its first c-store with an integral pharmacy. The store, at Northolt, Middlesex, is owned by pharmacist Suki Rai who, earlier this year, bought a Londis store two doors down from the chemist shop he had run for 15 years. Six months...
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On the buses with the NYPD
Never mind the shambles in the race to become US president. We hear that another race in America the New York marathon has been as equally chaotic. And, bizarrely, it involved red London buses. The posse from the grocery industry, including...
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A rum business as Lowndes gets set for festive Navy days
Culinary alcohol supplier Thomas Lowndes is gearing up for Christmas with a raft of indulgent sweet and savoury recipes. In partnership with Devon Desserts, formerly BG Foods, two Lamb's Navy Rum desserts will be launched at the end of November. An...
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First impressions: Cadbury's ice cream
Martin Dawe of Martin Dawe Brand Design tried the new range of Cadbury's ice cream You could not have asked for a more qualified person. Ever since I was a kid I have always had, and still have, a weakness for ice cream, so I was delighted to be...
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Hungary: Carrefour pulls out but Tesco digs in
Carrefour has pulled the plug on its Hungarian operations and turned its attention towards Romania and China. Describing the trading environment in Hungary as “incredibly tough”, the head of Carrefour’s Hungarian subsidiary Alain Bonnefin said the…
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Jameson shows whisky a clean pair of heels
PR Brands is putting £1.5m behind a new TV campaign for its leading Irish whiskey Jameson. Pernod Ricard's UK subsidiary is launching a six week campaign which begins on Monday in the Central TV region, Channel 4 and Sky. This is part of a three...
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Pigmeat: Malton to close Middlesbrough plant
Just days before the Uniq interims to be announced on Monday, Malton Bacon Factory chief executive Max Hilliard announced the closure of the Middlesbrough plant in February with the loss of 450 jobs. Uniq conceded in September that Malton is...
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United States: Quaker rejects PepsiCo: will Coke enter the f
The value of Quaker Oats stock surged this week amid rumours Coke, Nestlé and Danone have the cereal and Gatorade sports drink firm at the top of their shopping lists. Earlier in the week, Quaker rejected a $13.7bn paper offer from PepsiCo. But...
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Suppliers: Parmalat takes control of Dairytime
Exclusive Sheila Eggleston Italian dairy and bakery company Parmalat has acquired a controlling interest in Dairytime, including its subsidiaries Loseley Chilled Products, Bridge Farm Dairies and Lakeland Foods. The deal strengthens its dairy...
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Post Office Counters reluctantly OKs national minimum wage
Post Office Counters (POCL) has caved into demands for the national minimum wage from sub postmasters after intervention by Inland Revenue. But POCL is still fighting another case where four weeks’ paid leave is being claimed under the working time…
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Marks and Spencer: Food defies M&S gloom
The beleaguered boss of Marks and Spencer claims its food business is holding up well despite a dismal performance in the rest of its UK operations. "At the half year, food sales improved by 2.6% [to reach £1.34bn], we maintained market share and...
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Tasting panel: Dooley's
From United Brands a new toffee liqueur, based on a Scandinavian sweet TARGET CONSUMER Gina Thomas, 36, lives in Brighton and is a page layout artist The bottle design in primary blue and red looks like it is aimed at a younger drinker or Bologna...
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Multiples: Processed food out of favour and natural is in
More than half of British consumers are "concerned" at the number of ingredients in processed foods, an exclusive survey conducted by Taylor Nelson Sofres for The Grocer, has revealed. And more than six out of 10 (64%) Britons look for convenience...
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