All The Grocer articles in 11 November 2006 – Page 4
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News
"Asda and Ocado are targeting the grocery market. M&S is focusing on non food. And Tesco is sizing up, well, everything"
All hell broke loose on the internet shopping news front this week. Asda announced plans to hire 1,800 staff as it gears up its web-based operations, Sainsbury's took its online offering to Northern Ireland, and M&S declared that it was keen to...
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News
Asda just can't get enough MSC lines
Asda has complained that is is having difficulty getting hold of enough MSC fish. In line with the policy of its parent Wal-Mart, the chain pledged earlier this year to move all wild-caught supplies of fresh and frozen seafood to...
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Obesity: maybe fatty animals are to blame
Obesity isn't just a problem for humans, according to a British academic. Thanks to modern farming, animals are too fat, and as well as leading to obesity in humans, this is also contributing to a growing incidence of mental ill health,...
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Welsh anger at 'snub' by Commission inquiry
The Competition Commission has denied farmer and politician claims it has snubbed Wales. The Commission has no plans to visit the country as part of its grocery inquiry - despite holding personal hearings in Scotland in September and in...
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News
Tesco Ireland aims to catch up with UK
Tesco Ireland is to build a national distribution centre at Donabate in County Dublin, at a cost of €70m. The centre, due to be in operation by next April, will have a handling capacity of one million cases of goods a week. It will manage...
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Profiles and QandAs
In Brief: Dishy bloke; On Landmark board; Jeffery's Larder; Salvesen support; Ahold chiefs; Smith heads ASA
Dishy bloke Little Dish, a food company launched in April this year to target the toddler food market, has appointed Mark Koppel as sales director. Koppel was most recently head of UK sales at medical products company, Coloplast....
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News
This week a year ago the winner was...
Waitrose's Marlow branch was just about to undergo a significant refit when we last spoke to manager Alex Hume this week a year ago. Twelve months on, and with the refit successfully completed, Hume views his next big challenge to be the...
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Comment & Opinion
Ageism laws mean you can literally work till you drop
Just when retailers thought they could file away the legal paperwork and get on with the job of shopkeeping, here come those nice civil servants with a bit more red tape to keep the HR department on its toes. It is now unlawful for employers to...
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News
Fry wit for Twinings speciality tea TV ad
Stephen Fry is lending his erudite style of comedy to a new TV advert for Twinings speciality teas. The £2.3m campaign, which breaks next week, centres on three of Twinings' most popular blends - Earl Grey, Lady Grey and Chai. It shows...
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News
'No fish in the sea by 2048? Don't be daft'
Scottish fishermen have blasted a Science magazine report forecasting that there will be no fish left in the sea by 2048 as a result of overfishing, pollution, habitat loss and climate change. The study by an international team of...
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Milk supplies head for shortage in 2011
Milk supplies will start to run short in five years time if the exodus of dairy farmers in the UK continues. Added value milk demand will match supply by 2011, leaving not a single litre for commodity plants, according to a report...
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World News - 11th November 2006
Eastern Europe, United States. Dutch retailer Ahold is selling its Tops retail chain in Poland, Slovakia and the US as part of a strategic review. It also plans to sell its US Foodservice business, and cut operating costs by €500m...
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News
Average total of The Grocer's 100-item basket has risen 6.3% in the past year
Grocery prices are on the rise again as the UK's top four retailers and their suppliers seek to claw back margins dented by rising costs. Latest data from The Grocer Price Index reveals the average cost of our secret 100-item shopping...
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