All The Grocer articles in 12 September 2009 – Page 3
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Anniversary campaigns for Lidl and Netto
Discounters Lidl and Netto are celebrating their anniversaries by ramping up their promotional campaigns.Lidl and Netto in the UK are increasingly using promotions to attract consumers, breaking away from the European discounting model,...
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Alpro opens door to Europe for Dean Foods - but how far?
US dairy giant Dean Foods beat Nestle and Unilever to buy Alpro. But could soya milk ever become mainstream in the UK, asks Michael Barker
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Retail Prices: Morrisons racing ahead of rivals in promotional stakes
The latest data from Assosia reveals a huge gap in the levels of promotions by Morrisons and Asda. James Ball analyses the different strategies
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Onken ad campaign to promote flavours
Dr Oetker has launched a £500,000 advertising campaign for its Onken Fruit Big Pot yoghurts range. The three-month print campaign, which started on 31 August, will promote Onken's Big Pot fruit, wholegrain and limited-edition ranges. Two...
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Ad ban call blasted in wake of falling spend
The drinks industry has branded the British Medical Association's call for an advertising ban "utterly inappropriate" and warned it could devastate the drinks, sports and media sectors.The BMA this week called for a total ban on drink...
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Acid Test: Ben & Jerry's Phish Food Frozen Yoghurt
Is the new phrozen yoghurt phantastic or does it phizzle out and phall phlat?
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Editor's Comment: The new Abnormally Special range at Waitrose will top the mults' use of superlatives
A knighthood surely beckons for Mark Price if the likeable Waitrose boss has got his sums right.
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Milk turns emotional with £7.5m campaign
A new £7.5m three-year campaign to promote milk consumption in England, Scotland and Wales will be launched in the new year.The campaign, which will run under the slogan Make Mine Milk, will be the first to promote both fresh and...
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Grocer 33: 'Lovely store' matched by helpful staff
Sainsbury's in Stirling offered the best shop this week. It was the only retailer to provide a full basket and our shopper described it as "a lovely store with staff to match".
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Category Report
The Dairymen 2009
So, another quiet year in the dairy industry then. Price volatility, farmer discontent and the collapse of one of the sector’s biggest players have kept the industry in the headlines for all the wrong reasons, while impressive brand performance, creative marketing and imaginative NPD have brought much more ...
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Rankings
The Grocer Fast 50 2009
The Grocer’s first annual Fast 50 charts the suppliers growing most rapidly in UK food and drink. The report, compiled exclusively for The Grocer by Catalyst Corporate Finance, is full of surprises.While high-profile start-ups like Innocent Drinks, Gu and Tyrrells grab the headlines, the real engine of growth in the ...
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2 Sisters says suspensions not related to racist abuse
Chicken supplier 2 Sisters has hit back at "misleading and inaccurate" claims by union Unite over its handling of a worker dispute.Unite claimed 2 Sisters had suspended employees last week for staging a sit-in protest to defend their...
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P&H increases tobacco sales by 5.7% to £3.2bn
Palmer & Harvey's sales increased 5% to £4.23bn in the year to April, with tobacco sales up 5.7% to £3.2bn.However the wholesaler said it made just £500,000 pre-tax profits in the same period, leaving it with a margin of 0.01%.
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Galaxy bars shrink 17% to avoid new price hike
The rocketing price of cocoa has forced Mars to shrink the size of its Galaxy bars by 17%, less than a year after increasing the price 26%.The take-home Galaxy bar is being shrunk from 150g to 125g to avoid the need for further price...
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M&S’s Pick and Mix goes into 100 stores
M&S has declared its Pick and Mix trial a roaring success and has rolled the range out to 100 stores.The retailer began selling the sweets in six stores in April and launched it in a further 94 branches such as Marble Arch,...
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Other Movers 12/9/09
Richard Greenhalgh has announced his retirement as chairman of farmer-owned co-op First Milk. He will depart at the agm on 29 October. Last week The Grocer reported that Robert Shearlaw had quit as vice chairman.
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World News 12/9/09
Carrefour is launching an ad campaign called Positive is Back after reporting a half-year loss of 58.1m (£50.9m) last week.
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