All The Grocer articles in 13 December 2014 – Page 3
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Comment & Opinion
The wheels are coming off the Big Food-Big Retail wagon
Symptoms of the malaise in our food system form an orderly queue these days, like black cabs at a taxi rank…
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News
Nick Canney becomes UK & Ireland MD at Innocent
Smoothie maker Innocent has ramped up its executive team as it seeks to reverse falling UK sales…
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News
Kent & Fraser roll out free-from Criscuits to major retailers
UK-based artisan producer Kent & Fraser is rolling out a gluten-free “cracker-biscuit hybrid”…
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News
Big four slash booze brand prices lower than last Xmas
Supermarkets are offering shoppers a very merry Christmas this year – with many major drinks brands cheaper…
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Category Report
Focus on Adult Soft Drinks: a splash of inspiration...
The adult soft drinks market is not quite on the rocks, but for the first time in the past five years its growth rate has …
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Comment & Opinion
Will 2014's food & drink trends continue?
As it’s Christmas soon, I will share some key food and health themes I have witnessed and worked with in 2014…
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Grocer 33
Sainsbury's Gloucester Quays: Store of the week
All our non-food ranges like cards, wrapping paper, decorations and Christmas trees…
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Grocer 33
Sainsbury's Gloucester Quays wins with 'very good' staff
For our Christmas 33 shop, the “lovely, large and spacious” Sainsbury’s Gloucester Quays proved just the job…
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News
Brookfield Drinks secures UK rights to Super Bock
Leading Portuguese beer brand Super Bock will become widely available in the UK for the first time.
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Comment & Opinion
A convenient truth
Last year, The Co-operative Group served up a turkey of a Christmas ad. The instantly forgettable ad featured a lady leisurely walking home through frantic crowds because she’d done all her Christmas shopping at The Co-op. A panel of experts for The Grocer scored it a lowly 13 out of ...
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News
Tesco shares plummet again following 'shock' profit warning
It’s getting harder to describe a Tesco profit warning as a “shock” these days – but the fourth warning this year…
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Analysis & Features
Ocado can reflect on a solid 2014 but the fireworks are still to come
Ocado’s growth may have slowed a touch in the fourth quarter, but it seems a little churlish to pick holes in solid figures that show the company surviving the current grocery retail chaos and coping with tough comparables.
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News
Budgens launches 'celebrate every moment' Christmas campaign
Budgens is hoping to compete directly with premium food specialists this Christmas and will use its latest marketing campaign to build on “what’s great about convenience retailing”.
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News
Stefano Pessina to take temporary charge of Walgreens/Alliance Boots
Alliance Boots’ executive chairman, Stefano Pessina, will become acting chief executive on completion of the merger with US pharmacy giant Walgreens, it has been announced.
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News
A lotta bottle: Tesco selling Methuselah of Champagne
Tesco is selling six-litre Methuselah bottles of Lanson White Label Champagne in four London stores.
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My Alternative CV
Tamara Arbib, Rebel Kitchen, on Madonna, The Matrix and sharks
My first job was as a camp counsellor for a summer camp in America…
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Comment & Opinion
How to win the multichannel commerce battle
This has been the year in which multichannel commerce penetrated mainstream grocery…
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News
Wrigley axes Orbit and shifts products to Extra brand
Wrigley is axing its Orbit brand and making the products part of the Extra range.
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Comment & Opinion
Jamie Oliver kicks off Christmas cookery TV in cracking style
And lo, the blizzard of Christmas cookery shows has begun, with Jamie’s Cracking Christmas…
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Comment & Opinion
Co-op is right to focus on convenience
The Co-operative Group is correct to push on with its expansion in its core convenience operation…