All The Grocer articles in 14 March 2009 – Page 2
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Asda bolsters marketing team with new recruits
Asda has shaken up its marketing department with the appointment of several new figures, including the man behind the advertising campaigns for Cadbury's drum-playing gorilla and the Skoda cake.Mark Sinnock has been poached from Asda's...
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Young's promotes Baker to expand its frozen seafood sales
Steve Baker is the new sales director at seafood specialist Young's Seafood. In a new role, Baker will head a 12-strong commercial team and continue Young's drive to expand the frozen fish market.Sales of Young's frozen branded fish were up...
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Bakkavör chiefs face loans probe
Ágúst and Lýdur Gudmundsson, CEO and chair of ready-meals giant Bakkavör, are facing investigation into loans they received from failed Icelandic bank Kaupthing.This week it emerged Kaupthing had lent hundreds of millions of pounds to its...
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Hey big spender
The over-50s account for more than half of grocery spend. So how can their needs be better met, asks Nick Hughes
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Competition test blow casts doubts over other remedies
Ten months after the Competition Commission's groceries market inquiry was concluded, why has so little changed, asks Ronan Hegarty
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Riverford's organic veg box schemes go for unified branding
The River Nene and River Swale organic veg box schemes are to be renamed Riverford to bring them into line with the more recognisable parent brand.The schemes, based in Cambridgeshire and North Yorkshire, are part of the Riverford organic...
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Britain's top brands defy crunch to leave own-label lagging
Own-label lines may be flying off the shelves as cash-strapped consumers trade down to value. But Britain's 100 Biggest Grocery Brands are flying even faster, a new report published by The Grocer reveals. The ranking, published in...
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Kopparberg brings new flavour to UK
Kopparberg has introduced an elderflower & lime flavoured cider into the UK.It is a popular variant in the company's Scandinavian home market and will arrive in the UK this month, rsp £2.09.Investing in new flavours was essential to...
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Tesco to stock more flowers from Britain
Tesco has increased the proportion of its flowers sourced from Britain in light of the weakening pound.The chain claimed it had become cheaper to buy British flowers than Dutch, and said it was now sourcing the equivalent of £10m more UK...
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Saturday Essay: Make the recession work for your business
Why Asda will be adopting a Dragons' Den-style approach to product sourcing at this year's IFE
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Lighthouse saved as Northern buys stake
Scotland's third-largest farmed salmon producer has been saved from bankruptcy after a private investor stepped in to buy a controlling stake.Lighthouse Caledonia, which expects to harvest 23,000 tonnes of salmon this year, ran into cashflow...
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Payzone's Charmatz takes Camelot role
Paul Charmatz, the former MD of troubled electronic payment provider Payzone, has moved to Camelot Group, the company that runs the National Lottery, as managing director of commercial services.In his three years in charge at Payzone,...
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Chinese meat exports set to challenge UK producers
China's desire to increase its meat exports are already having far-reaching effects on world food commodity prices, Mintec's Andrew Larkham reports
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Wensleydale in cheese deal for Waitrose
Wensleydale Creamery has begun supplying own-label cheeses to Waitrose.Under the deal, which adds £1m to Wensleydale's turnover, the company is supplying pre-packed cheese to Waitrose nationwide. The range includes two Yorkshire Wensleydale...
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CJ Lang takes Just For You to high street
CJ Lang's foodservice division has expanded its Just For You loyalty scheme to enable customers to collect rewards from high street chains such as Next, M&S and Debenhams.The scheme lets customers collect points when they buy products from...
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Stakeholders meet to debate welfare clarity
The poultry industry is debating how to better communicate the diverse range of chicken production standards to consumers. Stakeholders from across the industry met at a Poultry Welfare Forum last month to thrash out details of how the...
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Makro triple depot closure confirmed
Makro has confirmed that its Coventry, Swansea and Wolverhampton depots will close on 31 May.The move, affecting 378 jobs, was first announced last month."Talks between Usdaw, store representatives and Makro have taken place and it...
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Editor's Comment: Coca-Cola working with Innocent? That would take a lot of getting used to
It's been a week of strong contrasts. Morrisons (up) versus Waitrose (down). Cola (up) versus smoothies and bottled water (down). And, in another delightful example of how perplexing it must be to be a shopper, contrasting articles, on the same...
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Smiles at Innocent but will Coca-Cola be its new mate?
Bruised by recession and intense competition, Innocent is in talks with investors to fuel overseas expansion. How's it hanging? By Adam Leyland and James Ball
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