All The Grocer articles in 14 October 2006
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World News - 14th October 2006
United States. Former president Bill Clinton has brokered a deal with industry to crack down on junk food sold in US schools. Under the agreement with Kraft Foods, Mars, Campbell Soup, Groupe Danone and PepsiCo, guideline levels...
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World News - 14th October 2006
China. Wal-Mart is close to securing a deal to buy Chinese hypermarket chain Trust-Mart for $1bn (£800m). Trust-Mart is China's second-largest hypermarket group with 100 stores. The deal would make Wal-Mart the largest foreign...
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Price comparison site 'will cut 20% off bills'
A grocery price comparison website that will "shake up the online shopping industry" is launching next week. The site, www.mysupermarket.co.uk, which goes live on Wednesday, is claimed to be the first independent website to allow...
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Kellogg chief to step down after 22 years
Alan Harris, chief marketing and customer officer and executive vice president of the US-based Kellogg Company, has said he will retire at the end of January 2007. Harris has worked for the Kellogg Company for 22 years, having...
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Government 'serious' about tackling crime
The government moved this week to reassure shopworkers and owners that it takes retail crime seriously, insisting that it is committed to helping crack the problem. Speaking at the British Retail Consortium's annual crime conference,...
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Flora products active on promotional front
Healthy ingredients and added value products continued to be a consistent theme on the featured space promotional shelves for the week ending 2 October. Flora's Pro-activ yoghurt drinks and spreads have shown consistent activity and...
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The Advice Shop
Chris Grantham Consultant at Dragon brand and design agency. Entry into supermarkets for an unknown cake brand is very tough, due to the strength of own label in this category. In recent years own label has arguably been much...
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After Eights move away from the dinner table
Nestlé Rowntree is pushing its After Eight chocolates into the countline category for the first time in a bid to introduce the brand to a younger generation of consumers. Packs of bite-sized dark chocolates with a mint fondant centre, in...
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Taut aims for big time with sports cap switch
Sports drink brand Taut is launching an all-out attack on Lucozade Sport and Powerade with an aggressive marketing campaign and new packaging that will pitch it more effectively against its rivals. The company is ditching its pouch format...
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Cool cocktail mixer is a breath of fresh air
A product that does away with the need to have fresh fruit on standby for making a gin & tonic or cocktails has been developed by new company Frecco. It produces individually packaged ice cubes made from mineral water, fruit juice and...
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Aldi launches own Fairtrade tea bags
Aldi has launched a Fairtrade tea, a move believed to mark the first foray by a British discount grocer into the fair trade products arena. ‘Diplomat’ own-brand tea bags are licensed by the Fairtrade Foundation and were launched as part…
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Tesco rumoured to be eyeing Algarve
Tesco has refused to comment on speculation it is scouting out the Algarve as part of its international expansion plans. The rumours emerged after an ex-pat newspaper in the region claimed Tesco had earmarked 17 sites in the Algarve for...
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Sabotage reported at Allied bakery
Suspected sabotage at Allied Bakeries' manufacturing site in Orpington, Kent, has resurfaced nine months after it appeared to have ended. Incidents of alleged tampering have dogged the site since last summer, with sewing needles, glass...
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Profiles
In Brief: Fresh appointment; FSA confirms CEO; Moore's sweet role; Atlantic crossing; Cash and carry brief; ATM chair resigns; Board appointments
Fresh appointment The Fresh Produce Consortium has recruited business consultant Anthony Levy to be chairman of the 'Eat in Colour' campaign board. Levy has held a number of roles within the health sector, and is currently the...
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Asda claims it's back on track
Asda has got its house in order for what it hopes will be its best-ever Christmas, while suppliers need not fear another round of tough negotiations soon, according to senior management. Speaking to The Grocer, chief operating officer...
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Nike/Umbro don't play fair says Asda
Frustration is mounting at Asda at the refusal by leading sportswear companies to sell it their clothes. Ayaz Alam, buying manager for sports and DIY, said attempts to expand its sportswear range beyond items in the George range were...
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Pritchard gets non-food job in Asda restructure
Asda has undergone a major restructure, resulting in the appointment of a long-awaited new non-food director and the axing of its regional MD posts. Peter Pritchard, the former store development director, has been promoted to the...
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Comment & Opinion
Ask not why some food is so dear - ask why it is so cheap
A few years ago we bought a house with a bit of land to try our hand at smallholding. In the preceding few years I had become so distrustful of the food production system that I wanted to have a go at doing it myself. At the time I was ...
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Availability
Asda Coventry Road, Birmingham. 0 Our mystery shopper at the Small Heath Asda store on Coventry Road in Birmingham was able to find all the items on her shopping list. She noted that one aisle was completely obstructed by packing...