All The Grocer articles in 14 October 2006 – Page 3
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Cadbury switches to direct milk contracts
Cadbury has made a surprise move to recruit dairy farmers on direct contracts for its chocolate crumb factory in Leominster. A group of 70 producers in Gloucestershire and along the M4 corridor - known as the Selkley Vale Group -...
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How to cope when a buyer has got you by the throat
Unprecedented power is now in the hands of the newly emergent global conglomerate retailers and suppliers. And with that comes the urge to use this power by placing unilateral demands. A unilateral demand generates tensions. The...
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Comment & Opinion
Get busy growing or get busy dying. There's no in-between
In my job as a life coach I am lucky enough to meet some very remarkable people. But one thing that is a universal constant is that no matter who you are, rich or poor, young or old, you have the same 24 hours in a day. In Scotland...
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Breaking the silence
It's been a fine year for Gianni Ciserani. The £30bn Gillette acquisition is almost fully integrated; sales, profits and earnings per share are all well up; earlier this year his Azzurri won the World Cup; and now, as voted for in a poll of our...
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Brazilian Nescafé is still in stores
Nestlé UK appears to have done little to stop cheap Brazilian Nescafé Original ending up on the shelves of UK retailers without its consent. Earlier this year we revealed that a number of outlets in the north of England were selling the...
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IGD boss lifts veil on face of tomorrow's shopping world
Tomorrow's shoppers will not rely on today's traditional supermarkets to do all their shopping but will increasingly opt for online and specialist offers, IGD chief executive Joanne Denney-Finch told its annual convention this...
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Bogof's week
There were no shortage of laughs at the IGD conference this week. Commenting on a prediction by Waitrose CEO Steven Esom that "by 2020, we will have cashless, checkout-less supermarkets," bearded wag and Tate & Lyle CEO Iain Ferguson retorted:...
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Scottish retailers blast booze cordoning plan
The Scottish Executive has unveiled plans to restrict areas where alcohol can be sold in supermarkets and convenience stores. Its consultation on licensing regulations, published this week, calls for sales of alcohol to be made only in...
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Waitrose vegetables go black to the future
Waitrose is to offer its customers a range of naturally black fruit and vegetables, which will be launched in the run-up to Hallowe'en. It has sourced black varieties of cabbage, potato and pear from British growers, and is...
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'Link with government to stop binge drinking'
The drinks industry needs to forge better ties with the government in order to address negative media attention directed at alcohol, according to a leading wine expert. Speaking at the Wine and Spirit Education Trust's annual lecture in...
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Big drive for Tenderstem
A branded broccoli variety is being given national marketing exposure this month to help establish it as an attractive alternative to standard brassica crops. Tenderstem will be featured in consumer newspapers and lifestyle...
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Booker plans to be biggest, best supplier to small stores
Booker this week vowed to drive prices down and availability up as its boss outlined to the IGD convention how the company was striving to become the biggest and best supplier to small businesses. Chief executive Charles Wilson, a year...
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Retailers need help to beat the criminals
One of the most startling figures in the BRC's 13th crime survey is that the value of losses from undetected customer theft rose by 44% in 2005 - from £400m to £578m - 28% of the total cost of crime. But this is just the tip of the...
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Hand in our bean rivals says Heinz
Heinz has fired the latest salvo in its baked beans war with Branston by encouraging consumers to hand in rival products in exchange for its own brand. The company has launched a baked bean amnesty, headed up by society girl Tara...
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British bacon cashes in on falling imports
Bacon imports to the UK have fallen to their lowest level for 12 months, prompting suggestions that consumers are switching to British product. Imports fell for the second consecutive month to 17,700 tonnes in July, driven by a crash in...
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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...
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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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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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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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