All The Grocer articles in 16 October 2010 – Page 2
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NewsIs backing our boys enough for Red Lion Foods to win?
Can Red Lion Foods really create a mainstream household staple brand and give £30m to the armed forces, as it’s promised, asks Amy Golding
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NewsBiodegradable cling film first from Baco
Baco has claimed a UK first with the launch of a biodegradable cling film. BioWrap 100% (rsp: £1.59) contains an additive that helps the film degrade with exposure to heat, light and oxygen. It will degrade completely in around two years ...
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Wall’s special bangers for Bonfire Night
Wall's is launching a special-edition sausage for Bonfire Night. Bonfire Bangers (rsp: £3 for a pack of 12) come in a smoky barbecue flavour and will go into Morrisons stores from 18 October, with Tesco to follow on 3 November.
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NewsSpar Ireland to roll out budget range in bid to halt sales drop
Spar Ireland plans to introduce a new budget range in more than 100 stores across the Republic next month in a bid to reverse declining sales. After a decade of growth during the Irish Celtic Tiger boom, Spar Ireland's sales fell almost...
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NewsFocus On Cakes & Biscuits: Health takes the biscuit
Healthy biscuits, which took a back seat last year, have risen to the top of the barrel in 2010. But when it comes to cakes, own-label NPD is putting indulgence first, reports Sue Scott
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Focus On Cakes & Biscuits: Four to watch
Baker and former Mars marketing executive Denise Stevenson won a Great Taste Gold Award last month for her traditional almond amaretti, but the new citrus-flavoured Limonetti won the most plaudits at the Speciality & Fine Food Fair.
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Comment & Opinion
Saturday Essay: Women on board make a business stronger
If you want to deliver great customer service, ensure your HR policies reflect the needs of women, says Gwyn Burr
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Comment & OpinionTales of Titania: Small brains, healthy boobs and self-sacrifice
Sorry charity sweeties, you can keep your pink ribbons and limping round Hyde Park semi-nude at two in the morning in the driving rain. The cure for breast cancer, it transpires in the (Lancet-lite) Daily Mail, is not the self-sacrifice of...
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NewsFarrant returns to grocery front line as MD of Booker
Guy Farrant, the former director of food for M&S, has returned to the front line of grocery as MD of Booker Cash & Carry. Farrant, who was at M&S for 30 years, was head of food from 2005 to 2007. He moved to the role of...
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News‘No more skiving’: Walker poised for buyback of Iceland
Iceland boss Malcolm Walker joked this week he had been guilty of "skiving" after four years of stellar growth, but declared his eyes were firmly back on the prize with plans to buy back his business. Walker's admission came at the...
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NewsThorntons cakes and cookies hit multiples
Thorntons is venturing into desserts, cakes and biscuits as it bids to boost its presence in the supermarkets. Just a week after warning that soaring cocoa costs could push up the price of its chocolate products, Thorntons has unveiled...
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Comment & Opinion
Careers File: Trust is key to riding out the recession
It won't just be public sector workers crossing everything when the government announces its long-awaited Comprehensive Spending Review.
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NewsForget stickers: here comes tattooed fruit
In a threat to the sticky label, hi-tech lasers could soon be 'tattooing' prices, logos and sell-by dates on to fruit and veg skins, The Grocer can reveal. A Spanish technology company, which already lasers logos on to melons for French...
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Courvoisier in Loseley festive line
Courvoisier Cognac is among the boozy flavours in a new range of festive ice creams from Loseley.The company launched limited-edition whisky, Irish cream, mince pie and Courvoisier Cognac-flavoured ice creams (rsp: £2.99 per 500ml tub)...
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NewsIndustry still cracking whip on sustainability
Retailers and manufacturers have not taken their foot off the pedal when it comes to sustainability, despite the punishing economic climate. Polls conducted at the IGD Convention, held in London this week, revealed that 41% of delegates...
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NewsCritical Eye... on posh pals and Marmite gravy
These are dark, dark days my friends. I resigned myself some time ago to the fact I am now middle-aged despite my best efforts to remain down with the kids (even the outdated slang gives it away, for God's sake).
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FSA criticised for its fruit glaze response
The FSA has been criticised by fruit producers for its 'disproportionate' response to finding an unauthorised glaze on imported apples.The Fresh Produce Consortium (FPC), which represents the interests of fruit and vegetable producers,...
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Young’s cuts the weight of salmon packs
Young's has reduced the weight of its frozen wild pink salmon packs by 90g but kept the same rsp. The company's 450g packs were recently replaced with 360g packs, containing four rather than five fish fillets (rsp: £3.99).
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Potato Day kicks off hunt for master spud
A new generic marketing campaign for fresh potatoes kicked off this week with the launch of the first-ever Potato Day.Potato producers in the UK, France and Belgium are running the 4.75m Many Faces of Potatoes campaign to encourage more...
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Comment & Opinion
Third Party: We must do more to tackle ecological debt
If the rate of global consumption matched the UK’s, the world would be using up 2.75 planets a year, says Mark Driscoll
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