All The Grocer articles in 17 January 2009
Previous issues.
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Fifteen former Woolies shops become 99p Stores
99p Stores has snapped up 15 former Woolworths stores and has already started trading in a third of them.
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Around the Papers 22/1/09
Court hears of peanut vengeance; row over US tax on Roquefort; delicious, delicious frogs on edge of oblivion
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Sainsbury's streamlines structure in HQ cull
Sainsbury's is to restructure its business into three main streams – fresh food, grocery and non-food – as part of a reorganisation that will lead to the loss of around 200 jobs at its Holborn headquarters.
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NI's Tayto snaps up premium crisp maker
Northern Ireland snack group Tayto has snapped up struggling crisp maker Jonathan Crisp for an undisclosed sum.
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Co-op secures sale of 90 Somerfield stores
Waitrose and Tesco are among a host of retailers that have snapped up stores from the Co-operative Group following its £1.57bn acquisition of Somerfield.
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Swedish vodka with plutonium rod style
A new Swedish super-premium vodka inspired by nuclear engineering design will make its world debut in the UK market.DQ vodka, which is made by the Nordic Spirit Company, comes in litre bottles designed to resemble plutonium rods. It has an...
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Strong trade for second Mullaco store
Independent Asian supermarket Mullaco has defied the credit crunch by opening a second store in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire.The 10,000 sq ft store, which used to be a Kwik Save, sells 5,000 lines including fruit and veg, halal meat and a wide...
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Whey-ste of money
Don't miss the must-attend SCA course on "troubleshooting cheese" at Duchy College, which costs just £350 and answers such timeless dairy dilemmas as what to do if your Stilton has weird blue lines in it. Sadly, the companion course on buttering a...
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Hook, line and $ink£r
Senior executives are scared of switching jobs in the current economic environment and employers are having to offer some pretty juicy bait to lure people away from the security of their current roles. Unfortunately, there aren't a wealth of high-level jobs out there - and the generosity only extends so ...
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Nando's turns up the peri-peri sauce heat
Restaurant chain Nando’s is to launch its hottest-ever chilli sauce into supermarkets after its diners kept stealing bottles.The Extra Extra Hot Peri-Peri Sauce, made by All About Food, had been developed in response to growing consumer...
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Thanet Earth gets green thumbs up on emissions
The green credentials of the Thanet Earth glasshouse project have received a major boost after a new report found the site to be more environmentally friendly than foreign facilities.
Peppers and cucumbers grown at the Kent site would have… -
Comment & Opinion
Our man from DRIP
Don Pumsey at the Department of Retail Infrastructure and Pricing
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InBev displaces S&N as Wembley supplier
InBev UK has pulled off a marketing coup by becoming the official beer supplier to the Wembley Arena in north London.The two-year deal will link InBev brands to performances by leading music artists at the venue, with Beck’s Vier the...
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Analysis & Features
Promo Dynamic: Wine defies detox to stay in top spot
Retailers hope consumers are giving the usual January detox a miss this year, as wine extends its lead at the top of the Promo Dynamic table
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New jobs total more than cuts
With job cuts across the UK, people in the grocery sector will take heart from our new Jobometer, which shows that more jobs have – so far, at least – been created than lost.
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Second Opinion: Tesco out of step with customers
And the multiple's move into discount tertiary ranges will not help, says Jonathan Pritchard
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Comment & Opinion
Critical Eye... on the lightweight treatment of a serious problem
I'm not sure it was a good idea to watch Extreme Slimmers (ITV, 9pm, 13 January) in my plump post-Christmas state, but I figured that instead of making me feel worse about my festive excesses, hearing about people with far weightier weight...
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Retail rice price stuck six times higher than the commodity cost
The shelf price of a bag of rice is more than six times the cost of the commodity, The Grocer can reveal.The cost of importing rice rocketed from about $400/tonne (£274/tonne) to more than $1,100/tonne last May amid severe supply shortages....
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Commodities: Retailers drop meat prices to keep shoppers spending
Meat and fish prices have largely fallen this month, but an increase in the price of salmon has pushed up the overall basket price. Richard Ford reports
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Editor's Comment: Why not feed pigs on tinned pasta?
Normally I wouldn’t have given a second thought to the pâté in my fridge this morning. It was well past its sell-by date – a hangover from the excesses of Christmas. Until, that is, I read the advice of the Food Standards Agency this week....