All The Grocer articles in 18 November 2000 – Page 2

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    Tasting panel: Bulleit

    2000-11-18T00:00:00Z

    From Seagram, a single batch bourbon whisky TARGET CONSUMER Mark Gilbert, 32, is an information systems manager for an outdoor advertising company. He lives in north London I'm usually a Scotch drinker as bourbon in the UK tends not to be as...

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    Dairy: NI milk businesses link

    2000-11-18T00:00:00Z

    Irish dairy group Golden Vale and Express Dairies of the UK have agreed to combine their liquid milk business in Northern Ireland under the banner of Dale Farm Dairies. This will be owned 80% by Express, 20% by Golden Vale which is transferring the...

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    Christmas indulgence Ltd

    2000-11-18T00:00:00Z

    Nestlé has launched five Christmas limited edition variants on key brands. Kit Kat Mint (rsp 27p), Aero Chunk Mint (rsp 29p), Rolo Coconut (rsp 29p), Orange Toffee Crisp (rsp 28p) and Banoffee Munchies (rsp 43p) will be available from next week....

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    Christmas TV: Radio Times' easy tracker for overlaps

    2000-11-18T00:00:00Z

    Radio Times is to create a special colour wallchart to help retailers keep track of its publication dates in the run-up to Christmas 2000. The chart has been designed to ensure that newsagents make the most of Radio Times' traditionally high sales...

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    The worst is to come

    2000-11-18T00:00:00Z

    A £1.2 m ad campaign for John West salmon is underway with its first TV ads in 10 years. Two executions of the ad will run in the build up to Christmas, with the strapline: "We endure the worst to bring you the best." John West general ...

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    Opinion: Making drama out of consensus

    2000-11-18T00:00:00Z

    It's been said before, but it's worth repeating. Food, in media parlance, will always be the stuff sexy headlines are made of. Twenty first century grocery stores are even sexier. And that's fair enough when facts hold sway over fiction. But not...

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    United States e-commerce: Pure players faced with consolidat

    2000-11-18T00:00:00Z

    Standalone online grocery retailers cannot hope to compete with bricks and mortar players with networks of stores to back up internet shopping ventures. So say analysts following the demise of Streamline.com, the latest US online grocer to throw in...

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    Retail spotlight: CWS Market Town Maltby

    2000-11-18T00:00:00Z

    CWS says its Market Town concept offers shoppers the benefits of a big store close to home. Tony Hurren looks at the role model in Maltby The CWS is now well under way with its Market Town concept and is transforming the internal and external...

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    Retail spotlight: CWS Market Town Maltby

    2000-11-18T00:00:00Z

    facts & figures - Sales area: 10,000 sq ft - SKUs: 14,000 lines - Opening hours: 8am to 10pm (10am to 4pm Sunday) - Staff: 60 - Services: Post office, ATM, financial products and baby changing facilities - Checkouts: six for main store, three...

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    Packing Twelve Days into one

    2000-11-18T00:00:00Z

    Oxfordshire brewer Hook Norton has introduced gift packs for its Christmas beer, Twelve Days. The company first produced the winter warmer six years ago and it now makes a regular appearance between November and January. The pack retails at £6.95...

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    Multiples: Sainsbury set to roll out US style market display

    2000-11-18T00:00:00Z

    Strategy backed by economic profit' formula showing costs of retailing each product Sainsbury's trials of North American farmers' market display techniques in its Hendon store ­ exclusively reported in The Grocer, September 30 ­ have been so...

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    Staff retention strategies: In pursuit of new ways to keep e

    2000-11-18T00:00:00Z

    Have you been to any good leaving parties recently? Patti Seabright, senior consultant at training conultancy Pursuit International, thinks you may well have been. "Staff turnover is rapidly becoming one of the major issues for industry, especially...

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    More evolution for the tenner

    2000-11-18T00:00:00Z

    Right, let's talk money. As you have undoubtedly noticed, new design £10 banknotes came into circulation this month. They feature a portrait of the naturalist and scientist Charles Darwin and they carry a number of anti-counterfeiting features, or...

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    First impressions: Quorn meat substitute pasta sauces

    2000-11-18T00:00:00Z

    Real men, especially Italian men, may not eat quiche but they might be tempted to try Quorn's meat substitute pasta sauces. Especially as it comes fresh and with low fat content. As a recently lapsed vegetarian of many years' practice, I am still...

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    The Grocer Focus on pizza

    2000-11-18T00:00:00Z

    Analysis by Sheila Eggleston The rise and rise of pizza is providing a sound base for investment in the market. Manufacturers are putting money into plant, technology and the quest for great bases and toppings, while promotional activity has been...

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    The Grocer Focus on pizza

    2000-11-18T00:00:00Z

    Bleedin' good idea A simple, innovative way to protect consumers from grievous bodily harm when they open food packages has been developed by Wrapid Packaging Systems. The company has responded to demands for easy open packs with its Peelwrap...

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    Helping hand that holds out government propaganda

    2000-11-18T00:00:00Z

    Sir; Following on from my letter in The Grocer (5 August) "Say no to the euro", I suppose my client, Finlay's Foods of Manchester is not alone in receiving a mailing from the Euro Preparations Unit at the Treasury offering free case studies on...

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    Profile: Harry J Kear

    2000-11-18T00:00:00Z

    Retirement meant a vibrant new career for Harry J Kear, buying and reinvigorating companies. Kit Davies met him Harry J Kear spent six weeks feeling poorly, and realised he had done the wrong thing in retiring at 50. No gentle return to work,...

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    Suppliers: Sale hinted at as Malton plunges into red

    2000-11-18T00:00:00Z

    The writing is on the wall for Malton Foods after chalking up first half losses of £5.4m and dragging down profits at parent Uniq, the food and logistics group. Malton was for years regarded as the jewel in the crown of the British bacon industry....

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    M&S: Marks to take on papers

    2000-11-18T00:00:00Z

    Newspapers and magazines will on the shelves of Marks and Spencer if a deal between the troubled chain and distributor WH Smith News goes ahead. Mark Cashmore, sales and marketing controller for WH Smith News, confirmed it had been talking to M&S...