All The Grocer articles in 19 November 2005 – Page 3

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    Dairies clash over price claims

    2005-11-19T00:00:00Z

    Dairy Crest boss Drummond Hall has blasted claims made by rival processor Robert Wiseman Dairies last week that it pays a “significant premium” for milk compared with other dairies.Hall told The Grocer that the matter of milk prices was complex...

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    Sainsbury’s Christmas wine duo return

    2005-11-19T00:00:00Z

    Sainsbury will be stocking its popular Christmas wine duo again, after two years of strong sales for the products.The Christmas Red and Christmas White wines, by wine producer and importer Boutinot, will be £6 a bottle.Both are Vin de Pays...

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    Own label still dominates chilled

    2005-11-19T00:00:00Z

    Own label retains the upper hand in chilled ethnic ready meals, despite a recent move by Patak’s into chilled snacks. But trusted brands still dominate in areas such as ambient cooking saucesTNS data estimates ethnic ready meals and...

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    Cautious welcome for Rabbit

    2005-11-19T00:00:00Z

    UK wine retailers are giving French Rabbit a cautious welcome, calling it a bold initiative that requires further consumer research. The metallic eight-sided Tetra Pak ‘e-pod’ is being launched into the UK off-trade in January 2006 in one-litre...

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    Retailers are cashing in on demand for the real thing

    2005-11-19T00:00:00Z

    All the major retailers are upping the ante, adding dishes to existing ranges and launching new linesAll the major retailers are upping the ante in their ethnic offerings. Somerfield and Kwik Save have just launched 160 branded...

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    ‘We’ll stick to the C&C!’

    2005-11-19T00:00:00Z

    Are independents going to supermarkets instead of C&Cs for their stock? Rod Addy reportsAs Christmas approaches, the major supermarkets are turning up the heat on independents with their usual round of blisteringly cheap product...

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    On the Campaign Trail

    2005-11-19T00:00:00Z

    Pringles on the king kong trail… Rock ‘n’ roll with kingsmill… Disaronno is the star of the show… Fat or fiction with McCain…Budget £2m Manufacturer Procter & GambleNew TV advertising for Pringles hit screens last Tuesday...

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    Burrows to retire from helm of Pernod Ricard

    2005-11-19T00:00:00Z

    Richard Burrows, joint director general of drinks group Pernod Ricard, has decided to call it a day after a 35-year career in the drinks industry.Burrows, who has been joint director general of Pernod Ricard since July 2000, said that he will...

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    Renaissance for Brussels sprouts

    2005-11-19T00:00:00Z

    Britain’s Brussels sprout growers claim orders for their crop from multiple retailers have trebled in size compared with previous years.Roger Welberry, Lincolnshire grower and president of the British Sprout Growers Association, said that...

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    Bite-sized hunger busters

    2005-11-19T00:00:00Z

    The ethnic snacks market has exploded with a variety of tasty bites in all shapes, textures and formats – for eating alone or for sharingAs a nation of snackers, the British are always keen to find new bite-sized opportunities to fill...

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    Brand development with bite

    2005-11-19T00:00:00Z

    Cobra Beer has created a nationwide brand development team for the off-trade.The team has been formed following the decision of Cobra Beer to bring its sales development teams in-house from January 1, 2006, after a three-year partnership with...

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    Green light for a big fight

    2005-11-19T00:00:00Z

    Food bosses are on a collision course with the Food Standards Agency following its decision to forge ahead with its traffic light labelling scheme.Retailers and suppliers have a 12-week consultation period to voice their opposition or back an...

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    Big store route resisted

    2005-11-19T00:00:00Z

    Nine out of 10 independent retailers say their profit margins on food and drink have got worse in the past year but that has not tempted the majority to get groceries from supermarkets to sell in their shops.In fact, of those that did admit to...

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    In Profile: Q&A with Peverel Manners, MD of Belvoir Fruit Farms

    2005-11-19T00:00:00Z

    Peverel Manners, managing director of Midlands-based Belvoir Fruit Farms, is a man on a mission. Manners, who has been at the helm of the fruit cordial producer since...

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    Congestion beater

    2005-11-19T00:00:00Z

    Specialist snacks and ingredient retailer Julian Graves has joined a congestion reduction trial that is to be extended into next year.The Broadmead Freight Consolidation Scheme in Bristol, which has 50 retailers taking part, has proved so...

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    Bacteria to the future

    2005-11-19T00:00:00Z

    Will Yakult regret sticking to a sober scientific message while its rivals thrive on a slicker approach? Stefan Chomka thinks notImagine Coca-Cola losing its market dominance in the UK to Virgin Cola, or Pringles falling to number two...

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    A better record for availability

    2005-11-19T00:00:00Z

    The multiples are delivering customers a better deal when it comes to availability.That is the finding of the latest ECR UK availability survey. The research, which covers the big four as well as Somerfield, Waitrose and The Co-operative Group,...

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    Authenticity is a key factor for producers

    2005-11-19T00:00:00Z

    Most manufacturers of ethnic foods insist on the importance of provenance and authentic ingredientsAuthenticity is a word that crops up time and again in the ethnic food sector, with most manufacturers insisting on the importance of...

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    Aulds rises from ashes

    2005-11-19T00:00:00Z

    Sainsbury, Tesco and Morrisons have had their full range of own-label frozen and chilled desserts restored following the opening of a Scottish supplier’s new factory. Its production facilities burnt down in September.The £2m temporary factory...

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    Asda smiles on the Irish

    2005-11-19T00:00:00Z

    Asda has stepped up plans for a move into the Irish Republic following last week’s decision to abolish the groceries order, which bans below-cost selling.The revelation is likely to come as a further blow for independent retailers, still...