All The Grocer articles in 2 December 2006 – Page 3
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Spanish pay for raspberry plants
Spanish raspberry production is set for a boost after growers struck a deal with a British plant breeder. With legal action hanging over their heads, the largest growers have agreed to stop illegally propagating plants developed by...
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The people's planopoly
The battle lines have been drawn. On one side are Friends of the Earth, local community groups and small independent retailers. They accuse Tesco et al of: browbeating local authorities with "legalised bungs" (aka planning gains); submitting...
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Price Survey
Fresh fruit and vegetable prices continued to fluctuate in this first week of December. The cost of parsnips has risen by an average of 11% in the past seven days, and now rests at £1.82 for a kg. The largest increase took place at Asda,...
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Profile Revisited
Rippleglen's focus in the past year has been on promoting active selling among its shop staff. The drive began in earnest in February, with a comprehensive training programme. "We had a sales conference for store managers, tailor-dmade to...
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Push is vital as well as pull
SIR; In the summer Amy Williams, commercial manager of the Marine Stewardship Council, wrote in The Grocer about how retailers can play a decisive role in leading fisheries on a sustainable path through their purchasing power ('Talking Shop',...
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Reader survey
Christmas trading is going smoothly, with sales either the same as or better than last year for the vast majority of The Grocer Top 50 independent retailers. According to our latest reader panel survey, many retailers took the precaution...
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Top-Up shop
Who we visited. Spar, Manor Green Road, Epsom, Surrey. Kwik Save, The Paddock, Handforth, Cheshire. Best One Ditton Hill, Long Ditton, Surrey. Scotmid Co-op East Main Street, Uphall, West Lothian. Tesco Express,...
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GDA awareness drive kicks off with website
The industry's campaign to educate the public about front-of-pack Guideline Daily Amount labelling began in earnest this week with the launch of a consumer-facing website. The site - at www.whatsinsideguide.com - is the first step in the...
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Whistlestop peps up London Bridge store in revamp trial
Whistlestop is redesigning selected stores on a trial basis, with the first outlet to receive the treatment on the London Bridge station concourse. Externally, red and green lettering on a black background has been replaced with white...
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New scheme offers quicker payment
Sainsbury's is to pay its small suppliers quicker using a new payment management system, the Trading Finance Platform. All the retailer's suppliers will be paid through the new system, which will also allow them to view their online...
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Shop Profile - CK's Supermarkets
Nuturing his rapidly expanding retail operation has kept Christopher Kiley on his toes for nearly two decades.
He opened is first store, selling fresh fruit and vegetables, in Llandeilo, south Wales, in 1988. Now CK’s Supermarkets has 18… -
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Reader survey - Christmas trading
Christmas trading is going smoothly, with sales either the same as or better than last year for the vast majority of The Grocer Top 50 independent retailers.According to our latest reader panel survey, many retailers took the precaution of...
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GDA awareness drive kicks off with website
The industry's campaign to educate the public about front-of-pack Guideline Daily Amount labelling began in earnest this week with the launch of a consumer-facing website.The site - at www.whatsinsideguide.com - is the first step in the...
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NCC report on economy lines is 'out of date'
Out of date and unenlightened. That's the British Retail Consortium's verdict on a report published by the National Consumer Council, which claims that supermarkets are risking the health of shoppers who buy into their economy food ranges....
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M&S withdraws cereal
Marks & Spencer has voluntarily withdrawn batches of its own brand Strawberry & Almond Crunch breakfast cereal due to a packing error.The product has been withdrawn because the word 'milk' has been omitted from the allergy advice box on the...
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Iceland depot strike begins
Strike action over pay has begun at an Iceland depot.Drivers and warehouse workers are taking industrial action after rejecting a 2.4% pay offer from their direct employer, DHL Exel which runs the warehouse.There are reports of...
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