All The Grocer articles in 2 March 2002 – Page 2
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get an edge in a competitive environment
Exhibitors are ready to unveil a raft of launches and a wealth of new ideas to give c-store operators the edge in an increasingly competitive marketplace With nearly 150 exhibitors, the Convenience Retailing Show will be packed with products for...
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HEINZ SURPRISES WITH COLOUR trial
Heinz is to broaden the spectrum of its US EZ Squirt tomato ketchup range with the launch of another colour. It is rolling out one million camouflaged bottles containing either pink, orange or teal (greeny-blue) sauce. Consumers won't know which...
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UK firm clinches Galbani deal
UK private equity firm BC Partners has beaten off competition from Parmalat to buy Italian cheese and cured meat maker Galbani from Danone in a E1.015bn deal. Galbani has a significant presence in the UK market supplying Italian cheeses for...
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MPs put local sourcing claims on trial
MPs have slammed representatives from the major supermarkets for claiming they take local sourcing seriously. Sainsbury, Tesco, Asda, Safeway, the Co-operative Group and Netto were witnesses as the Environment, Food & Rural Affairs Select...
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Israel's largest citrus grower and exporter Mehadrin Tnuport
MTE says the instore promotions will include discounts and special offers through a coupon system and the chance to win family holiday prizes. Dov Warmen, md, said the activity would establish Jaffa as a serious player. MTE produces 260,000 tonnes...
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New Zealand, Chile and France are the three most competitive
They took overall first, second and third place respectively in competitive rankings for the world's major apple suppliers. The US report, compiled by Belrose, studied each country's production efficiency, infrastructure and imports, finance and...
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More cheek from Malibu
The fashion industry is the latest target for ridicule in Malibu's Life Less Serious campaign. A £1m cinema ad will run nationally from now until the end of June and is part of a £3.8m budget for the brand this year. Senior brand manager Elsa...
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Tesco works to reward individual at checkouts
Tesco has started trialling promotional initiatives utilising Clubcard data to target customers with ultra-specific deals at the checkout. Dunnhumby, the consultancy helping Tesco develop Clubcard, said trials had started in January in a cluster of...
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Slow gin looks to Gordon's as it changes shape and returns t
Tim Palmer Gordon's has been given its most radical change for 60 years as part of Guinness UDV's plans to revitalise the gin stalwart. The pack has had a major facelift and the brand will go back on TV for the first time in five years. To ...
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Defensive buying drives shares up
A flat market has given a boost to grocery retailers and manufacturers and our basket's well ahead of the game A flat market has pushed up The Grocer's shares this month as investors bought into the defensive qualities of the sector. However, in...
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Buy local' deserves cash
Running a close second on the emotion scale to the GM food/organics furore, the challenges around local sourcing are rarely out of sight, as was demonstrated at this week's Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee hearing. Anecdotal...
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Chilled goes down a treat for own label and mum gets busy in
Asda has dramatically increased its domination of the chart and stands at number one, a full 12 percentage points ahead of Sainsbury. Asda has a strong Mother's Day theme which most certainly contributes to its position in the chart. The...
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Stubbs plans to build enthusiasm for wine in Safeway
Safeway has recruited former Seagram wine director Matthew Stubbs as wine buying manager. He will report to commercial manager for beers, wine and spirits Tom Brooks. Stubbs will be responsible for the overall direction of the Safeway wine range. ...
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McNeil Consumer Nutritionals brought cholesterol-reduction t
Made from a rice, oats and honey base, the bars come in in apricot, raisin and nut and milk chocolate chip and hazelnut variants and all have fewer than 100 calories. The company recommends two to three servings of Benecol each day to get the ...
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Name: Richard Broadhead
Position: Senior logistics manager Company: Jacksons Stores The job: Broadhead reports to trading director Richard Lancaster and will be responsible for warehousing and transport. Lancaster said Jacksons was ...
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Margram's first for Britain: a c-store with a McDonald's
Building work starts next month on the country's first convenience store to feature an integral McDonald's fast food restaurant. The 6,000 sq ft facility is being built on a petrol forecourt on the A24 near Horsham by Margram, the firm behind the...
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Coors makes a Breaker
Coors Brewers is wasting no time in filling the gaps in its UK beer portfolio. The company is running part of the former Bass operation, but without a number of key brands, including Bass Ale and the Tennent's range. These stayed with Interbrew...
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An end to soggy soda crystal boxes
Grocery trade stalwart Dri-Pak is breaking with 150 years' tradition to package soda crystals in plastic bags for the first time. The UK's only remaining manufacturer of the age-old cleaning product, which has been used by generations for heavy...
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C-T pitch could be ruled outer bounds
Carlsberg-Tetley's multi-million pound warm-up plans for the World Cup could be shown a red card if a complaint by a rival brewer is upheld. The brewing giant is hoping to score millions of extra sales in the run up to this summer's tournament in...
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bottled water category in double digit growth
The bottled water category has continued to keep up its momentum, achieving double digit growth during 2001. Its value growth hit 16.4%, driven by an increase in the number of households trying the category last year. An additional 1.3 million...
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