All The Grocer articles in 20 November 2010 – Page 2
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Blue Dragon gets fired up for Chinese New Year
Blue Dragon is kicking off the Chinese New Year with four new product ranges, a packaging overhaul and a £6m marketing push that aims to more than double sales in the next two years. A six-strong cooking sauces range is rolling out to...
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Comment & Opinion
Careers File: Coping with workplace grief and loose-tongued blunders
My colleague has just died from cancer. The decline was very rapid and most of us are suffering from shock. We are a small team and...
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Tesco boosts own-label fish image with Darfresh
Tesco is embarking on a complete packaging overhaul for its own-label pre-packed chilled fish in a bid to attract more affluent shoppers into the category. The project referred to internally by Tesco as 'Revolutionise Fish' will see...
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Comment & OpinionEditor's Comment: Supermarkets have power to create game-changing new brands
Own label is undergoing a revolution. In particular, Tesco, Waitrose, M&S, Sainsbury's and, most recently, Asda, have been transforming entire ranges.
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Red Bull plans special can to celebrate twin success
Red Bull is to build on the success of its double Formula 1 win by launching a special limited-edition can in the new year, The Grocer can reveal and it tactfully features both champion driver Sebastian Vettel and vanquished teammate Mark...
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Former Rachel’s MD Neil Burchell lands top role at Loseley
Loseley Dairy Ice Cream has poached Neil Burchell from yoghurt maker Rachel’s as its new MD in a bid to breathe new life into the group’s range of brands. Burchell has been recruited to the newly-created role to replicate the success he…
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Makro turns its focus on hoteliers in latest customer campaign
Makro has launched its third customer campaign, this time targeting independent hoteliers. In the Proud to Support Independent Hotels campaign, the loss-making wholesaler will run fortnightly offers and price-freeze initiatives. Customer...
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Nocton plays its green card over ‘superdairy’
A pint of milk produced by the Nocton 'superdairy' herd would have a carbon footprint 41% lower than a litre of Tesco milk, Nocton Dairies claimed this week, as it launched a new scaled-down bid to gain planning permission. The...
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‘Cheap whites’ seized in HMRC swoop on smuggling hot spot
Around 11,000 illegal cigarettes and 1.6 kilos of counterfeit tobacco have been seized from a Midlands convenience store following a raid by HM Revenue & Customs. The raid took place last week in West Bromwich. The items were…
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Third Party: Convenience sector is growing in importance
As Morrisons joins other big names opening c-stores, brands should note increased opportunities, says David Norbury
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Comment & OpinionCritical Eye... on sadistic gameshows and vaudeville nudges
Tax the Fat (BBC One, Monday 8.30pm) sounded like a sadistic gameshow rather than a Panorama documentary. But the programme has been going that way for years.
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NewsFocus On World Cuisine: World foods are hot
Recreating the restaurant experience at home. Exciting new dishes. Diwali and Ramadan. Many factors are boosting sales in the booming world cuisine sector, says Simon Creasey
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Focus On World Cuisine: Four to watch
India On Platter is a range of microwaveable ambient curries, vegetable biryani and steamed white basmati rice, launched by Kohinoor Foods UK.
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NewsHow a supersized dairy was cut down to size by the public
After a PR débâcle, Nocton has been forced to rethink its plans for a superdairy. Will a scaled back model be viable? Richard Ford and Julia Glotz report
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NewsLow-profile Emmi enters the primetime with Onken deal
Swiss dairy giant Emmi is a virtual unknown in the UK. So what will the acquisition of Onken bring? Quite a lot, says Stuart Smith
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Organic, flavoured milks dragged into price wars
The supermarket milk price war that kicked off in July is starting to have a knock-on effect beyond standard milk, with prices for organic milk as well as some branded flavoured milks hitting new lows as a result of aggressive promotions.
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Comment & Opinion
Saturday Essay: Why milk is in need of a modern makeover
The industry has lost sight of the competition, and the opportunity to make milk a modern snack, says Simon Muschamp
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Comment & OpinionTales of Titania: A pool full of pudding mix
As I have already come to understand in my brief PR career, press releases are generally made up of lies, damned lies and PR statistics.
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Comment & Opinion
Second Opinion: Can grocery help welfare state?
The industry would do well to learn from history and ask the right questions, says Tim Lang
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Mills Group offloads small supermarkets
Mills Group has become the latest retailer to sell some of its small supermarkets. The c-store chain acquired eight stores from The Co-operative Group last year, taking the retailer into small supermarkets for the first time. However, it...
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