All The Grocer articles in 20 October 2007 – Page 2
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Campaigners say Cambridge local shops beat Tesco prices
Local shops are cheaper than Tesco's convenience stores, campaigners have claimed. Residents campaigning against the opening of a Tesco Express store in Mill Road, Cambridge, carried out a basket comparison test on 21 grocery items at...
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INQUIRY BETS PLEASE
After 18 months travelling the country, sifting through millions of emails, sending out surveys, travelling the country and listening to submissions, the Competition Commission is expected to publish the provisional findings of its grocery...
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Ecover bids to clean up in personal care sector
Ecover is launching into the personal care market in a move to fuel growth as the sector's giants ramp up environmentally driven innovation. In a two-pronged strategy it will introduce a four-strong range of shampoos, soaps and shower...
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Booker depots will be open for longer
Booker is promising longer and more accessible opening hours as it aims to live up to its promise of becoming the "back store" for independent retailers. Now Booker's 172 depots will open at 7:30am from Monday to Saturday and from 9am to...
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Nothing is too much bother and Q&A
The Tesco superstore in Maryhill Shopping Centre in Glasgow has claimed this week's Top Store Award, catapulting the retailer into joint first place on our Service Champs ranking. Our shopper was impressed by the high level of customer service,...
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In Brief: Fresh sales manager; Fresh sales manager; New MD for YP; Walker runs depot
Fresh sales manager Patrick Pace has been appointed sales manager of Fresh and Green, an eco-friendly cleaning brand set up by celebrity chef Antony Worrall Thompson and operated by Clean and Green UK. Pace will co-ordinate the national distribution...
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It's business as usual post-FMD say Kiwis
New Zealand lamb bosses have ruled out any lessening of competition in the UK when the New Zealand lamb season opens in January - while insisting they won't take advantage of the export restrictions imposed by FMD and bluetongue on British...
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Recommendations: encourage impulse buys
?Engage the shoppers with the fixture to encourage incremental and impulse purchases through the use of eye catching and emotional in-store marketing and fun merchandising.?Many shoppers have feelgood associations with this...
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Cadbury Christmas cakes
With its eye-catching new packaging, unique and appetising taste and an enticing new product, Cadbury Cakes Christmas range is set to fly off shelves this year. New for Christmas 2007 are Orange Crisp Bites. The Family Yule Log has been...
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Fat get fatter, thin stay thin, claims new obesity research
The food industry has come under fire for contributing to the nation's bulging waistline once again, but a new study has challenged the assumption that food is chiefly to blame for obesity. People have a genetic susceptibility to weight...
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Jose Cuervo taps into in-home cocktail trend
Diageo is making further moves into the pre-mixed cocktail category with the launch of a margarita pre-mix under the Jose Cuervo tequila brand. It is hoped the launch of Jose Cuervo Authentic Margarita will benefit from the emerging...
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Glisten Confectionery's Victoria
To celebrate Glisten Confectionery’s ever-popular Victoria range of children’s bagged sweets, Retail Express is offering 10 lucky readers the chance to win 50 delicious bags of Victoria children’s confectionery.
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Help create the definitive salary survey
Ever wondered whether you're paid what you're worth? You'll find out on 19 January when The Grocer publishes its annual Sales & Marketing Salary Survey, produced in partnership with Pursuit NHA. To ensure this year's survey is truly...
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Is crime a problem for your store?
Staff safety is vital ?We are based in an area where there are a lot of schoolchildren but while we get the odd bit of shoplifting crime isn't too much of a problem for us. Our store is fully equipped to deal with any issues, though. We have...
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Shoppers pay price for flood damage to crops
Consumers are still being forced to pick up the tab at supermarket checkouts for the disastrous 2007 veg growing season, new industry figures have shown. Although the panic prices of late July have subsided on some brassica crops, the...
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Tesco is like, er, Depeche Mode
Tesco has been described as a lot of things, but "like Depeche Mode" is a new one on Bogof. In an effort to explain the concept of the new Fresh & Easy convenience store format, the blog explains: "There's rock music, there's R&B, there's rap,...
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Mars has the edge with sweet Hallowe'en offers
Mars UK has stepped up its promotional activity in the build-up to Hallowe'en to take first place in the top five branded activity chart last weekend with a 25% share of space. Its snack size and mini packs were on offer in all five...
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Shoppers say M&S is the most ethical
Marks & Spencer has been rated the most ethical food retailer by consumers for a second year, while Tesco was down five places on last year in 15th position. M&S was rated 'good' or 'very good' by 60% of the 1,067 people polled in the...
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Sprite and Fanta
To celebrate Hallowe'en this year, Coca-Cola Enterprises is launching a spooky on-pack promotion across special Sprite, Fanta and Dr Pepper packs. In an exclusive partnership with Tussards, CCE is offering consumers the chance to win 2 for 1...
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Farmfoods leads private food firms
Nearly 20% of The Sunday Times' Top Track 250 ranking of Britain's biggest mid-market private companies are from the food and drink industry. A total of 44 companies, ranging from retailers and manufacturers, to wholesalers and...
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