All The Grocer articles in 22 June 2002 – Page 6

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    Bogof's week

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    Never in my life have I heard hardened hacks gasp at a press conference. "We have decided to accept neither bid," said Dame Helena Shovelton at the Lottery Commission's press conference in London on Wednesday, causing a sharp intake of breath from...

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    Bogof's week

    2002-06-22T00:00:00Z

    Back with the Rollers and Bentleys Brigade on Monday at the bash that's still Numero Uno in London's summer social calendar Chelsea Flower Show. Mind you, I took an unglamorous, but highly practical, London Transport double decker from Victoria...

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    Bogof's week

    2002-06-22T00:00:00Z

    Footie mania brought The Grocer's sparkling evening with FSA boss Sir John Krebs to a precisely timed conclusion on Monday. And the standards of the Landmark Hotel's nibbles were well and truly investigated as the delegates ­ Sir John among them ­...

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    Bogof's week

    2002-06-22T00:00:00Z

    The ripple effect from our exclusive interview with the Princess Royal about GM foods goes on and on. Even when Princess Anne, as president, hosted a lunch for the great and good at the Royal Highland Show she was given a formal reminder of the...

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    Bogof's week

    2002-06-22T00:00:00Z

    The imagery displayed by those who project our multiples to the media knows no bounds. We've seen bright striped blazers and boaters, not to mention the spats worn by one Cheshunt figure a few years ago. But colour tinted hair? Surely not? Yet, a...

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    Bogof's week

    2002-06-22T00:00:00Z

    Summer's arrival means it's test match time again, so it was off to Lord's last weekend to watch our lads hammer the Pakistanis. Great occasion, plenty from the ranks of grocery's great and good lapping up the sunshine (and gallons of Champers)....

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    Bogof's week

    2002-06-22T00:00:00Z

    I'll start with a touch of envy this week. Our esteemed editor breezed back into the office after two days on the tropical paradise island of Mauritius. He insists he never sunbathed once or even mixed with Europe's holidaymaking filthy rich during...

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    BOGOF'S WEEK

    2002-06-22T00:00:00Z

    Amid all the terribly worthy stuff at the ECR Europe jamboree in Turin last week, it was refreshing to see one piece of Efficient Consumer Response in action. Picture the scene: the main hall in the former Fiat car factory was packed with stands...

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    Bogof's week

    2002-06-22T00:00:00Z

    Digby Jones, director general of the CBI, made a lot of new friends this week with his fiery ­ and very funny ­ speech to the National Farmers' Union annual dinner. Jones pointed out that the country was forgetting the plight of its farmers, who he...

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    Bogof's week

    2002-06-22T00:00:00Z

    Back on the endless social round again. This time it was the National Grocers' Benevolent Fund annual ball last Friday night at London's Grosvenor House Hotel. With 2001: A Space Odyssey as the theme, it was a smashing occasion for the golden oldies...

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    Bogof's week

    2002-06-22T00:00:00Z

    The countryside may be closed, whatever Government ministers say, but Bogof is still getting plenty of exercise. Take the one day Tube strike in London. Like millions of others in the capital, I trudged from meeting to meeting on foot, until,...

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    Bogof's week

    2002-06-22T00:00:00Z

    You do need to get your priorities right in life, and I have often felt the Federation of Wholesale Distributors' annual dinner at the Savoy does just that. Short speeches, swift awards ceremony, lots of wine and a free bar. Sadly, this year's...

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    Bogof's week

    2002-06-22T00:00:00Z

    My thanks this week go to agriculture minister Nick Brown for hosting a splendid media party at MAFF's Smith Square offices. The minister ­ clutching a glass of organic gin, in breach of his New Year's resolution ­ was in jocular mood. "Welcome,...

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    Bogof's week

    2002-06-22T00:00:00Z

    The impeccably coiffured Elizabeth Edwards, UK marketing manager of Twinings tea, caused rather a frisson at the first Food and Drink Federation organic forum last week, reports a colleague. Her confession she was feeling "rather delicate" after a...

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    Bogof's week

    2002-06-22T00:00:00Z

    The National Farmers' Union gave journalists attending its press conference in London this week a firm dose of motherly love. As we arrived for the mid-morning session, president Ben Gill was on hand with a silver salver of bacon sandwiches. Not a...

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    Bogof's week

    2002-06-22T00:00:00Z

    The grocery industry's supreme efforts to get food supplies back on track after the fuel crisis threw up a few interesting instore sights last weekend. A colleague was busy hunting bread and milk at a Tesco in West Sussex (well even responsible...

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    Bogof's week

    2002-06-22T00:00:00Z

    While the nation's fittest, including many distinguished foodies, sweated and puffed around London in the Marathon last Sunday, I trotted gently off to Olympia for the Natural Products Show ­ a feast of organics. Not just pony tailed, lentil soup...

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    Bogof's week

    2002-06-22T00:00:00Z

    It's Sunday and it's the Summer Fancy Food Show in the ninety degrees heat of the Big Apple! (Well, it makes a change from London in the rain.) This is the food fair where sinister looking guys in black suits with shades do impressions of the...

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    Bogof's week

    2002-06-22T00:00:00Z

    Joined in the fun with the Whitbread dignatories as they enjoyed their last ever Stella Artois tennis tournament at Queen's Club. Judging by the numbers ensconced in the lovely tea and ­ hmm ­ bar area, it's obvious not all of them will miss the...

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    Bogof's week

    2002-06-22T00:00:00Z

    Dragged myself over to Stockley Park last Friday as Heinz opened its doors to us press types to give us the lowdown on what its plans are for its newly acquired frozen food division. But what transpired over lunch was most interesting. A Heinz...