All The Grocer articles in 22 June 2002 – Page 6
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Bogof's week
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
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
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
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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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
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
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
It's hard to imagine Tesco without Terry Leahy. But it could so easily have happened, as one of my colleagues was startled to discover this week. He was attending the Swedish government's Food Chain conference not the sort of place you would...
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Bogof's week
I read in The Sun where else? that Tesco has hired a seven year old boy to explain the Pokémon craze to them. Laurie Sleator for it is he gives his unique briefings in return for Pokémon goodies (and, I assume, a bodyguard to see ...
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The cast seems to change every year, but the Booker Prize for Excellence 2001 at the Park Lane Hilton was the usual glittering affair. Instead of Stuart Rose (Malcolm Walker didn't even hang around long enough to make one appearance) Bill Grimsey...
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Bogof's week
I'm sure I wasn't the only one to enjoy seeing the repeat this week of the infamous BBC tv programme where Sainsbury's Dino Adriano went back to the shopfloor. Who could forget the sight of Dino wrapped up in that extremely snug polyester uniform?...
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Bogof's week
A Tesco love-in at the Marketing Society retail forum came to an abrupt halt last week when a spy was spotted in the crowd. Carolyn Bradley, COO of Tesco.com, had just got on stage, blushing from marketing director Tim Mason's reference to her as...
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Bogof's week
There were a few surprises on the opening day of the ECR Europe conference in Glasgow, not least the shocking sight of Unilever's Antony Burgmans and Marks and Spencer's Luc Vandevelde striding on to the stage in kilts. I am glad to say the kilts ...
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Bogof's week
One of my colleagues was chatting this week with new Booker boss Malcolm Walker who has been busy meeting customers this week among them Baz Patel who runs a store in Luton. But it seems Walker was as impressed with Patel's big, posh car as he...
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Bogof's week
Further proof of how competitive the multiples are came this week when Sainsbury and Tesco organised summer bashes for the same night, the same time and the same stretch of the Thames. Although one spin doctor admitted to me that the diary clash...
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Bogof's week
Hardened hack I may be, but even I was blushing this week when a Design Bridge trip to Sainsbury's backfired. Designers Peter and David had come up with arty two-tone judging cards to help a group of 12 elderly shoppers pick out examples of good...
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Bogof's week
I return to the office with a spring in my step this week I have realised that I am not the oldest person in grocery. Who is? Look no further than the Co-op. Never mind the thrusting executives of CWS and United Norwest, most of those attending...
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Bogof's week
I have always had a soft spot for former Iceland boss Malcolm Walker and his shoot-from-the-hip style of management. Even when he was being a bit well, how can I put this? economical with the truth. No, I am not talking here about share dealing...
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Bogof's week
While on my travels north last week, I was horrified to see that one of the truly great signs of the A1 had disappeared. I had grown quite fond of Morrisons' billboard by the side of the road just as you hit the Midlands in which the ...
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The Somerfield top brass were in jolly mood when one of my colleagues met up to hear the news on their interim results. The tone for the day was set early in the morning at the company's analysts meeting, when one top pundit congratulated them on...