All The Grocer articles in 22 October 2005 – Page 2
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Review hopes rekindled
Hopes were raised this week that a full market review would result from the All Party Parliamentary Small Shops Group High Street 2015 inquiry.Representatives from the independent grocery trade, including the Association of Convenience Stores,...
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Hit or Miss?
>>How is one of this year’s launches faring?Product:branston relishCompany:premier foodsLaunch date:March 2005To complement its popular pickle range, Branston this year made its first foray into the...
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Merrydown: the next generation
Merrydown has become the third major player to get in on the growing ‘cider on the rocks’ phenomenon.Following closely in the footsteps of the Irish brand Magners and Scottish Courage’s Strongbow Sirrus, Merrydown, owned by the SHS Group, is...
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Lapping up winning formulas
Big-name licensors such as Disney are featuring in the drive to promote drinks such as fruit smoothies and natural waterIn the past drinks manufacturers have preferred linking up with sports and music brands. But it seems the sector...
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Losing? Whose fault is that?
Mason warns that there will be little let up in Tesco’s expansionRival retailers have only themselves to blame for not managing to keep up with Tesco, Tim Mason, the retailer’s marketing director, hinted at this year’s IGD Convention.Mason...
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Fuelforce sheds its retail estate
Fuelforce, one of the UK’s largest independent forecourt operators, looks poised to exit retailing after selling the bulk of its remaining estate in a deal worth £50m.Speculation that Fuelforce was looking for a way out was already rife after...
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Making ends meet
People say they value British farming – but they aren’t prepared to pay more for local food. So what can be done, asks Richard ClarkeResearch out this month shows that a whopping 87% of us think agriculture is important to Britain’s...
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Savanna Dry is sticking its neck out
The premium UK cider market is set to get South African competition with the off-trade launch of Savanna Dry.The brand has been listed in the UK on-trade for 18 months, and has just been launched into the off-trade, commencing with a listing...
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Morrisons finalises corporate structure
After months of indecision and highly publicised boardroom battles, Sir Ken Morrison, chairman of Morrisons, has finalised the corporate governance structure of the supermarket group.This follows the decision of CEO Bob Stott to leave the...
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Consumer Insight
Age profile of chicken consumersnLast year chicken was eaten on 3.5 billion occasions, up 1% on the previous yearnThe 17-24 age group over-indexes on chicken consumption by 33% compared with...
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Community project faces tougher times
It’s six years since Rusper Village Stores in Rusper, West Sussex, reopened as the second community-owned retailing project. The site has quite a pedigree, having been the location of a village store for more than 100 years.The relaunch of the...
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Santa’s on Coke over Christmas
Coca-Cola is showing the bottle to evolve the brand with new festive packs for Coca-Cola Original and Diet Coke.It is launching seasonal graphics across two-litre bottles and multipacks of 330ml cans as well as sleeved designs for its glass...
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New faces at Christian Salvesen
Logistics giant Christian Salvesen has appointed Belen Sanchez-Arias as its new marketing manager.Sanchez-Arias will take responsibility for all PR and marketing activities, including strategy, planning and implementation.She has worked in...
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How much is chip and pin cutting fraud?
from Doug Hargrove, commercial director, Torex RetailSir; Despite last week’s news that Valentine’s Day 2006 will be the start of a no PIN, no purchase policy (The Grocer, October 15, p8), there are still several obstacles to the...
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MBL ‘needs huge culture change’
Musgrave Budgens Londis has called on suppliers to work closely with the group to simplify relationships.Speaking at the group’s supplier conference this week, trading director Barry Williams said communication had been at fault for under-...
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If you haven’t got it, you can’t sell it
from Tony Rogers, chairman, VA Whitley & Co, foodservice supplierSir; The crie de coeur uttered by Richard Brittle (The Saturday Essay, The Grocer, October 15, p32) was most apposite.Ever since an accountant was made head of...
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Burden of crime growing
Sainsbury and Marks and Spencer have painted a pessimistic picture of the increasing impact retailers face from crime, reflecting latest figures that show the cost to businesses is rising along with violence and verbal abuse.Both companies told...
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Brazil’s Nova Schin set for the off
Nova Schin, the brewed-at-source lager from Brazil, is set to enter the UK off-trade.The 4.7% abv imported lager, which was first brewed in 1989, was trialled in the UK at the end of last year and has been tested in UK bars for the past two...
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Ummah ‘is not a boycott brand’
Muslim brand Ummah hopes to succeed where the likes of Qibla Cola did not with a gradual rollout of new products and a positive marketing campaign aimed at achieving supermarket and international listings.Founder Khalid Sharif said advertising...
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Bowling ’em over
Asda is claiming a great success with its first foray into the Northern Irish grocery market.It said sales at its first four stores had exceeded its weekly sales targets by 30% in their first week of trading.Chief executive Andy Bond said:...
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