All The Grocer articles in 23 November 2002 – Page 3
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M&S extends festive opening hours
Marks and Spencer will repeat last year’s policy and open 11 of its stores for 24 hours in the run up to Christmas.The stores with extended trading hours are mainly edge of town stores for destination or late night shopping. The only Simply...
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Imperial gains from Reemtsma
Imperial Tobacco has increased its share of the cigarette market in the UK and integration of Reemtsma in Germany – the maker of Peter Stuyvesant – it bought for £4bn in May was on track.For the year to September 28, the UK-based...
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santa salad
Florette is aiming to persuade consumers that salad is for Christmas, not just summer, with the launch of a limited edition Deluxe Christmas Salad. On sale throughout December, it is a mix of radicchio, escarole, Lollo Rossa, Baby Mizuna and...
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Anchor brings a blend of Christmas cheer
Anchor is reintroducing its Extra Thick Cream dual-branded with Courvoisier, Drambuie and Tia Maria, in time for Christmas. Anchor Cream brand manager Gretel Edward said the three were "significant in value" in spite of the fact they would only...
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Nisa goes for cheese
Nisa has launched two new cheese selection trays to its Heritage range to capitalise on the demand for cheese over the festive season.Nisachill senior controller Nick Slater said cheese was the third most shopped category in retail food,...
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Nisa expands in Scotland
Nisa-Today’s has expanded its presence in Scotland with four stores in Ayrshire being re-branded and refurbished under the Nisa fascia.Owner, Alex Currie, said the outlets – two in Troon, one in Dundonald and one in Stewarton – were all...
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Hibernia hit by rival’s ad campaign
Hibernia Foods posted a 5% drop in second quarter sales hurt by higher operating expenses and weakness at its branded desserts unit.The Irish-based food manufacture said the decline in sales was due to intense competition in frozen desserts...
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Safeway to be clear on offers
Safeway has been rapped over the knuckles by advertising watchdogs for making misleading availability claims in a leaflet promoting French Boules.The leaflet in question promoted an offer on a French Boules 2 pack at two of the supermarket’s...
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Shloer core to Merrydown’s sales
Merrydown, the cidermaker and producer Shloer said sales of the soft drink had risen 17% to help narrow first half losses.To September 30, the company posted a pre-tax loss of £329,000 compared with £425,000 last year. Turnover rose 3% to...
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The Best is made better
Safeway has become the latest retailer to raise the stakes in premium own label, claiming to have improved its The Best range and committing £2m support over the next year.Britain’s fourth largest supermarket chain also aims to double the...
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Multiples to monitor taint
Tesco, Sainsbury and Waitrose are planning to take part in an ambitious project to trial a new cork designed to limit wine taint. Sabaté, the French cork manufacturer, has produced 100,000 corks which are guaranteed to have half the amount of...
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Nestlé shakes up milk operations
Nestlé is to close its canned milk products factory in Ashbourne, Derbyshire and is scaling down production at factories at Girvan and Dalston as part of a major shake-up of its UK milk business.Some branded products such as Simply Double...
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