All The Grocer articles in 25 November 2006
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In the can
Fruit. The few remaining Spanish canners have started to process the season's bumper mandarin orange crop. At 150,000 metric tonnes, it was nearly double last year's production. A high proportion of 2005's crop went into the fresh...
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100 tonnes of chocolate per year
A new addition to The Grocer's World's Greatest Food Retailers, Harrods, based in Knightsbridge, London, started life in 1849 when Charles Henry Harrod opened a small grocery shop and placed the emphasis on high-quality customer service....
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World News - 25th November 2006
Campbell profit falls. CAMDEN, NJ: Campbell Soup Company has reported a 3.6% fall in first-quarter net profit to $291m on turnover up 8% at $2.2bn (£1.15bn). Sales were boosted by price increases and new products, including lower...
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Abattoirs air big beef on price-fixing claim
Abattoirs have denied allegations by the National Beef Association that they are engaged in cattle price manipulation. The NBA said some farmers were "allowing themselves to be conned by a handful of influential abattoirs into thinking...
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Barley is activated as new superfood
Swedish company NutriTech is hoping to stake barley's claims to superfood status with a range of products featuring a specially processed form of the grain. The Aktiv Everyday range includes a chocolate-covered energy bar and a meal...
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Alcohol storms to top of branded activity chart
A year ago, frozen was leading the branded activity chart with a 17% share of promotional space, while alcoholic drinks, culinary and soft drinks all had 10% and household was in fifth place with 9% (Promotrack, The Grocer, 26 November...
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Farmers struggling to adapt to subsidy loss
Even England's most efficient beef and lamb farmers are making big losses, new figures from EBLEX show. Only the top third of intensive beef finishers make any sort of profit. And suckler producers, vital in producing calves finished for...
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Ads for kids are dead. Long live ads for kids
Ofcom's verdict is in. And the race is now on for food and drink companies to find alternative ways to market their products to kids. The internet; non broadcast media such as direct mail, print and on-pack promotions; in-store marketing...
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Campaign trail: Lurpak's new print and poster campaign aims to stake the brand's claims to seasonality
Lurpak's new print and poster campaign aims to stake the brand's claims to seasonality, by showing it used in a traditional Christmas lunch. Breaking at the start of next month and running for two weeks, the advertisements will...
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Asda starts a drive to reduce air miles
Asda is offering bagged potatoes that make a virtue of their local origins. All 79 of its eastern counties stores started stocking East Anglian new potatoes in late October. They will be available into next year and then from June...
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In Brief: Fruit market 'soft'; Food safety scandal; Growing anxiety
Fruit market 'soft' Growth is slowing in the £250m-a-year soft fruit industry and growers must work harder to excite consumers, according to Nick Marston, MD of KG Fruits. More research was needed, he said. Food safety...
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Marks & Spencer in mixed signpost labelling approach
Marks & Spencer has finally nailed its colours to the mast in the front-of-pack signpost labelling debate, revealing plans to pilot, er, both. From January, a combination of traffic lights and Guideline Daily Amounts will be introduced to...
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Asda's loss is India's gain ...
Asda talent has been lured away by Indian firm Reliance Retail. Peter Bracher, Asda's director of public affairs and corporate responsibility, left last week to become special advisor for Reliance's Fresh stores. He had been at Asda for...
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The best food store in asia
Thailand's Central Food Hall hasn't even been in business a year, but it is a worthy entrant to our top 10. The 40,000 sq ft flagship store, situated in central Chidlom, Bangkok and owned by Central Food Retail Company, officially opened in...
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My Favourite Things Henry Chevallier Guild of Aspall Cyder and Speciality Vinegars
What's your favourite restaurant? The Dove House in Eye, Suffolk; sadly it has recently shut down, but it served the finest Indian cuisine I have ever had in England. What would you request as your final meal? Dal Makhani with...
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"Where King started by growing the top line, it's interesting that Rose started by hacking back costs"
Stuart Rose once famously slugged it out with Sir Philip Green outside his Oxford Street HQ. It was clearly not a battle the handsome M&S boss relished. But I fancy he is enjoying, rather more, his fight with Sainsbury's equally striking...
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Comment & Opinion
Is the face in the mirror the person holding you back?
Everyone has a different tipping point when it comes to work-life balance: some need challenging jobs to feel fulfilled, and thrive on long hours; others couldn't cope without six weeks holiday and manage to use up sick days effectively...
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Bestway plans new Batleys depot in Kent
Bestway Group has unveiled expansion plans for 2007 alongside strong double-digit annual growth figures for the year to 30 June. The company aims to open the first new Batleys depot in more than five years at Gillingham, Kent, in July...
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CJ Lang uses IT in underage battle
CJ Lang has stepped up efforts to stamp out sales of alcohol and cigarettes to underage consumers by installing new touchscreen software in all its company-owned outlets. The system, which has been designed by Torex Retail, enables store...