All The Grocer articles in 25 November 2006 – Page 3

  • News

    McCain oven chips go for a green light

    2006-11-25T00:00:00Z

    McCain has developed what it claims is the first oven chip to score green across the board under the FSA's traffic light labelling system. Its new Rustic Oven Chips are cut thicker than standard products and also have the skins left on....

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    Climbing the ladder

    2006-11-25T00:00:00Z

    How did you get where you are today? I started in the retail arena with the Co-op back in 1986 and then moved into sales with Mars Confectionery in 1989. I stayed on the sales side with Mars for over seven years and was then made a NAM. From...

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    Co-op Group is OK with me

    2006-11-25T00:00:00Z

    Sir; I was rather surprised to see that the Co-operative Group was being criticised for the content of its submissions to the Competition Commission grocery inquiry ('The Co-op bares its soul', 18 November, p6). All supermarket groups at...

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    Own-label is latest target for copycats

    2006-11-25T00:00:00Z

    Copycat branding in grocery is a growing problem and retailers are even mimicking each other's own label products, it has been claimed. A survey of 100 brand managers found 60% believed plagiarism of their brands by competitors was a...

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    A culinary epicentre

    2006-11-25T00:00:00Z

    Paris' stylish Place de la Madeleine has been home to this French food emporium for 120 years. The business was founded in 1886 by grocer Auguste Felix Fauchon when he set up a fine foods cart in Paris specialising in French products....

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    Dairy store Disneyland

    2006-11-25T00:00:00Z

    Stew Leonard's has just three outlets in the US, but its shoppers are devoted. They vote with their wallets, with each store raking in millions to create a £300m turnover business. As Simon Dunn, MD of food broker Product Chain says:...

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    Pernod Ricard is quite happy to stay in dark

    2006-11-25T00:00:00Z

    Drinks giant Pernod Ricard is putting its weight behind dark spirits with a raft of upmarket extensions for its core The Glenlivet, Martell and Havana Club brands. The producer has added a premium line to its The Glenlivet single-malt...

  • Profiles

    Defra lends Young to lead FDF sustainability

    2006-11-25T00:00:00Z

    As the Government turns up the heat on environmental issues, the Food and Drink Federation has named Callton Young as its new director of sustainability and competitiveness. Young, who takes up the position with immediate effect, has...

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    Headline writers fail to dent sales of eggs

    2006-11-25T00:00:00Z

    Egg sales have cruised through a double whammy of bad news. Major retailers said it was business as usual, in spite of last week's negative headlines alleging fraudulent free-range labelling and high salmonella levels in Spanish...

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    One-stop shop with a difference

    2006-11-25T00:00:00Z

    Loblaws is one of the quality supermarket formats operated by Loblaw Companies, which opened the doors to its first grocery store in Toronto in 1919. Its selection of speciality departments and shops under one roof in its bigger branches...

  • Profiles

    McGettigan leaves a hole at Dunnes

    2006-11-25T00:00:00Z

    Dunnes Stores, the Irish Republic's number-two grocery retailer, is in the market for a new director of food after Eoin McGettigan's move into the sportswear sector. McGettigan is to become chief executive of Lifestyle Sports, a chain...

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    From here to eternity

    2006-11-25T00:00:00Z

    David Jones' flagship food hall in Sydney, Australia, is the country's only entry in our finest stores list. Affectionately known as DJ's, the 37-strong department store chain, founded in 1838, has seven food halls that have taken on iconic...

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    Eureka

    2006-11-25T00:00:00Z

    Aimed at a gap in the market for "a more flavourful, healthy and convenient alternative to dry tea, infusions and coffee", according to company founder Martha Benedek, Go-Chai is a concentrate brewed from natural fine black tea and spices....

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    The world's greatest food retailers

    2006-11-25T00:00:00Z

    We all love food. We all love food shops. That's our business. But how often do we get to step back and fully appreciate the simple pleasure of shopping for food ourselves? Not often enough. So once again we're celebrating the best the...

  • News

    Food theatre

    2006-11-25T00:00:00Z

    It may not be modest, but Hong Kong's self-named Great Food Hall isn't wrong either. Our experts heaped praise on Great's huge medley of 46,000 gourmet items, including 2,000 organic and health-orientated items and a bakery offering 300...

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    Healthy Start for new food voucher scheme

    2006-11-25T00:00:00Z

    Greengrocers are set to grab a share of a £129m a year windfall, thanks to a government initiative. Healthy Start is a Department of Health scheme that gives families vouchers to spend on milk and, for the first time, fruit and...

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    Whole Foods Market still top in our world's greatest league

    2006-11-25T00:00:00Z

    Its name has been on every food director's lips in the past 12 months and it's a must-see on any visit to the US. Now Whole Foods Market has topped The Grocer's World's Greatest Food Retailers list for the second year running. It is yet...

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    Platform for the future

    2006-11-25T00:00:00Z

    Sir; If the market needs evidence of the value of independent retailers - and cynics seem to need to overdose on it - then the story of David Ward, who runs a store at East Barkwith, Lincolnshire, is surely typical. This week I presented...

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    Temple to italian gastronomy

    2006-11-25T00:00:00Z

    With its origins in the fashionable European city of Milan, it's no wonder the glamorous Peck has managed to stand out as a popular luxury delicatessen in Italy on a par with London's Harrods. The company, which began in 1883, has...

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    The russia house

    2006-11-25T00:00:00Z

    A gourmet phenomenon has taken off in Moscow over the past few years with a variety of food boutiques springing up in the Russian capital. Probably the most diverse new food operation is the aptly named Globus Gourmet, which offers its consumers...