All The Grocer articles in 25 October 2003 – Page 3

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    CIES to boost image of food business

    2003-10-30T00:00:00Z

    CIES -– The Food Business Forum – has created a new programme to help improve the sector’s image. The scheme ‘The Image of the Food Business’ will focus on the issue of how food retailers contribute to the community, outlining the positive...

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    PGB Mexico names new boss

    2003-10-30T00:00:00Z

    The Pepsi Bottling Group has announced Rogelio Rebolledo as its new president and chief executive officer of PBG Mexico, to replace Jaime Costa Lavín from January. Pablo Lagos will take up the new position of chief operating officer...

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    Fresh & Wild opens in Bristol

    2003-10-30T00:00:00Z

    Organic retailer Fresh & Wild is preparing to open its first store outside London at the end of November.Marketing manager Peter Bradford said Fresh & Wild had decided to trial a store in Bristol as rent was lower there than in London....

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    Westbury Dairies gets a lifeline

    2003-10-30T00:00:00Z

    Westbury Dairies has signed a deal to lease its troubled milk processing plant in Westbury, Wiltshire. Three co-operatives Dairy Farmers of Britain, First Milk and Milk Link will takeover the plant, with each investing between £1m and £2m...

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    Free bar

    2003-10-31T00:00:00Z

    Green & Black's orfganic milk chocolate will become the first food brand to be given away free with Observer Food Monthly magazine, out on Sunday November 9.Readers in London and the south east will get a free 20g bar.They will also...

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    Market is ripe for discounters

    2003-10-31T00:00:00Z

    The EDLP tactics of Asda and Tesco may have opened rather than closed the doors to the hard discounters in the UK, retail experts have warned.Speakers at Citigroup Smith Barney’s annual food retailing conference highlighted the growing...