All The Grocer articles in 26 November 2005 – Page 3

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    Cowan is new MD of cheese distributor

    2005-11-26T00:00:00Z

    Speciality cheese importer and distributor Anthony Rowcliffe & Son has appointed Milton Cowan as managing director of the company.Cowan has been at the company for 16 years, joining as general manager before moving up to the position of...

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    Rol up for Christmas entertaining with canapés

    2005-11-26T00:00:00Z

    Jus-Rol is entering into the canapés market in time for the Christmas period as part of its attempts to add interest to the frozen pastry category.Launching next week is a canapé range of 12 bites (rsp: £2.49 for 240g) in two contemporary...

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    Wizard way to make butter convenient

    2005-11-26T00:00:00Z

    The days of butter being too hard or too soft could be numbered, thanks to the first fully portable temperature-controlled butter dish.ButterWizard looks like an ordinary butter dish but maintains butter at its optimum spreading temperature of...

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    Buckingham Vintners names trio

    2005-11-26T00:00:00Z

    Buckingham Vintners has appointed Jon Pepper as marketing manager. Pepper joins Buckingham Vintners from LVMH, where he worked as a brand manager for Guerlain and most recently as retail marketing manager at Thomas Pink. He replaces Kathryn...

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    Bringing it home cheaper

    2005-11-26T00:00:00Z

    Feverish promotional activity has robbed the bacon market of buoyant sales growth. Richard Clarke reports on a far from sizzling pictureIt hasn’t been a great year for bacon. In fact, it wouldn’t be too wide of the mark to say that...

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    A recipe for thinking outside breakfast

    2005-11-26T00:00:00Z

    Bacon, both raw and cooked, has considerable untapped potential as an ingredient in a wide range of recipesBacon suppliers are keen to see their product considered as an option beyond the breakfast and bacon sarnie occasion.The...

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    Controversial tertiary brands feel the heat

    2005-11-26T00:00:00Z

    Are tertiary brands flags of convenience for poor welfare standards? Or a way of supporting British prices?As part of its campaign against imports of pigmeat the British Pig Executive has declared war on bacon labelling that does not...

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    The Boys are wafflin’

    2005-11-26T00:00:00Z

    The Fabulous Bakin’ Boys has gone all Continental with its latest snacking product – a chocolate Belgian waffle.Chocolaty Waffle has a milk chocolate flavour coating and has been developed to offer consumers an indulgent European alternative to...

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    Local links boosted

    2005-11-26T00:00:00Z

    Waitrose has launched its Local Fresh Produce initiative in eight of its East Anglian stores, following a successful trial in Kent earlier this year.The East Anglian initiative is one of four nationally, with others in the West Country, Wales,...

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    A bit of problem with the joints

    2005-11-26T00:00:00Z

    Joint sales have been doing well according to the statisticians, but Asda for one feels that a younger generation is turning away from them and they need to be made more appealingIt’s been a flat year for bacon rashers, but joints and...

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    Bird flu scare did depress sales

    2005-11-26T00:00:00Z

    Poultry meat sales plunged as media coverage of the spread of avian flu fuelled panic among consumers, new figures show.TNS data reveals that in the four weeks to November 6, when TV, press and radio coverage of bird flu peaked, value sales of...

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    Tasting and looking better

    2005-11-26T00:00:00Z

    Retailers agree that the value of the market could be raised by an emphasis on premium linesMany believe one way to haul bacon out of the doldrums would be to put more emphasis on premium lines. Get shoppers to trade up and pay more...

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    Traffic light labels too basic to work

    2005-11-26T00:00:00Z

    from Owen Warnock, partner, Eversheds LLP law firmSir; I read with interest your article on the Food Standard Agency’s labelling proposals (‘Green light for a big fight’, The Grocer, November 19, p4). While this system is designed to...

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    Baileys is falling

    2005-11-26T00:00:00Z

    Retailers appear to have chosen Baileys as their weapon of choice in the annual Christmas drinks discounting war.The brand has dropped below the £10 mark for a one-litre bottle a week earlier than it did last year, and it has already reached a...

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    Getting the buzz back

    2005-11-26T00:00:00Z

    It’s one thing to talk about boosting people management and business performance, but it’s quite another to actually put it into practice. Duncan Brown looks at how winning companies have achieved successHow’s the buzz in your...

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    Asda gets into fine dining

    2005-11-26T00:00:00Z

    Asda has opened a café bar and restaurant – the first of its kind within the chain – that includes table service and serves a range of premium fresh foods all found in its aisles.
    The upmarket eatery, complete with leather seats and meals cooked…

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    Asda makes fresh a priority

    2005-11-26T00:00:00Z

    Asda is planning the biggest overhaul of its fresh food offer in five years in an effort to stave off Sainsbury taking back its number two supermarket spot.Fresh food has traditionally been a key strength for Sainsbury, while Asda had excelled...

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    Rebranding wins consumer approval

    2005-11-26T00:00:00Z

    Shoppers in the south believe that product range and quality has improved since Morrisons took over the Safeway business last year.This is the finding of the latest research conducted for The Grocer by Harris Interactive which contradicts the...

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    Water gets cool youth appeal

    2005-11-26T00:00:00Z

    The next generation of bottled water drinkers is the target of a new brand called Drench from Britvic Soft Drinks, which is seeking to increase its presence in the category as carbonated drinks continue to slump.Drench is being hailed as the...

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    Ambitions to be number one in the world

    2005-11-26T00:00:00Z

    Creation of vion leads to the demise of the dutch meat boardIn the fall-out from the merger of Dumeco and Hendrix, and the creation of Vion, it was decided that promotional body the Dutch Meat Board should be abolished at the end of ...