All The Grocer articles in 26 October 2002
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Spar Kick Starts Pub As Hub
Midlands Spar wholesaler AF Blakemore has recruited the first pubs to branch out into convenience retailing as part of its ‘pub as the hub’ initiative to encourage rural businesses to join Spar.Retail director Elwyn Davies said two pubs in...
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Londis Deal With Moneybox
Londis has claimed an improved deal with cash machine provider Moneybox could help net each of its stores £11,000 extra profit per year.Moneybox has agreed to install its self-fill cash machine, which it believes is the smallest footprint...
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Safeway Launches £2m TV Ad Campaign
Safeway has moved back onto TV screens with a £2m ad campaign it claims will take supermarket advertising into a “new dimension”.Safeway canned its talking toddler adsa along with its ABC loyalty card on the grounds cash was better spent on...
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CUB wins distribution deal for SKYY Vodka
Italian drinks group Campari has struck a deal with Carlton United Breweries for the distribution of its premium vodka brand SKYY.Under the deal CUB’s subsidiary – The Continental Spirits Company – will distribute SKYY throughout Australia...
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Vanilla Coke hits Europe
Coca-Cola has rolled out its cola variant Vanilla Coke in Sweden and said it is to launch it in the UK, France and Germany within the next 12 months.The first cans of the sparkly drink, which has helped revive flagging sales since its US...
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Kmart vague about monthly sales
Troubled US retailer Kmart said like-for-like sales rose in October compared to the previous month.The discount retailer's like-for-like sales declined 6.9 percent in September, the 12th consecutive monthly drop. Kmart Chief restructuring...
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Tesco buys T&S Stores
Tesco has agreed to buy convenience store group T&S Stores for £377.3m to boost its presence in the convenience market.T&S's portfolio of stores includes more than 1,200 shops including 862 convenience stores under the One Stop and Day &...
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Stock failures revealed
Elaine Watson Tesco and Sainsbury are missing out on a major sales opportunity through poor product availability, according to new research by Taylor Nelson Sofres revealed at the Schroder Salomon Smith Barney Food Retailing conference. Data...
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Stock failures revealed
Tesco and Sainsbury are missing out on a major sales opportunity through poor product availability, according to new research by Taylor Nelson Sofres revealed at the Schroder Salomon Smith Barney Food Retailing conference.Data from TNS...
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But the forecast said ...
Orders can be like buses. None, then three at once. Forecasts like bus and train timetables, are designed to help you organise your time and martial your resources most effectively. But as everyone who relies on public transport knows, sometimes...
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Findus soup for freezers
Soup has found its way into UK freezer cabinets with the launch of an eight-strong range from Findus. The frozen food specialist is backing its new Soup a' Meals with a £4.5m marketing campaign during the next 12 months, including new...
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Co-op closes Alldays deal
The Co-operative Group has bought convenience store operator Alldays for some £131m from receivers PricewaterhouseCoopers.Co-operative Group chief executive Martin Beaumont, said: “This deal establishes the Co-operative Group as the UK’s...
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Leader of the packs
Tetra Pak has celebrated its 50th anniversary, quite a feat for a company that failed to show a profit for 20 years, says Mary Carmichael Origami skills do not usually feature among the criteria for impacting on the fmcg arena, but Swedish...
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Keeping sweet
Good Housekeeping offers readers a free Thorntons chocolate bar in the December issue, on sale on November 11. Cover price is £2.80, distribution by Comag. Guest writers Science and discovery magazine Focus is celebrating its tenth...
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Making its marc
Italian wine brand Marc Xero is being promoted with an extensive sampling and advertising campaign. International Wine Services is building on its previous sampling drive at Toni & Guy hair salons with ads in women's glossy magazines....
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New owner pledges investment
Singapore Food Industries, the new owner of troubled supplier S Daniels, has pledged to pump cash and expertise into the company, best known for its New Covent Garden soup subsidiary. Singapore Food Industries put in an offer to buy Daniels last...
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Potential of Russia huge
The Russian grocery retail market is huge, untapped and ripe for consolidation, delegates at the SSSB annual food retailing conference were told. Former Somerfield home shopping boss David Noble, now a supervisory board director at St Petersburg...
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Sian harrington
Safeway chief executive Carlos Criado-Perez says the company is determined to remain independent in light of market talk of a bid from Asda, but the retailer's share of trade continues to fall, placing it in a vulnerable position. Our TradeTrak...
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Multinational giant PepsiCo has plans to launch a raft of ne
The company, which already has a number of major brands in the UK such as Pepsi, Walkers and Tropicana, is looking to introduce a range of snack products it acquired with its purchase of Quaker Oats Company last year, as well as Gatorade, which...