All The Grocer articles in 28 January 2012
Previous issues.
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My Alternative CV
Sophie Tomlinson
The Little Dish account manager on taste-testing babyfood, commuting and meeting Tony Blair.
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News
Two more beers follow AB InBev into low abv
Carlsberg Export and Cobra are dropping from 5% abv to 4.8% - a week after AB InBev announced it would cut the strength of three of its biggest brands.
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Analysis & Features
Supermarkets pile on promos to win post-Christmas pounds
Remember Philip Clarke’s words after those miserable Tesco Christmas numbers? “We backed off some of our promotional and couponing activity too early.”
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News
Philip Dennis spends big on wind turbine
Devon foodservice wholesaler Philip Dennis has invested £1.2m in a wind turbine that will produce enough electricity to power its Ilfracombe depot.
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Analysis & Features
Is it just Tesco slowing the pace in the space race?
Asda has proclaimed no halt to expansion, but Tesco’s rivals are already placing more emphasis on refurbs instead of newbuild.
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News
Rabobank: poultry industry inefficient
The UK poultry industry needs to urgently improve its efficiency if it is to compete effectively with other EU countries, Rabobank has warned.
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News
Ocado hosts new virtual sweetie shop
Traditional sweetshop Hope & Greenwood is the latest brand to launch a ‘shop within a shop’ on the Ocado website.
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News
Giants outwitted by more nimble rivals
Big is not always beautiful in grocery. Carrefour and Tesco, the second and third-biggest global supermarkets, were outwitted over Christmas by smaller rivals.
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News
Tayto snaps up pork snack firm Midland
Northern Irish crispmaker Tayto has bought pork scratchings manufacturer Midland Snacks.
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News
Start-up stalwart Potts to establish MLC in UK
David Potts, former CEO of Nom Dairy UK, is to lead a new UK division for French dairy co-op Maîtres Laitiers du Cotentin.
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Comment & Opinion
Nobs, knobs and Tesco envy
Tesco-envy is about to sweep the land faster than an Ocado finance director leaping from a speeding delivery van.
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News
Teaspoon is drug gear, Sainsbury's tells Grocer journo
When is a teaspoon not a teaspoon? When it’s “drug paraphernalia”, The Grocer discovered this week.
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News
'Frustrated' Tesco ditches eco-labels
Tesco will no longer feature the Carbon Trust’s carbon reduction label on its products, claiming it is too time-consuming and expensive to justify.
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Comment & Opinion
De-togging with the hungry toffs
Even the involvement of Hugh himself couldn’t stop me unexpectedly enjoying Hugh’s Three Hungry Boys.
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News
Dragons' Den winner launches ready meals
An entrepreneur who won over two Dragons is rolling out a range of free-from ready meals.
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News
DBC hit by investments and home-dining trend
DBC Foodservice has blamed the loss posted in its latest results on a combination of heavy investment in its business and fewer people eating out.
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Profiles
Philip Davies MP
Davies worked for Asda from September 1993 to May 2005, when he was elected MP for Shipley.
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Comment & Opinion
We must keep cutting the red tape
With the likelihood of a government-led stimulus looking remote, what can ministers do to make life less difficult for food retailers and processors?
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News
Compromise reached on low-calorie pledge
The government has reached a compromise with the food industry over its aim to slash the nation’s daily calorie intake by five billion, The Grocer can reveal.
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News
Super-premium cod Skrei lands in UK with a listing at Harrods
Harrods is to become the first UK retailer to stock a super-premium variety of cod from Norway that has been championed by Michel Roux Jr.