All The Grocer articles in 3 October 2009 – Page 2
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Coca-Cola eyes Glacéau growth as US bestseller gets UK debut
Coca-Cola believes it can add £3m to its £4m Glacéau Vitaminwater brand in the next few months as it gets set to launch its bestselling US flavour in the UK this month. The vitamin-enhanced water a US brand for which Coke paid...
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Shoppers urged to make Big Swap for Fairtrade Fortnight
Consumers will be urged to switch their food, drink and clothing choices for Fairtrade alternatives during next year's Fairtrade Fortnight campaign, organisers have revealed.The Big Swap is being billed as the backbone of the biggest and...
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Drinks industry blasts minimum pricing calls
The drinks industry has dismissed two new reports calling for a minimum price on alcohol and called on the government to make tackling Britain's binge-boozing culture its priority. A Royal College of Physicians report claimed forcing...
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NewsRed Bull’s energy shot launch is a timely boost
Red Bull is to take on Coca-Cola's Relentless in a bid to seize control of the emerging energy shot market. Red Bull's debut in the category underscores the brand's move to refocus on its core energy drink market following last year's...
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NewsMark Price pieces Boots into burgeoning Waitrose vision
Waitrose is to trial selling food in Boots stores, while Boots will rebrand 17 of Waitrose's in-store pharmacies. What do the two stand to gain? Chloe Ryan reports
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Retail Prices: Promotions and lower feed costs bring down meat prices
Many of hte most popular cuts of meat are cheaper this year, giving consumers a bargain if they shop the category carefully. Michael Barker reports
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Comment & Opinion
Second Opinion: We need to protect Britain’s soil
Good food needs good soil. More money must be invested in soil science, says Tim Lang
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Broccoli falls from favour as crunch hits veg spend
Sales of fresh broccoli are falling sharply as shoppers switch to frozen broccoli or other vegetables they find cheaper, tastier or more convenient.Total volume sales of broccoli have fallen by 5.7% year-on-year to 89 million kgs [TNS...
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NewsIs Red Bull taking a shot at success or a shot in the dark?
New energy shots have been popping up all over the shop recently, but Red Bull has been conspicuous by its absence - until now. Nick Hughes asks if the company has left it too late
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Campaign Trail: Mars eaters do it in the dark
Mars is kicking off a £1m campaign for a limited-edition relaunch of Mars Dark. The 'Do it in the dark' print and online ads begin this month and build up to 26 October, when the nation supposedly experiences a collective energy slump. Mars Dark...
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Cash and curry
Booker opened its first depot in India last week - beating Tesco and Carrefour to the punch. Beth Philips walked around the Mumbai DCX with Charles Wilson to learn more about the wholesaler's ambitions
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Cham sham for Tesco’s model employee
Ever one to hop on a bandwagon, Tesco must have noticed all that valuable publicity for the Attorney General and her permit-free housekeeper.It emerged this week that Gambian checkout girl Fatou Cham handpicked to front ads for the...
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Sainsbury’s group for UK cheese
Sainsbury's has become the first major multiple to establish a dedicated group of farmers to supply its British cheese.
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Musgrave Group closes down former Haslett distribution site
Musgrave Group has closed J&J Haslett's ambient distribution centre in Derriaghy, Northern Ireland.Musgrave, which supplies Supervalu and Centra retailers in the province, acquired Mace operator Haslett in 2007. Musgrave announced in...
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NewsEditor's Comment: Shoppers are smarter than we give them credit for
Asda selling bananas for 46p/kg? At least it's using alcohol sales to subsidise the cost of fresh produce rather than the other way round, as is often the case. But as the meaning of value is undermined we mess with the shopper's brains at...
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Co-op puts festive lines into Somerfield stores
The Co-operative Group is set to speed up the integration of The Co-operative branded products into Somerfield stores as it launches its festive range.Christmas products would hit stores over the next few weeks, a spokeswoman said, with...
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Co-op makes debut podcast performance
The Co-operative Group has made its first podcast to spread the word about its portfolio of businesses.A podcast will be available to download from the society's website every three months, to coincide with the publishing of its...
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Sainsbury’s creates new roles in non-food revamp
Sainsbury’s has revamped its non-food management team in preparation for a massive sales push.
The retailer, which launched a non-food website this July featuring 4,000 lines, hopes to grow its total floor space by 5% by the end of the… -
NewsCritical Eye... on sweaty sauces and sobbing toddlers
In a wide-ranging poem that involved, among other things, roasted cormorants and unruly horses, the Roman scribe Horace told readers to "seek for sauce by sweating". The Asda worker recently busted for doing unspeakable things to frozen...
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DBC headhunts four new directors in top team restructuring
DBC Foodservice has restructured its senior management team to help it take on market leaders Brakes and 3663.The wholesaler, which was bought by Iceland boss Malcolm Walker and two members of his board in May, has headhunted four new...
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