All The Grocer articles in 30 November 2002 – Page 2
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A cut-throat christmas but merry?
Tesco's third-quarter trading statement this week has underlined one of the few certainties in the UK's increasingly volatile grocery market, namely that the operators focused on efficiency and low prices are the ones who are the most successful. ...
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Chips are down in fraud wars
Siân Harrington More than three-quarters of grocery retailers are believed to be unprepared for the shift in card fraud liability from banks to retailers in two years time. The move, which means retailers will no longer be able to charge...
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Clarke departs as NFRN chief
Chief executive of the National Federation of Retail Newsagents Roger Clarke has left as part of a restructuring of senior members. He will not be replaced because the NFRN's president Colin Finch, and the vice-president David Kirwin, will take...
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Tesco is our EU trump card
Clive Beddall, Budapest Hungary's food and drink providers believe their "homeland Tesco experience" will prove a trump card when their country becomes a full EU member in 2004 and they chase more UK business. Exhibiting at the country's...
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BWG to look at selling off Saxtons and Daunts
Anne Bruce BWG has been approached about its Saxtons and Daunts wholesale businesses after selling wholesaler T&A Symonds back to the Symonds family this week. BWG chief executive Leo Crawford said the company was "very happy with the T&A...
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Scotland predicts fish boom
Scottish aquaculture products are predicted to be worth more than £100m by 2010, the British Marine Finfish Association's executive director Richard Slaski said at its annual meeting. Slaski's vision includes annual production of 25,000 tonnes...
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Bonjela gets mag boost
Reckitt Benckiser has announced a £150,000 package for Bonjela Teething Gel, launched in February. The press ad campaign aims to communicate the relief that both babies and parents can get from using the product. Running from next month...
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A market on the starting blocks
Britons are gaining weight fast. Mintel estimates that by 2005, 24% of Uk women and 18% of UK men will be cliniaclly obese. For meal replacement products such as SlimFast, this is good news and the brand was valued at £66.2m in grocery in...
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It is the biggest shake-up in UK payment since decimalisatio
In January 2005, retailers which accept face-to-face credit and debit card payment will be liable for any fraudulent use of a card in their shop. In other words, they will lose their charge back rights. To give some idea of the scale of this,...
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Ben & Jerry calm down
Ice cream brand Ben & Jerry's, best known for complex flavour combinations, has taken a simple line for its latest creation, a single flavour called Vanilla for a Change. It has also temporarily put aside its wacky marketing ideas, which include...
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Walkers puts its muscle behind Wotsits
Mary Carmichael Walkers has unveiled its first marketing plans for the Wotsits savoury snacks brand as it finally takes full control of its summer acquisition. Activity will include updated packaging, as well as "extensive" in-store PoS...
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Buyers balk at pricing
Elaine Watson Multiple buyers expect deflationary pressures to increase over the festive season as the annual round of price slashing begins in earnest. And some of them share suppliers' fears that relentless discounting is driving value out...
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Pat on back for Waitrose
Waitrose has been commended for its innovative environment in a report by Accenture and the Talent Foundation. Innovation A Way of Being' praised the retailer for giving its permanent employees a stake in the ownership of the firm by making...
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London markets face axe
The historical Smithfield and Billingsgate markets are being recommended for closure in a new report. The DEFRA-commissioned review of London's wholesale markets by Nicholas Saphir, a leading consultant and chairman of the Agricultural Forum,...
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All set to grow into it
Are its supermarket rivals anywhere near catching up on the success of George?Heken Gregory reportsThe potential wins for the grocery multiples in the clothing market are huge, particularly as they are competing with the traditional high...
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Buyers sceptical about 5% Heineken
Rosie Davenport Heineken's new premium lager is receiving a lukewarm response from beer buyers as it tries to secure listings ahead of its February launch. Despite a £24m marketing package for the brand, which will include two TV campaigns,...
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Kerry nails £35m deal
Rod Addy Chilled food distributor Kerry Foods Direct to Store has clinched a £35m deal to supply convenience chain TM Retail. The three-and-a-half-year contract took six months to negotiate. Michael Bassett, Kerry Foods Direct to Store MD,...
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Scottish Spar chain aims for 20% profit
Scottish Spar chain Botterills has set itself a sales target of £55.8m for the year to May 2003 and is aiming for 20% gross profit. Profits will be ploughed into extending and refurbishing the portfolio, with two or three new stores scheduled to...
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