All The Grocer articles in 30 September 2000
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Carrefour invests E1.2bn in Spain
Carrefour is boosting its Spanish operations with a 1.2bn euro investment just weeks after Dutch rival Ahold revealed it too was planning to take a bigger slice of the market. The four year plan will see Carrefour double its portfolio of...
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Aberness buys three stores
Aberness Foods, the Mace wholesaler for Scotland, has bought three more independent retail outlets. The acquisition of the stores in the north east of Scotland two in Elgin, one in Ellon means it now owns 34 Mace badged outlets. Retail...
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Godfreys Schnapps adds flavour
Drinks Marketing Consortium is capitalising on growing interest in schnapps by adding to its Godfreys range. It is bringing out coffee and butterscotch versions in October which will join the four other styles in the range: peach, apple, lemon and...
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Bulmers adopts a feisty sidekick
Bulmers latest new product launch recognises the on-trade trend for drinking shots alongside long drinks. The cider maker has come up with Sidekick a range of single serve flavoured schnapps in a 30ml PET shot glass with an easy to open plastic...
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The Grocer supplement: South Africa
Wine: Waking up to a new world The wine business in South Africa used to be simple. The farmers planted the vines and sold the grapes. It was a good business based on the quantities grown. Then sanctions lifted and the rest of the world discovered...
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The Grocer supplement: South Africa
Fresh produce: Firm friends The deciduous fruit and citrus industry has been a powerhouse of the South African agricultural economy, with a world reputation for quality and well established brands. The dominant force within it is Capespan, which...
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The Grocer supplement: South Africa
Canned fruit: Breaking the mould Del Monte is planning to break out of the straitjacket of the canned fruit market by taking an innovative approach which it hopes to bring to the European market later this year. The developments are still under...
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The Grocer supplement: South Africa
Wine: Managing revolution The responsibility for the transformation of the South African wine business is the major role handed to the Wine Industry Trust. This is an uphill task for general manager Marthinus Saunderson who has taken over the...
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The Grocer supplement: South Africa
Strategy: Free market shackles It has the potential to be a thriving dynamic economy attracting inward investment, and it can build on a reputation for supplying quality products, but can South Africa overcome a set of unique and complex problems...
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The Grocer supplement: South Africa
Avocados: With one voice The benefits of a concerted approach have been paying dividends for the South African Avocado Growers Association. It has brought the key players round the table to deal with industry issues and create promotional...
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The Grocer supplement: South Africa
Politics: A fresh start Charting a path for South African agriculture to progress from the closed system of apartheid to the new free market era is not easy. Both industry and government have made mistakes but there is a determination to succeed...
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The Grocer supplement: South Africa
Zimbabwe upheaval 'will not happen here' Despite numerous and complex problems surrounding deregulation, black empowerment, the weak rand and unemployment, the Western Cape's agricultural minister Gerrit Van Rensberg believes he has reason to be...
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Allied Bakeries restructures team and creates a main board
Allied Bakeries has shaken up its management structure and created a main board with functional duties, releasing the commercial team from operational responsibilities. Alan Murphy, former deputy md at ABN, a sister company in the ABF Group, takes...
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Table Talk: Antony Worral Thompson chef and tv personaility
With the news that both M&S and the John Lewis Partnership (which owns Waitrose) are suffering financially, what might the implications be for the quality of food in their stores? I hope it won't be affected as both groups have made huge strides...
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Apple damage' taken with a pinch of salt
As the new season's 3kg solid pack apple production begins, prices are expected to be about 10% up on those of last year. This is partly down to a shortage of stock and a firmer farm policy by Italian growers. The quality is expected to be good,...
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EUROPEAN apples: Germany's Cox growers sense niche market in
The opportunity has never been better. It will also be a platform for long-term sales' Cox growers in north Germany will be targeting the UK in the post Christmas period. In a season where the English crop is short and alternatives from Lake...
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The Grocer focus on home baking: Appliance of science
"No one needs to make bread at home, yet it's happening and it's being driven by the bread making machine," says Westmill Foods marketing director David Reay. Westmill's faith in the machines has led it to label its flour for dual cooking ...
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Bob's on the job for Arla yogurts
Arla Foods is bringing out a range of Bob the Builder fromage frais and yogurt. Available from October 9, the fromage frais comes in packs of six in strawberry & raspberry, strawberry & peach and strawberry & blackberry flavours (rsp £1.09). It...
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In the city: Bad news from Malton has overshadowed Unigate's
Unigate found few friends in the City this week as it revealed continuing problems with its Malton pigmeat business. With first half figures due on November 13, the company has been busy briefing analysts who were told the results should be...
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The Grocer focus on home baking
Analysis by Sheila Eggleston Home baking is seeing a renaissance after years of lacklustre performance. And fuelling the change has been improved products and easy cooking solutions guaranteed to unchain consumers from the kitchen, boost the...