All The Grocer articles in 31 January 2009 – Page 2
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SCA puts Plenty of support behind the renaming of Bounty
SCA is throwing £8m behind a rebranding of kitchen towel brand Bounty as Plenty.The new name is part of an agreement forged during SCA’s acquisition of the Bounty brand from P&G in 2007. The deal included the brand being renamed within a...
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Bond warns suppliers: focus on value not NPD
Retailer insistence on new product development at the expense of value could become the "key strain" this year in the relationship between retailers and suppliers, Andy Bond told The Grocer this week. Briefing reporters at The Grocer's...
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Brakes closes down a fourth Woodward site
Brakes is to shut a fourth Woodward Foodservice depot and may close two more.The Inverness depot will close within weeks and the company is consulting on the future of its two Birmingham depots –Darlaston, which employs 80 staff, and Zenith,...
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Pierhead brings Kross to the UK
Specialist importer Pierhead Purchasing is introducing an unusual Chilean lager to the UK.Kross Pilsner is produced at a 40,000-litre capacity brewery near Santiago, founded by German master brewer Asbjorn Gerlach and Chilean entrepreneur...
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Ocado founders buy Russian land with view to grow cereal
The three founders of Ocado Jon Faiman, Tim Steiner and Jason Gissing, have bought a chunk of land in Russia and are planning to grow cereals. It emerged this week that Faiman, who held the position of chief operating officer, left the...
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NewsFestive performance paints mixed picture of BWS health
It wasn't the pricing nightmare it can be, but Christmas wasn't a vintage sales period either. Graham Holter separates the flat categories from the fizzing
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Comment & Opinion
Guest Editor's Comment: Celebrity chefs risk losing touch
II can’t help feeling the latest series of Channel 4’s Great British Food Fight, while entertaining on one level, is slightly past its sell-by date. Hugh may have changed his tune a bit on Freedom Food, but still wants us to pay a pound more for...
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Tesco urged to share its dairy centre discoveries
The dairy industry has called for Tesco to share research findings from its new National Dairy Centre with the community at large. The centre, officially opened last week, is based at the University of Liverpool and will be funded through an...
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Wholesalers forced to chase payments from independents
Independent retailers are proving much less recession proof than their supermarket rivals, The Grocer can reveal.While the multiples have announced thousands of new jobs since the start of the year, wholesalers are increasingly being forced...
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Analysis & FeaturesPromo Dynamic: Frozen ready meals climb the rankings
The total number of featured space promotions has remained high this week, though it fell back slightly to 1,655 as Christmas trading faded to a distant memory
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NewsCommodities: Dairy prices stay on a level despite wholesale volatility
Retail prices for dairy products remained virtually unchanged this month but the picture at wholesale level was very different says James Ball
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Stans Superstore to consider second site as multiples move in
Shropshire-based independent supermarket Stans Superstore is considering opening a second store to battle ever-increasing competition in its area.Four multiples were moving into the Oswestry area in the next two years and a second store...
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Tesco hires Microlise to cut transport costs
Tesco hopes to slash costs worldwide by enlisting the help of a technology company to improve the efficiency of truck deliveries. A trial in Slovakia would begin in March and if successful would be rolled out to all Tesco's international...
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Second Opinion: Intensive farming courts disease
The latest case of ISA in Scotland's salmon farms comes as no surprise, says Joanna Blythman
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NewsCritical Eye... on Huge Furry and Saint Jamie
This week we were 'treated' to a Great British Food Fight double bill as Huge Furry Wittering-balls and Saint Jamie entered the ring to whip up public outrage over the evils of cheap chicken and bacon. I felt a sense of déjà vu as I watched...
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Comment & Opinion
Our man from DRIP
Don Pumsey at the Department of Retail Infrastructure and Pricing
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Heinz to feel the Reggae Reggae heat
Dragons’ Den entrepreneur Levi Roots is taking on Heinz with the first Reggae Reggae squeezy sauce.Reggae Reggae Squeezy Tomato Ketchup contains spice and red Scotch bonnet chillies and will arrive in Sainsbury's next month and Tesco in...
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Jamie loses Fresh Retail Ventures MD
While Jamie Oliver has been out saving the British pig industry, there has been major upheaval at Fresh Retail Ventures, the company behind his range of branded food and non-food products. The Grocer has learned that MD David Page has made an...
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FWD lines up potential successor for Murphy
The Federation of Wholesale Distributors has expanded its senior management team as it gears up to “better represent” the needs of delivered wholesale and foodservice members.The organisation has appointed journalist James Bielby to the new...
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Potato industry 'must pull in young people'
The potato industry faces long term decline unless it does more to win over younger consumers, warns a new Potato Council report, seen exclusively by The Grocer. Although the short term prospects for the industry were good (see Fresh Produce...
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