All The Grocer articles in 31 October 2009 – Page 2
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Comment & Opinion
Third Party: Connect with new audiences by going online
Grocery companies risk being left behind if they are too cautious about digital communications, says Andy Poole
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NewsHealthy bread suffers as price becomes key
Sales of healthier bread are crumbling as credit-crunched consumers switch to regular loaves.
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News
Focus On Petcare: Little pets, big money
Even a recession cannot stop the British spending big sums on their pets. The total petfood category has shot up 7.9% in value in the past year - but is devotion to animals the only factor driving up sales? Beth Phillips investigates
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News
Debt-ridden Brakes: a tough job for the turnaround king
Sodexo Europe CEO Philip Jansen takes over at Brakes in February. Peter Cripps asks what the change at the top means for the foodservice giant
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News
How M&S will bring order to the chaos of its supply system
Marks & Spencer has brought investors up to speed on plans to update its supply chain, finally answering its critics' cries for investment. Chloe Ryan reports
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News
Campaign Trail: Nestlé’s slimline Santa
Nestlé's drive to cut Christmas confectionery packaging will be backed by an £800,000 national print ad campaign starting next month. The campaign will flag up the fact Nestlé's new chocolate selection box will have no plastic inserts and 37% less...
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Profiles
Careers File: When recession is over, prudence will remain shoppers' watchword
Is it over yet? The recession, that is. How long will we have to keep asking that question? Friday's economic news that we are still 'officially' in a recession knocked me back a bit as only two days earlier I'd been at a retail-focused...
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News
New chain Haldanes launched by industry veterans
A new supermarket chain run by industry veterans is set to burst on to the retail scene during November.
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Comment & Opinion
Vegetarianism is not the solution to climate change
Lord Stern's comments on the vritues of a vegetarian diet certainly generated plenty of column inches this week. 'Climate chief: give up meat to save the plant' screamed the front page of The Times on Tuesday a headline even Lord Stern...
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News
Cherry Valley wins listing at Tesco stores
Duck producer Cherry Valley has claimed a major victory in its bid to take a larger share of the retail market by winning a listing in Tesco.Cherry Valley, which was awarded Freedom Food status this month, has started supplying Grade A...
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NewsCritical Eye... on Coke, chickens and cocks
Having moved to Margate (yes, I am as deluded about the town's prospects as the couple on Hotel Rescue), I finally managed to get the TV working in time to catch two flawed but fascinating programmes that by coincidence neatly illustrated the pros...
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News
Ecover concentrates on improving sales
Struggling household brand Ecover is locking horns with Unilever and P&G with its debut concentrated laundry cleaner.The bio and non-bio concentrates (rsp: £5.69) have been on trial at Waitrose and Ocado for three months but will be...
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Comment & Opinion
Second Opinion: Our food policy is at a crossroads
We must put sustainability at the heart of the science that drives it forward, says Tim Lang
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News
M&S lists First Milk’s unpasteurised debut
First Milk is flexing its muscles in specialist cheese with the launch of its first unpasteurised milk cheese.Kilmory Cheddar was developed in collaboration with M&S at First Milk's Torrylinn Creamery on the Isle of Arran. It has...
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News
Retail Prices: Grocery the only sector to resist deflationary trends
Shoppers are still paying higher prices than last year and no reprieve is in sight thanks to a seasonal shift to fruit and veg imports. James Ball reports
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News
Gallani promoted to FDF director of food safety and science
Barbara Gallani is to replace Helen Munday as the Food and Drink Federation's director of food safety and science.Gallani is currently an FDF manager with responsibility for public affairs and the biscuit, cake, chocolate and...
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News
Mars pulls PurAsia due to disappointing sales
Mars has axed its PurAsia brand after the ethnic meal kit range - its first new brand in nine years - failed to win over its target 'gastrosexual' market.
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Comment & OpinionDon Pumsey on greasy palms and the Lord of the Lies
It's not often the Batphone rings at DRIP these days. In the past you could count on Darling Alistair to place a call late on a Friday; partly to issue a hatful of asinine orders for the weekend but mostly to check whether anybody could be arsed to hang around ...
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News
Introducing ‘eBay for the grocery industry’
The UK's first online marketplace for the grocery industry is set to launch early next month. Emarket will provide a neutral platform for manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers across the globe to trade in real time in what is being...
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News
JJ engineers its way to success
Mustafa Kiamil and his son Rifat are proof of what can happen when an electrical engineer and an IT whizz manage a foodservice wholesaler. Peter Cripps meets them
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