All The Grocer articles in 4 April 2009
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Weak pound, foreign demand to blame for food inflation – BRC
The weakening pound – and subsequent demand overseas for food produced in the UK – are responsible for continued food price inflation, according to the British Retail Consortium has claimed.
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Branded foods are now “a luxury” for consumers
The majority of consumers now see branded food and drink products as luxuries, according to new research.
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Coca-Cola takes £30m stake in Innocent
Coca-Cola has taken a minority stakeholding in Innocent Drinks, the smoothie and veg pots brand, for £30m, The Grocer can reveal.
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Cadbury chews over bid for Chewits owner Leaf
Confectionery giant Cadbury has made a bid for Leaf International, the owner of Chewits sweets, according to press reports.
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Cranswick snaps up Bowes of Norfolk
Pork specialist Cranswick has acquired the family-owned pork business Bowes of Norfolk for £17.2m.
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Comment & Opinion
Thiank of waste as a resource
Sir, In an economic downturn, we should be aware of the three Rs, reuse, reduce and recycle, but as commodity prices fall we should all be thinking in terms of recession-resistant recycling...
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Second Opinion: What value 'values' in a recession?
Fairtrade and organic are faring differently from each other as recession bites, finds Kevin Hawkins
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Smith retires from Unilever, making way for Simmons
Tony Smith, vice president of customer development at Unilever UK & Ireland, is set to retire later this year following a 28-year career at the manufacturing giant.
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In Season: Kippers
The clamour for value is helping boost sales of kippers in the recession. Sales of kippers, or smoked herring, have gone up 8% by volume over the past year, according to Nielsen, with Brits now spending £14.8m a year on the fish, a 13%...
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Merger 'not spurred by pension fund hole'
Douglas Fletcher, CEO of Plymouth & South West Co-op, has poured cold water on speculation that the society had proposed a merger with The Co-operative Group to shore up a £17.4m deficit in its pension fund.Plymouth & South West Co-op, which...
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Quality test: own-label fRESH PASTA SAUCE, TOMATO & MASCArPONE
At £1.99, Waitrose's sauce was the priciest of the bunch and was pale in colour.
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Waitrose trials new food store format at motorway services
Waitrose is locking horns with M&S Simply Food by trialling two motorway service franchises.The retailer has teamed up with motorway services operator Welcome Break to open 2,500 sq ft food stores next month at Oxford Services on the M40 and...
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Fish takes fresh to new levels
With just yards between the sea and the counter, it doesn't get much fresher than at Brighton and Newhaven Fish Sales' new retail venture Fish. Richard Ford reports
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In the firing line
Trade bodies have warned of a significant rise in retail theft, burglary and violence as a result of the economic downturn. So what steps are retailers taking to protect themselves and their staff, asks Kelly Smith
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Comment & Opinion
Saturday Essay: Do not try to raise fresh money in a hurry
With the banks in turmoil, companies that need capital must plan ahead with great care, says Clive Baker
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Indies urged to make most of Easter Sunday
Wholesalers are urging independent retailers to capitalise on Easter Sunday when their larger supermarket rivals will be closed.Stores over 3,000 sq ft are not allowed to open in England and Wales on Easter Sunday, leaving independent...
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Picture This: Here's one I tossed earlier...
Posh salad bar chain Tossed has opened its seventh store in London this week. The store on Tottenham Court Road is Tossed's second franchise store. The first was opened last October on Baker Street. The company plans to open a further six premises...
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Comment & Opinion
Our man from the DRIP
Don Pumsey at the Department of Retail Infrastructure and Pricing
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Critical Eye... on the reincarnation of Gordon Gekko
How cringingly fantastic was The Apprentice this week? (9pm, BBC1, 1 April). Channelling the spirit of the 'greed is good' eighties and the 'thick is better' noughties (thanks, Jade), the hapless candidates were again divided into girls and...
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Dairy Crest sells Yoplait stake as import costs hit
Dairy Crest chief executive Mark Allen has blamed its decision to sell its stake in Yoplait prematurely on soaring import costs in the yoghurt market.Britain's biggest dairy business sold its 49% stake in Yoplait Dairy Crest to the Yoplait...