All The Grocer articles in 4 August 2007 – Page 2
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Comment & Opinion
Letter of the week - Bottled water ban: sheer nonsense
The views of the Mayor of San Francisco and Professor Tim Lang are laudable, but a move to ban bottled water is naïve and far more 'nonsensical' than bottling it in the first place ('The true cost of bottling water', The Grocer, 14 July, p23). A ban...
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News
Irish Republic revs up EU beef export drive
Irish beef producers are launching their biggest-ever new sales and marketing push this autumn in a bid to increase exports to the UK and Europe. The campaign, which will run until Christmas, was announced this week by agriculture minister Mary...
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Profiles
Best candidates 'put off by private equity'
Private equity-backed fmcg companies are struggling to attract and retain good quality people because of fears for long-term development prospects and job security, says a leading recruitment consultancy. Filling job vacancies within the £40k to...
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News
The best buyers to grow the category
Rising wheat prices have challenged cereal suppliers recently, and the star buyers in this month's Six of the Best have been singled out by companies for their help and co-operation in these tough times. Stuart Hargreaves, senior buyer at Morrisons,...
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News
UBUK pushes health values of key brands
UBUK has launched a three-pronged strategy to reinforce the wholesome credentials of some of the biggest hitters in its portfolio. New yoghurt and fruit variants of McVitie's Digestives hit the shelves next week. The company is also uniting Jaffa...
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News
Retail butter price lower than bulk
Volatility in the butter market means it is now cheaper for manufacturers to buy it in Tesco than from a wholesaler. Bulk butter spot rates have soared by more than 60% already this year to about £2,500 per tonne or more. But packet butter is still...
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News
Red Bull says job cuts not part of review
Red Bull UK is carrying out its first structural review in 10 years but denies it has made redundancies. Customer marketing and category manager Caroline Jacomb said Red Bull was "frustrated" by media speculation about redundancies. "No redundancies...
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News
Buyer Survey
Rising interest rates and escalating commodity prices are expected to prompt major changes in supermarket ranges, according to grocery buyers, but in most cases, not just yet. This summer's deluge, which has devastated pea, broccoli, cabbage and...
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News
Elves to the fore as Cadbury ranges get set for Christmas
Cadbury Trebor Bassett is adopting elves as its theme for Christmas this year, and is also introducing additional seasonal NPD. Cadbury Magical Elves comprise eight characters made of milk chocolate and popping candy, priced at 20p each. Already...
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News
Co-op emergency plan defies disruption caused by flooding
Midcounties Co-operative Society is back in full operation following last week's devastating floods, thanks to some help from the Co-operative Group. The society was forced to close its chilled distribution centre in Osney Mead, Oxford, for eight...
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News
Local farmers' online store set to compete with chains
A fifth generation farmer is launching a "virtual farmers market" to make it as easy to buy food from local producers on the internet as it is from the big supermarkets' websites. More than 350 local producers have already expressed an interest in...
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News
Goodfella's takes on chilled with Signatore
Northern Foods is transferring its expertise in frozen pizza to the chiller with the launch of a premium range under the Goodfella's brand. Goodfella's Signatore, the brand's first foray into the chilled cabinet, will fill "a gap in the market for...
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News
Heinz gets into chilled with new soup ranges
Heinz is about to stir up the soup category by introducing three new ranges, one of which will mark the brand's first major push into the chilled soup arena. Twenty seven new soups arrive in stores this month under the Farmers' Market, Taste of Home...
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News
When the chips were down...
Nick Vermont is not a fan of Jamie Oliver. In fact, the McCain Foods regional CEO pinpoints the arrival of Jamie's School Dinners on Channel 4 as the moment the bottom fell out of the oven chip market. A healthy 3% annual growth swung violently to...
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News
Galaxy grows as Mars targets dark chocolate
Galaxy is going dark as brand owner Mars uses its signature milk chocolate brand to grab a share of the booming dark chocolate market. The new arrival, called Galaxy Smooth Dark, is part of a range relaunch, which also includes a modified shape,...
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News
Wall's continues to give rivals the cold shoulder
Wall's has reclaimed the number-one spot from nearest rival Nestlé in the ongoing battle for first place in the ice cream sub-category. The ice cream manufacturer recorded a variety of offers in retailers last weekend, securing 53% of all featured...
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Profiles
Inter Link rescuer Croxford moves on
Ian Croxford has resigned as chief executive of cake supplier Inter Link Foods after its recent acquisition by the Irish baker McCambridge. But he is "hungry for another challenge" and proud to have put the business back on the right track, he told...
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News
So, can you spot the difference...?
The Unfair Commercial Practices Directive is supposed to be an important weapon in a brand owner's armoury. The EU-wide directive, which comes into force in April, aims to protect owners and consumers against copycat branding - the former from...
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News
Public wants greater local sourcing effort
Supermarkets are no better now than they were a year ago at sourcing fruit and veg from Britain, according to a survey of consumer attitudes to food miles. More than half the 1,000 shoppers questioned (57%) thought supermarkets were not trying hard...
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News
Poultry farmers warn of looming shortages
British poultry bosses have warned of a shortage of chicken and turkey unless they receive much-needed price rises from the supermarkets. Poultry farmers said that, like the pig sector, they were suffering from a "catastrophic" rise in global wheat...
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