All The Grocer articles in 4 December 2004
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Tenth Top 50 chain bought
JB Beaumont has become the tenth independent in The Grocer Top 50 ranking of independent retailers to be snapped up in the 10 months since the list was published.Just one has become part of another independent – AJ Gillespie was acquired by CJ...
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Defra abolishes OTM ban
The government is to lift the Over Thirty Months rule and replace it with a system of testing older cattle for BSE.The move, predicted in last week’s issue of The Grocer (p54), will result in BSE-free cattle born on or after August 1 1996...
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The Acid Test
>>consumers and buyers give their views on the latest launchesAltú blackFrom: NutrinnovatorAltú Black is aimed at people who prefer standard colas to diet ones, but find them too sweet and sticky. It contains 30%...
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Haslett is in the family way with new ad approach
Northern Irish symbol group J& J Haslett, operator of the province’s Mace outlets, has launched a TV advertising campaign which it claimed was a departure from the clichéd predictability or celebrity endorsement approaches of its...
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Special trolley adjusts to help kids with disabilities
A trolley for children with disabilities and special needs has been developed for Waitrose after a shopper requested the device for her son.The seat has adjustable head, arm and leg supports and can be used by youngsters between two and six...
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Don’t discount their advantage
The discount chains are tightening their grip on continental Europe. Could the same happen here? John Wood and Siân Harrington reportFor mainstream retailers operating in the UK, Aldi’s announcement...
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Aldi soup launch
Discounter supermarket group Aldi is launching a new range of low calorie fresh soups.Available in three varieties – Tomato & Red Pepper, Spicy Parsnip and Chicken & Sweetcorn – all the soups contain less than 3.4g of fat and 53 calories...
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Almost famous
A small industrial estate in rural Yorkshire houses a band of local suppliers who are realising their big ambitions, thanks to the regional food group. Liz Hamson reportsThey are small companies that produce innovative luxury products...
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Austin Reed expertise for Tesco
Chris Holmes, managing director of Austin Reed Group, is quitting the company to join Tesco’s international non-food division early in the new year.Holmes will be reporting to international support office director Dido Harding. He will be...
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Backs into it
Supplier of cooked bacon products TMI Foods has appointed Alan Peterson as production director and Nigel Richmond as sales director.Peterson was previously a general manager at Roach Foods. Richmond joins from his position as business...
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Heinz chills beans in a fresh sausage
Heinz is rolling its Baked Beanz brand into fresh sausages as it continues its assault on the chilled sector. The new sausages, branded Heinz Pork & Baked Bean Sausages, are being made under licence by sausage specialist Manor Born and...
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The likeliest of bedfellows
Corporate takeover activity is often fuelled by synergies between former executives and finance vehicles. Glynn Davis looks at the names that are set to pounceFebrile speculation over the future of the legacy retailers Marks and...
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Bovril takes out the beef
Unilever UK Foods has taken the beef out of its Bovril hot food drink and replaced it with a vegetarian-friendly yeast mix.The £9.3m brand has seen volume sales in the UK slump by between 1-2% annually over the past four years. Export markets...
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The people behind Caravan
>>The first of three features on the trade’s welfare charityTwo years ago Gillian Barker was a high flier at Safeway but she made the decision to get out and do some good for the retail industry she has worked in all her...
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Johnson signs with Bic
Budget shaving brand Bic has revamped its packaging, introduced a new twin blade offering and extended its contract with former England rugby captain Martin Johnson to act as brand ambassador.It is also aiming to simplify its offering by...
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Binge drinkers turning to wine
Suppliers have drafted a social responsibility code for marketing and selling wine in response to a growing trend among binge drinkers to consume wine The guidelines have been produced by the Wine Trade Action Group, which has 33 members who...
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Safeway’s NPD director takes on Sainsbury Brand
Safeway new product development director, Judith Batchelar, will join Sainsbury as director of Sainsbury Brand early in the new year. Batchelar joined Safeway in 2001 and was responsible for growing the Safeway brand. In 2002 she headed its...
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Palestinian brew targets the UK
The world’s only Palestinian beer is coming to the UK after winning a wholesale listing.Taybeh Beer is a 5.2% abv hoppy lager brewed in a village near Ramallah. It is produced for the UK market under licence in Belgium because it cannot be...
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Calls for simpler EU regulation
Calls are mounting for the wave of environmenal legislation currently bombarding the UK from Europe to be simplified.The calls come as The Grocer highlights some major problems with the raft of the rules now hitting the industry. Some, such as...
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Taylor chief exec of combined Musgrave
Budgens’ commercial director Mike Taylor has been promoted to chief executive of the newly combined Musgrave/Budgens/ Londis business following a senior management reshuffle.He will take up his new post on January 1, reporting to Musgrave UK...