All The Grocer articles in 4 July 2009 – Page 2

  • Profiles

    Careers File: Happiness comes from experiences not possessions

    2009-07-04T00:00:00Z

    I know we're in the middle of a credit crunch, but let's suppose you've got a spare £100 to treat yourself and your other half.

  • MELANIE-LEECH
    Comment & Opinion

    Saturday Essay: Let's celebrate industry's record on health

    2009-07-04T00:00:00Z

    Despite the financial climate, there's no 'health crunch' when it comes to new product development, says Melanie Leech

  • News

    Lord Rooker set to take over FSA chairmanship

    2009-07-04T00:00:00Z

    Former Defra minister Lord Rooker is set to replace Dame Deirdre Hutton as chair of the FSA.Rooker, a Labour MP and peer for 35 years, will take up the appointment subject to approval by the health select committee on Monday.The news...

  • News

    The Co-op Group gets whipped by Waitrose in consumer survey

    2009-07-04T00:00:00Z

    The Co-operative has emerged as the surprise loser in a major six-monthly customer service survey.The Institute of Customer Service asked a panel of 25,000 shoppers to score the major food retailers. They voted Waitrose the best food...

  • News

    First Milk setting up creamery on Kintyre

    2009-07-04T00:00:00Z

    First Milk has revealed plans for a new multimillion-pound creamery on the Kintyre peninsula.

  • LIZ-HAMSON
    News

    Critical Eye... on Glasto loos and Ross Kemp Lite

    2009-07-04T00:00:00Z

    It wasn't Glasto's toilets that shocked me for once (hurrah for hospitality tickets). It was the food - and the people serving it. Unfortunately, I failed to notice until I'd half scoffed it that the baked Camembert was a week out of date....

  • CLIVE-BLACK
    Comment & Opinion

    Second Opinion: Discounter revolution? Hmm...

    2009-07-04T00:00:00Z

    The deep discounters are doing well but their growth isn't sustainable, says Dr Clive Black

  • Comment & Opinion

    Our man from the DRIP

    2009-07-04T00:00:00Z

    Don Pumsey at the Department of Retail Infrastructure and Pricing

  • News

    Falling milk production to level off within three years

    2009-07-04T00:00:00Z

    UK milk production will stop declining by 2012, a new report has predicted.Milk production has fallen for five consecutive years and currently stands at a 40-year low, and there are fears the UK will have to resort to importing milk in...

  • Comment & Opinion

    Third Party: To fix in or not to fix in - that is the question

    2009-07-04T00:00:00Z

    Importers have been hit hard by volatile currency markets and need help with risk management, says Richard Arundel

  • RED SQUARE MULE
    News

    Halewood's Mule gives Red Square a new kick

    2009-07-04T00:00:00Z

    Halewood International has introduced a female-friendly RTD under the Red Square banner and revamped its original Reloaded RTD, in a bid to rejuvenate the brand.

  • WISPA GOLD
    News

    Wispa Gold to return, and possibly for good

    2009-07-04T00:00:00Z

    Cadbury is expecting the majority of its relaunched Wispa Gold bars to be sold out by Christmas - and if the launch is successful could make them a permanent line. The confectioner announced yesterday that it was going to introduce the...

  • News

    Netto's interceptor

    2009-07-04T00:00:00Z

    Netto's Claus Juel-Jensen and Charles Kay tell Nick Hughes how they'll get the UK's forgotten discounter back on track

  • News

    JTI updates Mayfair with modern look

    2009-07-04T00:00:00Z

    JTI has given its leading cigarette brand Mayfair a more stylish pack design. All the brand's cigarette packets will be modernised to give Mayfair a more contemporary look, with features such as a fine silver stripe on the margin and a...

  • News

    The store manager of the year

    2009-07-04T00:00:00Z

    He has triumphed over delivery curfews, troublesome traffic lights and fluctuating demand to increase sales by 150% in three years. His staff respect him, head office praises him - and The Grocer thinks he's pretty good, too. Mike Toth, winner of our first Store Manager of the Year award, tells ...

  • News

    Tesco and Sainsbury's vie for Merseyside site

    2009-07-04T00:00:00Z

    Tesco and Sainsbury's are squaring up for a battle over a site in north Liverpool that forms the centrepiece of a large regeneration project. Sainsbury's signed a deal with developer St Modwen this week to build a 110,000 sq ft supermarket at the...

  • News

    Scandinavian Tobacco presents natural RYO

    2009-07-04T00:00:00Z

    Henri Wintermans owner Scandinavian Tobacco is hoping to enter the flourishing roll-your-own market with a new chemical-free brand called Crossroad.The recipe used honey to retain the tobacco's moisture and would appeal to smokers who wanted...

  • News

    Sainsbury's takes up suggestions by staff

    2009-07-04T00:00:00Z

    Sainsbury’s staff have suggested more than 20,000 improvements that could be made to the retailer and more than 2,000 have been implemented in the past four years, according to CEO Justin King. The ideas were put forward for Sainsbury’s Tell Justin…

  • TESCO
    News

    Tesco share option plan survives AGM rebellion

    2009-07-06T10:22:07.370Z

    Tesco suffered the biggest protest vote against a FTSE 100 company for more than a decade over proposed changes to its share option scheme at its AGM.

  • SAINSBURYS
    News

    Sainsbury’s completes UK flour conversion

    2009-07-08T09:29:01.480Z

    Sainsbury’s has claimed it has become the first supermarket to source all flour for its in-store bakeries from UK farms.