All The Grocer articles in 4 November 2006 – Page 2
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Letter of the week
Having been making our case on competition in grocery publicly for years, we are very glad that the Competition Commission has finally given us the chance to better understand what arguments the major supermarkets are making.There is...
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inside track
With an array of jazzier distractions from MySpace, 24/7 TV news and instant online shopping, you might imagine that old-fashioned magazines would be in terminal decline. Surprisingly, the total number of titles has increased by 24% in the past...
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Hot views Projectors
Sony VPL-VW100When it comes to watching movies we'll take an eight-foot image over a 32-inch screen any day of the week. And when it comes to producing good-looking audio-visual kit, Sony has it licked. However, not only is the...
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M&S hits gas on Moto partnership
Marks and Spencer is to expand its partnership with Moto service stations across the UK as its Simply Food franchise continues to deliver sales uplifts. The expansion, described as a "brand new initiative", will kick off in early 2007...
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Stripy tiger tomato experiment is over
Tiger tomatoes - the small ones with stripes - are not what consumers want, according to developers at Israeli exporter Agrexco.The experiment with the tomato is now over, they admitted, although different formats of the striking striped...
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How effective is front-of-pack labelling? Research will show
Are lower socio-eonomic groups making healthier food choices because of front-of-pack labelling? That's a key question the Food Standards Agency hopes that new research it plans to commission will answer.The study - likely to be limited...
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Supermarkets head down quantity street
Retailers are slashing prices on some of the biggest Christmas confectionery brands, a move that could herald the start of festive season price wars in the category.The deep discounting has been initiated by Tesco and Sainsbury's, which...
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Go on. Make me dislike you. Invade my personal space
People prefer to do business with people they like. You should bear that in mind if you want to succeed. And being liked involves not invading individuals' vital bubble.Let me explain. This bubble is an Italian way of putting...
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Trends & Developments
Supreme Petfoods has unveiled the latest additions to its small animal range - Russel Rabbit parsnip & beetroot and Gerty Guinea Pig carrot & cranberry gourmet products. In addition, it has two new lines for the Science Selective Range - Rat and...
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Fury over denial of right to vote
Sir; I write as a disappointed Nisa-Today's member and shareholder who feels that his democratic right to vote on the future of the company has been completely denied him. Forget the £50,000 cash payment members were going to receive in the...
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Dairy farmers push Raging Cow drinks
Dairy Farmers of Britain is continuing its push to get healthier drinks into kids, with plans to launch a Raging Cow range of flavoured milk and yoghurt drinks into schools and retailers next year.Originally due to hit schools this...
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Now coupons are getting personal
Somerfield has unveiled the replacement to its Saver Card loyalty scheme in the shape of a new entirely supplier-funded coupon programme.The supermarket, which dropped the card scheme in May as part of the new management's strategy...
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Cooltrader plans push into south of England
Iceland-owned frozen food chain Cooltrader has revealed plans to open stores in north London as part of a major expansion for the retailer in the south of England.Currently, the chain's southernmost store is in Northampton - with most of...
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Climbing the ladder
How did you get where you are today? I qualified as a chartered accountant, more years ago than I choose to remember. I immediately left the accountancy profession and took up a senior financial role in a company producing pickles and sauces....
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Comment & Opinion
This week's hot topic by Richard Clarke
After the fuss caused by the supermarkets' submissions to the Competition Commission, the inquiry team has turned its antennae towards suppliers. The Commission has written to 40 major manufacturers asking for details of the prices they charge...
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Retail cheese margins 'close to record levels'
Retailers are close to making record margins out of cheese, according to a new report from the Milk Development Council. Mild Cheddar earned supermarkets a gross margin - the difference between buying in and selling costs - equivalent to...
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when cheap is nasty
Unfair, off-limits and outrageous. Peter Kendall's view of supermarket practices is blunt. But when we meet I don't find the NFU chief wringing his hands in despair and fury at the plight of farmers under the big four.Kendall has been...
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IPPC charges: farmers win Rooker's support
Poultry and pig farmers look to have wrung a major concession from the government over the prohibitive cost of new pollution rules.A march on Westminster by a quarter of UK poultry farmers last week was hailed as a resounding success....
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John Lewis, Waitrose to open foodhall chain
Waitrose and John Lewis are planning to roll out a chain of exclusive in-store foodhalls in John Lewis stores across the country in what they claim will be a unique format for the UK.Waitrose managing director Steven Esom said the...
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