All The Grocer articles in 6 December 2003 – Page 2

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    Provender comes with jam

    2003-12-06T00:00:00Z

    English Provender Company, best known for its Very Lazy range of ambient ingredients, is launching a range of eight premium jams and marmalades.The jams, each containing 42g of fruit per 100g, come in apricot & vanilla, strawberry & ...

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    Devolution means competition

    2003-12-06T00:00:00Z

    The stage was set this week for no-holds-barred competition between the devolved UK meat bodies.Quality Meat Scotland, Meat Promotion Wales (HCC) and the English Beef and Lamb Executive (EBLEX) will in future run their own beef and lamb...

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    Coregeo MD dies

    2003-12-06T00:00:00Z

    Coregeo founder Gordon Winterbottom died this week. He became involved with the fresh produce industry in 1990 when he joined Saphir Fruit as MD. He was there for 10 years during which time he formed many long and lasting friendships. In...

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    Where the season of goodwill fails to stay the course

    2003-12-06T00:00:00Z

    >>shopping early for christmas…availabililty…piped carols…retailer stocking prioritiesRetailers will be reassured to hear that only one in four consumers plans to spend less this year than last year on their Christmas shopping....

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    CTB focuses on regional retailers

    2003-12-06T00:00:00Z

    The Grocer Top 50 members Mills Group and GT News have seen sharp sales uplifts on confectionery after working with Cadbury Trebor Bassett on a category management project.Dubbed ‘fieldman’, the system, developed by software company JDA,...

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    Vox pop – shoppers expect festive deals to gain momentum

    2003-12-06T00:00:00Z

    >>visuality predicts a last minute spree as shoppers wait for christmas discountsFood shoppers are weighing up retailers’ Christmas offers before parting with their money, according to our festive vox pop. Shopper behaviour...

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    n a good egg

    2003-12-06T00:00:00Z

    A Somerset free-range egg producer has won a national award for his commitment to food quality and hen welfare.Tim Wood, who runs Blackacre Farm at North Cheriton, has been presented with a Good Egg Award from the British Free Range Egg...

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    Price is not enough

    2003-12-06T00:00:00Z

    The deals might shift off-the-shelf products, but how will the multiples move to the hi-tech end of the market, where consumers need specialist advice? Steve Hemsley reportsIn November, American entertainment giant Disney announced...

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    Experience to savour

    2003-12-06T00:00:00Z

    Specialist snacks retailer Julian Graves plans to build its JG Experience format to challenge Marks and Spencer’s Simply Food. Anne Bruce reportsShutts says the company is not afraid of change. In fact it has already been through...

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    Fame’s serious side

    2003-12-06T00:00:00Z

    Glitz gives way to gravitas when Clive Beddall probes one celebrity chef’s off-screen ambitionsTo ladies of a certain age in Tunbridge Wells he is “that cuddly Teddy bear on the telly”. To the great and good of UK Grocery plc, he is...

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    Landscape of the future

    2003-12-06T00:00:00Z

    Losing more than £1bn from a £2.6bn turnover would be catastrophic for most businesses, but senior figures at the Landmark Cash and Carry buying group insist Bestway’s decision to leave is not the body blow many would imagine.Steve Parfett,...

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    Keen supplier prices key says FWD

    2003-12-06T00:00:00Z

    Wholesalers are initiating record levels of creative marketing and promotional activity but this does not remove the need for the keenest prices from suppliers.Federation of Wholesale Distributors chairman Rodney Hunt emphasised this point in...

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    Water takes on the Glenlivet name

    2003-12-06T00:00:00Z

    The Glenlivet name is being extended beyond its whisky heartland – and into water.Speyside Glenlivet natural mineral water is rolling out to Waitrose nationwide after an exclusive launch period inHarrods. The water, from a source in the...

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    No go says Portman

    2003-12-06T00:00:00Z

    Watchdogs have urged retailers not to stock a raft of newly launched drinks because it believes they appeal to underage consumers.The Portman Group has ruled that two vodka jelly products – Buzzpots, which is made by the Tubular Drinks Company,...

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    Hellmann’s launches UK’s lightest mayonnaise

    2003-12-06T00:00:00Z

    Unilever Bestfoods is continuing its push to turn Hellman’s into a £128m “master brand” within five years by launching the UK’s lightest mayonnaise.Hellmann’s Extra Light will debut during the next few weeks, and will be supported by a £1.9m...

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    Make room for a hero

    2003-12-06T00:00:00Z

    A major £0.25m investment in a new packaging store by Inverness-based seafood processor Strathaird Salmon is now operational, providing extra capacity as Christmas nears.The 410 sq m store has created additional space, allowing Strathaird to...

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    Tesco tills will be a’ jingling

    2003-12-06T00:00:00Z

    Exclusive research for The Grocer reveals how consumers will be spending their money this Christmas. Liz Hamson reportsShoppers plan to spend just as much this Christmas as they did last yuletide and Tesco is their number one...

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    Spottiswoode thinks local for Somerfield

    2003-12-06T00:00:00Z

    Somerfield has promoted Kieran Spottiswoode to local marketing controller to help support its £70m store refit programme and new formats roll-out.He replaces Rachel Warren, who left in August to become head of retail marketing at Oxford,...

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    Superquinn.ie motors

    2003-12-06T00:00:00Z

    Turnover at Superquinn’s online shopping portal Superquinn.ie is approaching 5% of the chain’s annual sales.The anchor tenant in the Irish virtual shopping precinct www.Buy4Now.ie, Superquinn’s site was set up in autumn 2000 before Tesco’s...

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    Non-food is pivotal

    2003-12-06T00:00:00Z

    Tis the season to be merry for Tesco and Asda whose superior non-food offers will give them the edge, says Sean McAllisterThe City and retail analysts are predicting both Tesco and Asda will have a bumper Christmas. In fact both...