All The Grocer articles in 6 November 2010 – Page 3

  • Comment & Opinion

    Third Party: Olympic opportunity is too good to pass up

    2010-11-06T00:00:00Z

    Companies expecting the Games to have no impact will miss out – there’s much business to be had, says Danielle Pinnington. According to Deloitte's Games Readiness report released last week, more than two-thirds of UK companies are expecting no impact on their businesses from the 2012 Olympics. And 70% of ...

  • LAGER
    News

    Spar switches own-brand lager supplier

    2010-11-06T00:00:00Z

    Spar has lowered the price of its own-label lager and given it a rebrand following a change in supplier. The retailer has switched from a Netherlands-based supplier to a UK brewery, reducing the price of its 4% abv lager to £6 per 8-pack...

  • NOW-SLIM
    News

    Now is time for weight loss at Tesco

    2010-11-06T00:00:00Z

    Scottish weight loss brand Now Slim has won listings for its products in Tesco, three years after it first approached the retailer. The Now Slim range, in Tesco stores across the UK now, consists of day and night capsules, "hunger strips"...

  • TESCO-OBS
    News

    Tesco tackles peak time staff shortages

    2010-11-06T00:00:00Z

    Tesco has claimed it will eradicate staff shortages with a new system that ­allows employees to sign up for overtime even at another store. Using the online booking system, which went nationwide last week, staff input their home...

  • News

    Alan Partridge comeback for Foster’s is online smash

    2010-11-08T00:00:00Z

    The comeback of Alan Partridge, sponsored by Foster’s, has leapt to the top of YouTube’s most-watched videos.

  • News

    Cardboard price rises driving up food costs

    2010-11-08T00:00:00Z

    The rocketing price of cardboard is the latest commodity increase threatening to send the cost of food through the roof. The cost of cardboard has already soared 30% over the past year, but cardboard millers this week confirmed it will...

  • MARC-BOLLAND
    Comment & Opinion

    Marc's masterplan

    2010-11-09T00:00:00Z

    Today we got our first real glimpse of what Marks & Spencer will look like under Marc Bolland. And the early signs are… not that different.

  • DAVID WEBSTER SAFEWAY
    News

    Morrisons calls off pursuit of former Safeway chair Webster

    2010-11-10T12:03:05.857Z

    Morrisons has halted its legal proceedings against David Webster, the former chairman of Safeway.

  • ONKEN YOGHURT COCONUT
    News

    Onken sold to Swiss group Emmi

    2010-11-11T11:27:49.987Z

    Dr Oetker has sold its Onken yoghurt brand to Swiss dairy group Emmi. The deal, for an undisclosed sum, is subject to regulatory approval.

  • BANANAS
    News

    Tesco quits banana war with 25% price hike

    2010-11-12T00:00:00Z

    The retail banana price war is over for Tesco for the time being at least as it hiked prices by 25.5% this week.

  • News

    Tesco’s energy adviser in Glasgow switch

    2010-11-12T00:00:00Z

    Energy management specialist Matrix – which remotely controls the lighting, heating and air conditioning for Tesco and Marks & Spencer stores – has moved to new premises in Glasgow as part of a £1m expansion.

  • News

    Health groups sound alert as new calorie count report looms

    2010-11-12T00:00:00Z

    Health groups are on red alert as they await the publication of a key government report that proposes a dramatic increase in our recommended daily calorie intake.