All The Grocer articles in 7 February 2009 – Page 2
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Tesco cheap? We're cheaper!
Yaxham Waters Farm Shop is playing Tesco at its own game when it comes to pricing - and so far the strategy seems to be working. Richard Ford and Nick Hughes report
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Profiles
Careers File: Keep smiling, be inventive and set a positive example in tough times
Q: How can I motivate myself and my team? We are all feeling stale and are finding it difficult to get things...
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NewsWomen get a pizza to call their own
Chicago Town has got in touch with its girly side with its first range of pizzas specifically for women. The new Gorgeous range, which comes in lipstick-smacked packaging, has thinner crusts and bases than a standard pizza, which the company...
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Cheaper cuts boosted by Jamie's TV crusade
Retailers have reported sharp spikes in sales of cheaper cuts of British pork on the back of Jamie Oliver’s latest crusade and the deepening recession. Waitrose said total pork sales rose 20% last weekend. Sales of pork belly joints were up...
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Can businesses survive the big credit insurance lockout?
The withdrawal of credit insurance has hit suppliers hard. But it doesn't necessarily spell the end for a company, report Peter Cripps and James Ball
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Are the big four playing fair?
As the pricing battle becomes more heated, calls are mounting for advertising and promotions to be more rigorously policed. James Ball reports
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Shoppers putting local produce before organic
Shoppers are sticking to their ethical principles when it comes to Fairtrade and locally sourced food – but organic food seems to be losing its appeal.
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Bigger slice of the retail pie for UK beef and lamb producers
Beef producers are currently receiving their highest share of the retail price for 14 years, new figures reveal. The average retail beef price rose 15% last year to 520p/kg, but the average price cut received by suppliers was up 26% at...
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Comment & Opinion
Third Party: Small can be beautiful when done carefully
Reducing the size of a product offers suppliers and retailers advantages - but there can be pitfalls, warns Dave Timothy
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News
Waitrose axes DVDs to make space for more home cooking
Waitrose is to ditch its DVDs and CDs in favour of increasing its selection of home cooking products.Waitrose’s home entertainment sales have struggled in the six years since it began selling them because “it can’t compete on price” with...
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NewsCommodities: Cucumbers soar in price as bananas and apples crash
Apples, bananas and grapes are feeling the retail price squeeze but cucumbers and mushrooms have soared in price in the past month, says Richard Ford
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NewsCharles' Duchy label lowers price point to appeal to the masses
Prince Charles’ Duchy Originals is trying to take the brand mass-market with a relaunch, cheaper prices and more emphasis on its sustainability credentials. Duchy will reduce the size and price of a number of products across the range to make...
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NewsAnother relaunch for iconic brand Sunny D
The Sunny Delight Beverage Company has overhauled its iconic Sunny D drinks brand for the second time in less than two years in an attempt to re-engage with mums and their kids.
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Unilever just first of many to feel freeze, warn City analysts
As the UK suffered its biggest freeze in decades, analysts warned that Unilever’s results heralded a “chill Siberian wind” for the top global food and drink suppliers.Despite revealing that disposals and currency changes had helped boost net...
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NewsAdvertising: Co-op and Aldi are of like minds
Interesting parallels can be drawn between recent advertising from The Co-operative Group and Aldi, says Richard Hemmings
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NewsAd of the Week: Chicago Town is Tuck In the middle with you
It’s debatable whether microwave pizza really counts as traditional Italian cuisine, but there are unquestionably advertising clichés in flogging the stuff that are as timeless as the Eternal City or its interminable traffic jams. This column...
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New Netto chief aims to accelerate sales growth
Charles Kay has replaced Richard Lancaster as MD at Netto, The Grocer can reveal.The former European trading director for AMS Sourcing, an international buying group with 11 members including Morrisons and Netto’s parent company Dansk, has...
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NewsArla invests in £70m revamp of Leeds site
Arla is to spend £70m on a revamp of its dairy in Stourton, Leeds, to expand production of products including fresh cream and crème fraîche. The plans include building a cottage cheese production line, Arla’s first move into UK production of...
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Morrisons to adopt £6m stock system
Morrisons has signed a £6m deal for an automated voice-picking system.Following a three-month pilot at Morrisons’ frozen distribution centre in Corby, technology company Zetes will install automatic voice-activated identification computers...
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