All The Grocer articles in 7 November 2009 – Page 2
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Focus On Pasta & Pasta Sauces: Shoppers switching to ambient
The pasta market is worth £297.1m and has shot up 16.1% in value and 5% in volume. Much of the value growth has been driven by consumers paying more for their pasta, particularly dry pasta, which is up 23.8% in value and 5.5% in volume.
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The Human Angle: Ed Salt
People often picture Delamere Dairy as a quaint farm in Cheshire countryside and they are not far off the mark. However these days the goats have been relocated and the barns have become office space to...
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Picture This... Field marketing by Antonio Federici
Ice cream brand Antonio Federici is singing from the roof tops, or rather hay stacks, after scooping Best Ice Cream in the World gong at the International Ice Cream Consortium's 2009 Awards. Brothers Frank and Philip hit the headlines earlier this...
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NewsEditor's Comment: So consumers ignore healthy-eating labels – and get slimmer anyway
This has been an important week in the obesity debate, with new research based on the latest figures (up to 2007) showing that a 30-year rise in child obesity has been reversed.
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In Season: Northern hemisphere Pink Lady apples
Producers are promising an excellent quality Pink Lady crop this year as the Northern Hemisphere season kicks off. The first 2009 fruit, from France, is expected to be on shelf in the UK in the next couple of weeks.
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Why Asda rejected launching its own loyalty card scheme
"You can't buy loyalty with plastic points," Asda CEO Andy Bond said just a few weeks ago. However, The Grocer can reveal that the retailer considered introducing a loyalty card similar to Tesco's Clubcard three years ago when Doug Gurr...
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No stores – but Sainsbury’s and Asda are players in the Republic
Asda and Sainsbury's have more than doubled their combined share of the grocery market in the Republic of Ireland to 2.4% despite not having a store in the country.Their market share in the Republic rose from 1% in the year to 5 October...
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Tulip factory closure puts future of London Banger in jeopardy
The future of the London Banger brand is in doubt after Tulip announced proposals to cease fresh sausage production at its Peckham factory.
The Danish pork specialist has begun a 90-day consultation with staff over the closure, which… -
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Sugar Puffs moves into cereal bars
Honey Monster Foods is taking Sugar Puffs into the cereal bar sector for the first time.Monster Puffs bars, available now in milk and chocolate flavours, are positioned as an alternative to crisps and chocolate. The range comes in single...
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Ireland wants new label to boost beef sales to UK
Irish food chiefs want to adopt a Beef from the British Isles label to help them sell more meat to UK supermarkets.The initiative has been proposed by Irish food body Bord Bia to resolve the issue of how to sell beef from cattle that has...
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‘Discounter boom isn’t over – it’s just begun’
The discounter boom is far from over, delegates at The Grocer's first Discounters Conference were told this week. Although the discounters' growth had slowed dramatically over the past year, they were still growing at a faster rate than...
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Saturday Essay: There’s more to being green than recycling
Partnership with third parties is vital to develop shoppers' growing environmental understanding, says Rik Jacobs
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Careers File: Listen to Harman - companies do better with women on the board
Step to one side Sarah Connor. Terminator Arnold Schwarzenegger has a new foe Labour's deputy leader Harriet Harman. Last month Harman...
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One in four festive gifts will be bought at mults
A quarter of all Christmas gifts will be bought in a supermarket this season as consumers rein in their spending for the second year running. The volume share of the Christmas gift market held by supermarkets is predicted to increase...
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Food chief bows out at Midlands Co-op
Pete Whitmore, the head of food at Midlands Co-operative Society, is set to retire after 45 years' service with the society.Whitmore joined Midlands as a shelf stacker back in 1964, when it was the Birmingham Co-operative Society, and...
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Shoppers trade up to branded pastas despite downturn
The recession has failed to stop shoppers from ditching supermarket own-label pasta for pricier branded alternatives, new data from IRI has revealed. Total pasta sales are up 16.1% in value and 5.0% in volume with dry pasta driving the...
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Moy Park to increase use of Brazilian meat
More Brazilian meat will go into Moy Park's supply chain as part of plans by parent company Marfrig to make its European operations more efficient.In a sales update last week, Brazilian business Marfrig said it had been working on...
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NewsDisney unveils plan to put buzz in DVD sales
Disney plans to boost retail sales of its DVDs and Blu-ray discs by 25% to £150m next year. The UK and Ireland arm of Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment (WDSHE) announced this week that it had restructured its business to offer a more...
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Campaign Trail: Flake pays lip service
Cadbury has ploughed £1.5m into a sexy new ad campaign for Flake that it says is designed to remind women of the sensual appeal of eating the crumbly chocolate bar. The push includes press ads and billboard posters featuring a woman's lips taking a...
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Ready for change?
Within six months the current parliament will be dissolved and, unless Labour makes a spectacular recovery over the next few months, the Toies will be preparing for power. James Ball explores how the shift in power will affect the grocery trade
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