All The Grocer articles in 9 October 2010 – Page 2
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NewsTales of Titania: Fungus, veggies and jumbo sausages
You will have seen our hugely successful campaign for vinegar salt, a product that came about entirely by accident (Sarson's vs Saxa lorry crash, M6 closed for five hours). And without a market until we invented a major consumer issue out of soggy...
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NewsHas Yeo got the X Factor?
Tonight the organic sector is launching all-out assault on the mainstream as dairy supplier Yeo Valley unveils its first-ever primetime TV campaign. CEO Tim Mead tells Rob Brown how organic has reached critical mass and is on the verge of cracking the mainstream
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NewsP&G’s Lee slaps down the prophets of doom
Procter & Gamble UK vice president Irwin Lee came out all guns blazing this week with an upbeat forecast for the future of the grocery trade. Speaking exclusively to The Grocer ahead of his speech at next week's annual IGD Convention,...
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NewsNorthern shakes up divisional structure in drive for growth
Northern Foods is streamlining its management structure from six divisions to two in a move likely to result in job losses. In a bid to improve growth and cut costs, it is creating a branded division, headed by former Fox's MD Graham...
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NewsRomford Wholesale Meats’ profits dive
Pre-tax profits at Romford Wholesale Meats fell 91% in 2009 as the bottom line was hit by higher input costs and lower wholesale prices. Profits at Romford, which supplies beef and lamb to major retailers, fell from £486,000 to £43,000 in...
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Comment & OpinionCritical Eye... on pinstripe offal and sawdust sausages
The unreality grind goes on, The Apprentice (BBC1, Wednesday 9pm) back piping more human offal into pinstripe casings misleadingly marked 'dynamo'. The series six opener took that sausage-factory approach to its logical conclusion,...
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NewsIs Quorn still cool enough to help rescue Premier Foods?
Suitors are said to be circling one of Premier Foods’ key brands as it struggles to cut its debt mountain. But who will want Quorn, asks Simon Mowbray
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NewsForeign competition set to increase for UK tomato growers
British tomatoes will face more competition from abroad over the next five years as new market entrants ramp up exports into the UK. The UK is primarily an import market for tomatoes already, with most of the fruit sold here coming from...
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Comment & OpinionEditor's Comment: Fresh & Easy could be Sir Terry's farewell gift
It's been a bad week for the Germans. As we report, Metro-owned wholesaler Makro posted a £45m loss in the same week that discounter Aldi suffered a £147m reversal in fortunes an Icarus-like fall from grace.
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News‘Trendier’ image could make for a sherry Christmas
Sherry has become far "trendier" over the past year and must be given bigger shelf space this Christmas to boost sales according to leading brands Harveys and Croft Original. Category sales of the traditional festive tipple slipped 2.6%...
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Comment & Opinion
Careers File: Don't fear the interview, you could be the perfect candidate
Many candidates, when they are coming up for their first, second or third interviews, always have a sense of fear or foreboding about that opportunity. Nerves are a good thing; they provide energy, drive and motivation for many individuals but...
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NewsCall for duck eggs to get Lion-style mark
The UK's largest producer of duck eggs, Watercress Lane, believes a British Lion-style mark would restore consumer confidence in duck eggs after the recent salmonella outbreak. Although the Food Standards Agency sets out general handling...
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NewsButter up the most as shoppers pay for a decade of price hikes
Shoppers are paying 56% more for butter than they were 10 years ago, government figures have revealed. The retail price of butter has risen more since 2000 than for any other food category, according to the Retail Price Indices of the...
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Comment & Opinion
Saturday Essay: Tell us how we can cut the burden of red tape
The Task Force on Farming Regulation needs clear evidence-based proposals to help deliver change, says Richard Macdonald
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Comment & Opinion
Third Party: FMCG brands know how to snare shoppers
As they change their price positioning and ranges, supermarkets can learn from the big brands, says Dr Alan Treadgold
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NewsBrand extensions: stretch or snap?
From clothing to crisps, brand extensions are getting ever more weird and wonderful. But do they have the legs to stay the course, asks Simon Creasey
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NewsNew Findus boss vows to reignite frozen food
The newly appointed Findus UK MD Leendert den Hollander has set out his stall to turn Findus into the nation's number one frozen brand within five years and to "reignite growth" in the sector. The group's former chief marketing officer...
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NewsGraves ‘reserves right’ to return to Nisa board
Costcutter chairman Colin Graves has backtracked on his shock resignation from the board of Nisa-Today's, as the convenience giant posted a 7.4% jump in full-year sales this week. Graves sensationally quit from the board of Nisa-Today's...
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NewsYeo Valley blames government for organic sector’s woes
The organic sector has been let down by 30 years of government neglect, the CEO of one of the country's largest organic dairy suppliers has claimed. A lack of governance had jeopardised the sustainability of British food supply by...
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NewsBerocca introduces a guarana supplement
Berocca is injecting some fizz into the vitamin and mineral supplement market with what it claims is the first soluble tablet to contain guarana. Berocca Boost is positioned as an effervescent vitamin and mineral tablet that provides...
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