All articles by Beth Brooks – Page 74
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Wood to drive push by Seabrook Crisps into impulse market
Seabrook Crisps has appointed a new impulse trading controller as it prepares for a major push into convenience.Jon Wood has been brought on board to grow distribution of the brand outside the multiples. Seabrook Crisps plans to treble...
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NewsDivine intervention to stamp out child labour
Kuapa Kokoo, the Ghanaian cocoa farmers' co-operative that owns Divine Chocolate, has created a taskforce to crack down on child labour. The taskforce is part of a Child Labour Programme, which has now been rolled out by the society...
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NewsRetailers sound alarm over staff theft levels
Two high-profile independent retailers are urging fellow shopkeepers to remain vigilant of staff theft after falling victim to significant theft themselves. Budgens and Spar retailer Jonathan James, who is also vice chairman of the ACS,...
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NewsRetailers battle on in big freeze mark two
Food and drink companies learnt their lessons from heavy snowfalls last winter to be fully prepared for this week's Arctic blast.
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NewsMusgrave GB gets safe pair of hands in symbol shake-up
As Spar begins the search for a new MD, Musgrave GB already has one in Donal Horgan. Why has he been parachuted in, asks Beth Phillips
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Etherington to take over from Phil Smith as chairman of FWD
Palmer & Harvey chief executive Chris Etherington has been named as the new chairman of the Federation of Wholesale Distributors following the departure of Phil Smith as MD of Musgrave Retail Partners GB last week.Etherington joined...
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NewsA people person: The Grocer meets Sainsbury's Gwyn Burr
Last year The Grocer named Sainsbury’s Gwyn Burr one of grocery’s most influential women. Now she’s in a new role, shaping everything from staff training to sponsorship, as she tells Beth Phillips
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Bestway boosts Scots clout with Martex deal
Bestway Cash & Carry is on the hunt for further acquisitions after snapping up CJ Lang’s Martex Cash & Carry business this week.
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Sainsbury’s to open six new food colleges
Sainsbury’s is to open six new food colleges across the UK.
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NewsSmall formats: does Asda know something we don’t?
With Asda’s acquisition of Netto, interest in small supers has never been greater. But success in smaller formats has proven elusive for both major mults and indies. As a new shopper insight report is published, Beth Phillips reports
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Co-op Group targets 20 million for card scheme
The Co-operative Group is planning a major membership drive next year in a bid to sign up 20 million people to the profit-sharing scheme by 2020. And the society, while extolling the benefits of the scheme which currently has six million…
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NewsToday’s Local Drinks is launched in retail push
Today's Group has launched a new fascia for independent off-licences, as the wholesale arm of Nisa-Today's continues to expand its retail offer.
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NewsSmith steps aside at Musgrave GB
Phil Smith, MD of Musgrave Retail Partners GB, which owns Budgens and Londis, has resigned following a boardroom shake-up at Musgrave Group.
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NewsM&S plan to slash brands perplexes manufacturers
Suppliers have questioned Marks & Spencer's decision to slash the number of branded food products it sells from 400 to 100. CEO Marc Bolland announced the cull in his business review this week, stressing that 300 SKUs rather than 300...
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NewsFocus On Pasta & Pasta Sauces: Pasta goes off the boil
The category enjoyed buoyant sales at the height of the recession, but over the past year its fortunes have deteriorated – just as the economy’s have picked up. Why, asks Beth Phillips
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NewsNisa loyalty incentive nets £30m NECS deal
Nisa-Today's record £4.5m surplus to members to encourage loyalty is starting to pay off, with the buying group this week signing a new long-term contract with North East Convenience Stores. The five-year deal with the 11-store chain,...
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NewsBooths boosts its own label with value lines
Posh northern supermarket chain Booths is launching a new value range to strengthen its own-label offering and to show customers it's not just a high-end retailer. More than 100 lines in the Booths Everyday range have launched into...
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NewsRivals say it's 'not if but when' hammered Makro will quit
Loss-making Makro is putting on a brave face and insists it has Metro’s support but rivals believe it has no option but to sell up, says Beth Phillips
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NewsIndustry still cracking whip on sustainability
Retailers and manufacturers have not taken their foot off the pedal when it comes to sustainability, despite the punishing economic climate. Polls conducted at the IGD Convention, held in London this week, revealed that 41% of delegates...
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NewsFarrant returns to grocery front line as MD of Booker
Guy Farrant, the former director of food for M&S, has returned to the front line of grocery as MD of Booker Cash & Carry. Farrant, who was at M&S for 30 years, was head of food from 2005 to 2007. He moved to the role of...