All Booths articles – Page 33
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Booths drinks to Cup with regional cases
Booths' online wine arm has kicked off its World Cup celebrations with the launch of limited-edition cases of wine.The six-bottle cases (rsp: £59.99) feature wines from three different areas of the world the Americas, Europe and a Rest...
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NewsAcid Test: Sailor Jerry
The label design certainly appeals thanks to the hula girl! It looks too stylish to hide away in a cupboard.
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Carling home kegs to pull ‘perfect pint’
Molson Coors is launching a new Home Draught beer system to "bring the perfect pint to living rooms" ahead of this summer's World Cup backed by an £8m marketing spend.The 10-pint kegs, launched under the Carling, Coors Light and Grolsch...
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Henney’s in St George cider launch
Cider maker Henney's is adding a St George-themed bottled cider to its portfolio before the World Cup.England's Pride, available now at Tesco and Booths and at Morrisons from next month, is a lightly sparkling medium-dry cider made from...
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Suck on our chocolate, salty pretz
Kraft may have the mass market for chocolate dipped pretzels sewn up, but The Big Yum reckons it’s on to something at the premium end of the market. Simon Creasey reports
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Acid Test: Bottlegreen Squeezy Squash
This squash is a light and refreshing drink with a mild, sweet flavour. However, the taste is no different from supermarket own-label squash drinks.
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Müller shakes up its sales team to boost business in c-stores
Müller Dairy has restructured its sales team to increase its focus on convenience and impulse.The German dairy giant has appointed Simon Warren to head its newly created impulse channel, where he has taken up the position of impulse...
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Three men and a baby (Prudence)
Having made headlines by commissioning London’s first new copper still in 189 years, Sipsmith is now seeing its liquors listed in multiples. Simon Creasey reports
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NewsWhy would Price see a sarnie chain as good enough to Eat?
Rumours that Waitrose is eyeing food chain Eat has analysts wondering what is in it for the retailer. Carolyn Wilson looks at the menu of options
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NewsAcid Test: Panda Cherry Licorice
I enjoy the rich dark taste of liquorice but found this unpleasant: it was sickly sweet, had a rubbery texture and there was no liquorice flavour.
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NewsAcid Test: Whiskas Simply
I’m not a brand-loyal shopper - I’d buy any cat food, particularly if it was on offer. The cat food market is already very crowded and I’m not sure we need another type.
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Waitrose whirlwind plans to double sales by 2020. How?
Waitrose MD Mark Price wants an 8% share of the grocery market by 2020. Is the target achievable, and if so, how? By Chloe Ryan
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Indie supermarkets defy recession with big swing
The renaissance of the independent supermarket scene helped the independent grocery retail sector to record a recession-busting increase in both sales and profits last year.
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Top 50 Independents: The will to survive
The past year hasn’t quite been apocalyptic, but at times it has felt like it. Beth Phillips looks at how the UK’s Top 50 independent retailers have fared – and finds variety discounters and small supermarkets leading the way
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NewsRetailers take stock
Supermarket share prices nosedived when the economy went into recession. Now, with the aid of The Grocer’s Share Price Tracker, our new index comparing the performance of 10 global players plus the UK’s leading grocery plcs, Chloe Ryan looks at how businesses fared in 2009
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Ex-Tropicana man brings Granini to UK
A former Tropicana boss is targeting “recession-proof” shoppers with a super-premium chilled juice.
Steve Wheatley, MD of the UK arm of German supplier Eckes-Granini, is spearheading the launch of the six-strong Granini Freshly Squeezed… -
NewsBooths reduces prices of non-food groceries
Booths has permanently cut the price of more than 1,000 non-food groceries across its larger stores…
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Former Green & Black’s directors back Cawston
The team that masterminded Green & Black's meteoric rise is injecting a six-figure investment into ambient apple juice company Cawston Vale to bring some upmarket appeal to the ambient juice fixture.It has revamped the packaging,...
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Profiles and QandAs
The Human Angle: Therese Edmonds
What's it like to work for your company? It is both challenging and exciting to work for Booths. As a fifth-generation family owned business with members of the family working in the business, there is very much an extended family culture where...
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Supermarkets shrink to fit
As Dr Evil said to his clone: "Mini-Me, you complete me." And with the supermarkets increasingly moving into smaller formats, it seems they agree. Beth Phillips reports