Archive of all Booths articles – Page 34
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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
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
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Devastating floods force retailers in Cumbria to close
Supermarkets and suppliers in Cumbria were forced to close last week when they were caught up in the region's worst flooding in living memory.Booths' flagship store in Keswick, one of the worst affected areas, closed for three days. It...
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Comment & Opinion
Third Party: Christmas ads are music to consumers’ ears
But if you do enlist a popstar to promote your brand, make sure you get as much out of it as they do, says Giles Fitzgerald
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A cola that kids are allowed to drink at school – unlike Coke
A small drinks company from Cheshire has got one over on global giants Coca-Cola and PepsiCo with the first-ever cola to be officially endorsed by the government's school regulations.
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NewsPotato face
Think glamour, branding and Hollywood endorsement - potatoes probably won't be the first product that springs to mind. But that may not be the case for much longer. Richard Ford reports on the growing trend towards branded produce
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National Trust set to launch range of food
The National Trust insisted it was not "doing a Duchy" as it unveiled ambitious plans to launch a 100-line food and drink range into the supermarkets.The charity, which already sells a limited range of ambient goods through its own...
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In Season: Scottish garlic
The Really Garlicky Company is hoping the trend for home cooking will boost sales of its large clove varieties as it recovers from two poor years.
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Booths gives north a Ripon yarn
Sainsbury's and Morrisons watch out. Booths' new store is rocking Ripon's supermarket scene with murals, tastings and a raft of unorthodox initiatives. Beth Phillips reports
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Greyfriars to boost mushroom output with £4.5m facility
Vegetable supplier Greyfriars is planning to create Europe's most advanced mushroom facility.It has submitted plans to Harrogate Borough Council for a £4.5m, 7,000 sq m mushroom farm at its site in Wath, North Yorkshire. The...
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The Grocer Gold Awards 2009
In front of a packed audience at London's glamorous Dorchester Hotel, Aldi was crowned The Grocer of the Year. And this year's awards proved, resoundingly, that big isn't always best, with new awards also recognising the diversity of the UK grocery...
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Other Movers 20/6/09
Emma Knowler has been promoted to UK HR director at Birds Eye Iglo Group. Knowler joined the company a year ago and moves up from the role of senior HR business partner. She replaces Brian Murray, who has been promoted to European HR...
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Spotlight: Jersey spuds turn up the heat
Growers in Jersey have been investing in new facilities as they look to get Jersey Royals to UK retailers quicker and in better condition than ever before, says Michael Barker