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The Grocer Fast 50 2009
The Grocer’s first annual Fast 50 charts the suppliers growing most rapidly in UK food and drink. The report, compiled exclusively for The Grocer by Catalyst Corporate Finance, is full of surprises.While high-profile start-ups like Innocent Drinks, Gu and Tyrrells grab the headlines, the real engine of growth in the ...
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The Billetts Top 100 FMCG Advertisers
The UK’s biggest-spending brands are refusing to scale back on advertising despite tough economic times. Why are they pouring money into ad campaigns rather than trimming costs? Alex Black reportsAd agencies, media planners, even business school professors will be able to show you famous case studies Lucky Strike, Kellogg’s Corn ...
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The Grocer/OC&C Top 150 Suppliers 2009: Clear skies for brands, heavy clouds for own label
The UK’s top food and drink manufacturers are battling chaotic economic weather. One minute the barometer needle is pointed towards high pressure inflation and mounting costs, the next it has swung towards recessionary chill.Inevitably some are coping better than others. The big branded players have even enjoyed a few moments ...
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The Power List 2009
It's war. The recession has upped the stakes in the battle for the hearts and pounds of shoppers and only the canniest generals are enjoying the taste of victory. Even the veterans of the grocery industry can’t afford to get complacent, with many new recruits filling the ranks of The ...
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Grocery Retail Structure 2009
The UK grocery market was worth £141.7bn in the 12 months to May 2009, representing an increase of 5.1% over the previous year. Over the past 12 months, the UK food and grocery industry has faced challenging trading conditions as shoppers, manufacturers and retailers have been impacted by a range ...
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Technology & Supply Chain supplement 2009
Hi Tech Shopper: Technology that may seem like science fiction today could become commonplace in the stores of tomorrow. Simon Creasey sizes up the gadgets the shoppers and retailers of the future could be using. Online Shopping: It’s been talked about for decades, but online grocery shopping has recently come into ...
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Meat Fish & Poultry 2009
Jamie Oliver gave British pork a major boost in his TV show in January, but are farmers and the wider industry willing to take the next steps needed to capitalise on the situation, asks Michael Barker.How times have changed for the UK pork industry. A year ago, desperate farmers resorted ...
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Britain's 100 Biggest Brands 2009
These are challenging times for brands - even for Britain’s 100 Biggest Brands. Will recession stale the infinite variety of innovation among the brands celebrated in this special supplement? p4-8: Features - Will recession stale the infinite variety of innovation among Britain’s Biggest Grocery Brands? And what is the route ...
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Top 50 Independents 2009
The odds may be stacked against independents at the moment, but sales, profits, store and staff numbers are all up. Beth Phillips looks at the main winners and losersIndependents never have it easy. This time last year, the sector was being challenged by energy price rises, greater employment regulation and ...
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The Big 30
Fluctuating petrol prices, food inflation, the squeeze on lending - it’s fair to say the credit crunch has made it a whole lot harder for wholesalers to compete effectively with the multiples over the past year.Throw into the mix duty fraud (cash & carries claim it deprived them of up ...
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Salary Survey 2009
Senior executives are scared of switching jobs in the current economic environment and employers are having to offer some pretty juicy bait to lure people away from the security of their current roles. Unfortunately, there aren’t a wealth of high-level jobs out there – and the generosity only extends so ...
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Top Products 2008
With food price inflation, recession and the rise of the discounters, it’s been a helter-skelter year. Here we reveal the year’s risers and fallers, from alcohol to tobacco, baby goods to laundry, and report on the battle that continues to rage between branded and own-label products.The survey is sourced using ...
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The Dairymen 2008
It has been, according to just about anyone in the dairy industry you could care to ask, the most extraordinary year in recent memory. To think that only 15 months ago farmers were receiving about 17ppl for their milk, the standard retail price was £1.10 for four pints, and the ...
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The Grocer/OC&C top 150 Suppliers - 2008
As the cost of living rises and daily news reports continue to flood us with glum tales of inflation in the price of food, fuel and interest rates, good news is certainly at a premium. A new report, though, shows reason for optimism. The Grocer/OC&C Index, an annual look in ...
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100 Must-Stock New Products 2008
Some are big power brands, some small niche players. But they all share one thing in common - they should be on your shelves now. We pick the products that are destined for the big time
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UK Grocery Retail Structure 2008
The UK grocery market was worth £134.8bn in the 12 months to May 2008, representing an increase of 4.1% over the previous year. This guide shows you the size, the rankings, the structure.
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The Power List 2008
Economic upheaval, along with opportunism, has brought big changess in this year’s list. Ross Butler, Mark Choueke and Adam Leyland report.
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Own Label Suppliers Survey 2008
Winners of this year’s Own Label Suppliers Survey have excelled in helping retailers grow their own-label ranges.
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Branded Suppliers Survey 2008
It’s time to reveal the winners of The Grocer’s Branded Suppliers Survey 2008.
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The Top 50 Independents 2008
The head of the grocery inquiry says there is nothing to stop independents from succeeding, but what do the figures show? A special report by The Grocer