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A clear and consistent approach to ice cream
Waitrose’s Amanda Sprowson was voted star buyer this month by ice cream suppliers, who praised her commitment to NPDFive of our six top ice cream buyers, as voted for by manufacturers, have featured previously in Six of the Best....
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Star Buyer: Amanda Sprowson
>>Frozen foods buyer, WaitroseSprowson says that she loves the variety of her job as a frozen foods buyer and that ice cream buying has its own challenges as it is a fast-moving category.“Suppliers are always bringing out new products...
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Organic pineapples debut in UK supermarket
Whole organic pineapples are now being sold at Tesco in a first for a UK supermarket.The pineapples come from the south of Togo, where they are grown in areas from the mountains to the coastal plains by family growers, each managing a small...
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Bonus from St Merryn
A bonus-based contract for UK beef producers has been unveiled by processor St Merryn Foods, supplier of beef to Tesco.Producers who signed up would be assured a market for their beef by St Merryn with a guaranteed price premium of up to...
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Budgens does Better with relaunch of meat
Budgens has overhauled and relaunched its fresh meat and poultry range in an effort to increase its share of the fresh meat market.Good, Better and Best tiers are to be introduced from March 6 (Monday), when underperforming or duplicated lines...
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Sainsbury staff receive payout
More than 10,000 Sainsbury staff are set to share a £16m payout as part of the retailers Sharesave scheme.The retailer said that staff who had participated in the three-year scheme would see an increase in their original savings of...
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Waitrose confirms traffic light labelling
Waitrose has confirmed that it is planning to adopt a traffic light labelling scheme for its products.As revealed by The Grocer on Saturday (February 25), Waitrose said that it would initially adopt the scheme across its range of sandwiches...
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FGP push is ‘a mistake’
Julian Hunt & Rod AddySomerfield has been warned that it would be making a huge mistake if it pursues plans to push a factory gate pricing initiative for ambient goods. The warning follows industry reports of a concerted campaign by...
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Sub brand for Tesco non food
Tesco has created a new non food sub brand as part of its drive to boost sales. The activity comes as Tesco this week presented information to analysts on the health of its non food business. One analyst said the ranges he’d been shown at the...
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Community stores strive to keep Post Office local
Community retailers are tearing to the rescue of flailing local post offices by boosting franchise partnerships and in-store operations.Spar Scotland wholesaler CJ Lang said it wanted to be the saviour of the local post office as it revealed...
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C-store shoppers push Centra sales over E1bn
A change in the Irish lifestyle helped sales at Musgrave’s Centra franchise chain break the E1bn barrier for the first time last year.Reporting sales of E1.035bn, a 14% increase, Centra managing director Donal Horgan told a group national...
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Game on for Spar lottery
Spar has become the first retail chain to come up with UK-wide National Lottery Scratchcard games as part of an initiative by Camelot to develop closer relationships with retailers.Mon£y Spinn£r, which goes on sale on April 10, offers a £9,000...
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Asda aims for fresh era
Asda is pinning its turnaround hopes on the launch of a major campaign next month that aims to reposition it as a chain that is as famous for fresh foods as it is for price.The move comes as Wal-Mart revealed that although Asda’s total annual...
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Cereal that has a happy ending
Somerfield is not the place to go if you are worried about your regular cereal purchase being out of stock, according to the latest analysis of the category for Stockwatch.The cereals market is extremely active with a sku count on average of...
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Winners in the buying game
Fiona McLelland rounds up the 12 star buyers from The Grocer’s Six of the Best series over the past yearBefore becoming Tesco’s crisps, nuts and snacks buyer, Allan Maxsted worked in sales on the supply side. He too understands the...
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Badger looks to expand the bottled ale zone
Badger Ales is adding to its range this year as part of the company’s plans to double the size of the bottled ale market. Brewer Hall & Woodhouse will be launching England’s Gold in Tesco in May. The golden ale won Tesco’s Beer Challenge...
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Guinness plugs homely draught
Ultrasonic gadgetry is Diageo’s latest tactic to help consumers enjoy the iconic black and white pint of Guinness at home. The plug-in Guinness Surger, which will initially be launched in 130 Tesco Extra stores on Monday (February 27), has been...
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Morrisons shares increase
Shares in Morrisons climbed 13.5p to finish on 210.5p yesterday after a number of analysts upgraded the supermarket group’s rating from ‘neutral’ to ‘buy’.Analysts at UBS said that investors were underestimating Morrisons’ sales potential,...
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Asda advert misleading
The Advertising Standards Authority has ruled that an Asda advert showing that an average basket of Asda goods is £10 cheaper than at Morrisons was misleading.The ASA found that some of the prices used to calculate the average basket were 12...