All articles by Charlie Wright – Page 21
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Grocer 33Sainsbury's Sydenham
The Grocer 33 is a weekly mystery shopping survey, tracking price, service and availability at the five leading grocery retailers: Asda, Morrisons, Sainsbury’s, Tesco and Waitrose. Each week the winning store manager is interviewed by The Grocer.
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NewsFood sales outstrip high street once again
Food sales in the past three months grew by 1.4% on a like-for-like basis, against weak comparatives from the previous year. Overall food sales were up 3.9% for November, December and January, reflecting the severe impact of the snow at the end of 2009.
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NewsWaitrose duck supplier hit by welfare exposé
Waitrose has been caught up in a row over animal welfare after undercover footage revealed that ducks on a supplier's free-range farm had been subjected to cruel treatment.
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NewsPrinces takes canned business off Premier’s hands
Premier Foods has agreed to sell its canned foods business to Princes, with brands including Crosse & Blackwell and Fray Bentos changing hands for £182m. Sites at Long Sutton and Wisbech will switch to Princes in the latest move by Premier to cut its billion-pound debt.
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Comment and Opinion
Tug of Laura
They used to say you really never leave the KGB. Or the CIA, for that matter. Apropos of nothing, it’s hard to think of many people who’ve jumped ship early from Tesco in recent times and gone on to genuinely bigger and better things.
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NewsReduced sat-fat option from Yorkshire ice cream maker
Regional ice cream maker Yummy Yorkshire has unveiled a new healthier that contains 92% less saturated fat than its standard ice cream.
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NewsGluten-free booms in 2010
The market for gluten-free products grew by almost 15% in the past year, new data shows. Gluten-free sales reached £120m.2m in the year to 26 December 2010, up 14.8% year on year [Kantar Worldpanel].
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Comment and Opinion
George of the retail jungle
So George Davies is said to be launching a clothing line with a Yorkshire-based supermarket chain.
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Comment and OpinionCritical Eye... on city slickers and the stench of manure
How better to escape the rat race than by joining a fiercely competitive TV game show? "Our urge to connect with the soil has never been stronger." So began A Farmer's Life For Me, which put city types of debatable...
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NewsYorkshire Crisps add Roast Lamb limited edition
The Yorkshire Crisp Company is adding a limited edition Roast Lamb & Mint pack to its range following a consumer competition to create a new flavour.
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NewsRaisio completes capture of Sugar Puffs owner Big Bear
Big Bear Group, the company behind Sugar Puffs, has been sold to Finnish food giant Raisio – as predicted last month by The Grocer.
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NewsHeineken is official lager of London Olympics
Heineken has been unveiled as the official lager of the 2012 Olympic Games in London. The deal hands Heineken UK exclusive rights to serve its beer and cider brands at all venues for the sporting jamboree, as well as sponsorship rights for Team GB.
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News
Playboy energy drink gets Makro debut
The new Playboy energy drink has secured a nationwide listing with wholesaler Makro. The drink, which sports the famous Playboy rabbit head logo, last year signed up model and actress Kelly Brook as the face of its UK launch.
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Comment and Opinion
Doom and boom
Spring may not yet be in the air but two of the drinks trade’s heavyweight players today kicked off seasonal offensives. Months of suitably wintry doom and gloom surrounding beer prices and the challenges faced by Britain’s biggest beer brands were punctuated first by The Grocer’s world exclusive that Stella ...
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Comment and Opinion
Milestones and millstones
Ocado boss Tim Steiner was today trumpeting a “landmark year” for the online retailer. He’s not wrong. The long-awaited flotation got away despite more prophecies of doom than an Old Testament epic.
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NewsAsda dating website to pair up singleton shoppers
Lovelorn Asda shoppers need not wander the supermarket aisles alone any longer. The retailer has launched a dating website that matches potential partners based on their shopping habits.
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NewsConstellation name change to Accolade signals upmarket move
The European business of Constellation has been renamed Accolade Wines following the completion of its sale to Champ Private Equity. The business, which also includes the Australian arm of Constellation Brands, said its new name indicated “an intention to pursue high standards in everything it does”.
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Comment and Opinion
Asda's running battle
Football fans will know that today is transfer deadline day – and with Liverpool seemingly poised to splash out £35m on pony-tailed carthorse Andy Carroll, there’s surely a suitably clumsy metaphor to be found about shopping around for value.
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Comment and OpinionCritical Eye... on the new queen of calorie porn
Like Lulu's claim that she's only 74 and the crazier bits of the Bible, you aren't meant to take TV cookery shows literally. Likewise, the stuff on Baking Made Easy might be straightforward if you're an all-pro patissier.
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NewsFinance veteran Carr joins McBride as non-exec
McBride has added a wealth of fmcg finance experience to its board with the capture of a new non-executive director.