All articles by Guy Montague-Jones – Page 32
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NewsAllied makes bigger bakery investment
Allied Bakeries will invest tens of millions of pounds in the coming year on new equipment, in a bid to drive efficiency and protect margins.
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NewsWarburtons hire will help it act on impulse
Warburtons has hired Nestlé UK head of chocolate Mark Simester as its new marketing director. Simester will cross…
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Analysis & FeaturesDon't rub it in: price hikes hit sunscreen
Sunscreen manufacturers are having a rough time at the moment…
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NewsGrocers warned to be wary of 'cash for crash'
Lawyers have urged grocers to follow Ocado’s example in taking a hard line against ‘crash for cash’ fraudsters…
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NewsVeteran Rowe to head food business at M&S
A shake-up of senior staff at Marks & Spencer has given director of retail Steve Rowe the top job in its food division.
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NewsBreakfast in style with Crunchy Nut
Kellogg’s has opened a posh Crunchy Nut pop-up restaurant at the Westfield shopping centre in London, and has…
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NewsTate & Lyle blames loss on costs
Tate & Lyle Sugars has blamed an annual loss of £37.4m on dramatic increases in the cost of raw materials.
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NewsSmartphone shopping set to boost Amazon
An explosion in smartphone shopping could prove key to Amazon cracking the grocery market…
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City news 14 July 2012: Thorntons reports increase in like-for-likes
Thorntons gave investors a rare cause for cheer this week by reporting its first increase in like-for-like retail sales for 10 quarters.
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NewsM&S debuts mobile shopping app
Marks & Spencer has launched its first mobile shopping app that also offers customers tools and services including a GPS store locater and barcode scanner.
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NewsOcado’s 'virtual wall' at the Birmingham Bullring
Ocado will next week unveil a virtual shopping wall at the Bullring complex in Birmingham.
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Comment & Opinion
Dixon's next trick
Taking over a business where like-for-like sales are falling by more than 6% is not an enviable task…
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NewsWaitrose in tie-up with KidStart savings club
Waitrose has teamed up with family savings club KidStart to offer parents money back on their online shopping.
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InterviewsJohn Dixon's 'restless dissatisfaction'
In a rare interview, John Dixon spoke exclusively to The Grocer about his vision for M&S Food, the journey so far… and the journey still to come.
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NewsDiageo's Walsh signed up as UK ambassador
Diageo CEO Paul Walsh is to be appointed the first UK business ambassador from the food and drink manufacturing industry.
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NewsABF in for Elephant Atta as Premier offloads another
Associated British Foods has snapped up ethnic flour brand Elephant Atta for £34m from Premier Foods, marking the latest sale by Premier as it battles to reduce its debt.
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NewsSelfridges spurns the Elsanta strawberry
Selfridges has decided to stop selling the high-yielding Elsanta variety of strawberries.
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NewsWhole Foods Market still losing millions in UK
The UK arm of Whole Foods Market has reported a loss of £4.4m, five years after it opened its first full-scale store.
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NewsAiling Julian Graves falls into administration
Health food retailer Julian Graves has collapsed into administration.
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Analysis & FeaturesFalling sugar prices fail to translate in UK
The falling world sugar price has failed to translate into cheaper sugar for either UK food manufacturers or shoppers.