All articles by Guy Montague-Jones – Page 36
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Grocer 33Waitrose, Lewes
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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Sanex Zero ad banned by advertising watchdog
A TV ad for the Sanex Zero% bathing range, from Colgate-Palmolive, has been banned for overegging its natural credentials.
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Analysis & FeaturesHow Planet-sized stores led to stormy days for Carrefour
If you think Tesco’s in trouble, take a look at Carrefour. As profits keep plummeting, another radical strategy rethink is on the cards.
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Grocer 33Asda, Yeovil
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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ProfilesTom Lidstone, Care UK
I worked at Transport for London from 2005 to 2007, before joining Britvic as head of resourcing. I joined Care UK last year.
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Category ReportBritain's Biggest Grocery Brands
Does it really matter that so many of Britain’s 150 Biggest Grocery Brands are no longer British owned?
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RankingsHow British are our brands?
Does it really matter that so many of Britain’s 150 Biggest Grocery Brands are no longer British owned?
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Analysis & FeaturesTesco prepares for next phase of Price Drop... by hiking prices
The Big Price Drop? The Big Price Rollercoaster more like. Tesco spent February hiking prices more than any of its big four rivals.
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Kingsmill squeezed despite outpacing rivals
Kingsmill margins have taken a knock even though the bread brand grew faster than rivals Warburtons and Hovis last year.
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NewsBest of British? Just 44 of top 150 brands now UK-owned
Of Britain’s 150 Biggest Grocery Brands, just 44 are now UK-owned, exclusive data from The Grocer can reveal.
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NewsNestlé removes all artificial additives from confectionery
Nestlé has removed artificial additives from all its confectionery lines in the UK and Ireland to steal a march on Kraft and Mars.
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Failed Pringles deal 'will not put an end to Kettle's Europe plans'
The UK boss of Kettle Foods has insisted that the “disappointing” collapse of the Pringles deal last week will not put the company off its growth plans.
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NewsA big pay squeeze hits major industry execs
As Tesco hit the headlines this week for offering unpaid work experience to jobseekers, executives at the top of the food chain have seen their own pay fall.
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It's a Monster move as the zero- calorie version hits UK market
Monster Energy is bringing zero-sugar, zero-calorie energy drink Absolutely Zero to the UK next month.The line has become the third biggest-selling product in Monster’s 26-strong US range since launching there in August. In the UK it will sell alongside Monster’s diet drink Lo-Carb, which contains 6g of sugar and 20 ...
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NewsShoppers miss out on a big choc drop
The biggest names in chocolate are still hoiking prices and shrinking the size of their bars - despite the falling cost of raw materials.
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Weir takes over from Cassoni as FD of John Lewis Partnership
The head of the retail division at Lloyds Banking Group, Helen Weir, has been appointed group finance director of Waitrose owner the John Lewis Partnership.
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NewsOcado milks organic growth for impressive market share
Ocado has gained a 7% share of the organic grocery market, boosted by a tripling in Daylesford sales after the launch of its virtual farm shop on the website in September.
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EU restrictions put an end to weekend work at Tate & Lyle refinery
Tate & Lyle Sugars has been forced to lay off 30 members of staff and stop weekend production at its London refinery because of EU import restrictions.
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L'Estrange tasked with boosting Zetar snacks
Zetar has recruited Jamie L’Estrange from Hallmark as sales director of the group’s natural snacks division.
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Reckitt and household the week's big winners
The biggest stock market winners in grocery this week were to be found in the household product aisles.