All articles by Peter Cripps – Page 8
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DCS sales boosted by local shopping trend
Wholesaler and manufacturer DCS Europe claims it is on course for a record-breaking year after posting a 10.4% uplift in first-quarter turnover on last year.Sales in the first 12 weeks of 2009 were up £2.4m to £25.1m, while turnover in April...
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3663 backtracks over future of Barking depot
Foodservice giant 3663 is considering closing its London depot - just two months after CEO Fred Barnes denied rumours of a possible closure.An internal memo seen by the Grocer revealed the depot's future was being reviewed following a "...
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Unilever demands price hikes on 100 top items
Unilever has stunned the grocery industry by demanding double-digit price hikes on many of its well-known tea and savoury food brands.The biggest increases include Ragù sauces, which are to go up 21%, 24 lines of PG Tips (10% to 15%...
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NewsNetto misses out on the discounter switch
All the major discounters and freezer centres apart from Netto have gained sales from other retailers in recent weeks, according to switching data from TNS. Aldi, Lidl, Iceland and Farmfoods have all stolen customer spend from the rest of the...
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Core range initiative helps Spar fight off slump in wine sales
Spar UK has bucked the recent trend of falling wine sales in the off-trade. The symbol operator’s wine sales for the first three months of 2009 were up 9.7% year-on-year to £17.8m.
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Jelfs joins Costcutter to train sales force as MOT consultants
Costcutter has appointed a retail expert from Musgrave Retail Partners GB to broaden the skills of its sales staff and help roll out its new Costcutter MOT scheme.Duncan Jelfs has been given the newly created role of sales support manager...
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Sir Ken rises to 16th on Sunday Times Rich List
Sir Ken Morrison was the grocery industry's biggest winner in The Sunday Times' Rich List last Sunday, with a fortune that rose 11% to £1.6bn.While most people on the list have seen their wealth nosedive over the past year, Sir Ken, founder...
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Aldi sets out its 99p stall with TV ad for 140 lines
Aldi is trumpeting its value credentials to consumers by advertising 140 lines at just 99p. The discounter has compared its 99p lines with similar products offered by Tesco and Asda and claims that buying 100 of them could save the consumer up to...
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Nisa-Today's unifies snacking food range under one umbrella
Nisa-Today's is to relaunch and expand its food-to-go offer and will bring all its own-label impulse lines together under a new brand. The label, FreshGo, launching in June, will be a complete food-to-go range including sandwiches, hot...
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Adnams faces shareholder flak over growth plan
The brewer Adnams has been criticised by one of its shareholders for the way it has expanded the business over recent years, including the launch of its Cellar & Kitchen retail chain.
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WH Smith boss Swann hails Woolies effect
WH Smith is on the hunt for more former Woolworths stores and claims its sales have been boosted by the closure of the variety retailer.
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Spar’s McCammond set for move to Sainsbury's
Sainsbury's has poached Mark McCammond, operations director of retail for Spar’s Northern Ireland wholesaler Henderson Group, to take charge of its convenience stores in northern England and Scotland, The Grocer has learnt. McCammond is due to start...
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NewsSuppliers hit out at Unilever 'bullying' over grey market
Small family-run wholesalers have slammed Unilever's "bullying tactics" after it wrote to them demanding up to £2,000 after they bought grey market goods. The small businesses are customers of the Vitality Group, a wholesaler sued by Unilever...
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Pattison takes reins as MD Connell leaves Appleby Westward
John Pattison is taking over from Ian Connell as Appleby Westward's managing director.The former retail managing director for Somerfield's west division takes the reins from Connell, who is retiring from the Spar wholesaler after nine years...
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NewsWholesaler blames Unilever grey sales lawsuit for collapse
Unilever has been accused of heavy-handed tactics after it sued a small wholesaler for selling grey market products, an action the wholesaler claims contributed to its collapse. Vitality Group, a health and beauty wholesaler, blames Unilever...
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Aldi swaps non-food for ambient in Special Buys
Aldi has ditched some of its higher-ticket non-food promotions for ambient grocery in a bid to reverse sliding non-food sales.Aldi's growth has been one of the success stories of the downturn but sales of the discounter's 'when it's gone,...
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Morrisons debut for northeast curry maker Maysan
Morrisons has launched a new range of hot curry pastes and powders that are being sold in 177 stores in the northeast by a local producer.
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Does the whipping boy of the recession have a prayer?
M&S has been losing customers to its rivals and next week's trading update is expected to give little comfort. What next for Sir Stuart, asks Peter Cripps
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Supermarket listings boost Wing Yip sales
Wing Yip’s branded ingredients range has won new listings in supermarket giants abroad, boosting overseas sales by 30% over the past year.The oriental wholesaler’s products are now on shelves in Belgian supermarket Delhaize,...
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NewsFarmfoods gives stores an upmarket overhaul
Frozen food specialist Farmfoods is rebranding its estate in an attempt to give stores a more upmarket look. It is ditching its blue colour scheme and replacing it with a mostly black scheme, featuring the Farmfoods logo on a background of...