All Product prices articles – Page 130
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Advertising: PG Tips puts £1.6m into pyramid ad
The tea and coffee category has been a hotbed of activity since the start of the year, with big spenders Kenco and PG Tips investing more than a million pounds each in an attempt to exploit the cold weather and the staying-in trend
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Promo Dynamic: It's spring - and time to clean up
No-one can accuse the UK's grocery retailers of being slow to cash in on a cliché - and spring cleaning is no exception
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Commodities: 'Chaos on carrots' as fruit & veg import prices rise again
The British season can't come soon enough for cash-strapped shoppers as imported fresh produce prices continue to rise. Michael Barker reports
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Advertising: Frozen looks to healthier opportunities
The mood in frozen food has been anything but icy recently as big spenders such as McCain significantly upped their spend and several quiet frozen brands joined the fray again. McCain spent 24% more in the four weeks to 8 February than in the...
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Grocer 33: Tesco's new green store impresses
Competition was tough this week with two retailers boasting strong availability. However Tesco’s new green store in Cheetham Hill, Manchester, netted our top store award thanks to a polite checkout assistant and a shorter queue than at nearest rival...
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Advertising: Slim-Fast taps into new year resolutions
The binge and purge cycle of Christmas consumption and new year resolutions make January and February vital for the health supplement and diet market.
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Grocer 33: Good service impresses at Morrisons
Both boasted strong availability this week, but Morrisons' High Wycombe store pipped Sainsbury's in Melksham to the post thanks to its helpful staff
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Food price inflation looks set to stay well into 2009
The UK had hoped to shake off food price inflation by now, but our data reveals that prices are continuing to reach for the sky. James Ball reports
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Promo Dynamic: Sweet deals for Easter egg hunters
As the saying goes, the early bird catches the worm - and shoppers already on the Easter egg hunt will be pleased to see that supermarkets have almost doubled the number of confectionery deals since last week, from 84 to 149.
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Commodities: A year of economic turmoil sends meat prices soaring
Our meat basket showed that prices are overwhelmingly up year-on-year. The past month has been more balanced, however. Richard Ford reports
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Advertising: Asda makes feisty start to the new year
Asda has come out all guns blazing in 2009, spending almost 50% more on advertising in the four weeks to 1 February than it did in the same period last year
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Grocer 33: Service and stock woos Asda shopper
Love was in the air at Asda's Wythenshawe branch, where shoppers stocking up on Valentine's Day gifts, cards, food and drink made this store a bustling one
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Revealed: how money-off deals hide price rises
Money-saving deals at the big four are being used to conceal price rises, research from The Grocer reveals.While more than a third of branded products are on promotion, according to Nielsen, analysis of data from The Grocer 33 database shows...
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Commodities: Chocolatiers brace as poor harvests inflate cocoa price
As other manufacturers breathe a sigh of relief at falling costs, the cocoa industry is taking a deep breath as it watches prices rise. James Ball reports
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Advertising: Butter brands spread the ads on thick
Johnny Rotten, crumpet-topped camper vans and stunt-jumping cows - who said butter was boring?
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Grocer 33: Tesco wins on shopping experience
Tesco's immaculate Maryhill branch in Glasgow was this week's top store, thanks to a chatty checkout assistant, no queue and staff who were happy to help
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Commodities: Cucumbers soar in price as bananas and apples crash
Apples, bananas and grapes are feeling the retail price squeeze but cucumbers and mushrooms have soared in price in the past month, says Richard Ford
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Advertising: Co-op and Aldi are of like minds
Interesting parallels can be drawn between recent advertising from The Co-operative Group and Aldi, says Richard Hemmings
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Grocer 33: Spot-on staff win the week for Waitrose
A full trolley, no queues and “excellent” staff helped Waitrose in Lewes net our top store award, in a week where availability and customer service was a mixed bag
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Commodities: Dairy prices stay on a level despite wholesale volatility
Retail prices for dairy products remained virtually unchanged this month but the picture at wholesale level was very different says James Ball