All Tobacco articles – Page 28
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Tobacco display ban call comes under fire from industry
The tobacco industry has slammed an Action on Smoking and Health report endorsing bans on tobacco displays and branding and reiterated its warning that display bans in shops would boost illegal trade. Published a week after graphic warnings...
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Display ban won’t cut smoker levels says ACS
The expected benefits of the government’s proposed tobacco display ban have been grossly exaggerated, the Association of Convenience Stores is claiming. The government has set out health benefits worth £1.1bn based on reduced smoking prevalence...
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What the papers said
?Almost a quarter of a million smokers kicked the habit in the months before and after the introduction of the smoking ban last July, the Daily Mirror reported. The figure represents a 22% increase on the equivalent period in the...
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Rain and smoking ban cut Costco profits 24%
Bad weather, the smoking ban and cost pressures led to a 24.2% fall in pre-tax profit at Costco Wholesale UK, according to the latest accounts. Full-year pre-tax profit fell from £22.3m to £16.9m in the year to 2 September, 2007, on...
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Growers save Jersey Royals from flooding
Growers of Jersey Royal potatoes have been in a race against time to salvage the remainder of this season's crop following heavy rainfall on the island. Producers have worked around the clock over the past week to remove Jersey Royals...
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spotlight - Dan Bennett
It is the International Year of the Potato and The Jersey Royal Company's new potatoes have had an earlier than usual start. Commercial manager Dan Bennett explains the life of the Jersey Royal Our first indoor Jersey Royals were the earliest they...
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Leaf UK goes, handing sales and marketing to Bendicks
The UK subsidiary of Leaf International, which makes Chewits, is closing barely two years after production was moved to Slovakia.Bendicks of Mayfair will take on the UK marketing, sales and distribution of the Chewits brand from...
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The war on smoking: is this a step too far?
First it was an advertising blackout. Then smoking in public places was banned and the legal age to buy tobacco was raised from 16 to 18. And from October 2008, graphic health warnings featuring explicit and disturbing images of cancerous lungs...
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'Dawn will stub us out'
Government proposals to force cigarettes under the counter will have little effect on underage smoking and force retailers out of business.That was the message emerging from manufacturers, retailers and wholesalers. Legal team and...
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What the papers said - 29th March 2008
Banning cigarette displays in shops to discourage people from smoking could backfire by glamourising tobacco among the young, the Daily Mail said. The Federation of Small Businesses described the proposals to force tobacco under the counter and...
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We ask... How has the smoking ban affected sales?
Reviewing margins Cash & carry operator ? After the ban came in, the initial falls were as predicted. However, suppliers had also predicted a relatively quick recovery, which has not yet materialised. As such, we have asked...
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How has the smoking ban affected sales? - Reader Survey
Source: Email poll of wholesalers Wholesalers have been left frustrated by a lack of support from big tobacco suppliers following a larger-than-predicted fall in sales after the introduction of the ban on smoking in public places across the UK. Two...
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Reader survey - tobacco sales
Wholesalers have been left frustrated by a lack of support from big tobacco suppliers following a larger-than-predicted fall in sales after the introduction of the ban on smoking in public places across the UK.Two thirds of the wholesalers...
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Suppliers expect levelling out after ban hits sales of tobacco
The decline in sales of tobacco following last summer's ban on smoking in public paces is accelerating, new figures show.In the 12 months to the end of January 2008, the number of sticks sold fell almost 4% to 47 billion, according...
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Flooding halts orders at Swaledale factory
The Swaledale Cheese Company has been hit by flood damage leaving it unable to fulfil orders with premium retailers such as Harrods and Waitrose.Operations at the specialist cheese supplier's Richmond factory in Surrey have been stopped,...
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Richmond brings out menthol 10s
Imperial Tobacco is introducing a 10-pack to its Richmond King Size Menthol to cash in on double-digit growth in the menthol category's value. The range, the 12th launch under the Richmond value brand, will go in-store from Monday....
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Carrier bags at dawn
We've had a smoking ban, a ban on junk food ads for kids and now retailers are facing the prospect of a ban on the humble plastic carrier bag.Despite the raft of green initiatives launched by the supermarkets, it is the throwaway bag...
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Managers David House and Justin Preston
David House (right) acquired Allens of Mayfair in May 2006, in partnership with Justin Preston. They bought the butchers from the administrators 18 months ago and have since built it into a thriving retail and catering butcher. House and Preston...
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Store visit Allens
Haute couture may not seem to have much in common with meat. But to David House of Allens, the analogy is a natural one. His customers are the wealthy residents of Mayfair and their tastes in meat do actually follow the dictates of fashion -...
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Freeman defends his findings from centre of storm
The Grocer So. No mention of a smoking gun. What happened to those 11 million emails you were supposed to be examining during the last months of your inquiry? Did they turn into a damp squib then? Peter Freeman The background was the...