All Tobacco articles – Page 29
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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...
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Marlboro adds low tar cigarette packs
Philip Morris is launching a third product to its Marlboro brand aimed at smokers wanting a smoother taste and a third of the tar of the standard line. Marlboro Silver contains 3mg of tar compared with 6mg for Marlboro Gold and 10mg for...
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Grocers fuming over smoking law delays
A failure by the Scottish Executive to publicise an increase in the legal smoking age to 18 will put shop workers at risk, according to the Scottish Grocers' Federation. The change was proposed on 1 January by then Labour/Lib Dem...
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Smoke or mirrors in retrospective inquiry?
As the Competition Commission prepares to wade through an estimated 11 million emails, and thousands of phone calls, from Asda and Tesco and its suppliers, the inquiry appeared this week to have reached a pivotal moment. Has it found the smoking gun...
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Smoking rebel host voted out of pubwatch
Hamish Howitt, who has been allowing smoking at his Happy Scots Bar in Blackpool, has received a vote of no confidence from the pubwatch group he chaired.The vote was taken by members of Blackpool & Fylde Pubwatch shortly after...
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THE GUV'NOR Peter Gatling
Following the advent of the smoking ban, the subject of food is on every licensee's lips. I have been in many pubs in my time - some that serve good food and many that do not. It is, therefore, time for us all to take stock of what we put ...