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Articles in August 2, 2008, issue of Grocer
- Opinion
by Adam Leyland - This week's hot topic
by Adam Leyland - The man for the merger. Ltd.
by Beth Phillips - Tesco ambitious to become full-scale banking operation
- Protest fails to get through to Vodafone
- FMCG majors feel credit crunch heat
- Hard line shirked by government
by Ronan Hegarty - Caterer food costs have soared 9.3%
- Now Booths leaps into the 50p fresh food fray
by Beth Phillips - Sales of sandwiches ride out savaging by C4's Dispatches
- Rooney fronts Hovis TV ads
- Tesco targets ex-military as new recruits
- Northern Foods sees potential in premium
by Alex Beckett - EC to rule on Cornish pasty
- Sainsbury's denies losing out to Asda
- Cadbury manages to keep rises low
- Wiseman ups milk
- Kraft's profits rise
- Correction
- Ruddock warns of tax if stores fail bag target
by Chloe Smith - Crown Crest: Instore offer unconditional
- Green tea falls out of favour with sales slumping by 2.6%
- Ben & Jerry's says it's a Caring Dairy
- Credit crunch is good business for Bestway
by Peter Cripps - Finger on the pulse: Asda asks shoppers
- Payzone brings in minimum 5p rate
- Stop & Shop sues over 'Real Deal'
- Coca-Cola cuts a slurp in Hong Kong
- Carrefour switches to single board
- California to vote on animal rights
- Leeds-based Gazeley goes to Dubai
- Tesco meets discounter threat with new range
by Chloe Smith - Health advice as you shop
- Retailer fury at rise in carriage charges
- Mills Group picks Ginsters as supplier
- 3m [pounds sterling] store revamp for East of England
- Sainsbury's takes the axe to HR and training
by Ronan Hegarty - Tham heads Tiger in UK
- Tesco names new service team chiefs
- How nominated new chair of WSTA
- Asda makes it a tidy win: a full basket, helpful staff and a clean and tidy store have earned Asda in Minworth, Sutton Coldfield, this week's Top Store award. Teamwork is key, says store manager Stuart Jones
by Joanne Grew - This week a year ago the winner was …
- Service champs
- Price survey
by Nick Hughes - Availability
- Top-up shop
- Own-label offers sizzle with barbecue appeal: Asda and Sainsbury's both pushed own-label meat, but there were a raft of other hot summer offers in store at the weekend
by Kay Staniland - Share of space: week ending 27/07/2008
- Global supply chains are changingwe must too: despite global competition for supply, too many businesses are lagging behind the competition on the risk management front
by Alex Hindson - FT
- Daily Mail
- The Times
- The Daily Telegraph
- The Sun
- Don't let's become gooseberry fools: the supermarkets' obsession with exotic fruit is leading to the neglect of British classics such as gooseberries and damsons
by Joanna Blythman - Bottled is healthier than tap water
by Patrick Kalotis - Salt cuts: food safety key in reformulation
by Andrew Wadge - Don't get ripped off at the checkout
by Chris Edmonds - Booze: build on the work that's in place
by Jeremy Beadles - Sale or return can just lead to waste
- Morrisons can do low price at a profit
by Steven Dresser - Are revised FSA reduction targets worth their salt? Manufacturers warn of the risk of blandness, crumbling Cheddar and botulism. But is the whole premise suspect?
by Nick Hughes - Vodafone battle is lost but not the war: c-store retailers are threatening to levy a 10p surcharge following unsuccessful boycotts
by Mark Choueke - Think global act focal: global suppliers are focusing on their billionaire brands and reaping the rewards in spite of the economy
by Noli Dinkovski - The captain's first mate: what more perfect a job for a self-confessed fish finger addict than MD of Birds Eye? Anne Murphy talks to Mark Choueke
by Mark Choueke - Offering motorists more than just a cold Cornish pasty: not willing to risk losing the motorists of Nailsea to a nearby Tesco forecourt, Tout ploughed 2m [pounds sterling] into an ultra-modern rebuild and stocked up on what shoppers really want
by Stefan Chomka - Forecourt food retail is bucking the trend
- Fresh produce
- Cheating enters the mix: Delia and Nigella have shown us that it is OK to cut corners in the kitchen. That's not all that is set to boost the home-baking market
by Sonya Hook - Industry spokesman: suppliers must mix it up
by Alex Waugh - Research notes
by Thomas Berry - The Jane Asher factor
- The supplier: time-saving home baking
by Ed Culf - Dr Oetker added two savoury bread varieties to its Bake in the Box range in April this year
- Cranberry brand Ocean Spray has launched its new dried cranberries sub-brand Craisins
- Victoria Foods put its expertise into the launch of WeightWatchers baking mixes this year to encourage consumers to enjoy cakes as part of a controlled healthy diet and lifestyle, and to offer a healthy option in home baking
- Two Chicks is a 500g carton containing egg whites from 15 free-range eggs
- Rakusen's has relaunched its Matzo Meal range of flour and water mixes in resealable pouches to make them more user-friendly
- Betty Crocker cake mixes
- Home bakers driven by different motivations: the traditionalist and the occasion-led purchaser have different agendas when shopping home-baking aisles