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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 changing—we 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