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Articles in Sept 27, 2008, issue of Grocer

• Co-op causes
• Private equity move
• Tesco expected to report flat UK profit figures
• C4 invests in food
• Retailers push mags
• Higgins
• On the forum
• Carrots go green
• Benecol with berries
• Dooley's deal
• Alcohol advice online
• Chickens defended
• A Quick 8 Easy fix
• Is retro the way forward? Monster Munch and Hovis are just two of the brands currently playing the nostalgia card—but will it work
  by Jane Bainbridge
• Leader
  by Adam Leyland
• "Is jumping into bed with a multiple now the only way for an independent to survive?"
  by Beth Brooks
• Longer trade terms ramp up pressure from credit crunch
  by James Ball
• The 600g loaf is here at last
• 'This buying alliance is not prelude to merger'
  by Chloe Smith
• Public 'get wrong signals from lights'
• John West Ltd
• Now Oliver turns his gaze on to pig sector
• Co-op's food MD vows to sharpen act on low prices
  by Beth Phillips
• Opening nears for BP Connect/Simply Food franchise store
• Lidl, Germany
• Fresh & Easy, USA
• Carrefour, France
• Aldi, Switzerland
• Smoothie sales slump as shoppers feel pinch
  by Joanne Grew
• Spinneys is export hero of Middle East
• New charity scheme to use Chip and PIN
• A knockout performance from AG Barr
• Never mind the Sex Pistols … here's butter
• Wheat prices remain up after bad harvest
• Asda offers flu job
• Finsbury profit soars due to acquisitions
• TJ Morris aims to turn over 1bn [pounds sterling] by 2015
• Musgrave makes budget EPoS available to small Londis stores
• Independents reap rewards of vouchers
• OFT scrutinises Tesco over store purchase
• Bestway to run six-week own-label promotion
• Spar urges retailers to join news group
• DBC to supply Angus
• Bingo gets delayed
• Booker launches bag
• Post office-deprived shops thrown a line
• Tertiary Tesco: it's a brand, Jim, but not as we know it … Tesco's new tertiary brand ranges aim to fight off the advance of the discounters. But do they run the risk of confusing consumers
  by Chloe Smith
• 'This is the last opportunity to create a fifth player': how is Tim Hurrell, head of The Co-operative Group's food business, going to propel it into the premiership of grocery retailing
  by Beth Phillips
• Broccoli defies inflation and actually drops 26% in price: poor crops and rocketing supply chain costs have caused produce to increase in price—in some cases by almost 30% year-on-year
  by Richard Ford
• Trading data
• A Waitrose a notch above the others
  by Jeanne Grew
• Availability
• Asda reigns supreme once again
  by James Ball
• Two up, two down: this week's top price risers and fallers
• Hovis bucks downward spend trend
  by Martin Wright
• Ad of the week: Tesco's new dawn
• Sainsbury's dominates in price deals,
  by James Ball
• Could the answers lie in the feudal system? It's time to rethink a system dominated by property rights but with no notion of responsibility
  by James Perry
• A new era for food regulation is on the way: and it could signal the end of the myriad policies adopted by local authorities to police food safety
  by David Young
• It need not be just another cuppa: the true potential of tea has been lost in commoditisation and gimmickry
  by Joanna Blythman
• Critical eye
  by Liz Hamson
• Tell City how you attract customers
  by Darrel Linehan
• Multiples' crucial role in organic
  by Peter Melchett
• Lotto draw is not the whole story
  by Mark Harris
• The true history of Stella Artois
  by Robin Joy
• Science recognises value of GM
  by J. Ralph Blanchfield
• Five most read
• Last week's poll
• This week's poll
• Lavazza adds a splash of style to pod coffees
  by Robyn Lewis
• Overhauled Atkins back on the menu
• Del Monte goes into frozen fruit category
• Peter's eyes slice of Pukka-Pies' market with Premier range
  by Alex Beckett
• Redbush returns
• Disney on tissues
• Newman in the UK
• New juices Eager to join ambient aisle
• Heinz taste of home
• Latvian caviar brand Mottra highlights its ethical credentials
  by Alex Beckett
• Langley adds rare smoked Manx lamb