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Articles in Dec 13, 2008 issue of Grocer

• Leader
  by Adam Leyland
• "The Government says we can't afford the FFB at a cost of 5m [pounds sterling] but we can afford to pump 118bn [pounds sterling] into public works. Who says it's helping small business, exactly?"
  by Adam Leyland
• C-stores reel as tobacco display ban is confirmed
  by Ronan Hegarty
• Credit crunch generation is a new breed
• Supplier anger as trade credit agencies reduce levels of cover
• Nestle backed the wind-up of Woolies
• Jail still on the books for shop thieves
• Discounters more expensive than big four supermarkets
  by James Ball
• Morrisons cheapest at Christmas
• Shoppers now shop less but spend more
• Tesco Town Inverness to get its fourth Tesco
  by Chloe Smith
• Price of staples up as multiples switch buck to branded deals
• DC's Allen is back in charge of dairies arm
• We'll get cash back, claims Bakkavor
• Asda cuts payment times to 20 days to support its suppliers
  by James Ball
• Food keeps volume best in manufacturing
• Cable & Wireless connects Morrisons
• Nichols buys Dayla
• Lidl plus Travelodge
• Rumours not kosher. Ltd.
• Greggs to rebrand Bakers Oven fascia
• FSA says it's cut costs with simplification
• Gu named exporter of year at FFB ceremony
  by Julia Taylor
• Co-op Group sells Somerfields that clash with society outlets
• Tchibo cancels supermarket concessions
• The Grocery Company that's all about food
• Tesco cashes in by driving vans more carefully
• Anheuser-Busch InBev has announced the loss of 1,400 jobs in its beer division, just weeks after InBev completed its purchase of American business Anheuser-Busch
• The Chinese authorities have launched a major crackdown on illegal food practices in the wake of the melamine scare that caused the deaths of five children and made nearly 300,000 ill
• Whole Foods Market is attempting to sue the Federal Trade Commission over the handling of its acquisition of rival company Wild Oats
• Subhiksha, the largest supermarket chain in India, has not paid staff in its 97 stores in the city of Chennai for two months, giving them groceries in lieu of pay
• Kroger has reported like-for-like sales in the third quarter up 5.6% excluding fuel, despite the damage inflicted on the company's stores during Hurricane Ike
• Booths keeps expanding in spite of crunch
• DCS Manufacturing to employ 50 new staff
  by Peter Cripps
• Nisa-Today's to seize shares of non-members 'with no interest'
• Musgrave launches new Budgens mag
• Booker takes Euro Shopper range to 35
• Harry Tuffins vows to stick with water despite flat demand
  by Beth Phillips
• Administrator aims for fast Nearby sale
• JJ Food Service profit soars after IT spend
• East End up 42%
• DBC depot robbed
• Barton Meat to shut
• CJ Lang hails success of prize promotion
• Can hard-pressed suppliers take wing with foodservice? As retail margins are squeezed ever harder, Northern Foods is not alone in looking to foodservice contracts to buoy up sales
  by Helen Gilbert
• Drop in trading and costs grinds down price of coffee: commodity coffee prices are finally falling after a long period of sustained growth, reports Mintec's Andrew Larkham
  by Andrew Larkham
• Trading data
• Gaps open up as Christmas approaches
  by Joanne Grew
• Availability
• Morrisons is Christmas champion
  by Joanne Grew
• Two up, two down: average festive price changes
• The battle for the festive buffet begins
  by Richard Hemming
• Ad of the week: McCain's spud studs turn up the heat
• Promotions soar as Xmas spirit sets in
  by James Ball
• Indies should try to be the 'local discounter': and make the most of the fact that their customers are right there on their doorstep
  by Jonathan Summerley
• We need to give informed portion messages: how big is a portion, and how many do people eat? More research needs to be undertaken
  by Rachel Hackett
• Ditch the short-term realpolitik: allowing domestic food production to weaken is a bad idea
  by Tim Lang
• [Cartoon]
  by Higgins
• Critical eye
  by Liz Hamson
• PayPoint offers beneficial service
  by Mike Igoe
• Swot up on your chemical sense
  by John Emsley
• Waste not want not: use biomass
  by Philip Simpson
• Change the labels—and do it quick
  by Mark Thomson
• No part-time bookkeeper here
  by William Kendall
• Five most read
• On the forum
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• This week's poll
• Arctic Roll returns to woo thrifty shoppers
  by Alex Beckett
• Belazu gets into chillers with olives
• Gu set for Valentine's Day with Love Pots
• I believe the French have pastries for breakfast. Bran Flakes get Hoy's pedal power
• Entrepreneur plans to do a LoveFilm on delivered snacking
  by Robyn Lewis
• Omega-3 prawns come to Xmas table
• Squeezable and smoked in one tube
• Dipping sauce
• Premier combines Hovis and Nimble in one loaf
  by Alex Beckett
• Little Dish adds two ready meals
• Sending out juice retrievers
• Cadbury repackages to raise gifting appeal of Roses chocs

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