MARKET UPDATE Retail
Week Commencing: 11th May 2015
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Auditing and Reporting: An overview of current activities and events.
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Echo Falls Wine White Peach & Mango
Raspberry & Casis Summer Berries
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Jacobs FSDU
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KitKat ropes in YouTube to help improve breaks
Nestle has joined forces with Google to replace the word KitKat on pack with 'YouTube'.
The confectioner is currently rolling out limited edition KitKat
packs in the UK as part of its ongoing gloval Celebrate The Breakers' Break campaign. While 600,000 bars will feature the 'YouTube Break' branding, a total of 100 million other
bars will carry one of 71 other forms of branding such as 'Me Time Break' or 'Film Break'.
http://www.thegrocer.co.uk/buying-and-supplying/marketing/kitkat-
ropes-in-youtube-to-help-improve-breaks/518446.article
Grocery spend falls despite overall expenditure surge
Spending on groceries fell despite a surge in overall consumer
expenditure, the latest data from Barclaycard reveals.
Supermarkets spending fell 0.4% between 29 March and 25 April compared with 30 March and 26 April 2014, which was
attributred to the impact of falling food prices.
Spedning on petrol also fell - down 10% - leading to a 2.9% dop in overall spending on essential items, according to Barclaycard.
http://www.thegrocer.co.uk/finance/economy/grocery-spend-falls-despite-
overall-expenditure-surge/518433.article
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FOS Display Wines & Champagnes
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Captain Morgan In line plinth display
Free tankard
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FSA wins case against two farmers over regulations
The FSA has successfully prsecuted a turkey farm in Essex and
a Cornwall-based dairy farmer over breachers in safety regulations.
The watchdog said dairy farmer Jim Flashman, of West Prince
Farm near the town of Callington in Cornwall, had been found guilty last week of "placing on the market raw cow's
drinking milk when the establishment was not registered by the relevant (FSA) competent authority".
The FSA also welcomes the prosecution of turkey farm GST
Ltd, of Braintree Essex, for operating its licensed abattoir last October without any official staffing controls in place.
http://www.thegrocer.co.uk/buying-and-supplying/food-safety/fsa-wins-
cases-against-two-farmers-over-regulations/518463.article
Openshaws' range crackling with new products
Snack producer Openshaws has extended its pork scratchings and crackling portfolio with three new variants.
Black Pudding Pork Scratchings and BBQ Pulled Pork Crackling in 45g bags alongside Cumberland Sausage Pork Crunch in a
25g format (all rsp: 99p).
The crunch came with a higher volume price as it used different raw materials than the other lines and was cooked three times,
making it more expensive to produce said the business.
http://www.thegrocer.co.uk/buying-and-supplying/new-product-development/openshaws-range-crackling-with-new-
products/518449.article
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Sampling UP & GO
Sampling Cadburys Dairy Milk Chocolate
The Glenlivet NEW
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Iceland's #PowerofFrozen looks to thaw attitudes
Iceland is poised to roll out a new advertising campaign that aimes to get people thinking differently about frozen food.
The campaign, which focuses on the #PowerofFrozen hastag first appeared on Twitter on 15 April when Iceland promoted
its Thai Green Chicken Curry with Rice.
Now television advertising will go live from 18 May with a campaign planned throughout the summer.
http://www.thegrocer.co.uk/stores/marketing/icelands-poweroffrozen-
looks-to-thaw-attitudes/518251.article
450 Tesco jobs go as Homeplus stores get axed
Tesco has launched a consultation process to try to find new jobs for 450 staff affected by "the difficult decision" to axe its
remaining six Homeplus stores.
The stores in Bristol; Bracknell, Berkshire; Nottingham, Denton, East Manchester, Bromborough, on Merseyside and Preston, Lancashire will close on 27 June, the supermarket confirmed.
http://www.thegrocer.co.uk/people/jobs/450-tesco-jobs-go-as-homeplus-stores-get-axed/518503.article
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Grants FSDU Win a Weekend
Floor Sticker Ice Cream
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CONTACT If you would like to discuss any field marketing requirements or any other aspects of the RSS operation, one of our Directors would be delighted to
hear from you.
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Grocery Multiples Joe McManus [email protected] 07971 889875
Grocery Tactical Graeme Kelly [email protected] 07773 389308
Cash & Carry/Convenience Chris Rhodes [email protected] 07792 027433
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