Jan
26
Survival of the fittest
2010 | Filed under Perspective-Analysis | (0) 
As 2010 dawns, there’s little evidence that the difficult economic circumstances of the last year will soon abate, and according to Julie Sloan, price will continue to be a primary motivating factor. The hard discounters are here to say
Jan
26
Musgrave: Apart in a crowd
2010 | Filed under Interview | (0) 
or this Yearbook edition, Ulster Grocer has been speaking to Nigel Briggs, managing director of Musgrave Retail Partners, about the challenges of the year just gone and his priorities for the months ahead…
Jan
26
Ulster Grocer’s 22nd Annual Marketing awards
2010 | Filed under Marketing Awards | (1) 
The Ulster Grocer Marketing Awards are back again for 2010 with a fresh new look and a brand new category designed to widen still further the appeal of this popular event. Any company involved in retail grocery trading, from products [...]
Jan
26
A little light in the dark…
2010 | Filed under Caravan, Charity | (0) 
Caravan, the charity which specifically helps those who have worked in the grocery industry, is looking towards 2010 determined to raise public awareness of the work that it does and increase the number of beneficiaries which it
Jan
26
An issue of Provenance
2010 | Filed under Perspective-Analysis | (0) 
As Keith Smyton reports, the year just gone was a challenging one for pork producers across Northern Ireland, thanks in the main to the early year fallout from the H1N1 dioxin scare… Doing business in 2009 was extremely challenging in [...]





