CK 0811 Front Cover.qxp 23/08/2011 10:10 Page 1 Produced in association with FP AD TEMPLATE 23/08/2011 10:12 Page 1 CK 0811 Contents.qxp 23/08/2011 11:14 Page 3 CHECKOUTVOTED B2B MAGAZINE OF THE YEAR 2009 VOL. 37 NO.8 AUGUST 2011 dominate the market, retaining on to second place in the Top 100 for a second year, the market share of the Top 5 milk brands has dropped to 37.5 per cent this AUGUST 2011 year, down from 44 per cent last year, Vol. 37 No.8 and 52 per cent in 2009. Should both PL and the discounters continue their upward trajectory, you can expect to see CHAIRMAN/PUBLISHER KEVIN KELLY this share drop yet further. The other big story of the month, of EDITOR STEPHEN WYNNE JONES course, has been the Musgrave –
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[email protected] anticipating the Competition Authority’s here’s an old adage that goes, ‘the decision – a ‘request for further CONTRIBUTORS CONOR O’BRIEN, FAYE COULMAN more things change, the more they information’ from the parties involved Tstay the same’. ‘Change’ in this put the kibosh on the deal being PHOTOGRAPHY DAVE KENNY instance (if you haven’t noticed the approved in time for our deadline. unfamiliar face peering out at you from the However, from speaking to a number of ART DIRECTOR PAUL KELLY/IGOR BIASINI page) is the arrival of a new editor, myself, retail experts at length on the subject following the departure of John Ruddy, (including Superquinn’s founder, Senator SENIOR ACCOUNT MANAGER DANI SINNOTT who has embarked on a promising career Feargal Quinn), we would be confident
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