All The Grocer articles in 15 November 2014 – Page 4
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Analysis & Features
LED there be light! The Grocer’s lighting campaign starts here
A few years ago, the outlook for LED lighting was dim. Eye-wateringly expensive, lacking backing from the major electronic…
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Analysis & Features
Masterclass: How easily can a convenience store switch the lights?
On the face of it, switching in-store lighting to LED bulbs is a no-brainer because it saves even the smallest stores mone…
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Analysis & Features
Spotlight: Scotmid scores with shoppers thanks to LED
Scotmid’s eco-retrofit hasn’t just shone a brilliant LED light on the store and its products, it’s also slashed energy bills…
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Grocer 33
Asda Dewsbury: store of the week
The restructure was a really pressurised time. What helped was that I really believed it was the right thing for the busin…
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Grocer 33
Asda win takes it into overall Grocer 33 lead
Asda Dewsbury triumphed this week with a score of 83 – making Asda the overall leader this G33 year…
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Comment & Opinion
The ultimate lightbulb moment for grocery: Switch the Lights
For years we’ve been writing about refrigeration: should you put doors on the chillers and freezers?…
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Analysis & Features
PureCircle’s sweet success as share price outperforms market
Price of PureCircle’s shares proves stevia’s status as a bona fide sugar substitute
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News
Tesco to provide new training for staff on responsible trading
Tesco is to provide new training for all staff on responsible trading, in the wake of the scandal over the £263m black hole in its accounts.
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News
Revealed: Coupe's chart to propel Sainsbury's forward
This is the chart that underpins Sainsbury’s new strategy – an analysis of how much customers care about products versus w…
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News
Co-op Group signs up to super-strength alcohol cans clampdown
The Co-operative Group has become the third supermarket to sign up to a voluntary clampdown on super-strength alcohol…
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News
Tesco rolls out Click & Collect lockers to seven more stores
Tesco is stepping up its trial of Click & Collect lockers for general merchandise and clothing after successful trials…
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News
Belper: Costa High Street competition winner in planning row
Traders in Belper, Derbyshire, are embroiled in a bitter planning row over a new Costa outlet in the town…
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News
Waitrose boosts availability of Thanksgiving food and drink
Waitrose is boosting availability of Thanksgiving-related products in response to a “surge” in the festival’s popularity…
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News
Sainsbury's sucked into the mire as it posts pre-tax loss
On Wednesday, when Sainsbury’s unveiled its 2014 interims, its shares finished the day on 266.1p…
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Comment & Opinion
New ways of disseminating traditional values
The release of UK retailers’ Christmas TV adverts is now more hotly anticipated than the race for the Christmas No 1…
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News
UKTI to launch trade campaign to boost exports to Vietnam
UK Trade Investment will launch a campaign early next year to boost UK food and drink exports to Vietnam…
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Analysis & Features
Commodity prices: rain in Canada pushes up durum wheat prices
Durum wheat prices have continued to rise with heavy rain during the growing season…
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News
JJ Food Service wins four-year framework with YPO
JJ Food Service has won a four-year framework with the Yorkshire Purchasing Organisation (YPO)…
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News
Approved Food plans five new websites in new expansion drive
Approved Food, the online seller of short-dated food and drink to the public…
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News
Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway acquires Duracell from P&G
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway is to acquire battery business Duracell from Procter & Gamble.