All The Grocer articles in 9 November 2002 – Page 4

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    Asda rings in festive rush

    2002-11-14T00:00:00Z

    Asda has ramped up the roll out of its jewellery departments to offer shoppers prices up to a third less than in the high street in time for the christmas rush.Eight new departments will be opened by the end of November to bring the total at...

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    Licensing laws to be liberalised

    2002-11-14T00:00:00Z

    The Prime Minister has paved the way for a liberalisation of licensing laws in England and Wales in the Queen's speech at the state opening of Parliament.The Queen announced: “My Government will bring forward legislation to streamline the...

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    M&S rolls out RFID tags

    2002-11-14T00:00:00Z

    Marks and Spencer has begun using radio frequency identification tagged metric trays for delivering produce to its stores to ensure customers “even fresher food”.The tags enable staff and suppliers to read pallet-load information upto six...

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    Wiseman laps up profits

    2002-11-15T00:00:00Z

    Robert Wiseman Dairies has posted a 38% jump in pre-tax profit which it said was driven by its investment programme and increased contracts with the major supermarkets.To March 29 pre-tax profit rose to £22.8m from £16.5m last year on a 5.4%...