All The Grocer articles in Blogs – Page 12
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Comment & Opinion
Sainsbury's wins big
Sainsbury’s was the big winner at last night’s Grocer Gold Awards 2013.The supermarket chain went one better than its haul of four last year - walking off with five awards on the night.As well as retaining the Online Retailer of The Year gong, it won Consumer Initiative of the Year ...
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AG Barr-Britvic merger: A different place
What was the OFT thinking when it referred the proposed merger of AG Barr and Britvic to the Competition Commission?
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Anyone for a picnic?
The sun is shining and a gentle breeze is stirring through the trees outside Grocer Towers this afternoon, putting us in the mood for a picnic.
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Tesco slims down
It’s not very often that you hear a leading retailer – let alone one like Tesco – announce a policy of “active withdrawal”, but that is the phrase CEO Philip Clarke used today…
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Off their trolleys?
As The Grocer first reported on Saturday, this week sees the launch of a new app aimed at ridding the UK’s canals, parks and housing estates of the scourge of abandoned trolleys…
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Back to the future
The walls here at Grocer Towers are lined with beautiful, leather-bound volumes of The Grocer dating back to its origins in 1862…
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Humble pie and TV dinners
I had written off Tesco’s free Clubcard TV service before it even launched…
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In search of excellence – and finding it
It’s never been a better time to be a shopper in the UK with the high quality and breadth of products available to the consumer, according to chef and businesswoman Thomasina Miers…
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A clip around the ear
Something has gone wrong with one of my local c-stores. Every day I pass this shop, which is run by a major retail chain…
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Be careful what you wish for
It’s almost a year since The Grocer reported the Department of Health was bringing in researchers to gather evidence to back up the effectiveness of its under-fire Responsibility Deal…
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Green Shoots
Greencore’s challenging six months will not impinge the long-term prognosis, the own-label ready meals and convenience manufacturer said…
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A good day for lawyers
It emerged this weekend that Waitrose has retained the services of a QC to comb through the details…
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Asda on reinventing 'convenience'
“This industry’s full of jargon,” said Asda CEO Andy Clarke today, referring to the UK grocery business.Clarke was speaking to a room full of journalists in the retailer’s convivial albeit cosy offices above Carnaby Street, delivering the news that Asda had seen sales growth of 1.8% in Q1.Clarke’s statement was ...
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The high-street circus continues
The Mary Portas road show continues: this week the Queen of the High Street’s Channel 4 show touched down in Margate, featuring yet more cockneys, market traders and claims of TV trickery.
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The new top-up shop
In these straitened times, it seems people are more willing than ever to mix and match where they pick up their produce – doing a big shop in one supermarket and topping up at another.
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What price Ocado-Morrisons?
Ocado must be fuming after reading the threatening comments made by Waitrose MD Mark Price in the weekend papers.
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Dalton battles the headwinds
Headwinds, headwinds, headwinds: that was the key word used by Morrisons CEO Dalton Philips on a call with journalists today.
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It was The Grocer wot won it
Today was a very good day for Sainsbury’s Justin King. As well as announcing a great set of results, he was delighted to have his name linked to | his hero, Sir Alex Ferguson, amid fevered speculation on their reportedly imminent departures…
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Diageo's Walsh calls time
Paul Walsh has rung the bell on his spell as CEO of Diageo – and quite a spell it’s been.