All articles by Carolyn Robertson – Page 10
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NewsCentral England Co-op profit jumps despite 3% fall in sales
Society invested almost £30m in the business last year
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NewsEast of England Co-op pledges to spend £21m on store revamps
Society spent £15m refurbishing 46 food stores in 2015
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NewsAllan Leighton urges Co-op members to vote 'rebuild' at agm
AGM will debate pay and benefits for both staff and executives
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NewsMark Price picked up £1.9m payoff from Waitrose
Price was appointed a government trade and business minister earlier this year
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NewsScotmid Co-op sees profit rise as business outperforms market
Turnover and gross profits fell due to shorter trading period
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Grocer 33Waitrose Dorking: Grocer 33 store of the week
We’ve now got all the modern Waitrose concepts – juice bar, café, meat counter, bakery and patisserie
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NewsWhole Foods Market supports City Harvest in food waste fight
Charity to receive 5% of today’s gross sales at Whole Foods’ nine UK stores
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NewsHolland & Barrett to open Indian stores following partnership
1,000 strong franchise operation will be rolled out over the next five years
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NewsThe Southern Co-operative switches lights to LED
The project will deliver savings of £375,000 a year for the society
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NewsCo-op shoppers predict mobile payments will replace cash
Contactless payments rose by 1.4m at The Co-op between February and March
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NewsWaitrose begins exporting to China via e-commerce platform
Retailer also confirms it is no longer paying staff Sunday premium
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Analysis & FeaturesCo-op's renewal beckons as rebuild shapes up nicely
A major brand relaunch, a fundamental reset of membership proposition and a subtle change in positioning in the pipeline
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NewsThe Co-op Group set to offload 300 stores
Society reported to have appointed Rothschild to handle the disposal
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NewsBonds of London bought by US foods supplier Innovative Bites
Confectionery maker Bonds of London has been bought by wholesaler of US food Innovative Bites.
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Comment & OpinionWaitrose's 'real farms' push is clever but there's room for all kinds of farms in grocery
The new Waitrose campaign stands in contrast to Tesco’s ‘faux farms’ but both respond to important shopper needs
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NewsWaitrose lifts lid on food production with farm live-streaming
New TV ads will be broadcast the same day they are filmed on real farms
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NewsSpar International reports profit hike as Europe recovers
Spar UK increased store numbers to over 2,600, with turnover up 2% to £2.6bn
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NewsBrigette Hardy returns to Fortnum & Mason as food buying boss
Hardy has previously worked at Sainsbury’s and with Waitrose and Selfridges
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NewsThe Co-op pledges continued investment in quality as price cuts set to hit £200m in 2016
Group CEO Richard Pennycook has also volunteered to take a 60% pay cut
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NewsM&S to support Coeliac UK's nationwide awareness campaign
Retailer will provide use of stores for charity’s national leafleting day in May