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Gloucestershire's Tesco shoppers reveal dark side
Shoppers in Tesco's Cirencester store were terrified this week when a "giant crow" with a 5ft wingspan swooped between the aisles and raided the bakery. According to local reports the bird has spent the past two days feasting on fresh...
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Well done Morrisons (but none too soon)
Sir; At a time when dairy farmers are facing rising fuel, feed and fertiliser costs, supermarket group Morrisons must be congratulated for increasing its milk buying prices and for telling processors to pass the extra 1p a litre (0.568p a pint)...
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Asda undertakes wine review to boost sales
Asda is slashing its wine range by 15% and introducing a range of fine wines in what BWS category director David Stewart describes as its "most comprehensive and robust review of the wine category to date".Asda, which under-trades in the...
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Price Survey - 31st May 2008
Asda has wrested the cheapest retailer title back from Morrisons as milk and bananas bore sweeping price changes this week. Asda sparked the banana price war last week by reducing them from 77p to 72p. The rest of the big four followed suit, but on...
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Banana wars are back...
A new price war on bananas has erupted this week, sparking condemnation of the big four from suppliers and NGOs alike. Asda triggered the war on Wednesday when it cut the price of a kilo of bananas from 77p to 72p. Tesco and Morrisons followed suit...
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...as ASA slams Asda's 'unfair and 'misleading' campaign
The advertising watchdog has slammed Asda for a "misleading" and "unfair" campaign comparing its prices with rival supermarket Morrisons.As part of its ongoing 'Why Pay More?' campaign, Asda ran two national press ads comparing the price...
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Letter of the week
I read in disbelief the article claiming that Asda's innovative Pay Me Early system (The Grocer, 10 May, p3 & p4) had created "chaos" and "sparked panic among suppliers".Pay Me Early and our invoice tracking system, Where's My Invoice,...
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Pay for the privilege of being paid by Asda
Pay for the privilege of being paid by Asda A disgruntled supplier Name and address supplied Sir; I was concerned to read about the Pay me Early scheme...
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Covent Garden creates Fruit Soups for summer
Is it a soup? Is it a smoothie? The answer lies somewhere in between as New Covent Garden Food Co launches a range of fruit-based soups.The Fruit Soup range, which is rolling out now in Waitrose stores nationwide, includes an apple...
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In Brief: Pork sales soar; Noble egg supply; Sausage focus
Pork sales soar Retail pork sales rose 8.9% to £756m in the year to 20 April, and are rising faster than beef and lamb, according to Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board figures. Noble egg supply Sainsbury's and Noble Foods has won the Pig...
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Tesco vows to drive up English apple volumes
Tesco has pledged to increase the volumes of English apples it sells by focusing on newer varieties and promotions.The retailer hoped to build on the last couple of years of sales growth by focusing on newer late-season varieties such as...
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M&S chooses real Jersey Dairy butter
Marks & Spencer has begun stocking Jersey butter in 350 stores following a deal with Jersey Dairy.The in-store launch, which began earlier this month, was timed to coincide with the Jersey Royal potato season. Jersey Dairy...
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Tesco Shetland says it will protect local shops
Tesco is poised to break away from its national pricing policy by sanctioning price rises at a store in Shetland, with the supermarket reportedly claiming this was "in order to protect local traders".Lerwick Community Council said that...
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East of England Co-op posts 11.4% profit rise
The East of England Co-operative Society plans to update its stores after posting an 11.4% rise in profit, chief executive Richard Samson said last week.The society, which is the third-largest independent consumer co-operative in the...
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Asda fights 'pay as you throw' bin tax
Asda has weighed in to the row about 'pay-as-you-throw' bin taxes, arguing that charging households to collect refuse would discourage recycling. Many councils were still not collecting bulky or heavy refuse such as glass bottles or...
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Sainsbury's tastes difference in wine
We may be two decades into the UK's wine revolution but the trade has done little to make the whole business of buying wine any easier, less intimidating or more pleasurable. Shoppers still tend to approach the wine aisle in a state of mild...
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M&S hit by grimdefiance
Northern Foods' refusal to agree to new terms under Marks & Spencer's controversial Project Genesis has been applauded by suppliers enraged by the retailer's aggressive attitude, The Grocer has learnt.The Fenland Foods plant in Grantham...
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Parfett plans transfer to staff ownership before retirement
Cash & Carry operator Parfetts is planning to hand over ownership of the business to staff, borrowing from the business model of Waitrose-owner the John Lewis Partnership.A spokesman for the wholesaler said MD Steve Parfett was...
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King says all targets met in plan to become great again
Despite pre-tax profits climbing by just 0.4% to £479m in the past year, Sainsbury's CEO Justin King has declared its recovery complete and has outlined plans for growth. The disappointing pre-tax profit figure was put down in part to a...
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Hi-tech identification system trials make retailers uneasy
Budgens retailers are divided over the merits of face recognition and fingerprinting technologies currently being trialled by their peers.A Budgens in north London is using a facial recognition system to keep a record of every person who...