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Tesco tops the big Xmas ad spenders
Tesco was the biggest spender on advertising in grocery retailing over the Christmas period, The Grocer can reveal. The UK's largest retailer ploughed £18.6m in festive advertising, pipping Morrisons which spent £18.29m, according to...
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Dubai deal 'will cut prices in UK'
Waitrose's bid for global expansion will mean cheaper prices in its stores back in the UK, MD Mark Price claimed this week. The retailer plans to open 20 Waitroses in the United Arab Emirates by 2010 - with three in Dubai set to be up and...
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Asda's distribution staff are risking injury, claims report
Asda distribution workers are at risk of injury due to the higher pick-rate targets introduced by voice-pick technology, according to a report commissioned by the GMB union. The study, carried out by ergonomics consultancy JRP Ergonomics,...
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Peter's to supply pastries to Asda
Peter's Food Service has secured a multimillion-pound-a-year contract with Asda that will create 30 new jobs and result in a £650,000 investment in its South Wales bakery. After 12 months of negotiations with Asda, the company will now...
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Sainsbury's hits out at celebrity ads of rivals
Sainsbury's advertising boss has launched an astonishing attack on the TV campaigns run by the company's rivals. Speaking to Sainsbury's staff magazine, national advertising manager Anna Shirley described the Spice Girls, who featured in...
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Lidl drives fresher feel with 5-a-day
Lidl aims to shed its downmarket image and reposition itself as a purveyor of healthy, fresh food. The German discounter unveiled a 'New Year New You'-themed ad campaign at the start of January. The month-long drive features a new slogan...
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Co-op Group consolidates distribution
The Co-operative Group is set to close two food distribution sites in the north east of England to make way for a new 270,000 sq ft RDC. The £12m site will be built next to the Co-op Group's existing RDC in Birtley, Tyne & Wear, and is...
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Sainsbury's adding weight to property development team
Sainsbury's has strengthened its property management team with the appointment of a second head of property development. The supermarket plans to increase floor space by 10% to more than 19 million sq ft by March 2010 and has...
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Tesco starts 2008 with a bang - Q&A and Availability
Maintaining well-stocked shelves between Christmas and New Year has proved a challenge for retailers, but Tesco's Sale branch in Greater Manchester provided a full basket to win the first Top Store award of 2008. The 50,000 sq ft town centre store...
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Milk co-ops welcome OFT merger approval
First Milk and Milk Link have welcomed the Office of Fair Trading's decision not to refer their merger plans to competition authorities - effectively giving it the green light. Having looked at territorial, milk supply, cheese production...
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Dieting and health get separate Tesco ranges
Tesco is launching a new diet sub-brand this week in the first strike by one of the major supermarkets to win over the new year healthy pound. The unveiling of the 250-strong Light Choices range comes as Tesco relaunches its Healthy...
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In Brief: Waitrose lists caviar; Vaccine order hailed; NFU welcomes ban
Waitrose lists caviar Waitrose started stocking caviar again last month, 10 years after it removed the product amid concerns over dwindling sturgeon numbers. It says its new caviar is from sustainable sources. Vaccine order...
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Price Survey - 5th January 2008
Asda has started the new year with its grip on the title of Britain's cheapest retailer showing no sign of weakening in what has been a quiet week for price changes. Although Morrisons and Tesco matched 26 and 27 of Asda's prices respectively, Asda...
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Asda unveils plan for value free-from lines
Asda is to launch a range of own label Free From products designed to offer value to people with food allergies and intolerances. The Asda Free From range, which will initially consist of 40 lines, will be introduced to stores from...
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Waitrose to enter United Arab Emirates
Waitrose is planning to open more than 20 stores in the United Arab Emirates by 2010.It has secured a licensing deal with supermarket retailer Spinneys through which selected stores will operate under the Waitrose fascia. The first...
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Opinion - "Now, the sympathy vote simply won't wash. But the fine will have unintended consequences for the PM too"
The £116m of fines meted out by the OFT to Asda, Sainsbury's, Dairy Crest and Robert Wiseman last Friday came too late to be included in Saturday's issue, but this story, already five years old, is far from over. And right now, save for a few very...
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Suppliers call on inquiry to probe Iceland terms change
Iceland faces the scrutiny of the Competition Commission inquiry after disgruntled suppliers reported the retailer for making radical changes to its terms and conditions without negotiation.Last week we revealed Iceland's holding company...
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Tesco third-cheapest retailer behind Asda and Morrisons
Morrisons has beaten Tesco on price to become Britain's second-cheapest supermarket behind Asda over the past six months.While Asda's average weekly basket came out cheapest at £44.51, the half-year review of The Grocer 33 shows...
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M&S organic turkey sales go over £1m
Organic turkey sales in Marks & Spencer are set to break the £1m barrier this Christmas for the first time.Sales of organic turkey through its food customer ordering service are already up 40% on last year.Steven Esom, director...
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Court slaps alcohol marking order on Somerfield store
A Somerfield store must have all of its alcohol products marked by police so they can be traced back to the store if they are found in the possession of minors.The condition was imposed this week by a licensing panel at Brighton and Hove...