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In Brief: Filling goose fat gap; Hot Cross loaf back; Butcher sells; Organic juice; Retro rewards; Med inspiration
Filling goose fat gap RH Amar has launched a French duck fat under the Maison Rivière brand to cash in on the popularity of goose fat during the festive season. Available from Asda stores now, a 330g tin is priced £2.99. Goose fat has been in short...
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Sir Terry proves he's no beach bum
If the thought of Sir Terry Leahy in tight shorts floats your boat, read on.Bogof hears that when the Tesco boss jetted out to the States in the summer to check the progress of its corner shop empire, he stripped off for a game of...
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The Christmas G33
Asda has emerged victorious in our first-ever Christmas G33 survey comparing the prices of festive fare and non-food, including gifts and wrapping paper, across the big four.It was a close fought fight and its £112.92 trolley of festive...
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Price Survey - 8th December 2007
For the first time in more than two months, Somerfield has replaced Waitrose as the UK's most expensive retailer, while Asda reached a 10th week as the cheapest. Somerfield's £49.43 basket reflected a 49p increase in the price of Cadbury Dairy Milk...
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Former Safeway boss to help M&S in China
Marks & Spencer has enlisted the services of former Safeway chief executive Carlos Criado-Perez for its ambitious expansion plans for the Far East.The Times reports that the Argentinian has drawn up research notes on Taiwan for the high...
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Supermarkets admit milk price fix
Asda, Sainsbury's and several leading dairy suppliers will be fined a total of £116m after admitting to price-fixing charges made by the Office of Fair Trading.As the two supermarkets, The Cheese Company and Robert Wiseman Dairies admitted...
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OFT clears Tesco's acquisition of five Somerfield stores
The OFT has cleared the acquisition by Tesco of five former Somerfield stores.The competition watchdog said it had decided not to refer the merger to the Competition Commission based on the information currently available to it.The...
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Tesco opens Fresh & Easy factory
Tesco has built an 80,000 sq ft ready meals factory in Los Angeles to supply its new Fresh & Easy stores, according to The Financial Times.It is the first time the retailer has manufactured the food it sells.Forty per cent of the...
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Waitrose property finders' incentive
Waitrose is upping the ante in its attempt to double the size of its business within 10 years by offering agents £75,000 to find new sites.
The retailer is looking for stores that have a sales area of between 10,000 and 21,000 sq ft…. -
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Tesco worth €2.5bn to the Irish economy
Tesco is worth almost €2.5bn to the Republic of Ireland's economy and is a bigger buyer of Irish food and drink than France, Germany or the US, according to new data.The figure is contained in a report by economic consultants Indecon,...
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Tomlinson in top Musgrave marketing job
Musgrave Retail Partners GB has appointed Jemima Tomlinson as its new marketing director.Tomlinson joins Musgrave Retail Partners, formerly Musgrave Budgens Londis, on 14 January and will be responsible for managing and developing the...
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A very Comely performance - Q&A and Availability
With Edinburgh Castle on one side and the majestic steeples of Fettes College on the other, Waitrose certainly chose a beautiful spot to open one of its first two Scottish branches last May, but winning this week's Top Store award proves its Comely...
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Dairylea determined to stay the big cheese
Kraft's Dairylea accounted for 36% of featured space activity among the top five brands last weekend, 15 points ahead of second-placed Boursin. Asda and Somerfield allocated featured space chilled ends to the Dairylea range using save, x-for-y...
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'Public won't accept it': oh yes they will
Andrew Thornton Owner, Thornton's Budgens of Crouch End Sir; While the policy committees of the big four have been working hard on their target of a 25% reduction in carrier bag usage by the end of next year, Thornton's Budgens of Crouch End has cut...
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opinion - "Tesco is so over Slough. These friendly bombs matter not a jot versus its assault on the US market"
Competition inquiries are like buses. This week saw the termination of the Tesco Slough case, Arla co-operating in the alleged milk price-fixing case, and last orders called by the Competition Commission in the big groceries inquiry. For the trade,...
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Mason vows 'brutal' cost controls as Fresh&Easy takes keen price position
Tesco has told City analysts its Fresh & Easy operation will be taking a "brutal" approach to cost control as it seeks to compete with traditional grocers in the US.The business has been designed to be low cost to support Fresh & Easy's...
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Election rout of the NMA rebels
An audacious bid to gain places on Nisa-Today's board by the rebels who brought down last year's proposed merger with Costcutter was left in tatters this week as members voted firmly in favour of candidates loyal to the executive.Leading...
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The limequat joins Asda's Latin range
A cross between a kumquat orange and a Mexican lime went on sale exclusively in Asd this week.The limequat originates from China, where farmers crossed the two trees to grow it. It has a thin greenish-yellow skin that tastes sweet and...
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Morrisons under fire over sourcing switch
Morrisons has been criticised by British fruit and veg growers for switching its fresh produce business to a broker instead of dealing directly with suppliers.Growers have accused the retailer of taking a step back and questioned its...
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Localchoice must get more local says Tesco
Localchoice milk has to become even more local if it is to hit performance targets, Tesco has told The Grocer.The retailer admitted it had "work to do" on the regional milk brand after receiving several complaints from the public about...