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Sainsbury's signs deal to source British wheat
Sainsbury's has become the first chain to achieve full traceability for its fresh own label bread by sourcing wheat for its in-store bakeries from named British farmers.A multimillion-pound deal with miller Whitworth Bros and farmers in...
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Price Survey - 1st December 2008
Asda has pulled off a tricky balancing act between price hikes and price cuts to claim its ninth consecutive award for cheapest retailer, with a £39.38 basket. One of the sharpest price rises was on red seedless grapes, which pushed up the basket...
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Grouse season ale goes into off-trade
A Yorkshire brewer has made its seasonal Grouse Beater ale available to the off-trade following on-trade success. T&R Theakston has launched the fruity ale exclusively into Waitrose for six months. It will then be rolled out to all...
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Commission orders Tesco to sell store
The Competition Commission will force Tesco to sell a controversial former Co-op store in Slough after concluding it had reduced competition in the area.Tesco also owns a 100,000sq ft superstore in the area, which is less than a mile away...
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Asda slashes cost of vintage champagne
Asda has started selling premium champagne Dom Perignon for just £30 a bottle.The retailer has announced it will be selling the 1999 vintage, normally £95, at a reduced rate in time for the start of the festive season.Asda is only...
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Profit up at Asda
Asda recorded a 3.6% increase in pre-tax profit to £593m for the year to 31 December 2006 on sales up 6% at £15.7bn.Like-for-like sales growth for the year was in “low single digits” according to the latest results filed at Companies House...
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Morrisons vision on track, says Bolland
Morrisons is on track to deliver its vision of being the "food specialist for everyone", according to chief executive Marc Bolland.Reporting the retailer's third-quarter results, Bolland admitted he remained cautious about the outlook...
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Express opens in Sir Terry's village
Sir Terry Leahy now has a Tesco store on his doorstep, after an Express in Cuffley, Hertfordshire, opened controversially this week.The retailer got permission in August to convert a former Harvester pub in Sir Terry's home village to...
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Morrisons fresh ad vindicated by ASA
Morrisons' fresh food credentials have been given a boost by the Advertising Standards Authority, which this week threw out complaints about the supermarket's advertising campaign.Seven viewers protested to the ASA about an ad in which...
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M&S has the most respect
Marks & Spencer is the most highly regarded company in the UK, according to a survey of nearly 2,000 consumers by the CBI.The retailer topped the list, gaining twice as many mentions as second-placed John Lewis Partnership. Tesco and...
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The secrets of retail success - Q&A and Availability
Richard Jackson, store manager at Asda Rotherham, added another Top Store award to his list of achievements this week, taking his tally to three wins in the past five years. His first was at Safeway in Buxton, near Manchester, and the second was at...
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Forget Delta Two. King's doing well
Sainsbury's management continue to do a great job restoring the chain's fortunes and could well deliver impressive profits in 2009That J Sainsbury put out a very solid set of interims last week will most probably be lost in the noise...
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We've got to go for a total ban on plastic bags - now
Retailers must stop pandering to consumers with half measures and collaboratively introduce a total ban on plastic bagsThe public won't accept it" is what Sainsbury's chief executive Justin King said on BBC Radio 4's Today...
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Tesco trialling organic rosé veal in 10 stores
Tesco is courting controversy by launching an organic British veal line in a bid to capitalise on growing demand from shoppers for speciality products.Despite ongoing criticism by animal rights campaigners of the use of calves for veal,...
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Burglar goes to sleep on the job
Peterlee Magistrates Court has heard that 31-year-old Dean William Stronach fell asleep during the burglary of a Somerfield, according to the Sunderland Echo.Stronach, who denies a trespassing with intent to steal, is alleged to have...
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Spar c-store of the future is unveiled
Northern Irish Spar wholesaler Henderson Group has unveiled the first new shop to emerge from Spar's Stores of the Future initiative.The 4,600 sq ft forecourt site in Lurgan features Spar's latest thinking on what busy shoppers on the...
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Commission: Tesco sale has not set a precedent
The Competition Commission has said the forced sell-off of a Tesco-owned supermarket this week did not make it more likely that the groceries inquiry would result in a large-scale divestment of stores.On Wednesday, the commission ruled...
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Northern Foods acquires Ethnic Cuisine
Northern Foods has acquired oriental foods manufacturer Ethnic Cuisine for an undisclosed sum.Ethnic Cuisine supplies chilled ready meals and snacks to Sainsbury's and Brakes, and at 31 March 2007 had gross assets of £13.9m and revenue of...
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M&S in India talks
Marks & Spencer is reportedly in talks with several companies in India about setting up a joint venture in the country.The retailer already has 12 stores in India as part of a franchise agreement with Planet Retail Group but a separate joint...