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Co-op emergency plan defies disruption caused by flooding
Midcounties Co-operative Society is back in full operation following last week's devastating floods, thanks to some help from the Co-operative Group. The society was forced to close its chilled distribution centre in Osney Mead, Oxford, for eight...
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The best buyers to grow the category
Rising wheat prices have challenged cereal suppliers recently, and the star buyers in this month's Six of the Best have been singled out by companies for their help and co-operation in these tough times. Stuart Hargreaves, senior buyer at Morrisons,...
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Retail butter price lower than bulk
Volatility in the butter market means it is now cheaper for manufacturers to buy it in Tesco than from a wholesaler. Bulk butter spot rates have soared by more than 60% already this year to about £2,500 per tonne or more. But packet butter is still...
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Sainsbury's online: feel the love...
In the battle for supremacy in online grocery, Sainsbury's has a new weapon - free food. One shopper, temporarily incapacitated and forced to rely on home deliveries, received a few extras in the past few weeks. Besides amassing £30 worth of credit...
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our man from drip Don Pumsey - 4th August 2007
What, you might ask, could be more tedious than traipsing round Asda or Morrisons in Gloucester? Simple. Wading round them. I had been planning a trip down to Philip Green's yacht in the Med, so sailing around Stratford-under-Avon didn't compare...
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Price Survey - 4th August 2007
It has been over a year since Morrisons enjoyed such a strong period of dominance as The Grocer 33's cheapest retailer and this week's list marks its fourth consecutive week of providing the lowest prices. Morrisons £50.50 basket was only 6p cheaper...
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Stores on greener path with new pack formats
The drinks industry is being urged by retailers to do more to reduce its environmental impact. Tesco is asking its suppliers to look at more environmentally friendly packaging, while Sainsbury's and Waitrose have confirmed listings of BWS products...
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Six of the Best: cereals
Star buyer: Stuart Hargreaves senior buyer, Morrisons Hargreaves joined Morrisons in 1983, working part-time two evenings a week after college. Between 1987 and 1989, he worked within operations, fresh and frozen food. In 1989 he became part of a...
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Opinion - "The stark reality is that many retailers and manufacturers do not have business continuity plans"
At 1am last Sunday morning, Bill Pilbeam was called into work at Abingdon Tesco Extra near Oxford. The store manager arrived to see waves of water entering the car park and it was only thanks to his deputy's ingenious use of four pallets of...
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Somerfield has 'no plans to sell'
Somerfield chief executive Paul Mason has played down rumours the chain is poised for an imminent sell-off, insisting instead that the current owners had significant investment plans for the coming year. There has been conjecture about a...
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Lidl and Aldi buck the trend as growth in grocery slows
Discounters are emerging as big winners in a slowing grocery market, TNS Worldpanel figures show. The total market grew 4% year-on-year in the 12 weeks to 16 July compared with 6% in the 12 weeks to 17 June. However, Lidl and Aldi...
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New premium range from Budgens
Budgens has launched a premium range focusing on provenance and quality.The range, called Our Kitchen, will eventually include more than 180 lines in fresh, frozen and ambient, but has initially launched with 43 fresh...
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The nature of a great business - Q&A and Availability
Tesco Extra in Martlesham Heath, Suffolk, is located by a lush nature reserve. The majority of local residents fall into the wealthy achievers category and Waitrose is actually the best-suited retailer for the area, according to CACI. But that...
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What the papers said - 28th July 2007
The Sunday Times broke the news that Tony Campbell, the man who helped Allan Leighton and Archie Norman turn around the fortunes of Asda, had been lined up to chair Sainsbury's should the Qatari-backed consortium Delta Two succeed. The appointment...
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United at last... but will others co-operate?
The world's largest consumer-facing co-operative society is officially formed tomorrow. The as-yet-unnamed society brings together the UK's number one and number two co-operative societies, The Co-operative Group and United Co-operatives, and...
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Waitrose ditches farrowing crates
Waitrose has become the first major UK retailer to stop using farrowing crates in the production of all its own-label pork products. It has moved all the Danish pig farmers supplying its bacon and lardons onto an outdoor farrowing system....
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Tesco cookware lacks that star chef ingredient
Tesco's plans to launch a range of celebrity chef-endorsed cookware have gone down the pan - because the retailer can't find anyone to endorse it.Bogof has it on good authority that the retailer has been frustrated in its attempts to...
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Price Survey - 28th July 2007
Morrisons is celebrating its third week in a row at the top of The Grocer 33 price survey as rivals shied away from the usual deep price cuts. Its £42.91 basket was 34p cheaper than Tesco's - the key point of difference being its half-price Old El...
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Tesco broadens choice with worldwide wines
Tesco will unveil the results of the largest-ever category review of its wine offer in a fortnight. The new-look range will include what it claims will be the largest selection of rosé in the UK and 24 new wines under the Finest...
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Magical Harry Potter sales for supermarkets
Asda and Tesco have reported magical sales of the final instalment in the Harry Potter series, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, which went on sale on Saturday.Asda, which slashed the price of the book from an RRP of £17.99 to just £5,...