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UK launch for Italian wines
Tesco is listing one of three prosecco sparkling wines from Italy that are being launched in the UK by Intercontinental Brands (ICB). Bella Veroni Vino Frizzante comes in a blue bottle with a traditional prosecco cork and cord closure and is selling...
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Price Survey - 16th June 2007
Bizarre weather patterns in the vineyards of Chile and Egypt has led to a shortage of red seedless grapes, prompting dramatic price rises from every retailer except Somerfield. Asda has kicked off the new Grocer 33 year in the manner it ended it -...
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Asda celebrates Grocer 33 win
Asda is running a series of adverts in today's national newspapers to celebrate its tenth win as the UK's cheapest supermarket. The full-page adverts feature the front pages of the biggest news stories from 1998 to 2007 to mark each year The...
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Morrisons recalls salad
Morrisons has recalled four own-label pre-packed salads because salmonella was found during routine testing.The affected products are Morrisons Bistro Style Salad 185g and twin packs of 2x110g with best before dates of 14 June, and Morrisons...
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Sainsbury's shares rise
Shares in Sainsbury's rose 8.5p to finish on 559.5p yesterday following stake-building rumours.Investors were speculating that Qatari-based investment fund Three Delta, which already owns a 17.4% stake in the supermarket group, had acquired...
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"Spotting and seizing opportunity on a grand scale, that's what singles out the number ones"
It's 10 years since we launched The Grocer 33, and every year the cheapest supermarket has been Asda. What an achievement. Since 1998, the Leeds-based group has been bought by Wal-Mart, lost Norman and Leighton, and hit some fairly hard times...
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Leighton: 'It's unique that all four players are doing well'
Former Asda boss Allan Leighton said this week he believed the UK's grocery industry was healthier than it had ever been - and rubbished suggestions that Asda parent company Wal-Mart was unhappy with current chief executive Andy Bond's...
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Scotmid co-op stores are to get fascia lift
Scotmid Co-operative Society is rolling out a new fascia as part of an overhaul of its food stores.Store fascias will be changed from light blue and green to a darker shade of blue and the word 'co-operative' will be added to the...
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Tesco reveals plan to revamp 200 more One Stop c-stores
Tesco has thrown its full support behind its One Stop c-store chain, revealing plans to refurbish 40% of the estate and halve the number of stores set to convert to the Tesco Express format this year.One Stop chief executive David Turner...
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our man from drip Don Pumsey - 9th June 2007
To Leeds, on the invitation of the crimson-topped Bond, Andy Bond, ahead of his eco-friendly jolly to Arkansas and the agm of the Bentonville basher. A generous gesture indeed: not only did the industry's own shrinking violet find time in a diary...
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Thorntons boosted by Tesco expertise
Former Tesco director Peter Wright has been hired as marketing director of chocolate specialist Thorntons.He will take up his appointment by August 13, replacing Philip Douty, who left the company in November.Wright spent eight...
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Birch recruited by Sainsbury's
Sainsbury's has appointed a new head of asset management, with responsibility for getting the best value out of its property portfolio.Matthew Birch joins Sainsbury's after five years as property director for Tchibo, where he grew store...
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we work together - Paul Wilks & Neil smith
Paul Wilks (l) owns a Budgens supermarket in Bedgrove, Bucks, and works with store manager Neil Smith Store owner, Paul Wilks From the moment I met Neil it was clear he was different from the rest of the student employees we had, particularly in...
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Success through talking shop - Q&A and availability
"Manchester's answer to the United Nations" is how our shopper described the Asda in Hulme, winner of this week's Top Store award. The 44,000 sq ft outlet boasts a wonderfully diverse range of products to cater for the various ethnic groups in the...
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The Grocer 100 Index
Asda remains the UK's cheapest supermarket in The Grocer 100 price survey, and it's actually increasing its lead Asda is the UK's cheapest supermarket according to the latest Grocer 100 price survey, significantly increasing its...
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top retailer Sir Terry Leahy, Tesco
You'd have thought things couldn't get any better for Sir Terry Leahy. After all his company takes one in every eight pounds spent by Britons. But the Tesco boss could net a £11.5m windfall if he manages to pull off the launch of the retailer's...
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neighbourhood retailers
last year: 91Peter Marks Chief executive United Co-opThe plain speaking veteran of the Co-operative Movement has shot up the power rankings this year to take the number one spot after masterminding the...
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spotlight - M Newitt & Sons
Traditional family butchers and fine food specialist M Newitt & Sons is now run by Michael’s sons Tom (l) and James (r). They have transformed it from a high street business in an Oxfordshire town into a brand with concessions in 43 Budgens…