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Shop Profile Spar Helston
The owners of Spar Helston in Cornwall are no strangers to change. Chris and Sue Sharrinton's efforts to modernise their c-store have involved no fewer than three major refurbishments over the past 15 years. It's no coincidence that the...
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Hilton stake is acquired by Goodman
Irish beef baron Larry Goodman has acquired a 5% stake in the recently floated Hilton Food Group, one of Tesco's largest beef suppliers. His company, Irish Food Processors, spent around £5.5m on the deal but, with shares in just 50% of...
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Farmers protest over NZ lamb sale at M&S
Irish sheep farmers have attacked Marks & Spencer for stocking New Zealand lamb at a time when their income is plummeting.More than 200 angry Irish farmers protested outside Marks & Spencer's flagship store on Dublin's Grafton Street to...
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More action looms as strike fails to resolve depot dispute
Tesco was bracing itself for further strike action as The Grocer went to press. Drivers are due to stage a 24-hour strike at Tesco's Livingston depot in Scotland on Tuesday little more than a week after the T&G's last three-day strike....
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Price Survey - 2nd June 2007
Tesco has only just stopped Sainsbury's from becoming our cheapest retailer for the second week in a row. Tesco's £38.74 basket was only 4p less than Sainsbury's but it did itself a huge favour with the beef steak mince that was £1.58 less than last...
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Milk falls foul ofad rules
The absurdity of the FSA's Nutrient Profiling Model was thrown into sharp relief again this week when it emerged Asda had been forced to drop whole milk from its latest TV adverts because it breaches Ofcom's rules on advertising food to...
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Asda is cheapest chain for decade
Asda chief executive Andy Bond and his colleagues will be celebrating this weekend after being crowned Britain's cheapest supermarket for an amazing tenth year running.The Leeds-based retailer provided the cheapest shopping list for 32...
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Shop Profile - Spar Helston
Size of store: 2,450 sq ftDate established: 1976Number of lines: 2,800Turnover: £35,000 a weekSpeciality: Food-to-goThe owners of Spar Helston in Cornwall are no strangers to change. Chris and Sue Sharrinton's efforts to...
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Wholesaler going green to see off Tesco Wick challenge
A Scottish Highlands wholesaler that lost a quarter of its staff following the arrival of a Tesco store hailed as 'Britain's greenest supermarket', in Wick, has responded in style. Adding a wind turbine to a recently installed solar...
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Waitrose lays down ethical standards
Waitrose is to raise the bar in ethical trading by issuing suppliers with a new responsible sourcing manual.The 80-page Responsible Sourcing Workbook will be sent to more than 700 of the retailer's key own-label suppliers as it attempts...
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Merged co-op names food retail succession
Two leading figures in the co-operative movement are to bow out after the proposed merger between the Co-operative Group and United Co-operatives was rubberstamped by members of the two societies this week.Guy McCracken, chief executive...
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Military precision by Morrisons - Q&A and Availability
Historically, the British Army and The Grocer have shared few common interests, but in the appreciation of the Warminster branch of Morrisons, Wiltshire, we see eye to eye, it seems. The 20,000 sq ft outlet has achieved our Top Store award through...
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Star order - 26th May 2007
Ocado has won this quarter's Star Order award for shopping excellence, taking the crown from WaitroseDeliver. Our Ocado shopper said it was easy to find all the items on the Ocado website.
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Asda changes mind and sells monkfish
Monkfish is set to return to Asda shelves just three months after the supermarket removed it because it was not considered a sustainably caught species.Scottish fishermen hailed the u-turn as a victory and a vote of confidence in the way...
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A brand first from Branston
Potato supplier Branston has launched the first potato brand in Tesco under The Real Potato Co banner.Branston will initially supply two exclusive new varieties - Bellini and Piccolo - to 250 Tesco stores, with hopes of a wider rollout...
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non-food -26th May 2007
?Sean Hannam is the online editor of www.ertweekly.com - the website of ERT Weekly - a dedicated magazine for electrical retailers Tesco sent shock waves through the electrical retailing sector recently when it sold a name-brand washing machine for...
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Cranks inspires new ready-meals range
Cranks is expanding its portfolio with a range of premium prepared meals. Developed by Bighams and available initially in the meat-free section of the Waitrose chiller cabinet, the range comprises: chickpea, red pepper & spinach curry;...
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Multiples squirm in dock
Heads have rolled, staff retrained and investigations launched following a BBC Whistleblower documentary - but Tesco and Sainsbury's were insisting this week that the shocking practices were isolated incidents. Falsified records, serious breaches of...
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Tesco 'all over' Katsouris as FSA descends to investigate
An emergency inspection by environmental health officers was under way at food manufacturer Katsouris, with the FSA joining for "moral support and fact-finding", following revelations of food safety breaches at one of its ready meal...