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In Brief: Huizeling tackles IT; WSTA recruits board; Sainsbury's NED; Kerry non-execs; Tookey gets UK
Huizeling tackles IT Jan Huizeling has been named as the new chief information officer of European logistics specialist Christian Salvesen. He replaces Tim Mills, who left the company in December. "My aim is to rejuvenate the IT...
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This week a year ago the winner was...
Asda store manager Kevin Prince won our Top Store award this time last year after his Small Heath store in Birmingham impressed our mystery shopper with a clean shop and impressive levels of customer service. Prince left the store in March 2006...
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Top-Up shop
Who we visited. Spar Kirkintilloch, Scotland. The Co-operative group Ifield, Crawley. Budgens Amersham, Bucks. Nisa Yardley, Birmingham. Tesco express Harrogate, North Yorkshire. How they...
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Availability
Asda Bearsden, Glasgow. 0 Asda provided everything on our shopper's list and offered help with packing his bags. An error-free receipt left the shopper happy and he noted a large number of promotions in the store, which was clean...
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Letter of the week Pip Wood, director of communications, Sainsbury's
In response to Adam Leyland's column on front-of-pack labelling (The Grocer, 13 January, p3), Sainsbury's has been running the Food Standards Agency's traffic light system in the form of the 'Wheel of Health' for two years. We base our...
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Retailers go it alone with produce drives
The government's 5-a-day campaign has lost out as supermarkets start the year with a blaze of fruit and veg promotions. Tesco and Sainsbury's are both pumping millions into free or cut-price produce, and Waitrose is also running a citrus...
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Tesco 'sabotage' blasted
A leading independent retailer is accusing Tesco of bully-boy tactics - just days before the Competition Commission publishes its emerging thinking document on the grocery sector. Powys-based retailer Harry Tuffins claimed Tesco was...
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Team up to save planet says Asda
Asda has pleaded for more collaboration between retailers to help save the planet in the wake of huge media announcements on the environment from its rivals. On Thursday Tesco chief executive Sir Terry Leahy unveiled far-reaching plans to...
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Will punters be neutral about carbon footprints?
Low carb finally shed its fad diet connotations this week as retailers vied for the moral highground in the battle against climate change. First Marks & Spencer and then Tesco launched dramatic eco-plans covering all areas of their...
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Price Survey
This week Morrisons and Sainsbury's followed in Asda's footsteps by raising the price of Jacob's Creek Chardonnay by 33%. Last week Asda hiked the wine's price by the same amount, signalling the end of Christmas alcohol promotions. This...
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M&S to enter Taiwan
Marks and Spencer is set to enter the Taiwanese market through a joint venture with Taiwan's President Chain Stores.M&S will own a 60% stake in the joint venture, with plans to open two stores in the country this year.The retailer...
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Tesco to update on Christmas trading
Analysts are expecting Tesco to report like-for-like sales growth of between 4.5% and 6% when it updates the City on Christmas trading tomorrow (Tuesday). Much of the growth is expected to come from non-food, with analysts especially keen to...
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"The hazard warning system runs contrary to the data inside it. Confused? Imagine what it's like for Jo Public"
I bought a bar of chocolate from Sainsbury's this week. It is looking at me lovingly as I write this. But I resist. New Year's resolutions and all that. No, I wanted to find out just how dangerous a bar of chocolate is. I had bought a Kit Kat a...
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Morrisons in lead with price-cutting
Tesco, Sainsbury's and Asda have been making all the big noise about new year price reductions - but Morrisons has quietly been beating them all, according to exclusive data from The Grocer Price Index. Morrisons has cut the cost of our...
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Results shine as Waitrose moves north
Waitrose managing director Steven Esom disclosed a sparkling set of Christmas trading results this week as the supermarket showed it continues to go from strength to strength. Five-week like-for-like sales rose 5.6% for the period to 6...
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'A nice surprise' as Morrisons' sharp offering delivers goods
It was a happy Christmas for Morrisons, Marks & Spencer and Sainsbury's as trading figures got the thumbs up from the City. Customer numbers and spend were up at Morrisons, said chief executive Marc Bolland as he announced like-for-like...
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United Co-op pours millions into developing new stores
United Co-operatives intends to break through the 700-store barrier within three years - thanks to a £150m investment in its food business. Tim Hurrell, general manager for United Co-operatives' Food Group, said the society would use the...
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Pick rate report to put strain on Asda
An independent report raising concerns about pick rates at an Asda depot could have far-reaching implications for the grocery distribution industry. Last year, an independent ergonomics expert accessed Asda's Wigan depot to assess pick...
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Sacked fag break workers cry foul
Three former Morrisons workers sacked for taking a cigarette break are claiming unfair dismissal at an employment tribunal. The trio, employed as night shift workers at Morrisons' Inverurie store, were fired last October after being...
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Doubt over Essentials' future as store closes
The future of Asda's Essentials format was thrown into doubt this week as the company confirmed the first store in the format was to close just 10 months after opening. The closure of the 8,000 sq ft Northampton store, which opened last...