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Tesco knows how to spot a homegrown winner
Sir; I read with interest the experts' view on succession planning. There was one important ingredient missing: the genius of the outgoing monarch to spot early and nurture the future...
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M&S to beat Tesco to Gerrards Cross
Marks and Spencer will beat Tesco to opening a food store in Gerrards Cross, it was confirmed this week. Tesco had to put its plans on hold after a tunnel collapsed beneath the site of its proposed store last July. But now M&S has...
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Who we visitedBUDGENS Tolworth, Surreysouth west CO-OP Wyndham Way, Portishead COSTCUTTER Eden Street, KingstonTESCO EXPRESS Derby Road, DerbyTESCO METRO Mather Street, Salford How...
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this week a year ago The winner was...
Andy Kirby, manager of Waitrose's mammoth Food + Home store in Sheffield, was our winning manager this time last year. Kirby has since left Sheffield and is currently on secondment at the chain's new Barbican store in London. He said:...
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Lidl fined for false meat label claims
Discount retailer Lidl has been fined nearly £50,000 for two separate breaches of labelling rules on meat. Tests by Trading Standards officers found the multiple's Maitre Special Chicken breast fillet contained less meat than the label...
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Asda delivers Bounty baby-care packs
Asda is to be the first supermarket to distribute Bounty baby product sample packs. From September, almost one million Mums-to-Be and Baby's Progress packs will be handed out to new and prospective parents at stores. The packs have...
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Cheese with probiotics
A probiotic cheese that has the added benefit of being half-fat will be in Tesco at the end of next month. The mature Cheddar is the result of 12 months' development by Somerset-based Cricketer Farm and has been created to provide...
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Availability
Asda Craven Way, Bristol0Asda's Craven Way store provided all 33 items on our shopping list this week, but only just. A half-price offer on Pepsi had meant that this product was out of stock in the drinks aisle. Our shopper was lucky to...
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Spar shopenterprise
BWG Group, which operates the Mace and Spar franchises in the Irish Republic, has always been recognised as a market leader. And the launch last December of a pioneering new Spar format - complete with juice bar, coffee concession and...
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Burgundy wines in 25cl
Burgundian wine brand Blason de Bourgogne has launched the first two wines in its minis range.Its Pinot Noir and Chardonnay variants will be available in Tesco from the middle of next month in 25cl bottles, priced at £1.99 each, as well...
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Price Survey
Gaelle Walker The gap between Asda and Tesco's total basket prices has remained achingly wide this week. At £46.50 the cost of our 33 items at Tesco came to a whopping £3.17 more expensive than at Asda, a fact which is keeping...
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Waitrose 'ugly fruit' sales strong
Sales of Waitrose's 'ugly fruit' for cooking purposes are strong, the supermarket group's parent company the John Lewis Partnership has said.The group revealed that since the launch of the culinary fruit last month, it had sold 17 tonnes of...
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Buyers' views Thumbs up... but some reservations
Andrew Palfrey general manager frozen food, Asda"We are always keen to support commercially viable NPD. If the new range had real appeal to customers' desires to lead healthy lifestyles, and the right level of marketing support,...
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Asda trials return of butcher counter
Asda is introducing old-style butchery departments into five of its stores as a pilot scheme after customers called for the return of the fresh meats counter.Comments posted in-store bemoaned the lack of cuts of meat from qualified...
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Country Life looks for organic milk growth
Country Life will become the first major brand to enter the organic milk category when it launches into Tesco next month.The butter brand is making its milk debut to take advantage of what brand owner Dairy Crest describes as the fastest...
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Who we visitedLondis Hollyhead Road, CoventryJacksons King Edwards Drive, Harrogatespar Main Street, Torrance, Nr GlasgowTesco Express Amersham Road, Buckinghamshireco-op Little Common Road,...
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Availability
Asda Kirkintilloch Road, Glasgow1Own label fresh penne pasta and 300g bottles of Johnson's baby lotion are not sold at Asda's Bishopbrigs store in Glasgow. Our shopper was only able to collect 30 items as the store was also out of stock...
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Tesco extends concept of self-service at tills
Tesco is moving one step closer to cashier-less stores with the largest single-store installation of self-service checkouts in the UK. Its London Metro store in Bishopsgate has been transformed for commuters and offers 20 self-service...
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Asda reveals sub-branding for George
Asda is rolling out its pricing sub-brands across its newly re-named George Home range.The products, which were launched under the brand in April, are now to be packaged as Smart Price for value items, George for mid-tier goods...