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Hard discounters muscle in on organic for staple ranges
Hard discounters are jumping on the organic bandwagon with Aldi, Lidl and Netto developing ranges. Aldi has begun the roll out of a range of own label organic staples, comprising seven lines in the dry staple goods category, as well as...
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Marlow residents vote against Waitrose plans
Waitrose has found itself in the firing line of local opposition after residents of a Buckinghamshire town turned out in their thousands to officially vote against a planned store development in their area. Some 2,073 Marlow...
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Sainsbury installs interactive screens
Sainsbury is introducing touch-screen facilities to allow customers more interactivity and the option to give instant feedback. It has added touch-screen displays at its in-store customer service desks that allow customers to rate the...
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The Food from Britain client development team Back row l-r: Richard Sainter, Tracy George, Sarah Hodgen, Elsie Fairbanks. Front row l-r: John Whitehead, Jane Wakeling
Who's in the team?FFB's client development team is headed by Jane Wakeling who joined six months ago from Sainsbury where she was a regional food and drink manager and dairy buyer. She has years of experience in the export and regional...
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Marketing guru rises at United Co-op
Patrick Allen, head of group marketing at United Co-operatives, is joining the management executive. Allen joined in May 2004 from running a consultancy. He introduced a corporate marketing department, which brought together the marketing...
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If only Spar could anticipate beneficial merger
What does it mean to be 'an independent'?It is time for many in our sector to re-examine their attitudes. We all know we are able to develop our stores in a way that maximises our advantages of local staff and local knowledge. But where...
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architect of change
Better shops. Better products. Better service. Better execution. That's what shoppers want from the Co-operative Group's food stores. And that's what Guy McCracken has been focusing the business on delivering for the past 12 months or so....
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Best in show
Britain's biggest retailer has done it again, walking off with a hat-trick of trophies at this year's awards. Tesco mirrored last year's success by once again taking the coveted titles of Grocer of the Year and Britain's Favourite Supermarket....
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Best Independent
A good independent retailer delivers great service to the local community while growing the business through strong corporate values and a clear strategy. Our winner, Tates, certainly ticks all these boxes.The stores division of Spar...
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retail spotlight
Two months ago Sainsbury opened its doors to its new-look store in Merton, south London.If ever there was a store in need of a makeover, it was this one. Originally built as a whopping 130,000 sq ft Sainsbury's Savacentre, it was in...
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Disney walks on the wild side with health
In moves that associate it further with healthy eating instead of fast food, Disney is linking up with two UK retailers' fruit offers. Its latest animated release, The Wild, is being promoted with on-pack offers in Somerfield. Customers...
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Triple whammy Tesco!
Tesco was voted Britain's best by both consumers and industry experts at The Grocer Gold Awards this week as it walked off with a triumvirate of trophies. The UK's biggest retailer beat strong competition from Waitrose to win Grocer of...
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McCracken hails recovery in food sales
The Co-operative Group's food retail business is enjoying its first period of like-for-like growth after almost two years of negative same store sales. In an exclusive interview, Guy McCracken, who heads the food business, said: "In the...
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inside track
Tesco's recent announcement that sales of books grew by 52% in its latest financial year (to 25 February 2006) should be good news. But in the book business there is no such thing as a silver lining without a cloud. Publishers fret that...
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Tesco olive branch for small suppliers
Tesco is to improve ranging in Express stores and give smaller suppliers more access to buyers, it told a gathering of hundreds of suppliers. It also told them to speed up new product development and improve order fulfilment to keep Tesco...
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Nisa-Today's seeks to polish Costcutter deal
Terms for the Costcutter merger with Nisa-Today's are being enhanced to make them more attractive to Nisa-Today's members, according to insiders. A source close to the board said: "It was always the intention for merger proposals to be...
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The Food from Britain client development team Back row l-r: Richard Sainter, Tracy George, Sarah Hodgen, Elsie Fairbanks. Front row l-r: John Whitehead, Jane Wakeling
Who&'s in the team?FFB&'s client development team is headed by Jane Wakeling who joined six months ago from Sainsbury where she was a regional food and drink manager and dairy buyer. She has years of experience in the...
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Best in show
Tesco comes out tops again in the big threeBritain&'s biggest retailer has done it again, walking off with a hat-trick of trophies at this year&'s awards. Tesco mirrored last year&'s success by once again taking the...