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World Cup strike threat
Asda stores face running out of beer, pizzas and snacks during the World Cup if strike action goes ahead across its 20 depots, after talks with unions over working conditions and bonus payments broke down. The GMB union will...
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Premium press: how do you like them speciality apples?
Waitrose is adding to its speciality beer and premium cider offerings to appeal to the UK's growing interest in these markets.The retailer is launching its first own-label cider using fruit from its farm in Hampshire. Waitrose...
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Premium press: how do you like them speciality apples?
Waitrose is adding to its speciality beer and premium cider offerings to appeal to the UK's growing interest in these markets.The retailer is launching its first own-label cider using fruit from its farm in Hampshire. Waitrose...
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Premium press: how do you like them speciality apples?
Waitrose is adding to its speciality beer and premium cider offerings to appeal to the UK's growing interest in these markets.The retailer is launching its first own-label cider using fruit from its farm in Hampshire....
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Tesco aims to be “good neighbour”
Tesco has set out a ten-point plan in an effort to improve local communities, the environment and the nation's health.Speaking just 24 hours after the Office of Fair Trading confirmed that it would refer the UK grocery sector to the...
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Nisa-Today's in sale talks
As revealed by The Grocer on Saturday, Nisa-Today's is due to discuss the sale of up to 50% of the business at an extraordinary meeting of the holdings board later today.It is understood that Costcutter is in advanced merger talks with...
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Tesco switches from road to rail
Tesco has pledged to cut as many as 260 lorry journeys a week by moving heavy freight from road to rail, after its logistics firm received £435,000 of government funding. The retailer will work with haulage firm Eddie Stobart to...
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Tesco, Asda admit penalty mistakes
Supermarkets are facing increasing pressure from local traders and residents over strict parking penalties at stores after both Tesco and Asda admitted flaws in their charges. Tesco has been forced to do a u-turn over newly imposed...
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Waitrose plans rapid refits for new stores
Waitrose has kicked off its most ambitious conversion programme to date, with the five stores it bought from Somerfield in March set for rapid turnarounds. The two London stores in the package were handed over to Waitrose last...
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Tesco maps out supply revolution
Group sourcing has been used for non food lines for a while now, but as Tesco employs the same strategy for some of its grocery lines, should the competition be worried? James Durston reports. They say size isn't everything, it's what...
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Asda gets back to number two
Asda has regained its number two spot in market share from Sainsbury and signed a deal to cement its low price message in the minds of housewives. It lost its number-two title four weeks ago when Sainsbury slipped marginally ahead....
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M&S may be paving way to rebrand to 'Your M&S'
Marks and Spencer's move to re-badge a store fascia in London as Your M&S could pave the way for a rebranding of its products, analysts have predicted. Although the retailer said that the change of name at its Edgware Road...
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Tesco chicken sales unruffled by bird flu demo
If the poultry sector was looking for more evidence that the public isn't put off chicken by bird flu outbreaks, it was to be found at a Tesco Metro in Norwich last week. The store - in the same county as two farms where the low...
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Morrisons on the move
Morrisons has kicked off the long-awaited move to its new multimillion-pound head office in Bradford, also admitting that it had fallen behind its rivals during its protracted integration of Safeway. However, chief executive Bob...
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Tradesmen network: Asda v Tesco?
Asda and Tesco could be set to go head-to-head again as both consider launching a network of tradesmen to cash in on consumers' fears over cowboy workmen.The service would include a directory of maintenance services, such as...
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Vox Shop: Matthew Langley, Bottlegreen Drinks; John Place, Somerfield
Soft drinks market is growing up with focus on health and entertaining... prizes await manufacturers who back key brands. Matthew Langley Bottlegreen Drinks Co marketing manager The soft drinks category in the UK is among retail's most...
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Campaign to impress with cress
British salad cress and mustard & cress are to be given a major push by one of the UK's leading growers in a bid to reverse falling sales. Humber VHB, which supplies cress to Tesco, Sainsbury, Somerfield and Waitrose, is...
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'JS needs hard work to keep budget shoppers'
Sainsbury shoppers are more likely than those of other retailers to shop at discounters if they are faced with budget restrictions, according to new research from IGD. More than a quarter (28%) of Sainsbury customers said they...
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Rooney's a Must Have (but for one ad only...)
Football star Wayne Rooney has made his debut appearance for Asda, fronting a press campaign for the supermarket's lowest-ever priced clothing range, Must Have, on St George's Day. However, the full-page ad, which dominated the...
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Tesco shows off best of Scotland
Thousands of people enjoyed a taste of Scotland last weekend as Tesco hosted its inaugural showcase of Scottish Food and Drink Producers at the Edinburgh Hub. At the opening of the event, Tesco chairman David Reid said: "Scotland...