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Doing it by the book
Tesco is planning to pitch itself against Argos and department stores with a new catalogue business. What factors might stand in the way of yet another success story, asks Glynn DavisJust as it was with its move into the US, Tesco is...
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Tesco branches out into boutique wines
Tesco hopes shoppers will fork out up to £100 a bottle for its new range of premium wines.The retailer is adding 50 boutique wines to its current 750-strong stable.Prices start at £10, with most in the £15 to £25...
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Leahy joins business group
Sir Terry Leahy, chief executive of Tesco, has been asked to join an international business advisory group set up to advise the government on how the UK can attract more investment from international companies.Sir Terry, who joins a panel of...
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Morrisons recalls bakery products
Morrisons has withdrawn certain batches of its own label hot cross buns and soft sliced white bread baps due to the possible presence of small pieces of metal.The affected products are Morrisons Hot Cross Buns 6-pack and Morrisons Soft...
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The Saturday Essay
>>TIM LANG, PROFESSOR OF FOOD POLICY, CITY UNIVERSITY, has worries about the future of fair trade and ethical linesI pinched myself listening to Stuart Rose of Marks and Spencer launching Fairtrade Fortnight. Who would have...
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Asda: we'll only strike Rooney deal for less
Asda has quashed rumours that Wayne Rooney is to be the new face of the supermarket, claiming that it is only trying to secure a deal for the football star to front its World Cup campaign.An Asda spokesman rubbished reports that...
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M&S set to dig in with Gerrards Cross store
Marks and Spencer could be preparing to rub salt into Tesco's wounds by beating the chain to open a store in Gerrards Cross.Tesco is developing a store in the town but had to put its plans on hold after a tunnel beneath the site...
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Silence golden for JS
Sainsbury is stepping up its availability drive as new supply chain director Roger Burnley takes over from logistics guru Lawrence Christensen.Sainsbury aims to cut the number of stores that have night-time curfews on deliveries....
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World News - 18th March 2006
Johannesson cleared... takeover approved... ABF stake in illovo... Safeway reviews partnership... carrefour stores eyed... origin guide. Baugur chief Jon Asgeir Johannesson and his co-defendants have been cleared of the...
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Maris Piper 'manipulation' fear
Packers of potatoes have been "manipulating" the price of Maris Piper, starving growers of much needed revenue, it was claimed this week.A disgruntled grower of potatoes for packers that supply Sainsbury contacted The Grocer to...
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Chlorine to leave salad mix at JS
Sainsbury has announced plans to wash and rinse all its bagged salads in natural spring water instead of chlorinated water.The move follows press reports suggesting pre-prepared salads are low in nutrients and tainted with...
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Maris Piper 'manipulation' fear
Packers of potatoes have been "manipulating" the price of Maris Piper, starving growers of much needed revenue, it was claimed this week.A disgruntled grower of potatoes for packers that supply Sainsbury contacted The Grocer to...
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Chlorine to leave salad mix at JS
Sainsbury has announced plans to wash and rinse all its bagged salads in natural spring water instead of chlorinated water.The move follows press reports suggesting pre-prepared salads are low in nutrients and tainted with...
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Asda sparks milk price cutting
Asda's rivals look poised to ride out any storm caused by its push to highlight differences in milk buying strategies.On Thursday, Asda launched a TV advertising campaign explaining its direct souring arrangement with a dedicated...
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Tub thumping with kulfi
Asian frozen desserts company Tubzee Ice Cream Industries has won listings for its products in two Asda stores as part of the supermarket's support for local businesses.The Halifax-based company launched its kulfi ice cream - an...
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Tesco closes in on Asda price
Tesco has more than halved the price gap between itself and Asda, according to data from The Grocer 100 and The Grocer 33 shopping surveys.With just three months left to go before The Grocer 33's End Of Year Review in June,...
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Multiples promise to make their online prices more transparent
The major supermarkets have agreed to offer online customers clearer pricing information following a long-running investigation by the OFT.The OFT said Asda, Sainsbury, Tesco and Waitrose did not make it sufficiently clear on...
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JS sticking with Nectar
Sainsbury has given its clearest indication yet that it will sign up again to Nectar when the contract comes up for renewal this year, after bowing to customer pressure to make it more user-friendly.There has been persistent...
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Sainsbury pension plan criticised
Sainsbury employees could see their pensions cut by half if they take up the retailer’s new pension scheme.In a research note for RBC Capital Markets, independent expert John Ralfe warned that an employee with 20 years' service on...
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Tesco should declare land bank
Tesco should declare the extent of its land bank of undeveloped sites waiting to be built on, an MP has said.Danny Alexander, Liberal Democrat MP for Inverness, said that he would write to the Competition Commission to call for Tesco to...