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Your Store fascia in sync with Mace
Palmer & Harvey McLane has rebranded its Northern Irish convenience brand Your Store to mirror the branding of its burgeoning Mace empire on the UK mainland.The old green, diamond-shaped Your Store logo has been replaced with a blue and...
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Private investigations now on offer at Tesco
Tesco plans to increase its transparency by appointing its very first code compliance officer…but the name of the officer is being kept secret.The supermarket said the appointment illustrates how seriously it took its relationships with...
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Multibuys back on the agenda
On the back of the impressive half-year results from Tesco, this month’s Homescan Tradetrak confirms that Tesco has continued to grow market share in a weakening retail market.Top-line food growth in the multiples slowed in August to 3.4% with...
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...come back to us
Justin King has proclaimed Sainsbury’s £10m rebranding as an earthshaking event. Some are not so sure. Rachel Barnes reportsClearly, Sainsbury needs to maintain its momentum of recent months, with like-for-like growth in its past...
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Co-operation is the way forward
The co-ops need to consolidate, and co-operate more, if the movement is to prosper, says Fiona McLellandA new power in the co-operative movement is established today with the completion of the merger of Oxford, Swindon &...
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Pumping up the volume
The Safeway deal turns attention on just how large a forecourt retailer Tesco has, perhaps by default, become says Beth BrooksThere’s no doubting the fact that Tesco has always regarded the petrol arena as a massive business...
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The business of perfection
Liz Hamson gained a preview of the United Co-op/Unilever Perfect StoreAnd why stop at the physical store layout, asks Beetlestone: “What’s stopping us looking at internet shopping – recreating a much more believable and interesting...
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The adventure of discovery
Should speciality food get special treatment in-store or simply get in there with the regular mix?Although Waitrose is famed for its dedicated approach to premium quality sourcing, the other leading multiples are now taking the market...
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Retailers’ mixed reaction to OTM
Tesco plans to stock beef from cattle aged Over Thirty Months, Waitrose will not and Somerfield is mulling over the issue following the government’s decision to allow OTM beef back into the food chain.A Tesco spokesman said the multiple had...
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Slices for ahealthy heart
Waitrose is stocking a selenium-enriched bread from Nutrilaw.The reformulated loaf goes on shelf in the multiple this month, and has been developed to contain less salt and a lower Glycaemic Index (GI) than the previous version.The...
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City reacts to Tesco results
Shares in Tesco dropped 13p to 313.5p yesterday after the retail giant warned the City that higher costs, especially related to an increase in oil prices, were a cause for concern.Despite revealing an 18.7% rise in pre-tax profits to £908m...
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Sainsbury to launch new slogan
Sainsbury is today expected to launch its new slogan ‘Try Something New Today’.The slogan, which replaces the six-year strapline ‘Making Life Taste Better’, will be supported by an advertising campaign featuring Jamie Oliver.Justin...
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Why Tesco is the ‘Toyota of grocery’
from Daniel Jones, chairman, Lean Enterprise AcademySir; When Lee Scott, CEO of the mighty Wal-Mart, asks the UK government for protection against competition from Tesco (one fifth of its size), something significant is going...
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Irish chance to buy
More than 130 retailers in the Irish Republic are being offered the chance to buy or lease the stores they operate under the Spar franchise, owned by the BWG Group. A group subsidiary, Newhill Limited, owns the 150 outlets involved, mainly in the...
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BP connects to the future
BP is embarking on a new strategy for its Connect forecourt stores with a formula that it believes convenience operators such as Tesco and Spar will be unable to replicate. The first strand of the strategy will be revealed when the oil giant...
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OFT eyes Ferndale ditching
The Office of Fair Trading is expected to decide next week whether to launch its first investigation into an alleged breach of the supermarkets code of conduct.The Office of Fair Trading has told The Grocer that Asda’s decision to ditch its...
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Unity won’t cause divi confusion - Co-op
The Co-operative Group has denied claims that the plans to create a unified brand for the Co-operative Movement could add to customer confusion in its Dividend cards scheme.Different societies run their own schemes separately and a customer...
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Tesco speeds up housing plans
Tesco is well on its way to fulfilling its prediction to build as many as 4,000 new homes by 2008 as it speeds up the roll-out of new city centre stores.Its latest effort will be a 27-floor, 430-apartment residential tower block in Kensington,...