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Ocado joins online war
Ocado has jumped into the escalating battle for online customers with a flier campaign offering £15 off first-time shoppers’ baskets when they spend more than £75. Asda recently stepped up the competition with a run of incentive schemes, such...
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Tag quality holding up RFID
Tesco has identified tag quality as one of the key obstacles to progress in the field of RFID development.Group technology director John Clarke said phone lines had interfered with readers during trials, while Simon Palinkas, IT programme...
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Dunnes plans to chase Tesco in Irish market
Family-owned Dunnes Stores, the second-biggest player in the Irish market, is planning to open 24 new stores over the next two years in an expansion that could cost around e300m.The aim is to close the growing gap with Tesco, the market leader,...
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Recovery on track
Somerfield is entering the next phase of a redevelopment programme that aims to create one umbrella for the retail group’s IT and supply chains.The process has been a key element of Somerfield’s five-year recovery programme that began in May...
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City wants Morrisons peace
One senior retail expert said investors were infuriated by recent press coverage depicting the two men at loggerheads.He said: “The language used in the papers has been that of politics rather than commerce, which is disappointing. Sir Ken has...
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Unions join forces against Morrisons
Two of the biggest unions have joined forces and are threatening to shut down Morrisons’ distribution network across England and Scotland.Morrisons is facing a national ballot for strike action unless it caves in to demands from the T&G and...
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Penguin pair for UK store
Southcorp is launching its Little Penguin Australian wine range into the UK.The wines, initially a Chardonnay and a Shiraz, are priced at £4.99 each and are available at Sainsbury.They are described as easy-drinking and the Chardonnay is...
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Croft joins Cadbury
David Croft, former head of Co-op brands and technical at The Co-operative Group, has joined Cadbury Schweppes in the newly created role of ethical sourcing director.Croft joined the society in 1991 to develop food safety, quality and...
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Morrisons boardroom troubles continue
Boardroom battles at troubled supermarket group Morrisons are set to continue over the summer.Reports in the Financial Times said that the retailer’s appointment of three non-executive directors earlier this week had failed to simmer the...
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Morrisons appoints three non-execs
After a lengthy and much publicised boardroom battle, troubled supermarket group Morrisons has finally announced the appointment of three new non-executive directors – Nigel Robertson, Brian Flanagan and Susan Murray.Nigel Robertson has held...
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Fairtrade rice now at Tesco
The first rice to be certified by the Fairtrade Foundation was launched into Tesco this week as consumer demand for a wider variety of fairly traded products continues to rise.Community Foods has launched the basmati rice in 500g packs under...
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Tesco backing One Stop
Tesco is showing its long-term support for the One Stop chain with the conversion of newly acquired stores to the fascia.The most recent shop to take the One Stop name is a former Londis store in the town of Porlock, Somerset.The retail...
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JS drive lifts availability
Sainsbury has rolled out new in-store processes to ensure improved availability across all of its stores.The Newbury processes – so named as they were first trialled in Newbury – have gone live in every outlet, six weeks ahead of schedule....
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Morrisons under pressure
Investors in Morrisons have called on the retailer’s board not to let short-term problems get in the way of much-needed corporate governance reforms.David Somerlinck, of City investors Pension Investment Research Consultants, said: “There still...
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Tesco rapped for drug offer
Tesco has been rapped by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency for promoting two-for-one offers on painkillers in its stores.The MHRA said it could lead to the unnecessary purchase of medicines and stockpiling. It also...
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Tesco snatches triple Gold
The Grocer News TeamTesco emerged triumphant from The Grocer Gold Awards 2005 after scooping a hat-trick of prizes, including the two most coveted accolades.Britain’s number one retailer was named Grocer of the Year and Britain’s Favourite...
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Switching on to electronics
Cutting-edge consumer electronics is being targeted as a key driver of growth for Asda’s general merchandise business, according to non-food trading director Tony Page.As part of that strategy, Asda has introduced Wal-Mart’s Durabrand range,...
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C-sector: don’t scrap Sunday trading rules
The convenience retail sector is up in arms over calls for Sunday trading rules for large stores to be scrapped.Tesco and Asda both support the proposed relaxation of rules, which could end the limited six-hour Sunday opening times for stores...
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M&S planning online grocery delivery
Marks and Spencer has signalled that it will launch an online grocery delivery service in order to breathe life into its flagging food business.A spokeswoman told The Grocer that it was still too early to say exactly what the service would...