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Why lads go on top
Tesco’s decision to move lads mags higher up shelves has received support from several quarters. But where does it end, asks Rod AddyGiven Tesco’s seemingly unstoppable success as a global retailer, it’s understandable it receives the...
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Sainsbury picks a fruitful alliance
JS is standing by its Windward Island banana suppliers. Richard Clarke reportsIt can sometimes seem that the multiple retailers in this country are intent on squeezing suppliers all they can, always ready to trot out: “If you can’t do...
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Supplier Spotlight
Agricultural co-op turned limited company Branston traces the start of its growth back to when it began supplying potatoes to Tesco in 1990. It has since steadily acquired most of the other Tesco potato suppliers, and the multiple is its sole...
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GQ editor backs Tesco
Dylan Jones, editor of GQ, has defended Tesco’s decision to reposition men’s magazines away from family titles, saying some of the publications were “tantamount to pornography”.Jones, who is also chairman of the British Society of Magazine...
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Waitrose tries low-price food
Waitrose has broken away from its traditional quality-over-price roots for the first time with a trial of a low-price food range to pull in new shoppers.The range, which it describes as “inexpensive branded lines”, is being tested in selected...
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Channel Islands invitation
The Channel Islands are poised to become a battleground between major mainland retailers including Tesco and Carrefour as politicians there invite them to bid for sites.The Grocer has learned there are at least three sites up for grabs that are...
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Campaign not ‘a fair picture’
Waitrose has hit back at Sainsbury’s latest press campaign, in which it highlights the price difference on fresh produce between the two.The Fresh to Sainsbury’s campaign features fruit and veg, from peaches to potatoes. At the bottom of...
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Tesco warehouse to close
A Tesco warehouse in Kent is to close later this year with the loss of 400 jobs.The warehouse, in Strood, will close in September and its operations will be moved to Tesco’s Thurrock warehouse in Essex over 20 miles away.Tesco said...
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Channel Islands invitation
The Channel Islands are poised to become a battleground between major mainland retailers including Tesco and Carrefour as politicians there invite them to bid for sites.The Grocer has learned there are at least three sites up for grabs that...
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Newspapers are a weighty concern
from Kevin Hunt, MD, Spar retailer Lawrence Hunt & CoSir; It has struck me that we are in a way a victim of our own success in newstrade, because the more papers you sell, the bigger the impact at stores on a Saturday and...
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M&S milks Omega-3 cow
The dairy industry has welcomed the second launch in a week of a milk enriched with brain-enhancing Omega-3.Hot on the heels of St Ivel Advance with Omega-3 (The Grocer, May 21, p78), Marks and Spencer has launched its own Fresh Omega-3...
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Online war: Asda doubles up
Asda has launched a fresh attack on Tesco’s online market share with the announcement that it is to double the delivery coverage of asda.com.By the end of the year Asda’s online service will cover 60% of the UK, compared with 30% in autumn...
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King hits out in rip up row
An amazing war of words has broken out between Justin King, the chief executive of Sainsbury, and a leading small business lobby group.The multiple’s boss is outraged at comments made by Forum of Private Business chief executive Nick Goulding,...
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Co-operative Group axes 600 HQ jobs
The Co-operative Group is to slash 600 jobs from its head office in a £50m cost-cutting and efficiency drive to counter falling sales.The move, which was announced on Thursday as The Grocer went to press, will mean just under one-fifth of its...
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A battle looms for Cherokee
Tesco may face stiff competition from other retailing giants and private equity firms in a bidding war for up-for-sale clothing brand Cherokee.The supermarket has exclusive UK distribution rights from brand owner The Cherokee Group, but other...
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Mace under one banner
Mace has come under the ownership of one wholesaler in England, Scotland and Wales for the first time following Palmer & Harvey McLane’s acquisition of the Aberness business from Somerfield. But P&H could have its work cut out holding...
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Costcutter vows to fight ‘enemy’
Costcutter has pledged to fight the major multiples with a package of measures to drive retail growth.Speaking at the symbol group’s conference in Tenerife, managing director Colin Graves announced plans to recruit 80 more retailers this year....
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Morrisons to get its estate in order
Morrisons is to sell a further 50 Safeway stores by November as it battles to get the integration process under control.Speaking on the day of its agm (May 26), chief executive Bob Stott said he hoped “in an ideal world” the original three-year...
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Arrival of pay by finger
The Oxford, Swindon and Gloucester Co-op has announced the launch of revolutionary biometric payment technology, which will allow customers to pay for goods at the touch of a finger. The innovative technology from Pay By Touch will enable...
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Slicker food key to M&S
Gaelle WalkerMarks and Spencer is to bolster its ailing food business by opening new stores and focusing on improving quality and value for money. The chain, which has finally confirmed acting food director Guy Farrant will be continuing...