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Retailers neglectcontinuity planning
Retailers are spectacularly ill-equipped to cope with major disruption to their businesses, according to a Chartered Management Institute report.While some retailers such as Sainsbury have been proactive on the risk management front, many were...
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Marketing chief to go in latest JS job losses
Sainsbury’s head of direct marketing, Jonathan Latham, is to leave the company as part of a major restructuring of the marketing department. It is thought that Latham will go later this month, along with a further 100 members of the 300-strong...
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In Profile: Q&A with Nadir Lalani, owner of the 99p Stores discount chain
Entrepreneur has a great eye for what will sell
Nadir Lalani emigrated to the UK from Tanzania in 1971.
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Bananas get caged
Tesco has implemented a new logistics and point of sale solution for its bananas.Developed by retail equipment supplier Wanzl, the wheeled Banana Cage is designed to keep fruit moving through the supply chain with minimal handling.The...
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Supplier Spotlight
Fresh produce packing company Greyfriars experienced a rollercoaster year in 2004. Within days of being awarded Packer of the Year at the Re:fresh 2004 industry awards it was dumped by one of its major clients, Tesco, whom it supplied with...
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Newitt to run Budgens delis
Budgens is to hand over the running of nearly three-quarters of its deli counters to the Newitt family, The Grocer can reveal.The Newitts currently operate 17 delis across the Budgens estate, but this will increase to 32 this year, with eight...
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Somerfield to stock Quality Standard lamb
A new season lamb range carrying the English Beef and Lamb Executive’s Quality Standard mark will go on sale in Somerfield stores at the end of this month.The So Good-branded range is supplied by West Country producer Lloyd Maunder and is...
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Call for price rise across dairy
Sainsbury and Morrisons this week increased the retail price of their milk by 2p a pint to 32p, following a similar move by Tesco and Asda last week.The upward shift has delighted farmers, who will now try to secure increases across the cheese...
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Tipperary fights Tesco and Dunnes
An Irish town has revolted over a bid to prevent new supermarkets being built by Tesco and Dunnes, the two big players in the grocery sector.Tipperary Town Council had granted planning permission for the developments on the outskirts of the...
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Waitrose plans boost to floor space
Waitrose will focus on generating additional growth from its existing portfolio this year, with six stores earmarked for major extension and a planned refurbishment programme for 72 outlets.Speaking to The Grocer after the retailer announced...
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Sainsbury launches turnaround incentive scheme
Sainsbury is launching a new incentive scheme that could potentially pay out more than £90m to its top managers it they transform the group’s fortunes over the next four years, according to newspaper reports.The supermarket group is offering...
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Tesco Computer for Schools claims down
Schools are claiming less equipment through Tesco’s Computers for School promotions that they did six years ago, according to an analysis by The Guardian.The amount of schools collecting the vouchers has risen to over 24,000 in the last few...
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JS hungry for c-stores
Sainsbury has launched an aggressive promotional campaign in its c-store estate and started trialling a new forecourt format with Shell.It is also eyeing up further acquisitions in the multiple c-store sector to boost turnover in the 267-store...
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‘Regan matter is now closed’
Entrepreneur Andrew Regan, the majority shareholder in celebrity chef-backed shell company Conival, has ended a 10-year legal fight after agreeing an out-of-court settlement with the Co-operative Group.Regan, who staged an abortive hostile bid...
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stores’ fair trade initiatives welcome
from Stuart Palmer, marketing director, TraidcraftSir; Thanks for highlighting the fact that the UK is now the world’s largest fair trade market (‘Tradecraft in Tesco attack’, The Grocer, February 19, p6). Traidcraft welcomes the...
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loyalty cards are double-edged sword
from Paul Taylor, managing director, Catalina MarketingSir; As MD of the company that helps Somerfield run its Saver Card scheme, I read with interest your piece on loyalty cards (The Grocer, February 19, p44). It is not the...
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Giving cabinet approval
Tchibo’s non-food units built into 120 Somerfield stores’ grocery aisles are profiting both parties. Rod Addy examines the mixWhen Somerfield announced the roll-out of its Tchibo concessions last October, there were a few raised...
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JS delays payment change
Sainsbury has sensationally postponed the introduction of new payment terms for 100 of its suppliers following a barrage of opposition to the changes.The retailer sparked an outcry last month when The Grocer revealed it had written to 1,900...
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Tesco ditches Romney Marsh
Tesco has shaken up its potato supply contracts, resulting in sizeable redundancies at one of its long-standing suppliers, which is now facing ruin.The Romney Marsh Potato Company said it had been forced to shed 81 of its 104 staff following...
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Sainsbury kids get active with Kelly Holmes
Double Olympic gold medallist Dame Kelly Holmes is to front Sainsbury’s Active Kids campaign.Dame Kelly will star in a TV advertisement for the initiative, which encourages fresh produce consumption and participation in sporting...