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Corollary attributes
The Co-operative Group is trialling a little-known yellow flesh salad potato called Corolle.Originally grown in France, the potato is being produced in the UK for the first time by Produce World. Corolle potatoes are being sold under the...
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Tesco attacks brands’ NPD record
The head of alcohol buying at the country’s biggest supermarket has called 2004 “possibly the poorest year on record” for innovation and is calling for new energy to be injected into the category.Mark Murphy, category director at Tesco, told...
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Waitrose’s sober ways
Waitrose was named most responsible multiple grocer at the first Responsible Drinks Retailing Awards this week.The company was praised for making it easy for customers to understand the unit content of alcoholic drinks, recommended daily limits...
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Somerfield rolls out business delivery arm
Somerfield is rolling out its business delivery service to 300 stores nationwide after the successful trial in 38 stores across Scotland that began in May.The service is designed to cut bills and shopping time for businesses such as bed &...
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Sainsbury closes Oxford Street store
Sainsbury is selling its Oxford Street store in London less than two years after taking up the leases.The 4,600 sq ft store will close as part of a programme to shut 12 under-performing smaller stores, and the Oxford Street stores is...
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Asda sales grow but slowing down
Wal-Mart’s third quarter results indicate that its international division, which includes Asda, had another good quarter with sales up by 18% to $13.6bn compared to the same quarter last year.Operating profits for the quarter for its...
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labour’s pandering to deep pockets
from Steve Parfett, chairman, Landmark Cash and CarrySir; Last week’s decision on Sainsbury’s acquisition of Jacksons demonstrates once again the short-term nature of all New Labour’s policy-making. Much like the pension issue,...
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Tesco’s McMeikan to be retail director at JS
Tesco’s Ken McMeikan has been appointed retail director for Sainsbury and will join the operating board in early 2005. McMeikan has worked at Tesco for the last 14 years and was in line to take on the role of chief executive of its Japanese...
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M&S goes for deli soul
Marks and Spencer is giving its food halls a radical makeover in a bid to create a delicatessen atmosphere for shoppers.Head of retail design Niall Trafford said the refit aimed to represent the “mind of a supermarket but soul of a deli” and...
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Ronald thumbs up for ‘less is more’
The range rationalisation at Marks and Spencer’s food division would benefit category leaders such as Uniq as slow sellers are ditched and a new ‘less is more’ approach is developed, said Uniq chief executive Bill Ronald.Speaking as the chilled...
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Tesco guidance on shelf-ready
Tesco is planning to launch a new shelf-ready packaging toolkit to help suppliers develop more suitable packaging following a night-time replenishment exercise at its Solihull store last week (The Grocer, November 6, p10).Tesco food supply...
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Spar woos its supplier base
Spar has launched a number of initiatives that will help the symbol group leverage its relationships with suppliers so it can deliver the best ranges at the best prices to its retailers.Group trading director Peter Miller told Spar’s annual...
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Key Store plans new image
Key Lekkerland is testing a new concept Key Store design to challenge rival symbol group packages such as Londis Genesis and Spar Millennium.Speaking at the annual Key Lekkerland conference, John Liptrot, commercial director for Key Lekkerland,...
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It’s fresh. And fast!
In the second of our Back to the Floor series, Siân Harrington spends a day as a colleague at Somerfield’s thriving Market Fresh store in East Dulwich, and finds the pace relentlessIn a previous life, Somerfield store manager Jason...
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Dancing to a new beat
Spar will not be satisfied with anything less than becoming the biggest and best c-store operator. Julian Hunt reports from the Cape Town conferenceThe Spar conference in Cape Town, South Africa, has been described by bosses at the...
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Champion of aspecial Sunday
Talking of the best... Morton Middleditch, who retires this year, received a standing ovation at the conferenceWhile the focus of this year’s Spar conference was very much on the future, there was also time for a trip down memory lane...
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A lighter alternative
Devil’s Rock is launching a German Pinot Grigio which it says offers a lighter alternative to Italian varieties.The brand has added a screwcap Pinot Grigio 2003 to its range, to join Devil’s Rock Riesling. It will be sold in Waitrose from...
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Baugur’s takeover talks with BFG continue
The Big Food Group has stated that the sales drop in its core Iceland and Booker businesses has continued for the last six months during a period of increased competition in the UK retail environment. The group, which is in takeover talks...
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Job shake up at M&S
Marks & Spencer has announced it will be cutting the number of executive directors from six to three after a shake up of its management structure.The three executive directors will be Stuart Rose, Charles Wilson and a new finance director to...