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WASTE CONTRACT
The Musgrave group has signed a €20m contract with waste management company Onyx Ireland to handle all waste from its distribution centres, offices and Centra and SuperValu stores in Counties Dublin and Wicklow over the next five years.Musgrave...
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Express gets freshened up
Tesco is taking its product range upmarket at the converted Adminstore outlets to reflect the tastes of the 45-store chain’s predominantly central London customer base.Speaking exclusively to The Grocer following the opening last Monday of one...
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Asda begins its trials of instore digital media
Asda launches its instore plasma screen trial on Monday (September 6) in its Wembley and York stores.The retailer, which is following in the footsteps of Tesco and Spar, is testing different screen positions and creative executions over the...
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Tesco takes a ‘very big step’ with traffic lights
Tesco will introduce its controversial new traffic lights labelling system to customers this month via consumer panels.The traffic lights system, which has been criticised by suppliers as simplistic and unfair, is designed to help customers...
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Vivo falls into line with Spar
John Henderson, the symbol group which operates the Spar, Vivo and VG brands in Northern Ireland, is developing a new store format under the Vivo brand along similar lines to its Eurospar concept. Hendersons hopes to open the first of the new...
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The cream of the crop
Dairy manufacturers were asked this month to nominate their favourite yogurt buyers and one name cropped up again and again. Naomi Hanfell from Asda was so popular that several suppliers refused to nominate any other buyer.One said: “In 20...
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The new media moguls
As Asda tests instore digital advertising, Sian Harrington asks if supermarkets can work as media ownersOn Monday Asda becomes the latest multiple to pilot instore digital advertising – cementing the trend for food retailers to become...
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A hub of expertise
Siân Harrington explores how Asda’s centralised policy makes effective use of the retailer’s media opportunities The Asda Media Centre, near the Leeds head office, has five employees – four with advertising backgrounds and director...
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Tesco enters broadband market
Tesco is moving into the broadband market with the launch of its own-brand internet access service at £19.97 per month.The service will compete with BT, Wanadoo and AOL high-speed access services, and to entice customers further Tesco is...
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M&S adds time limit to its refund policy
Marks & Spencer is to end its easy refund policy, which currently allows customers to return items whenever they wish without having to worry about a time limit.The company is expected to set a time limit of three months, according to...
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when will this government intervene?
from Jerry Marwood, managing director, Spar UKSir; The purchase of Jacksons by one of the Big Four should serve as a final warning to government and the sector that without some government action customer choice will be seriously...
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Blakemore ops director
Darren Pugh has been promoted to operations director at Blakemore Wholesale, a Landmark member, following its recent HQ relocation from Willenhall to Wolverhampton.Pugh started his career at the Co-operative Group where he worked for four years...
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TM Retail estate swells with Tesco Dillons sale
Tesco has finally sold the 181-store Dillons CTN chain to TM Retail for just £8.3m with a further £4m to £5m for the stock.The companies refused to disclose the price but financial sources confirmed the details.Tesco acquired Dillons when...
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Express debuts in Belfast
Tesco is opening a new front in its battle to dominate the c-store sector with its first Express store in Northern Ireland.Opening on Monday, the store is in Ballyhackamore, east Belfast and goes head to head with a flagship Spar forecourt...
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Spar’s now first port of call for Esso
Spar has struck a deal with Esso’s dealer division to become the symbol group supplier of choice for Esso owner dealers in the UK.Spar currently supplies 36 independent Esso dealer sites and will be recommended as the first port of call both to...
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Top two a serious threat in non-food
Grocery multiples now retail over £67bn per annum and non-food (clothing, general merchandise, music and video and electrical) is the fastest growing category, with a 15% year-on-year growth according to ACNielsen Scantrack. Tesco and Asda...
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Is Morrisons up to the task?
Its first profit warning in 37 years resulted in City analysts substantially cutting profit forecasts. So how do these analysts rate Morrisons now, asks Glynn DavisThe brief period of euphoria following the consummation of the deal...
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Tesco revamps Beer Challenge
Tesco is launching a brewing competition, giving small producers the chance to win a national listing and potentially lucrative, free advertising.The Brewing Awards will incorporate the existing Tesco Beer Challenge and for the first time...
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Wiseman wins again with Tesco milk deal
Robert Wiseman Dairies has been successful in Tesco’s review of its fresh milk supply arrangements, as well as increasing its fresh milk share at Sainsbury, as reported yesterday.The company will now hold a 60% share of Tesco’s fresh milk...