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Fresh face for short life cakes
Asda has appointed a new member of the bakery team to replace Glenn Bancroft as buyer for short life cakes.Richard Rothon takes overfrom Bancroft after two years working with Asda Brand.Rothon studied for a degree in food science from...
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Shoppers shed few tears for Safeway
Morrisons has received a qualified thumbs up from consumers for its integration of Safeway and been cleared by the OFT of running down stores it was preparing to sell. A quarter of Safeway customers say the shopping experience at Safeway has...
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JS denies TU TV u-turn
Sainsbury has denied that it has scaled back the launch of its new Tu clothing range next month after reports that it had scrapped a £4m TV launch of the new label.A spokeswomen said that there had been no plans for such advertising, and added:...
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Concept ‘is a goer’
Somerfield is developing a system enabling users of its new business delivery service to set up accounts electronically.The service, which enables businesses to order goods from Somerfield for delivery to their doors, had proved a big hit with...
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Tesco’s northern offensive
Tesco must have seen strong potential in its new site in the Tynedale Retail Park in Hexham, Northumberland, because it paid three times the book value for the land. The UK’s number one grocer paid a massive £17m for the eight-acre site, which...
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Three heads add variety
Sainsbury is stocking a new, three-headed lettuce variety.The Trinity lettuce is a hybrid of three differently coloured varieties – lollo biondo, lollo rosso and red oak leaf.The lettuce, grown in a 14-acre glasshouse in Cranleigh, Surrey,...
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Asda’s central packing switch
Asda’s switch from instore butchery to centrally packed meat has begun in earnest with the unveiling of its first dedicated packing plant.The £32m Dawn Meats Group factory, newly built on a 20-acre site at Cross Hands in Carmarthenshire, is...
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Ex-Londis shareholders move to Nisa-Today’s
Two members of the Londis Shareholders Action Group who attempted to avoid the company being bought by Musgrave are joining Nisa-Today’s.Adrian Costain and Kishor Patel will both loose about £16,000, the value of the second windfall due to all...
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Co-op sells ACC milk group for £75m
Dairy Farmers of Britain is creating the largest milk cooperative through the acquisition of the Co-op’s milk processing business for £75m.DFB is buying Associated Co-Operative Creameries, Britain’s fourth biggest milk cooperative with...
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Morrisons to sell stores to Wal-Mart
Supermarket chain Morrisons is on the verge of agreeing a £40m deal to sell stores to Wal-Mart, according to newspaper reports.The retailer is required by the Competition Commission to sell 52 outlets in return for official clearance for its...
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Ediets launched by Tesco
The online diet eDiets, has made its UK debut in Britain after Tesco bought the UK rights to the company.The online diet monitors participants 24 hours a day by phone and email and is the most successful programme of its kind in America,...
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Bond heads operations as Asda restructures
Asda has appointed Andy Bond chief operating officer as part of a senior management team restructure. Formerly, trading director for non-food, he will be responsible for retail and logistics and continues his role with Global George and his...
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Pye is Tops in Hong Kong
Tops Supermarket in Hong Kong has appointed former Safeway director Ian Pye as its new president.Pye moved to Asia after a 30-year career with Safeway, where he started out as store manager and rose up through the ranks to become a director of...
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NI sale hitches looming
Competition issues could thwart Morrisons’ attempt to raise cash from a quick sale of Safeway stores in Northern Ireland, new research by CACI suggests.Morrisons is understood to have sent out information packs on the 12 Safeway stores in...
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Brazilian meat angers Welsh
Somerfield has agreed to top level talks with farmers’ leaders after shoppers protested about the sale of South American beef in a Welsh store.Locals were angered by Brazilian beef being sold at a discount in a new store in Bala, north...
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Living to trial non-food ideas
Asda has revealed that its pilot food-free supermarket, which it will be opening in Walsall in the autumn, will be called Asda Living, and has launched several initatives in non-food.A spokesman said the name was intended to reflect that the...
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Asda in fruit and veg reg tussle
Asda has been fined £1,000 for selling substandard fruit and vegetables as a result of a ruling by the House of Lords on whether certain EU regulations are applicable to the UK.The supermarket was prosecuted by the Department for Environment,...
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Organic is a hit at Tesco
Tesco says sales of its organic British pork sausages have risen by 70% – thanks to Brits’ love of the barbeque and improved meat availability.The multiple claimed it was now selling 70,000 organic pork sausages every week. Meanwhile, sales of...
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Moldovan Firebird rises at Waitrose
Moldova is set to make its mark in the wine fixture with the launch of a new range of branded wines from the former Soviet Union enclave.Firebird Legend has been developed with the wine consultancy Cellarwood specifically for the UK market....
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Asda restructures management team
Asda has appointed Andy Bond as new chief operating officer as part of a major senior management team restructure.Bond has been with Asda for 10 years and is taking the post that was vacated when Richard Baker left to become chief executive...