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Headhunter hits back at Sainsbury
The row over Sir Ian Prosser’s appointment as chairman-elect of Sainsbury erupted again yesterday.Newspaper reports state that headhunter Whitehead Mann has accused the supermarket group of passing over all the blame for the failed...
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Strike threat at Morrisons
Staff at two of Wm Morrison’s biggest distribution centres may strike after a row with the Transport & General Workers’ Union (T&G) over the issue of binding arbitration.Newspaper reports state that over 1,600 workers at Wakefield and...
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Another player in the battle for Londis
Newspaper reports over the weekend stated that the Co-operative Group is ready to bid £66m for Londis.It is expected that the Co-op’s chief executive Martin Beaumont will act before 22 June when the shareholders will vote on Irish wholesaler...
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Spar turns on to Immedia radio
Spar UK has struck a deal with Immedia Broadcasting to install live satellite radio across its estate in the autumn.AIM-listed Immedia, which was set up by former Radio I DJ Bruno Brookes, currently broadcasts dedicated material from its...
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Asda victorious again in our shopping survey
Ronan HegartyIt’s official: Asda is the UK’s cheapest supermarket for the seventh year running. But as our review of the past year shows, it was no walkover for the Wal-Mart subsidiary. In three of the four quarters under review, Asda...
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Tesco brand will seek new horizons – Leahy
Tesco chief Sir Terry Leahy has hinted that Britain’s number one retailer is still looking for new markets in a bid to stretch its giant turnover even further.The chain, which according to recent figures now accounts for £8 out of every £100...
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Life in the chain gang
Sainsbury’s Martin White is responsible for one of grocery’s most ambitious operational shake-ups. He talks with Elaine WatsonTrawl through the press cuttings on Sainsbury’s business transformation programme over the last 12 months...
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Buffalo stance
Liz Hamson explores how a Waitrose supply deal has changed the life of specialist milk producer Buffalo House in the second feature in our series about buyer-supplier relationshipsLocal and regional produce is big news in the...
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Backroom goes paperless
Sainsbury is embarking on a radical mission to drive efficiency in the last 50 yards of its supply chain in a bid to improve on-shelf availability.The Retek Store System, which will be piloted at the end of the year and rolled out across the...
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One site cuts costs
Somerfield is consolidating the bulk of its imports at a single warehouse in Banbury in a bid to take more control over its inbound supply chain. Exel, which manages Somerfield’s alcohol imports at the Banbury depot, will now handle canned...
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By George, Asda’s got it
While other supermarkets are snapping up smaller rivals, Asda is finding other ways to grow. John Wood reportsAsda is under no pressure to make acquisitions despite the consolidation raging around it in the UK market, according to...
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Cadog spreads
Welsh branded dairy range Cadog has now gained listings in almost all of the country’s major multiples.The products are available in Morrisons, Safeway, Sainsbury, Asda and Makro, and will also be in Tesco from mid-June.The range,...
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The Grocer 33: Asda’s top
Asda has emerged triumphant in The Grocer 33 weekly shopping survey and has been named as Britain’s cheapest supermarket for the seventh successive year. The chain’s remarkable achievement came despite some serious...
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M&S pay-offs have cost £3m
It emerged yesterday that the cost of axing the four executive directors at Marks & Spencer has reached £3m through payment of settlement packages.The former chairman Luc Vandevelde received the equivalent of his year’s salary of about...
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Refurb programme commences for United Co-op
United Co-operatives has launched a refurbishment programme for its largest stores as many of its fellow societies are attempting to dispose of their superstores in order to concentrate on c-stores.It has spent £800,000 refurbishing its...
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Spar Live on its way this autumn
Spar UK has struck a deal with Immedia Broadcasting to install live satellite radio across its estate in the autumn. AIM-listed Immedia, which was set up by former radio 1 DJ Bruno Brookes, currently broadcasts dedicated material from its...
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Radice to go after M&S shake-up
Vittorio Radice, the former Selfridges boss who developed the Lifestore concept at Marks & Spencer is to leave the company this Friday with a payoff of about £800,000.The executive joined Marks & Spencer in March last year and was recently...
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Lower petrol prices at Asda
Asda’s 150 petrol stations have agreed to cut back on their unleaded and diesel prices at below 80p per litre.Although a recent rise in oil prices raised the price for a litre of petrol to above 83p in many areas, the superstore group is...
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Ronson may be eyeing up M&S property
According to The Guardian today, Gerald Ronson is believed to have arranged financial backing to acquire a large slice of Marks & Spencer’s property portfolio.The property tycoon is understood to have been working on the plan to buy...
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not the right place to sell soya milk
from Jenny Deeprose, Redhill, SurreySir; I could not believe my eyes, when looking at the label on a Sainsbury’s own brand, four pint semi-skimmed milk carton.I noticed an advert and money-off coupon for Alpro soya milk....