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Legal costs force FWD to abandon OFT action
Wholesalers have abandoned their legal challenge to the OFT’s decision to allow Tesco’s takeover of the Adminstore c-store chain because of fears they could be forced to pay huge legal bills.Last month the Federation of Wholesale Distributors...
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The fifth force in food retailing
With the realignment of the top end of the grocery trade now probably complete with the takeover of Safeway by Morrisons, the focus is on changes in convenience and high street retailing. This week Somerfield said group like-for-like sales...
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Caring is a team effort
Excellent customer care is crucial to business success today, but it is essential that managers go beyond theory and get their staff to buy in to the whole process says Christine HayhurstMorrisons recently came top of a poll exploring...
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Small business delivery launched by Somerfield
Somerfield has launched a delivered wholesale operation targeting village stores, B&Bs, schools and nursing homes. The Business Delivery service, which is being trialled from 38 Somerfield stores, targets businesses that don’t have time to...
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Customer loyalty
Asda has greater customer loyalty than Tesco or Sainsbury, according to new research from customer loyalty experts TARP. In an online survey of 1,200 consumers, 32% of Asda shoppers said they would always shop at Asda if possible. This compared to...
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Kwik Save’s growth boosted by own label success
Kwik Save moved into positive like-for-like sales in the second half, with 1% underlying growth boosted by store refits, the success of its new own label range and improved store standards.Somerfield posted 1.8% like-for-like sales growth in...
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Kwik Save dies in Scotland
Somerfield is ditching the Kwik Save brand in Scotland with the closure of 22 unprofitable stores and the £20-30m conversion of the remaining 29 to the Somerfield fascia.Somerfield executive chairman John von Spreckelsen said the 22 stores...
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BWG ready for growth
Irish wholesale group BWG said this year would be its year of growth after a “dramatic” year of disposals in 2003.BWG group chief executive Leo Crawford said the group was now focused on expanding its three key elements – Spar in the Irish...
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Broadhurst joins Uniq as commercial director
Uniq Prepared Foods, the UK division of Uniq, has recruited Somerfield commercial director Nigel Broadhurst in the same role. His move coincides with the appointment of Jed Kenrick, previously group organisation and change director at Uniq, as MD of...
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Frozen food buying team boosted at JS
Sainsbury has made a series of buying appointments to its frozen food buying team as it seeks to develop its portfolio of products in the category.Tessa Jones has been made frozen food buying manager.She has worked for Sainsbury for...
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JP Chenet woos Tesco
France’s bestselling wine brand, JP Chenet, has won its first listing in Tesco.The brand, with its distinctive twisted neck bottle, is sold in most other UK multiples and cash and carries, but has only just got a foot in the door at Tesco with...
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Sainsbury non food plans
Sainsbury has struck deals with three leading designers to create an exclusive new range of lifestyle products called ‘by’.Cookware designed by Terence Conran, cut flowers and planted arrangements from Orlando Hamilton and home accessories...
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Scotland Waves Goodbye To Kwik Save
Somerfield has announced plans to ditch the Kwik Save brand in Scotland.The multiple said it aimed to close 22 Scottish Kwik Save stores altogether because they were in poor locations and were not sufficiently profitable.The...
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Glisten appoint former M&S boss
Chocolate and sugar-based confectionery maker Glisten has appointed Guy McCracken as a non-executive director.McCracken is a former joint managing director of Marks and Spencer. He is currently chairman of food company Duchy Originals and a...
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Making a mint from own label
Tesco has torn a further strip off Wrigley – by becoming the first brand to put breath-freshening strips into multipacks.The supermarket giant first caused a stir in the sector at the end of last year when The Grocer revealed its plans to take...
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Thumbs up for Musgrave
Londis retailers have given Musgrave’s bid for their group an enormous endorsement in an exclusive telephone poll conducted for The Grocer.Only two Londis retailers out of 100 contacted said they would vote against the bid, with 65 in...
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ACS plans to bar big four
A motion to bar the major multiples from membership of the Association of Convenience Stores will be debated at its annual conference on May 17.A week after Tesco arm T& S pulled out of the ACS, details of an egm before the conference have been...
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Tesco second buy in Japan
Tesco has boosted its presence in Japan with its second acquisition in less than a year.The 27-strong Fre’c supermarket chain will complement c-store chain C Two-Network, also in Tokyo, which Tesco bought last July.The combined business...
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It’s a family affair
Musgrave is promising to boost Londis’ chilled, fresh and frozen goods facilities should it eventually take control says John WoodMusgrave moved quickly to reassure Londis retailers after the Londis board announced that it was its...
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Show time for M&S
Marks and Spencer’s fruit and vegetable growers will be taking to the stand this summer during the retailer’s £1m agricultural promotion campaign.Paul Willgoss, head of agriculture, said the seven agricultural shows throughout the UK would...