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Costcutter £30K spurned by stores
Londis retailers have reacted angrily to a Costcutter letter offering them up to £30,000 to transfer to the symbol group.The letter was sent to the 1,200 largest Londis members and offered them £30,000 in three instalments for signing a...
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Few tears will be shed over Safeway
Safeway shoppers couldn’t care less about the loss of the supermarket chain, according to an online survey carried out exclusively for The Grocer by market researcher HI Europe.With just over a fortnight to go before the Safeway/Morrisons...
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Tesco under fire again
Independent chain Proudfoot has made fresh allegations of predatory pricing by Tesco at its Withernsea store.Joint MD Ian Proudfoot first reported Tesco to the OFT after the Withernsea store offered £8 off £20 of shopping in a four-week...
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Morrisons digs for Scottish gold
Morrisons could be poised to dominate its first Scottish market by combining the opening of its first store north of the border with the acquisition of Safeway.CACI’s analysis reveals that Morrisons’ Kilmarnock store will give the...
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Flippin’ good buys
As Pancake Day draws closer, the promotional activity on those key staples of lemon juice and syrup continues to increase. Although there is activity for the day across retailers, it is Tesco that seems to be making the biggest effort so far...
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UK tomatoes arrive at JS
Sainsbury has announced the first arrivals of British tomatoes in its stores.The Taste the Difference vine-ripened tomatoes are on sale, at £1.79, a week early due to recent mild temperatures.Tomato buyer Tristan Kitchener said: “Sainsbury...
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Positive PR and a pay-off
Steve Crabb offers guidance to employers keen to follow M& S’s Marks and Start initiativeMarks and Spencer may have had some ‘iffy’ financial results recently, but the company shows no signs of slowing up when it comes to...
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Horgan is new MD of SuperValu Centra
Donal Horgan is to replace Michael Nason as the MD of Musgrave Group’s franchised c-store division Musgrave SuperValu Centra.Horgan moves from Musgrave Group, where he has been head of logistics for the last three years. He has been overseeing...
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Press round-up…ex-Somerfield chief on the move
Former Somerfield chief executive Alan Smith could be in line to head up high street hardware chain Robert Dyas.The Financial Times reported that Change Capital, a private equity firm set up last year by Marks and Spencer chairman Luc...
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Sainsbury buys Bells Stores
Sainsbury has bought Bells Stores, the family-owned convenience chain with 54 outlets in the north east of England.The supermarket group will operate Bells Stores as a separate business unit under the current management team of Steven Bell...
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Costcutter woos Londis retailers
Costcutter are trying to woo Londis shopkeepers with a £30,000 incentive to join the York-based symbol group.In a personal letter from Costcutter chairman and managing director, Colin Graves, Londis retailers are being offered £10,000 after...
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Tesco baby & toddler club the largest
from Sarah Baldock, manager, Tesco Baby & Toddler ClubSir; in your Focus on Infant Care (January 17, pp39-41), you made reference to a claim by Huggies to be the largest Mother & Baby club in the UK with 400,000 members.Tesco...
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Londis would do well to join Nisa
from Ashwin Dave, Vikas Buying Group, Bromley, Kentfrom Alastair Smyth, Limavady, Northern IrelandSir; re Londis chief executive Graham White’s allegation in a national newspaper that Londis does not have a future as...
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Self-heat meals listed nationwide
Self-heating canned ready meals are finally making inroads into the mass market with products under the Hotcan brand getting nationwide listings.Launching now in Moto service stations, the range is also listed in Palmer & Harvey, Aldi, Spar...
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Top team changes at JS
Sainsbury has made internal management appointments as it replaces key executives.Penny Vegting is appointed brand and format development manager. She replaces Diana Hunter, senior project manager for future stores. Hunter left Sainsbury...
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Somerfield’s HR director will head up business unit
Katie Peters, Somerfield Group’s human resources director, is to replace Bill Williams as head of the Somerfield business unit.Peters, who is already a member of the group executive committee, will take up her new post on February 16, reporting...
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OS&G divi goes super
Oxford, Swindon & Gloucester Co-op is relaunching its dividend with the introduction of a superdividend card.Customers will no longer receive dividends as point of sale discounts but as points earned on the card. Shoppers earn points on the...
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E-pay terminals
Sainsbury has introduced electronic top-up terminals from E-pay at all its stores and petrol stations. Category manager Charlotte Alberry said: “The shift from scratchcard to electronic enables us to avoid extra costs from keeping cards in...
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Carlos says Sir Ken will succeed
Outgoing Safeway boss Carlos Criado-Perez gave a warm endorsement to Morrisons’ prospects of successfully integrating his company after the takeover. Speaking after shareholders overwhelmingly backed the deal, Safeway’s chief executive Carlos...
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Irish chain mark-ups spark call for probe
The three biggest Irish chains, Tesco, Dunnes and Superquinn, charge consumers up to three times what farmers are paid for some of their produce, according to a new survey. The study was carried out by the main opposition party Fine Gael, which...