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Sainsbury is set to roll out zone-based picking
Sainsbury is investing millions of pounds in rolling out a new instore picking strategy for its online business following successful trials in six stores.The retailer is moving to zone-based picking in an initiative that will see 2,500 staff...
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Sainsbury’s gain is a high street loss
While January is traditionally a quiet time of year, with trading patterns returning to normal, both Tesco and Asda are continuing to attract new shoppers according to ACNielsen’s Homescan Total Till information. Meanwhile, Sainsbury has seen a...
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Milk for our body clock
St Helen’s Farm is launching a branded cows’ milk which it says is an to aid sleep.Night Time Milk, which has secured a listing in Sainsbury, comes two years after Red Kite Farms launched Slumber Bedtime Milk, which is stocked by Waitrose....
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Mangoes in court
Asda is being prosecuted by Swindon Borough Council for allegedly misleading customers over the anti-cancer properties of its mangoes. The council instigated legal proceedings for breach of both the Food Labelling Regulations and the National Cancer...
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Morrisons gets green light to move on Safeway
Shareholders at Morrisons and Safeway have voted overwhelmingly in favour of the Bradford-based chain’s £3bn takeover of Safeway to become the UK’s fourth largest grocer.Executive chairman of Morrisons, Sir Kenneth Morrison, said: “This...
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Sainsbury to offer health checks
Shoppers at two Sainsbury’s stores in London can now have their health checked at the same time as buying their groceries. Sainsbury has teamed up with Bupa to offer its shoppers a range of health checks such as blood pressure and...
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Londis is worth far more than £40m
from Shamus Lehal, Wootton PO Londis, Wootton, BedsSir; In light of the recent offer to buy out Adminstore by Tesco for a reported £53.7m for 45 or so mainly leasehold stores, I think £40m is far too light a price to be selling Londis...
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JS puts flavour back into pork
Sainsbury is hoping to reinvigorate the British pork sector with the launch of a new range of premium products.The Taste the Difference range features 14 cuts produced from a new cross breed of pig exclusively for Sainsbury.Pork buyer Ben...
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Bartfield rises as Spar UK boosts its category focus
Spar UK has promoted Rachel Bartfield to trading manager as part of a wider restructure of its trading department.Bartfield, one of three trading managers in the company, said: “Spar has merged its own label and branded departments tomake...
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Nisa-Today’s suggests mutual Londis merger
Nisa-Today’s has finally put its cards on the table and proposed a merger with Londis that would retain its mutual status and generate substantial savings for members through synergies in buying and logistics.The move follows a Londis...
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Scotmid hits 76
Scotmid Co-op has boosted its presence in the Edinburgh area with the acquisition of eight former Alldays stores from the Co-operative Group.The deal takes its food retail estate to 76 stores, although overlap with its existing estate meant...
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Expert judges come on board to look for Gold
The judges for The Grocer Gold Awards 2004, sponsored by MEI, have now been confirmed.Retailers on the panels include: Colin Smith, chairman of Poundland; Sue West, retail operations director of Selfridges; Steve Melton, Argos supply chain...
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Label revamp plans revealed
Sainsbury is upping the ante in its own label war with Tesco by revamping its premium Taste the Difference line, The Grocer has learned.It is understood the top-secret overhaul will centre on cleaning up the packaging and accelerating...
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In the shadow of a giant
The Grocer returns to Tesco in Hove to discover how the mega retailer is faring after its first five months of trading. Consumers have certainly put out the welcome mat, its super technology is proving popular, even with senior citizens, but...
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OFT attention drawn to tactics at Withernsea
Tesco’s marketing tactics are being looked into by the Office of Fair Trading after independent supermarket chain Proudfoot lodged a complaint.The OFT said it was looking at the complaint under the Competition Act, but it could not be assumed...
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Geest hit by fire
A fire has destroyed one of three buildings at a Geest factory in Milton Keynes. The plant, which supplies ready meals for Waitrose, turned over about £20m last year, said finance director Mark Pullen. “We are evaluating the options in terms of...
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Six of the best household goods buyers
>>nominated this month: Tesco, somerfield, Morrisons, ASDA, sainsbury, makroMike ArnottSenior buying manager, household, tescoArnott joined Tesco in 1995 to work in product marketing for two years. He then moved into...
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Morrisons opens in Scotland
Morrisons has opened its first store in Scotland.The 85,000sq ft store in West Langland Street, Kilmarnock will be followed by a second store at Falkirk FC’s Brockville stadium in June and two further sites in Dundee and Hamilton, subject to...
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Safeway toiletries go cruelty-free
Safeway said that its entire range of own label toiletries have been officially approved as ‘not tested on animals’.Under the cruelty-free scheme, the Humane Cosmetics Standard – run by the British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection –...
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Gist on track
Logistics provider Gist said turnover and adjusted operating profit were in line with last year despite the loss of a contract to move general merchandise for Marks and Spencer.For the three months December 31, Gist said operating profit was...