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Boost to trading teams
Londis has made sweeping changes to its trading and supply chain management teams to enhance efficiency in these two areas.John Taylor, trading director for grocery and chilled, has been appointed trading director for central distribution....
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Sainsbury has much to play for
With the run up period to Christmas now in full swing evidence is emerging that food sales are holding up well this year for most of the major food retailers.The underlying growth in sales for the out-of-town sector is an encouraging 7% over...
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Plenty of scope in NPD
>>’we need to play about with rasher counts and pack sizesA key way to innovate in bacon is through packaging and added convenience.Ben Wheeley, bacon buyer with Sainsbury, says the last real NPD launch in bacon was...
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Safeway fields estate offers
Safeway has been fielding offers from rivals interested in tranches of its estate after the DTI’s relaxation of a blanket ban on bids for stores other than the 53 Morrisons would have to divest.Safeway director of communications Kevin Hawkins...
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Manager’s double win
The manager of a Mace store in Scotland has been crowned the winner of the Top Shop Awards, organised by The Grocer’s sister publication Convenience Store.Scott Cran, aged just 25, runs the 3,500sq ft store at Newmacher in Aberdeenshire, which...
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Co-op Group loses Darwin
Keith Darwin is retiring as chairman of the Co-operative Group board in May next year. A former chief executive of the Lincoln Co-operative Society, he has held the post since 2000.Bob Burlton has been elected chairman designate by the...
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JS climbs on drinks
Sainsbury jumps from number three to take the number one spot, ousting Tesco after just one week dominating the chart.Sainsbury is particularly strong on alcoholic drinks with a wide range of products featured on multiple gondola ends...
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…But will the M& S man and Sir Peter be able to steer Sainsbury on a course for growth? Sean McAllister reports
When Justin King sails into Sainsbury’s HQ in Holborn on March 29 next year, he will no doubt be expected to map out his… -
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A ‘hospital pass’?
>>Pricing challenge awaits kingSainsbury’s share price jumped almost 5% on the day it released its interim statement. But that seems to have been more to do with the news of Justin King’s appointment as chief executive rather...
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The 25 most impressive companies
>>How private investors ranked the food and drink sectorAnd Lockwood says the survey shows how critical media coverage is to investor sentiment. “Press coverage matters. Would Morrisons have been where it is in the survey if...
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OTC sim cards
Virgin Mobile is seeking to turn mobile phone SIM cards into an impulse line. Spar, Menzies and the Co-operative Group stores will sell them at £9.99 each over the counter.Retailers will display them in packs of 10 in counter display units....
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RFID welcome but Eas stays important
from Neil Matthews, MD, Checkpoint Systems UKSir; I was pleased to see the announcements by Tesco and Wal-Mart with reference to the move into RFID-tagging of cases and pallets by their key suppliers over the next two to thee years....
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M&S names Helfgott as King’s successor
Marks and Spencer’s new executive director of food is Maurice Helfgott who replaces Justin King, the newly appointed chief executive of Sainsbury.Helfgott, director of menswear, joined Marks and Spencer in 1988. He has spent much of his...
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Iceland/Booker disparity blasted
The Big Food Group has been blasted by independent retailers – for charging consumers less for beer than them.The group’s Iceland chain was this week selling 24 bottles of Stella Artois for £9.99 – up to £3.30 cheaper than in its Booker cash...
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Aviko’s chips lighten up
Dutch potato processor Aviko is to offer British chip fans a healthier version of their favourite indulgence with the launch of Dolce Fritas, oven chips pre-fried in pure olive oil.Rolling out now to Sainsbury’s outlets, Aviko said the new...
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Safeway adds selling space
Safeway said it has the potential to add 11% to its total sales area in the UK subject to planning consent.Chairman David Webster said that at the end of the first half the group had 79 approvals for megastore extensions or resolutions to...
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Safeway/BP link drives profits
Safeway has posted a 44% leap in interim profit from its convenience store joint venture with fuel giant BP.For the six months to October 11, Safeway said its share of the £6.9m partnership profit with BP would be £3.5m. Total sales...
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Morrisons ups market share
Morrisons is the only major multiple to have increased its market share over the last three months, according the latest till roll data from TNS.For the 12 weeks to November 10, Morrisons edged up 0.1% to 6.4% to remain in fifth spot, while...
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Londis reshuffles staff
Londis has begun a staff restructuring programme to place greater focus on its key category areas.Senior positions will be created within the commercial department trading team. Gary Maloney, Heidi Jackson, Kenton Burchell and Martin...
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TM Retail is set for joint venture roll-out
Somerfield and TM Retail’s joint c-store format could be rolled out to 200 TM Retail stores following trials, said trading director Paul Baxter.The partners have seen a leap in sales as they prepare to open their seventh trial “Somerfield...