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How we do it: Safeway’s buying manager Ria Konkon
>>the aim is to provide a destination shop for home entertainmentSafeway’s home entertainment offer has expanded and evolved from the limited range that we and other grocers used to provide. Most of our stores used to have between...
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Kent goes on Asda shelves
Asda is stocking apples sourced locally in its 11 Kent stores following a successful trial with strawberries last year.The retailer is working with Kent County Council’s Produced in Kent initiative to promote the apples. The fruit will be...
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A weighty avocado
Tesco is gearing up to sell a two and a half pound avocado, eight times larger than the standard fruit.The retailer is stocking the South African avocado, which is grown naturally, and claims it is enough to feed a family of six.A...
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Storewatch
ÂAnd where the rest fell downAsda Date of shopping trip: 14.6.02 Time taken in store: 50 mins Time of shopping trip: 9.42 Time taken at checkout: ...
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DCS Europe’s top lines at 99p
Toiletries and household goods distributor DCS Europe has launched a new promotion enabling retailers to stock top brands such as Flash, Colgate and Cussons for 99p.DCS customers, which include TM Retail, Poundland and Blueheath, will be...
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Tesco back at the top
Tesco reclaims the top spot in the chart this week forcing Morrisons down to second place. Tesco is particularly strong on health and beauty while Morrisons continues to be dominated by multibuy offers.Elsewhere in the chart, Asda...
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The beast of bentonville
>>wal-mart’s pr challenge...a welcome end to safeway uncertainty...When Business Week – that bastion of American capitalism – runs a cover story asking whether Wal-Mart has got too powerful, it does make you sit up and take note....
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Onpack brand ads launched by JS
Sainsbury is set to launch advertising messages from third party brands on a range of own label produce. The initiative, which will be launched over the next two months, means customers could pick up a pack of mince on which the label would...
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Multiples react to fuel duty
Asda has dropped its fuel prices to absorb the government’s duty increase on petrol which comes into force today.The retailer knocked 1p per litre off its fuel at the weekend and has since reduced it by a further 1.5p per. From...
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Tesco top of the givers
Tesco has been nominated the top corporate giver for the second year running in a Business in the Community tracker.The multiple retailer donated the most to charities and good causes in the year. Tesco Computers for Schools delivered £84m...
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Morrisons tops turkey honours
Supermarket Morrisons scooped the British Turkey Retailer of the Year title this week with its ranges of everyday and seasonal turkey beating off tough competition from the other major multiples.Judges praised all retailers for the variety...
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Haslett wields Mace in fightback plan
Northern Ireland’s J&J Haslett is launching a new Mace format as part of its plan to bounce back after what the wholesaler says has been a “watershed year”.Speaking at the all Ireland Mace conference, Haslett MD Peter Kealy said: “Over the...
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Boom time for Co-op
The Co-operative Group has just chalked up sales records for two consecutive months following on from strong first half results.Chief operating officer for retail Malcolm Hepworth said: “The hot summer helped drive sales. Periods 7 and 8...
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Kwik Save label thrives
Kwik Save’s new own label ranges have achieved high levels of awareness, penetration, and repeat purchase and performed on a par with Asda’s and Tesco’s own label, according to research commissioned by the chain.NFO WorldGroup’s survey found...
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Cool Trader expansion
Cooltrader, the frozen food chain set up by former Iceland boss Malcolm Walker, has opened its eighth store in Manchester.Buying director Andy Errington said the company – set up by Walker in July 2001 – was stepping up its store opening...
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Asda’s new banking focus
Financial services are now a major strategic priority for Asda, according to financial services director David Rutley.He said Asda would launch a credit card in the next few months, as it puts together “an authoritative financial services...
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M&S has high hopes of credit card scheme
Marks and Spencer Money expects to sign 5 million customers to its new &more joint credit and loyalty card – more than all its rival retailers’ cards put together.Group chief executive officer Roger Holmes said the conversion of 2.3 million...
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This is no time for distractions
Could Sainsbury’s focus on its new non-food range be causing a distraction for its food offering? This month’s TradeTrak survey from ACNielsen suggests the multiple may have taken its eye off the ball when it comes to food as its market share of...
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Sainsbury’s passport to Pimlico
Sainsbury has opened its 30,000sq ft Pimlico store, the second site based on its prototype Bluebird Gastrodome store in Chelsea.Senior manager for marketing format development Diana Hunter said the store layout was driven by consumer demand...
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Tesco falls to Morrisons
Morrisons continues to improve and this week claims the top of the chart forcing Tesco down to number two. In Morrisons no one category dominates however buy-one-get-one free offers are extensively used throughout and are supported by other...