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Counter revolutions
How a state-of-the-art Tesco store is going down with shoppers and local retailers. Anne Bruce reportsBy the time Tesco opened the doors of its flagship store in Hove, East Sussex, for the first time last week more than 400 shoppers...
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Despatch points
The major grocery chains in Northern Ireland are The Co-operative Group, Iceland, Marks and Spencer, Sainsbury, Safeway and Tesco. Our mystery shoppers do not visit Iceland and M&S, so how do they measure up?Iceland stores in NI are...
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Into the valley of death
Career: Between 1991 and 1996 he was a buyer at Sainsbury, with stints as a pork buyer and senior manager for beers, spirits and soft drinks. With Diageo since 1996 in senior roles including MD of Guinness GB and president (North America) South...
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Sainsbury appoints NPD director
Sainsbury has appointed Jean-Paul Barat to the newly-created post of director of product development.Barat moves from Selfridges where he was manager for food and retail. He will be responsible for driving Sainsbury’s quality and...
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shingled pack
Glanbia has secured a contract with Waitrose to supply cutting edge packaging for the retailer’s sliced cheeses range.The new shingled pack formats contains 10 slices with a reclosable push-in lid and will be used on Waitrose’s Half Fat...
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Morrisons is pushed to extremes
The general level of availability in the yellow fats category matches exactly the overall level of availability recorded since The Grocer Stockwatch was launched in January. Promotional lines stand at 22% and non-promotional at 12%.However,...
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Tesco Hove introduces cutting edge concepts
Tesco has installed electronic shelf-edge labelling throughout its latest concept store which opened on Monday.The £20m store, at Hove, East Sussex, showcases Tesco’s latest thinking on customer service, range and store security.The...
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Safeway: any day now...?
Chief executives involved in the Safeway auction are eagerly counting down the days until publication of the DTI’s verdict on the long-running saga.Tesco chief executive Sir Terry Leahy was not willing to speculate on the outcome but thought...
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Coverley must develop JS convenience offer
Sainsbury has moved John Coverley to fill the newly created post of head of convenience stores.His responsibilities will include developing the instore customer offer for Sainsbury’s Local and Central formats. He will also be in charge of...
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Safeway shopping’s a breeze
Sainsbury provided two of the three full baskets on The Grocer 33 survey this week, including the cheapest at £39.53.Safeway in Redruth checked in the third full basket at £45 and picked up the chain’s first Storewatch title since our list...
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Thirsty work for brands
Tesco remains at the top of the fascia chart for the second consecutive week with Morrisons moving up one place to apply pressure at number two. In Tesco there are a large number of buy one get one free offers and other multibuy promotions....
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Universal availability
Costcutter 2003 turns its focus on availability. John Wood reportsHelping independent retailers to keep their shelves stocked with the top selling lines is the kind of laudable ambition every symbol group should aspire to, but over...
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The great non-food gamble
Does Sainsbury’s new homeware range anchor a convincing non-food offer? Liz Hamson reportsLast week Sainsbury unveiled its new homeware range at its Chippenham store as it went into battle with John Lewis and Debenhams for a bigger...
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Pressure fails to daunt Morrisons
Morrisons’ management team has demonstrated its strength, according to joint md Bob Stott, by the way it has kept up a record-breaking performance despite the demands of the Competition Commission inquiry into the proposed takeover of...
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Tesco vows to keep up the pressure
Tesco achieved zero inflation in its prices in the 24 weeks to August 9 and there will be no let up in the downward pressure on prices, warned finance director Andrew Higginson.Speaking at the announcement of its interims last week,...
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JS majors on availability
Sainsbury has launched a major drive to improve availability in its stores.“Our internal measures say we are improving but our anecdotal evidence is that it is not good enough,” managing director Stuart Mitchell told the retailer’s annual...
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How Sainsbury will deliver
Sainsbury has pledged to focus on growth and quality as it strives to rebuild its sales performance in what top bosses are now calling “the year of delivery”. Group chief executive Sir Peter Davis told suppliers at its annual conference that...
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Costcutter set to expand licensing
Costcutter is planning for a major expansion of its licensing scheme to help new retailers enter the sector and to offer existing retailers a low-cost route to build their business.Addressing more than 150 retailers at Costcutter’s...
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Co-op sheds 75 Alldays stores
The Co-operative Group has sold 75 Alldays stores that fall outside its trading area to fellow retail co-operatives.Midlands Co-op and Oxford, Swindon & Gloucester Co-op have picked up the lion’s share of the disposals, acquiring 30 stores...
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Morrisons eager for Safeway decision
Morrisons said that its 10.2% interim profit was pegged back by £6.6m of costs relating to its bid for Safeway.Executive chairman Sir Ken Morrison said the referral of its proposed merger by the OFT to the Competition Commission had created...