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2003-07-26T00:00:00Z

Anyone who believed the General Election campaign would be conducted in an intelligent manner should have been among the shoppers at Sainsbury's supermarket at London's Nine Elms on Thursday. The farce began when entourages from our two major...
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Opinion

2003-07-26T00:00:00Z

Sainsbury's bid to convince shareholders, City analysts and sceptical financial writers that it is making progress in the battle to regain the marketing high ground from Tesco was reflected on two fronts this week. The multiple sent more than a...
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Opinion

2003-07-26T00:00:00Z

It's always dangerous to judge the entire fleet by its flagship, but if Budgens could replicate its new Midhurst store across all its 105 sites, most of them situated in the south, it could certainly give Somerfield a run for its money. The...
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Opinion

2003-07-26T00:00:00Z

The Rochdale Pioneers have been turning in their graves. It is unlikely that the Co-op Movement has ever been thrust so savagely into the media spotlight during its 153 chequered years. But although the much publicised bid by City whizzkid Andrew...
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Opinion

2003-07-26T00:00:00Z

Working on the maxim that all publicity is good publicity, Max Clifford would say the Co-op has enjoyed pretty good times recently. It is unlikely the trade historians will see it that way. The shock waves of the Andrew Regan saga are still being...
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Opinion

2003-07-26T00:00:00Z

>>Sir Ken will not risk morrisons by paying the wrong priceNobody should be too surprised to see Philip Green pulling out of the Safeway auction. Despite his blustering, it is clear Green has been having second thoughts for some time....
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Opinion

2003-07-26T00:00:00Z

>>what’s tempted King to go to JS? And does the uk need to farm?When we caught up with Justin King this week, he was being suitably discreet about what he said – which was very little – as he sailed out of M& S to start his...
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Opinion

2003-07-26T00:00:00Z

>>Musgrave is a great opportunity for londis retailersSo the year is ending as it started – with a controversial takeover deal that has stunned the industry. But while this week’s bid for Londis was unexpected, the fact that it...
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The Saturday Essay

2003-07-26T00:00:00Z

>>An industry mantra that smacks of Ratner…Tim Lang, Professor of Food Policy, City UniversityBit by bit, the enormity of the obesity problem is being realised in Britain. Last week retailers, including Tesco and Asda, were up...
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Opinion

2003-07-26T00:00:00Z

>>independents can prosper as well as tesco...get real about kids...Some of the most startling figures in this week’s magazine can be found in our lead story where we report that in the four weeks leading up to Christmas, 53% of...
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Opinion

2003-07-26T00:00:00Z

>> Tesco bids for adminstore; rivals warn of dire consequencesAs I suggested in this column before Christmas, anything is now possible in grocery retailing. And, as if to prove my point, up pops Tesco with the sort of audacious...
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The Saturday Essay

2003-07-26T00:00:00Z

>>Why Londis needs a buyer that has clout – Shamus Lehel, Londis retailer, WoottonI’ve been a Londis retailer for seven years and in the convenience sector for 13, cutting my teeth as a raw 14-year-old in my sister’s shop. In...
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Opinion

2003-07-26T00:00:00Z

>> reflection is no bad thing…The Grocer top 50 independents...And now, the end is near...So it was that with these words Ol’ Blue Eyes (Frank Sinatra; not Carlos Criado-Perez) ended the Safeway EGM this week on a somewhat...
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Opinion

2003-07-26T00:00:00Z

>>sainsbury must be clear about its convenience strategyAnother day, another retailer. As mentioned in this column just two weeks ago, The Grocer’s Top 50 ranking of independent retailers is proving a useful shopping list for...
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Opinion

2003-07-26T00:00:00Z

>>Londis buyer should be a backer of independentsCHOICES IN A TOUGH WORLDThe decision by the board of Londis to accept KPMG’s recommendation that the business should be sold to one of its many suitors was to be...
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Opinion

2003-07-26T00:00:00Z

>>independents must not shirk the difficult decisionsThe results of our poll of Londis members over the future ownership of their group is very revealing – and clearly show its retailers are split on the question of whether the...
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The Saturday Essay

2003-07-26T00:00:00Z

>>Martin Oakes, board director responsible for Somerfield’s development within the c-store sectorOur new business development teams have been busy in recent weeks with the purchase of Aberness, the award-winning convenience...
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Opinion

2003-07-26T00:00:00Z

>>ocado impresses but online services still have their problemsThe Easter bunny was not the only one delivering chocolate eggs last weekend. In The Grocer’s quarterly online shopping basket survey our Ocado shopper was delighted...
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Opinion

2003-07-26T00:00:00Z

Why tesco’s dominance might just prove its downfallSir Terry Leahy is a man of few words but he may come to rue his comments this week that Tesco is through the period of greatest risk, during which Wal-Mart entered the UK and the...
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The Saturday Essay

2003-07-26T00:00:00Z

>>retailers cannot work alone in improving diets. Susan Bromley, marketing development manager, Co-operative GroupOnly individuals can take the decision to choose to live a healthy lifestyle. However, that doesn’t mean others don’t...