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MRG takes in Spar own label
Spar is broadening the scope of its Multiple Retail Group to include Spar own label products for the first time.The scheme, which pays quarterly retrospective discounts to retailers that stock an agreed range of products, had paid out more...
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No one in the JS wings yet
Sainsbury has denied that it has chosen a successor to Sir Peter Davis as group chief executive when he steps up to become chairman in March 2004. Speaking at its agm, current chairman Sir George Bull said there was no preliminary list of...
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Irresistible is ‘tangibly better’
The Co-op is bidding to change consumers’ perceptions of its stores by introducing a ‘super premium’ own label range.Products in the new Truly Irresistible range started hitting shelves at selected stores this week and are being backed by a...
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Londis tunes in to Newsagents Radio
Londis has axed its pre-recorded music and messaging radio station Londis FM and signed up with Newsagents Radio to offer members a free live radio service.Set up by former Radio 1 DJ Bruno Brookes in February 2002, Newsagents Radio now has...
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Shaping up well?
Given there are always plenty of people predicting a rather gloomy future for Somerfield, being invited to meet with executive chairman John von Spreckelsen at World’s End seemed somewhat ironic. But there were no prophets of doom to be found at the...
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Sainsbury: ‘not satisfied by sales performance’
Sainsbury has posted a 0.3% rise in first quarter like-for-like sales and blamed its transformation programme both in-store and within the supply chain for “disruption to the execution of our customer offer”.UK like-for-like sales including...
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JS sets out top fruit ambitions
Sainsbury is aiming to take the top spot from Tesco when it comes to English top fruit. Marcus Hoggarth, senior buyer for apples and pears, said the multiple was aiming for significant growth: "I'd like to see us stuff Tesco and get the number one...
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Year-round continuity
A leading potato packer has managed to ensure year-round UK supply for main crop potatoes. Tesco supplier Branston potatoes has already begun lifting Marfona three weeks earlier than usual thanks to improved techniques. Field director David Nelson...
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House that Tesco built
It's not just mortgages that shoppers can buy from the supermarket multiples these days. They can also buy homes. The last few months have seen a rash of residential development from the supermarkets as they try to sweeten their planning...
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Steve's touch for the locals
A new specialist meat counter, a partnership between a local butcher and multiple retailer, has been launched. Sainsbury and West Country-based master butcher Steve Turton are now offering customers to the retailer's Torquay and Exeter stores the...
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Alan Dardis
Pet care buyer, Safeway Recent brand relaunches in the dry market have encouraged consumers to switch brands to try new products. Innovation has been centred on health claims for dry products and they have led a trend out of wet food into dry or...
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Cornish showcase
Waitrose and the Taste Of Cornwall have unveiled plans to build a shared shopping complex to showcase Cornish food and drink. The proposed 50,000 sq ft Cornish Food Hall will be built near Falmouth and the floorspace will be split 50-50 between a...
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Store location
Ranked in order of cheapest full basket Asda Cramlington, Tyne & Wear £39.09 Date of shopping trip: 11.07.03 Time of trip: 09.47 Time ...
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Tesco's refurbishment of its Catford store in south-east Lon
Tesco states that the store refurbishment incorporates an improved fresh food and non-food offer as well as general improvements to the facilities and the shopping experience. These improvements are likely to result in the store attaining the...
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Chiefs: no GM appetite
Bosses at Tesco, Asda, Sainsbury and Safeway have told the government that there is no real appetite for putting GM foods back on the shelves. In a meeting held at DEFRA on Wednesday, chief executives at the top four multiples told DEFRA secretary...