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Regeneration exec quits
Tesco's regeneration manager Martin Venning has left to set up a consultancy specialising in property, planning and regeneration. Venning has more than 16 years' experience in retail store and shopping centre management. He held his most recent...
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Drinks in a party mood
Morrisons has continued its upward movement and takes the number one spot, standing a full five percentage points ahead of Asda which has moved two places to number two. Tesco remains stable at number three. The success of Asda and Morrisons is...
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Usdaw seeks M&S foothold
Shopworkers' union Usdaw is seeking recognition at Marks and Spencer after it claimed it had been inundated with calls from angry staff wanting to join the union after discovering they faced cuts in pay. M&S has announced it would cut its...
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Audas bows out of farmers co-operative group
Robert Audas, managing director of Dairy Farmers of Britain, is leaving in a restructure designed to make the business more customer-focused. Audas will quit the co-operative group at the end of the month and will not be replaced, because...
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Awards for Spar stores
The best Spar stores have been highlighted in the inaugural Spar Stars Awards ceremony in Bristol. Retail director Steve Blackmore said: "Rewarding excellence impacts on sales and margin. Research shows a good store receives 2.5 times more visits...
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BP powers up Connect offer
Anne Bruce Petrol giant BP has created a convenience operations division and recruited buyers and other staff from Alldays, Aldi, Marks and Spencer, Tesco and Sainsbury. The division takes in all 1,240 BP forecourt stores, which clocked up...
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fresh produce proves volatile
Budgens' recent assault on the fresh food market calls for a strong team to head it up and the supermarket claims that is exactly what it has. Steve Carter, senior trading controller for fresh foods, is supported by Steve Normington, senior...
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Asda's RFID trials aid chain integrity
Asda has revealed initial results of a Home Office sponsored trial on radio frequency identification technology conducted last year. In the three-month project, the first trial anywhere of RFID at item level, more than 7,000 CDs from EMI were...
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Decades spent building Scottish Spar chain Botterills have t
Botterill,who is also president of the Scottish Grocers' Federation, says bluntly: "If a store is not performing it has to be turned round. And if it doesn't work, get out of it and concentrate on stores that are going to give growth and profit."...
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Asda has announced it is to be the enabling development' be
While the development will not be up and running until 2005, subject to planning permission, it looks like a great location for Asda. CACI predicts the store will turn into one of the company's top five based on turnover. While it is likely to...
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All three shortlisted campaigns for The Grocer Gold Award fo
Following its transformation from a tired, underperforming business to a major convenience-based operation over the past five years, the Co-operative Group wanted to strengthen its brand image in the eyes of consumers. In particular, in...
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The most hotly contested category in The Grocer Gold Awards
Many retailers have recognised that consumers are increasingly interested in buying food that comes from local producers. So what makes the Waitrose Locally Produced initiative stand out? Well, for starters, the chain's attention to detail was...
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Some erotic veg, please
Waiting to pay for her basket of goods at the Sainsbury Local in Clapham, one of The Grocer team noticed a bemused look on the face of the cashier as she came across an aubergine. Holding it aloft, the cashier asked her colleagues: "What is...
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Ballymena sale
Northern Ireland Co-op has sold its 26,000 sq ft superstore in Ballymena, Northern Ireland, to SVM Properties, landlord of the Fairhill Centre where the store is located. The move is part of the Co-operative Group's retail strategy to...
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Gold for Asda, Booths
Siân Harrington Shoppers have named Asda the country's favourite supermarket retailer as part of a new awards scheme launched by this magazine. As you will read on page 38 of this week's issue, the grocer of the year award in association...
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Pugh succeeds Bray as Safeway marketing boss
Rod Addy Martin Pugh, Safeway's director of marketing operations, has been made marketing director, replacing Karen Bray who is leaving after two years in the post. Chief executive Carlos Criado-Perez said: "Karen leaves with our thanks for...
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There is life after Tesco for this young company, says Liz H
The Food Doctor is one of those brands that sound familiar even if you have not seen the distinctive green-packaged snacks bearing cheeky instructions to Get it on' or Cleanse'. Yet since the company ended its one-year licensing agreement with...
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Simon Howie joins Spar for breakfast
A Scottish butcher is hoping for success with both independents and multiples. Dunning-based Simon Howie Foods has teamed up with both Sainsbury and Spar wholesaler CJ Lang in two separate projects. Wholesaler CJ Lang is offering a range of...
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Asda@tHome compensation order
Asda has been ordered to pay compensation to 68 staff members following the closure of its Croydon Asda@tHome depot in 2002. The employees were told their jobs at the depot would be lost in January last year and they were given 90 days' pay. ...
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Botterills in mood to grow
Scottish Spar chain Botterills was in good shape to expand and add batches of new stores when opportunities arise said managing director Jim Botterill. The 37-store Botterills chain increased sales by 12% to £55.5m and like-for-like sales by...