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C-stores to take centre stage
Tesco’s acquisition of convenience store group T&S Stores is set to change the face of neighbourhood retailing in the UK, as small scale, local stores take centre stage and grocery retailing is turned full circle. According to retail...
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Sainsbury to have January sale
Sainsbury is to cut prices on 500 lines across its estate on Boxing Day as it starts its first ever January sale.Reductions of between 10% to 30%, BOGOFS and special purchases will be available on a range of non–food items and some grocery...
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ACS fearful over Tesco acquisition
The Association of Convenience Stores chief executive David Rae has warned that the OFT’s sanctioning of Tesco’s acquisition of T&S stores would have a damaging impact on the convenience store sector.“This acquisition will mean Tesco will...
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Aldi introduces new collection system
Aldi’s Nord and Sud stores in Germany are to introduce a new system for the collection of mono-use drinks packaging from January. All those items liable to a 25c deposit will have a special label on them. In addition both companies...
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Budgens calls for fresh look into top-up shopping
Musgrave executive chairman Eoin McGettigan told GrocerToday that although the horse had already bolted in relation to Tesco and T&S, the onus was now on the OFT to instigate a market investigation into the top-up shopping market in the UK. ...
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OFT clears Tesco bid for T&S Stores
Tesco’s £377m takeover bid for the convenience store outlets such as Day & Nite and One Stop operated by T&S Stores has been given the green light by the Office of Fair Trading.Trade secretary Patricia Hewitt announced that the OFT would not...
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Asda wises up to the weather
Asda is using long range weather forecasting to help it plan the ordering and phasing of seasonal ranges into stores.The chain has teamed up with US firm Planalytics – which uses technology developed by the military – to predict weather...
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Asda own label director quits for petcare retail
Rod Addy Asda's European director of own label, Catriona Land, is leaving the multiple to become trading director of Pets At Home, the company which took over Petsmart a year ago. Land said she was moving on to take up the fresh challenge of...
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Sir Peter Davis,chief executive, Sainsbury
What were the biggest issues in the food and drink retailing sector over the past year? The key event has quite rightly been the debate about the future of farming. We welcomed the findings of the Policy Commission's report and hope this will...
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This is not fair competition refer it!
from Leo Gillen, MD, Nisa Gillens Supermarkets, Hartlepool Sir; I was concerned by Lucy Neville-Rolfe's bizarre Saturday Essay (December 7). Was it tongue-in-cheek or a serious attempt to defend Tesco's move into the convenience sector ? A...
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A fleeting chance for Safeway
Safeway's latest opening in Elvetham Heath, Fleet, illustrates the challenge facedby the number four grocer in finding profitable locations for its new stores.While the store looks set to perform adequately, its location in an area already awash...
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Asda rolls back the basket price yet again
Asda took our Grocer 33 shopping basket to a new low again this week, when its Spondon store checked out the full list for £35.69. The store's new record, beat the all-time low of £35.90 which Asda in Havant produced last month. Tesco took...
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World News - 14th December 2002
Lidl chance. German discount chain Aldi has a clear advantage in Europe over its rival Lidl both in terms of store numbers and store performance, according to IGD. In a report on the grocery discount market IGD said number two chain Lidl stood...
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Fair or fanciful trade?
Sean McAllister reveals complexities in the cocoa market that deter a major switch to Fairtrade After announcing that all its block chocolate has switched to Fairtrade, the Co-op is now calling on chocolate manufacturers to make at least one...
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Fair or fanciful trade?
After announcing that all its block chocolate has switched to Fairtrade, the Co-op is now calling on chocolate manufacturers to make at least one product in their range carry the Fairtrade mark. “I cannot see why that cannot be done,” says...
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OFT advises DTI on Tesco bid for T&S
The Office of Fair Trading has passed on its advice, regarding the acquisition of T&S stores by Tesco, to the Department of Trade and Industry.Secretary of state at the DTI Patricia Hewitt will now make a decision about the deal by December...
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Graves moves to exploit Tesco breathing space
Anne Bruce Costcutter plans to rebadge its estate in the "18 months' breathing space" before Tesco's Express format takes off, said chairman and chief executive Colin Graves. Speaking at Costcutter's annual supplier conference, he said the...
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Graves moves to exploit Tesco breathing space
Costcutter plans to rebadge its estate in the “18 months’ breathing space” before Tesco’s Express format takes off, said chairman and chief executive Colin Graves.Speaking at Costcutter’s annual supplier conference, he said the symbol chain...
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A recent survey has just pronounced my local town, Tetbury,
Supermarket proliferation is unbounded, tethered only by conscientious objectors. Once majestic on their awesome out of town sites, they have marched relentlessly deeper and deeper into our cities, towns, villages and now, with Tesco's recent...
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Grocery is very sexy, thank you!
from Stephen Lochhead, head of graduate recruitment and development, Asda Sir; re Simon Howard's Careers File article Up there with the Luvvies' (The Grocer, November 39, p58). He said there was an image problem with retail, the sector could...