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Suppliers replenish our basket
In the current depressed financial climate, The Grocer's basket of shares has taken an upward turn - we've made a whole £4m this month.Despite most of our companies recording a loss, gains by Somerfield, Associated British Foods, Dairy Crest,...
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New quartet shakes up brands
Morrisons has pulled further ahead of the other retailers in the chart this week and now stands six percentage points ahead of Tesco which has moved up to number two. Sainsbury has shown improvement, moving up from fifth place to number four...
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NEWS BY ANYONE'S STANDARDSÂ
from John Maxwell-Jones, Burgess Stores, Goudhurst, Kent Sir; I was interested to read two news items in the latest edition of The Grocer (August 31) Â Marks and Spencer actively switching to free range eggs for its prepared meals and the story...
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Multiples Look To More New Product Development
The major supermarkets believe that new products have stimulated the market and would like to see even more being done to reinvigorate the sector.Christopher Sellars, trading manager for yellow fats at Sainsbury, says: "The butter market will...
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Elevating the humble spud
A specialised web site has been designed to turn the humble spud into something of a hot potato. Waitrose has launched an educational web site to give its customers a greater insight into a vegetable that is often overlooked. John Foley,...
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ÂAnd where the rest fell down
Asda Date of shopping trip: 30.08.02 Time taken in store: 47 minsHulme Time of shopping trip: 12:25 Time taken at checkout: 7 mins ...
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ÂAnd where the rest fell down
Somerfield Date of shopping trip: 06.09.02 Time taken in store: 40 minsCardiff Time of shopping trip: 09.59 Time taken at checkout: 5 mins ...
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In love with milk...and vindicated at Droitwich
New business continues to flow in. In 12 months, the company has pulled off a coup by striking a supply deal with Sainsbury, the only multiple not on its books, and picked up a clutch of new contracts to supply the middle ground milk market through...
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A case of the blues...which means NPD, and hands on fun
But retailer behaviour is also crucial. Glanbia supplies to most of the major multiples in the UK, including Asda, Safeway, Somerfield, Kwik Save, Iceland, Sainsbury and Marks & Spencer. Development work at its groundbreaking Malpas Centre of Cheese...
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ÂAnd where the rest fell down
Waitrose Date of shopping trip: 25.10.02 Time taken in store: 45 minsMonmouth Time of shopping trip: 11.46 Time taken at checkout: 5 mins ...
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Londis cigs drop by 4p
Symbol group Londis has negotiated a 4p price cut on its own label cigarettes, making a pack of twenty 12p cheaper than the cheapest branded equivalent. The move follows the purchase of the cigarettes' German manufacturer, Reemtsma, by Imperial...
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Safeway to invest £3m
Elaine Watson Safeway is pumping £3m into its biggest ever own brand development programme. In order to boost its own label penetration from 31% to the market average of more than 40%, Safeway will "substantially increase" the size and...
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Tesco to double Scottish cheese levels
Tesco is preparing to increase its Scottish cheese orders by more than double the existing level. The retailer said it would be taking nearly 8,000 tonnes a year from McLelland of Glasgow, which will push the supplier's share of Tesco's UK...
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The multiples get stuck in
Availability is at the heart of Asda's vision for dairy. "We are generally 8-10% cheaper in dairy than our competitors," says Penny Coates, business unit director, chilled and prepared foods, at Asda. "We must make sure that there is as efficient...
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ÂAnd where the rest fell down
Tesco Date of shopping trip: 20.09.02 Time taken in store: 55 minsWhaley Bridge Time of shopping trip: 08.58 Time taken at checkout: ...
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Whitehead gets Italian job
Western Wines has appointed an Italian agency executive to develop its Italian range of wines which accounts for a quarter of the business. Claire Whitehead joins from Sainsbury where she was wine marketing manager from January 2000. "I am...
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Nectar prompts City scepticism
Sainsbury is believed to be gearing up for a September 16 launch of the Nectar loyalty card, developed with partners BP, Debenhams and Barclaycard. It will also be keeping up its BOGOF activity throughout the launch period and is expected to...
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M&S introduce new sportswear range
Marks and Spencer has unveiled its new range of sportswear that will be sold under the name View From in 125 of the retailers stores nationwide.M&S bought the brand from former Olympic athlete Brendan Foster in June. The product...
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When Asda chief executive officer Tony de Nunzio made batter
This shows that, no matter how great the above-the-line advertising, new product development and funky new packaging, when it comes to getting batteries into consumers' hands, work in store is vital. Yet replenishing the battery fixture is a...
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Sainsbury takes to the college campus
Congratulations to Sainsbury for its solution for parents worried that their offspring won't be eating properly when they attend college. The Sainsbury's to You online service offers parents the chance to have food delivered directly to their...