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Tesco falls to the Co-op after coming a cropper on spuds
The United Co-op's refurbished store at Wollaton in Nottingham had this week's cheapest basket at £40.05, beating off competition from Somerfield in Norfolk and Safeway in Glasgow. Our shopper found the busy Co-op clean and tidy, with smartly...
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n Iceland's boss says he knows what his customers want, and
Are they doing a deal or are they doing a deal? Iceland customers don't seem to think so and have turned their backs on the chain and its new EDLP strategy. Following last week's dismal trading statement, Iceland's been forced to restore its bogof...
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Turnover's rising at the Clarkes' Oxford Spar and is now up
However, Camelot is not Mike's favourite company at the moment because it took weeks to get point of sale material to the store. Indeed, the couple have only just received the Instants unit without which they were unable to sell the games. Says...
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Mimolette taking off
It's a new cheese on the UK scene but is rapidly carving a reputation for itself among lovers of sophisticated fare. Isigny-Sainte-Mère is the principal importer of mature Mimolette, launched in the UK a year ago and available in Sainsbury. It...
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Sainsbury slides while Asda climbs on the back of frozen mul
Morrisons remains at the top of the chart for the second week although Asda, in second place, has closed the gap between them quite dramatically and stands just two percentage points behind. Activity in Asda is most strongly focused on price...
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Newhill to rival SuperValu/Centra with construction of 15 Eu
A new division of Spar in the Irish Republic is planning a major expansion, with 15 EuroSpars (12,000-14,000 sq ft) to be built in the next five years. Newhill, which owns 117 Spar stores in the Dublin area, became part of BWG, which owns the Spar...
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Tesco ups ante with Finest
Tesco has extended its Finest brand into heath and beauty as it stretches the premium range better to rival Sainsbury's Taste the Difference. The first three Finest beauty products to go on sale were Silk Creme Bath, Smoothing Body Polish and...
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Keeping pace with the FTSE 100
Somerfield has proven surprisingly resilient as shares took another battering this month says Helen Gregory It's tempting to offload our shares as prices dip yet again this month, but we'll hang in there and hope, like most investors, that the...
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Isigny co-op aims to lead in premium dairy niche
Kit Davies Normandy France's Isigny-Sainte-Mère has declared its ambition to become the leading supplier in the premium dairy product niche in Britain. The Normandy co-operative has boosted its UK sales and marketing team to seven personnel in a...
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INK-JET RECYCLING AT TESCO
Tesco has set up a charity recycling scheme for inkjet printer cartridges following the success of its mobile phone recycling initiative. It is making freepost envelopes available at the checkout of all Tesco stores, except Tesco Express. It has...
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M&S goes for own organic accreditation
Marks and Spencer has introduced its own accreditation mark as it relaunches its organic ranges to appeal to aspirational shoppers of added value foods. Existing UK certification logos, like the Soil Association mark, have been banned from...
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Spar builds buying muscle
Spar has promoted two controllers to directors in its trading department. Chris Lewis is buying director with responsibility for proprietary brand licensed products, and Mark Keeley has become buying director for all other proprietary products. ...
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Keeping pace with the FTSE 100
Somerfield has proven surprisingly resilient as shares took another battering this month says Helen Gregory It's tempting to offload our shares as prices dip yet again this month, but we'll hang in there and hope, like most investors, that the...
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Asda making the space sweat in Walthamstow format
Asda will open its first food-only small store on Monday with a 17,000 sq ft outlet at Walthamstow, east London. The £4m store is the third in Asda's smaller store programme, key to the retailer's strategy given the difficulties of gaining planning...
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Tesco.com DELAYS PEAK DECISION
Tesco.com is delaying a decision on whether to introduce premium rate charges for peak time deliveries until mid-September. It had been expected to announce nationwide implementation of three-tier delivery charges this week following trials in...
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Unilever and William Reed Exhibitions have joined the Associ
Marks and Spencer has extended its home delivery facility to 28 stores in central London. Customers buying over £50 of food can have it delivered free with a £4 charge for smaller baskets. Sainsbury has opened its third railway station Local...
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Tesco plans Euro action
Branded goods manufacturers are on alert for further supermarket-led legal offensives on grey market trading after the High Court threw out Tesco and Costco's case against the Levi Strauss group this week. British Brands Group director John Noble...
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Asda gives fresh fuel to EDLP as it works for the best value
Siân Harrington Asda is ramping up its price Rollback strategy and de-ranging across all categories as it prepares a major push of its EDLP message to customers from next month. The multiple has been working with category captains and other...
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Fair' price as M&S finally sheds Kings
Marks and Spencer has finally exited the US market with the sale of its east coast supermarket chain, Kings, in a $160m (£101m) deal. The buyer, privately owned D'Agostino Supermarkets, stepped in with an offer for the 29-strong chain after...
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Mr Morrison regrets he's unable to pack any more
Tesco at Coatbridge, in Strathclyde, beat off competition from Asda, Morrisons and Safeway to claim this week's cheapest full basket at £37.09. The Tesco team north of the border clocked up full marks on their operational duties, and provided the...