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Wal-Mart power has delivered unheard of prices in non-food'
Clive Beddall, Bentonville, Arkansas Wal-Mart's financial muscle is enabling Asda to offer UK consumers unbeatable bargains on non foods, chief operating officer Tony DeNunzio told international colleagues at the shareholders convention on...
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THE BEST approach
n They don't have to be tastier. Profitable premium products pull for other, subtler reasons. Steve Hemsley analyses their potential Whether it's Tesco's traditional Scottish smoked salmon, Safeway's roasted red pepper and goats cheese tartlets, or...
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JS opens up a revolutionary showcase
Sainsbury is "pushing back the boundaries on elements of convenience" at its new store in Hazel Grove, Manchester, which opened this week. Assistant managing director Sara Weller said: "This store is another strand of Sainsbury's focus on...
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Ethnic ready meals, a major sector within ethnic, is worth £
In terms of retailers, Sainsbury has outperformed the market and now represents 27% of market spend. Growth is partly due to its ranging of Thai foods. Ethnic meal accompaniments are also performing well. Within accompaniments naan bread is now...
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Sainsbury's trendy new store in Hazel Grove, Manchester offe
Hello. I hear you offer personal shopping. How soon can you squeeze me in? Wait a moment, I will just call an ambassador for you. (Offline) The sellotape's gone missing, everything's gone missing. Ambassador: "You can come in today, will you...
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Ads to underline international clout
Spar International is launching its first cross-border advertising campaign spanning 12 countries in the autumn. Speaking at the 47th annual Spar Congress in Athens, Spar International md Gordon Campbell said the project was of "enormous strategic...
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Tesco and Safeway take up Tia Lusso
New cream liqueur Tia Lusso is off to a flying start, according to brand owner Allied Domecq. The brand was unveiled at the end of April and is already on Tesco and Safeway shelves. Marketing director Cathryn Sleight said it was now rolling out...
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Name: Alan Godfrey
Position: General manager, food Company: Leeds Co-op The job: Godfrey will be responsible for managing Leeds Co-operative Society's food business in its network of convenience stores throughout the Leeds area. Leeds ...
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The Co-operative Group
Chilled category product manager Sarah Lewis says chilled ethnic ready meals are growing at 214% year-on-year within the group. "This figure excludes our new meals solution range of 14 curries, 11 oriental meals, plus separate rice and vegetable...
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Star turn for Tesco store as The Grocer 33 gains pluses
The Tesco store in Newton Abbot, Devon, managed by John Parker has been named as this week's star performing supermarket outlet in our Storewatch survey. Storewatch is one of the new features we have added to the well established Grocer 33...
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Nectar partnership gets cool response from City
Anne Bruce Sainsbury is to withdraw eight million Reward Cards from September as it phases in its new collaborative loyalty scheme. The announcement of the Nectar scheme for shoppers at Debenhams, BP and Sainsbury and Barclaycard holders follows...
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JS must bring back family shoppers'
The City is still not convinced Sainsbury's long-term strategy will deliver, despite it reporting its best performance in over a decade after a year of restructuring. One analyst said: "The numbers were slightly ahead of expectations, but the...
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independents
Butchers feel a turning of the corner may be in the air Independent butchers have welcomed a 1% increase in the household purchase market by this sector, although this has most probably come from the Co-ops and "others" sector rather than the...
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Asda retains unbroken record for best value
Sheila Eggleston Asda has trounced its rivals to become the best value supermarket chain for the fifth consecutive year, according to The Grocer 33 shopping basket survey. The company checked in 26 of the cheapest full baskets between June 2001...
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TURBULENT YEARS
When we launched The Grocer 33 shopping survey in 1997, we promised to track trends, price variations and availability across the regions. One of the first chains to spot its promotional potential was Morrisons which used it in a campaign to tell...
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Iceland turns away from bogofs to embrace an EDLP philosophy
Elaine Watson Iceland is embarking on a major rethink of its pricing strategy to reduce its dependence on bogofs and margin eroding megadeals, revealed Big Food Group boss Bill Grimsey. The new strategy, already being tested in some categories such...
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Asda is creating 1,250 warehouse and driver jobs and buildin
Marks & Spencer has paid out £60m in bonuses to staff. Chief executive Luc Vandevelde picked up £1.4m for meeting the company's "stretching financial targets". Irish ingredients and consumer foods giant Kerry Group said it was on track to deliver...
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Sainsbury is a sponsor of the England World Cup squad, and i
Hello. I'm just back from a trip to my local Sainsbury and it is heaving with adverts for the World Cup. What on earth is going on? Sainsbury is very proud indeed to be the main sponsor of the World Cup team. We are promoting it heavily in store...
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Naafi supply deal gives Tesco entry to Germany
Elaine Watson Tesco has gained a foothold in the German market through a supply deal with Naafi, the armed forces retailer. Tesco started shipping own label goods to the nine large Naafi Max stores in Germany last month, revealed Naafi operations...
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Stars invests £17m in a revamp
EXCLUSIVE John Wood A £17m revamp of the Stars News Shops business is under way with three new store formats, a new supply deal, an acquisitions drive and new EPoS system. Former United Co-op head of marketing Paul Siviter was brought in as md of...