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Training: Aberness shows how to make gains
Investing in training has proved to be a recipe for success for Aberness Foods winner of this year's John Sainsbury 1990 Award at the IGD Food Industry Awards. The Mace wholesaler for Scotland beat off stiff competition from Sainsbury, Princes...
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Carter says farewell to Welcome to drive Co-op loyalty schem
CWS has promoted Ged Carter to general manager, retail marketing. Carter, previously head of brand management, convenience stores, will be responsible for advertising and promotions and marketing development, which includes the Co-op Dividend...
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Multiples: Sainsbury's squares up to Spar with first Local o
Sainsbury is to take on Spar's flagship store in Wylde Green, Birmingham, with the opening of its first Local outside the M25 corridor. The new Local, which is due to open next February, will be in the same precinct as the Blakemore owned Spar....
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Floods: After that deluge praise for public spirited super
Supermarkets have been praised for their help for communities in East Sussex devastated by the recent floods. A Somerfield store in Uckfield and a Safeway store in Lewes will have to be completely refitted after they were flooded with sewage...
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Asda: RPM court battle gets under way
Asda has started its court battle to abolish Resale Price Maintenance for Over The Counter medicines at the Restrictive Practices Court. The hearing is expected to last 30 days with a decision likely later this year. "Even the Director General of...
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Retail spotlight: Tesco in Budapest
Eastward Ho! East meets West in the brands that can be found on Tesco shelves in Budapest, and the locals love it. Clive Beddall reports from the Hungarian capital The scene's familiar, but the location is not. It's 11am on a crisp autumn...
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The Grocer guide to careers: How to get a job in retail, Tes
Power and people Tesco prides itself on the dynamism that has made it into Britain's top supermarket chain. In a little over 70 years it has grown from a single shop in Edgware to become the largest food retailer in the country with nearly 600...
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Maloney takes reins of day-to-day operations at Budgens
Vince Maloney is to take over as stores director at Budgens following the promotion of Peter Ellis to the PLC board. After joining Budgens in 1997 when the Neighbourhood Stores business was acquired, Maloney was appointed a senior controller within...
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Safeway: High:low is pushed on
Safeway is extending its aggressive high:low pricing programme to include non food lines. And it has also started the build up to Christmas by featuring seasonal products in its promotional leaflets. Seasonal confectionery brands currently on...
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The Grocer guide to careers: What it's like
The art of getting noticed Let's face it, not many graduates leave university with a burning desire to start selling custard creams to a sceptical buyer at Tesco. It just doesn't appear quite as sexy as selling media space or working at the cutting...
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Symbol groups: Costcutter finds ally for Ireland drive
Costcutter has signed up a new franchise partner for Southern Ireland in a bid to fast track its store count in the Republic. Costcutter entered Southern Ireland in February 1998 but to date there are only 24 stores operating under the fascia. The...
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The Grocer 33: Blisteringly hot weekend brings boost to bangers as the barbecue comes out
Blisteringly hot weekend brings boost to bangers as the barbecue comes out. A sizzling hot weekend meant a rush on sausages for the barbie this week. Sainsbury at Marsh Mills, Plymouth, had run out of them, while the only Asda ones on offer were...
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The Grocer focus on alcoholic drinks: CHEESMAN'S HEROES
Branded wines used to struggle to get on to Sainsbury's shelves, but now they are there in force and appear destined for a great future Christmas is looking good, and Sainsbury's wine director Allan Cheesman intends to make sure it is a very merry...
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Symbol groups: Spar flexes MRG muscle
Spar has already negotiated "significantly better" day to day trading terms with top suppliers including Coke, Interbrew and Bass through its new buying consortium Multiple Retail Group, claims Keith Webb, proprietary trading director at Spar....
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Wind turbine power for JS
A Sainsbury distribution depot in East Kilbride is to use a wind turbine to generate up to 40% of its energy needs. The trial is part of the multiple's investigation into making renewable energy a bigger proportion of its electricity source. Its...
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DUBLIN CENTRE STORE FOR LIDL
German discounter Lidl is to add a new competitive twist to the sector with its first Dublin city centre store. It is to become the anchor tenant in a new shopping mall planned for Moore Street, just a few hundred yards from the Dublin outlet...
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Internet retailing: Refreshed Tesco woos online shoppers
Exclusive Anne Bruce Tesco.com is preparing to revamp its home shopping website and introduce two major initiatives. Carolyn Bradley, chief operating officer, says the company is already trialing a new e-Clubcard scheme and is developing a store...
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Management: Change is easy for companies that can accept mis
Organisations must be prepared to abandon traditional ways of managing people if they are to prosper in the new business age, according to Terry Leahy, chief executive of Tesco. "The nature of modern society and modern competition as industries...
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Promotions: Tesco's Record Breakers!
Tesco is trying to galvanise its sales through a new staff initiative dubbed Record Breakers. The scheme revolves around a three-month promotion on 12 different products and categories. A bonus scheme encourages store staff to drive sales of the...
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Lang's Beef
After lonely years criticising supermarkets, I'm bemused these days to swim with the tide. It is fashionable to knock stores for ripping off Britain. The middle classes, who years ago valued houses by proximity to Sainsbury, now grumble about...