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A mixed picture
Sir; I would like to agree with the verdict of your "disappointed" mystery shopper who visited the first Asda Wal-Mart supercentre in Bristol (The Grocer, August 5, p4). I popped into the store on my way back home two weeks ago after a holiday in...
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TESCO IRISH CHARGE GOES UP
Tesco Ireland is to put a new delivery charge of I£1.50 on home deliveries. This is to be run on a trial basis in six of its stores. Until now, free delivery was offered with a minimum purchase of I£25. However the service was confined to those...
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Only way to survive in the future?
Sir; re Budgens opening its first Budgens Local fascia store. At first I thought the idea of small store retailers jumping into bed with their supermarket rivals was one of the most stupid ideas I have ever heard. I mean, who would want to be a...
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Prizes: Doing the Calypso
A Spar retailer from Cheswardine, Shropshire has become the first Grocer Club member to scoop two major prizes. Last October, Jane Moore won a LDV Cub van and now is the proud owner of a chiller cabinet courtesy of Calypso Soft Drinks. Calypso ...
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Tesco speeds up in Taiwan
Tesco will open its first store in Taiwan six months earlier than originally planned, following the acquisition of a retail outlet in the country's largest shopping mall. The store was purchased from Dutch group Makro Asia, which is shifting its...
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The student pound: Degrees of spending
How they shop Helen Simm, 19, is a drama student at Middlesex University. She lives in self catering halls and shops at Sainsbury or Kwik Save. "There are 24 of us competing for freezer space, so storage is a problem. I buy fresh vegetables and...
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Supermarket c-stores: Budgens plans 50 Local stores in next
The new Budgens Local fascia was launched officially this week at a former Alldays store in Aylesbury. The latest Budgens format and supply deal is aimed at independent retailers with stores over 1,500 sq ft. (The Grocer, July 8). Norman Kears,...
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Sunday trading: Safeway denies Sunday lobbying
Independent retailers have again been warned that Sunday trading restrictions are under threat after it emerged Safeway held talks with the Home Office about relaxing the regulations on Christmas Eve this year. Federation of Wholesale Distributors...
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The odd couple: Booker and Iceland begin talks with supplier
Cherrypicking the best for both' Suppliers remain sceptical about Iceland's chances of securing the £50m synergy benefits outlined at the time of its merger with Booker. The newly enlarged group plans to meet its major suppliers over the next...
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Asda's pig in a poke
A clumsy PR stunt by Asda was the last thing Britain's beleaguered pig industry needed this week. By threatening to withdraw nine lines of Belgian pâté in the wake of an EU ban on live pig exports, the multiple ran the risk of trivialising an issue...
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Scanning technology: Safeway tests new Shop & Go
Secret trials of a revamped self-scanning system and new customer service card have begun at Safeway stores in Maldon and Bath. The new system is an upgrade of Shop & Go, which is in 180 of its stores. Next week the trial rolls out to Reigate ...
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Symbol groups: Spar seeking new fast food partner
Spar UK has split up with its catering partner on its flagship Food to go initiative, and is planning to announce a new supplier at its annual conference in Orlando. In 1998, Spar unveiled a deal with The Compass Group, a multinational foodservice...
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Waitrose@work: Big brand sites link
Waitrose's shopping-from-the-office arm Waitrose@work has signed up big brands BP Amoco, Walkers Snack Foods, Heinz and Sara Lee. The new partners will advertise waitrose@work on their intranet sites as a timesaving employee benefit. The Waitrose...
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News analysis: newstrade distribution
Bagging the mags Will the Tesco/WH Smith distribution deal prove bad news for many small retailers? John Wood reports This week the row over Tesco's national deal for magazine supplies intensified when the Newspaper Publishers' Association...
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Retail spotlight: We do it better
A Somerfield transformed into a Waitrose has seen a sharp upturn in its fortunes. Gillian Law went to see it Waitrose opened the first of its refurbished Somerfield stores in Sudbury in May. Manager Jim Woolf claims more shoppers now visit the...
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Two more Somerfield chiefs go
The plummeting fortunes of Somerfield's Kwik Save arm have claimed two more board room victims. Simon Hughes, who only took over as md of Kwik Save in April, and the group's high profile buying and supply chain director Ed Connolly both left the...
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How rewarding is the loyalty card?
What value do loyalty cards have for retailers? Do they really generate loyalty? Why do chains retain them when Asda, Morrisons and now Safeway do quite happily without? Sarah Dowding reports on the pros and cons of those bits of plastic The debate...
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Despatches: A gorilla scares Oz
The arrival of Aldi means Australia's big three are no longer going to have it all their own way. Barry Flanagan reports Around Easter last year, recruitment ads started to appear in Sydney newspapers for managers to join one of the world's leading...
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Niche markets: Multicoloured choice at M&S
We are all looking for the next blockbuster after calabrese' Traditional English vegetables are being given a new look by Marks and Spencer through its Discoveries range. Purple cauliflower and bright green Romanesque with an almost crystalline...
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Supermarkets: Is Safeway now slowing down?
Safeway's strong sales performance is starting to show signs of slowdown, according to a top analyst. Reporting on the latest Superpanel data from Taylor Nelson Sofres, David McCarthy of Schroder Salomon Smith Barney says Safeway's market share...