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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...
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Major online exchanges
GlobalNetXchange was set up in February by Sears and Carrefour in partnership with software vendor Oracle. Sainsbury joined as a junior partner, along with Metro of Germany, in March. Both Sainsbury and Metro are understood to have committed to...
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THE ROLL OF HONOUR
National Westminster Cup VJ Hares & Son (Supreme Champion) Reserve Wensleydale Dairy Products The HT Webb Trophy Westland Kaasspecialiteiten (Supreme Continental) Viskase Trophy (Supreme ...
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Name: Ian Connell
Position: General manager Company: Appleby Westward The job: With nearly 300 Spar stores west of a line drawn from Bristol to Southampton, the brief for Connell is to recruit new business. Over the last three years the wholesaler has added...
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Tesco caught up in Irish probe
Tesco has found itself at the centre of an Irish state probe into why a cap on superstore size was eased. The cap was imposed by environment minister Noel Dempsey two years ago, following a campaign by independent retailers' group RGDATA, public...
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Sentry set for sale
US supermarket chains Safeway and Albertson's are on the acquisition trail again, with Oklahoma based Fleming's 34 Sentry supermarkets a likely target. Fleming chairman Mark Hansen said a review of the "strategic alternatives" for Sentry and its...
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How to embarrass a Safeway squad
Safeway has admitted to a dirty tricks campaign orchestrated at area level against Asda's Admatch promotion as the supermarket price war hots up in Scotland. A source from Safeway in Bishopbriggs near Glasgow said: "Area management told us to...
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Share ware
Exchanges have the potential to achieve real breakthroughs in demand and supply side management says Spencer Marlow Many suppliers embraced the early private extranets of companies like Tesco and Wal-Mart and were looking forward to the promised...
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John Willie's set to become major player in bottled ale
Independent Manchester brewer JW Lees is making the most of its success last year in the Tesco Beer Challenge. Its John Willie's Manchester Champion Ale won the coveted prize of a 36 week exclusive national listing with the multiple. It is now...
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TESCO CHOOSES TWO SOUTH AFRICAN GROWERS
For the first time outside the UK, Tesco has awarded two South African fruit growers its Nature's Choice accreditation and expects to add a further eight similar quality suppliers of apples, grapes and pears to its list. They are the Montelth Trust...
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Internet shopping: C-stores sign up to M-box
Hi-tech delivery service M-box has announced retail partnerships with c-store groups representing 7,400 outlets. Signings include national groups Spar, Londis and Costcutter along with regional chains Jacksons, Bells, Morning Noon and Night,...
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Supplier relationships: Rivals hit out over JS gun jumping
Clive Beddall Major multiples have reacted with anger and astonishment to Sainsbury's decision to "jump the gun" and publish its own code of best trading practice in advance of an all industry version. None of the groups would be quoted by name...
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Wal-Mart not good news for fresh
Sir; Nice to see Asda opening another colossal store at Patchway in Bristol, though it's a pity we don't at the same time see a large increase in the quality of fresh produce, meat and bakery products displayed on its shelves. One could say the same...
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Retail spotlight: Patchworks
It's the first Asda Wal-Mart Supercentre in the UK and the Stars and Stripes are surprisingly low key as Elaine Watson discovers Patchway doesn't cater for the specialist end of the market, explains Mike Powlesland, head of the toy department at...
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Store technology: E-top-ups plugged in
The first terminals to accept the new breed of mobile phone electronic top-up swipe cards from Vodafone have entered service. A number of Spar, Londis and Alldays stores in East Anglia now offer a service crediting phones with airtime without...
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APPLES: Exceptional' Sonya arrives
M&S praises exclusive New Zealand variety Marks and Spencer is selling an exclusive New Zealand apple called Sonya for the first time. The variety was first discovered by the multiple in Otago region on South Island and was bred privately outside...
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Home shopping: Waitrose plans full net rollout
Exclusive John Wood A major internet home shopping launch will double Waitrose turnover within five years, according to managing director David Felwick. The retailer has set up a joint venture with LM Solutions, and the partners claim it will...
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Imperial cool moves at Tesco
Sir; Your Opinion column said it all. Tesco's campaign to save pounds and ounces must go down as one of the smartest stunts ever seen in British grocery. Their rivals must be livid for not thinking of it themselves. Tesco's founder the late Sir...
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Asda/Wal-Mart: Lorries strut their stuff on the sidewalk
Asda brought American parent company Wal-Mart's idea of "sidewalk sales" over to Britain's Asda car parks last week. Electrical items and health and beauty products were flogged from unmarked lorries in the first round of souped up car boot sales...