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Loyalty cards: Safeway will suffer says JS marketer
Sainsbury has held high level discussions about whether to drop its Reward Card scheme, we can reveal. The chain's new marketing director, Sara Weller, admitted it had done a "full and proper review" of its loyalty scheme in the 18 months before...
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Advertising: Tesco and Iceland hit out at ASA rulings on lea
The Advertising Standards Authority has come under attack for its decision to censure Iceland and Tesco. Tesco has condemned the watchdog's ruling it misled consumers with a leaflet extolling the purity, low cost and taste of organic foods. While...
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Staff development
How Asda is using diversity to gain a long term business advantage The European Parliament debate of May 18 took a vote to amend heavily proposals by the Commission to tighten up European legislation on racial discrimination, particularly in...
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C-stores: Spar boosts its profile as a convenience store
Spar UK is strengthening its position as a convenience retailer with a burst of marketing development focusing on added value foods, news and magazines, plus mobile phone and banking services. Marketing director Neil Henry said the time of having a...
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Mason steps up in Asda moves
Wal-Mart's reshuffle of top executives at Asda this week sees retail director Paul Mason step up to become chief operating officer. He takes over day-to-day control of Asda from Allan Leighton (see page 60). Tony Campbell broadens his...
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Republic of Ireland: Killarney the stage for battle as Lidl
Lidl's first store in the Irish Republic is now under construction and set to challenge the market's big two Tesco and Dunnes when it opens in September. The 1,230 sq m outlet is on a greenfield site on the outskirts of Killarney, the leading...
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Spar en route to Coventry
The Spar store 2,200 sq ft sales area, takings average £14,000 a week in Hay Mills is located in a densely populated area on the A45 Coventry Road, one of the busiest routes into Birmingham City Centre. One bedroom living accommodation is...
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Waitrose extension on track
Waitrose is on target to reopen the 11 Somerfield stores it bought in January by the end of July. The multiple is currently refurbishing three stores at Sudbury, Paddock Wood and Hythe and they are scheduled to reopen on May 24, 31 and June 1...
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The Grocer Focus on Northern Ireland: Retailers
We've done good say the multiples Shoppers are voting with their feet and converting to supermarkets in droves, according to the three major multiples that dictate the scene in Northern Ireland Tesco, Sainsbury and Safeway. Tesco seems to have...
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Bradford HQ for Morrisons
Morrisons is spending millions on a new head office to be built near its Bradford roots. The company currently spreads its head office staff amongst two sites in the city and at its Wakefield distribution centre. Morrisons would not reveal how...
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Better accessories' for Safeway
Exclusive Julian Hunt Safeway is to dramatically increase the range of services offered in its superstores. The company's chief executive, Carlos Criado-Perez, said: "In our superstores we will be looking at accessory businesses' that are very...
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Discounting: Lidl opens in Belfast
German discounter Lidl is pressing ahead with its expansion in Northern Ireland. A new store has opened on Shore Road in Belfast and the chain has applied for planning permission to build a £1m outlet in Ballysillan, north Belfast, and another in...
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IGD Grocery Retailing 2000: Multiples set to go down high ri
The multiples will take bigger risks to boost sales over the next five years as market growth continues to slow down, according to an influential study. IGD's Grocery Retailing 2000 report predicts Tesco, Asda, Sainsbury and Safeway will account...
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Spain: Spanish cherry imports boost
Redbridge and Valle del Jerte co-op forge new link A new marketing agreement which is expected to boost imports of stalkless Spanish Picota cherries has been signed between Agrupacion de Co-operatives, Valle del Jerte, one of the region's largest...
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Staff development: Experience of all levels of the chain
Management Development Services was set up by a group of farmers with the aim of increasing management skills for young people in the food industry. After completing a two year graduate traineeship run by MDS, Jenny Wood got a job at Asda, the...
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talking point: Freshening up Safeway
How does Carlos Criado-Perez plan to revitalise Safeway? The chief executive agreed to take questions exclusively from Julian Hunt You have been making plenty of changes since taking charge at Safeway, what's been the main challenge? I think...
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IT Systems: Asda Wal-Mart intranet installation due by Octob
Asda expects to complete the installation of Wal-Mart's Retail Link intranet information system in its UK stores by October this year well ahead of schedule. New systems have gone live in a number of stores across the country in the past few...
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Newstrade: NFRN sounds alarm at Tesco/WH Smith link up
Retailers and publishers have warned that the proposed exclusive magazine supply deal between Tesco and WH Smith News must not be allowed to destroy the viability of smaller outlets. The supermarket plans to have national distribution arrangements...
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AW thinks business building
Spar wholesaler Appleby Westward has bolstered its business development teams for the south and west. Martin Hall has been appointed business development manager for the west region. Hall is to be joined by business advisors Nick Kenworthy and Rob...
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Milk: Big spend backs a whole new You
Sainsbury's rebranded home shopping service is just the first in a series of "building blocks" the company will lay in the next few months to boost its e-commerce activity. The development of Sainsbury's to You, launched last week, took part of the...