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The manager of the new Co-op in Enfield, North London is Siobhan Rooney. The store will be open early December. Chris Temperley, an ex Allied Domecq man, has joined the importers of Poland's biggest selling beer, EB Specjal Pils, as sales director....
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Peter and the wolves
You would never have guessed it from the PR man's doleful expression as he faced the tv cameras, but Sainsbury had something to smile about this week. How long is it since you could say that? For the decision to parachute the multiple's best known...
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Cheap headline prices for own label canned goods have been
In canned fruit, for example, both Asda and Tesco have seen 12% and 9% falls respectively in their year on year sales figures for own label canned fruit, despite continuous low retail prices on the value ranges. Del Monte, with an 18% share of the...
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the winners and losers
l Morrisons: In the seven weeks to January 9, sales 19.5% higher than the corresponding year. Like for likes up 15.1% l Tesco: In the seven weeks to January 8, total UK sales up 8.8%. Like for like sales up 5.5% with sales volumes up 4.5% l...
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Sainsbury's Supermarkets has signed a deal for a 10,000 sq f
Knutsford, the investment company headed by four entrepreneurs including former Asda boss Archie Norman, has made a £600m bid for private equity business Wassall. It is believed to be a staging post before Knutsford moves on to a retail takeover...
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Asda signs Open TV deal
Asda customers will be able to shop via their digital tv sets by the summer, says the multiple, following a partnership deal with British Interactive Broadcasting network Open. When the service is launched in June it will be available to all one...
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ETHICAL TRADING
CWS and Sainsbury sourcing first fruit Fair outlook for banana sales Fairtrade bananas became a new element in UK banana retailing for the first time this week with the news that CWS is selling fruit imported from Costa Rica and Ghana in 1,000...
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here's the team
The hullabaloo that surrounded news of the appointment of Sir Peter Davis masked the fact Sainsbury also rejigged its management. Most of the changes came in the supermarkets division as new md David Bremner sorted out his team. The decision to...
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City puts frighteners on talk of Tesco/M&S link
Tesco bosses have refused to deny a possible tie up with Marks & Spencer even after shareholders saw the value of the former's stocks plummet this week. The continued speculation saw M&S stocks climb as high as 332.5p in the early part of the week...
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Sainsbury's Supermarkets has signed a deal for a 10,000 sq f
Knutsford, the investment company headed by four entrepreneurs including former Asda boss Archie Norman, has made a £600m bid for private equity business Wassall. It is believed to be a staging post before Knutsford moves on to a retail takeover...
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No more Mr Nice Guy
That Dino Adriano is a nice guy is not in doubt. The problem as Safeway's Colin Smith found out last year is that being nice counts for nowt when your rivals are getting nastier by the day and your business is going south. Like Smith, Adriano...
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Here comes the sun
Investors are so used to receiving bad news from Sainsbury that when the group announced Sir Peter Davis was joining as chief executive its shares shot up 5% even though the announcement was accompanied by another profit warning. The City was...
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And this, Peter, is your mission
n There are lots of things we can do,' says Sir Peter. All will be revealed in May. A sell out is not on the cards, but a merger just might be. Julian Hunt reports on the Davis agenda The message from the Sainsbury's board to its ...
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Budgens signs Jet deal
Budgens has signed a deal with oil operator Conoco to open up food retail operations on 12 Jet forecourts. It expects to have 40 Jet sites open by the end of its financial year. The move is part of a general expansion after an encouraging set of...
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Charmouth Londis
Close to Lyme Regis, Dampier of Charmouth has been owned and run by the same family for three generations. Trading as Londis, the period property dates from 1850. The sales area extends to some 1,000 sq ft and there is also an office and storerooms....
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John Irish, a former Spar pioneer, is joining the board of t
After a year long search, Baxters has taken on Grahame Smith as sales director UK and Ireland. He joins from SmithKline Beecham Nutritional Healthcare. Goodlife Foods, frozen vegetarian food specialist, has appointed Nick Bianchi as sales director....
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Tesco gets tough in new GM rules
Tesco has broken ranks with the major supermarket groups by imposing a ban on crops grown in fields that have been host to genetically modified foods. It said the decision would not affect its current suppliers but will help them plan their future...
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Food from Britain makes McNair its chief executive
Exclusive Clive Beddall Former Allied Domecq and Sainsbury director David McNair is the new chief executive of Food from Britain. He joins the organisation next week and succeeds Patrick Davis, who leaves at the end of the month to become...
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DIY WITH BELL
Norman Bell, 41, has announced his resignation from Somerfield after nine years with the food chain. Bell oversaw the integration of the Kwik Save stores to Somerfield earlier this year but his most recent role was director of home shopping. He...