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NewsIceland adds over 40 multi-temp trailers to HGV fleet
The tri-axle trailers, which can carry a bigger payload than tandem axle ones, are the first to bear the branding of both Iceland and The Food Warehouse
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NewsSpar wholesaler sees Christmas sales soar
“Customers are making more shopping trips to convenience stores and this has boosted our performance”
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NewsInterim MD bags permanent role at Caterforce
Mullineux was appointed interim MD in September 2019
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NewsAsda opens consultation with staff over potential back office redundancies
Asda stressed that the proposals were not final and that it would look to find alternative roles for impacted colleagues
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NewsMen earning 6.5% more at Asda as pay gap declines
Asda said the pay gap was a reduction of 1.1% compared with 2018 and 10.8% lower than the national average
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NewsSouthern Co-op looks to tackle retail crime with £100k fund
Southern Co-op has recently invested more than £500,000 in tackling crime
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NewsMidcounties Co-op reports 3% hike in Christmas food sales
The member-owned society saw its busiest ever Christmas Eve
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NewsCity snapshot: Retail footfall slumps over Christmas
Footfall across UK retail destinations fell 2.5% over the Christmas period, with Black Friday and Boxing Day sales events failing to drive customers to the UK’s shops.
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NewsTakeaway.com emerges the winner in battle for Just Eat merger
Takeaway.com’s £5.9bn all-share offer was today accepted by 80.4% of Just Eat’s shareholders
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NewsAldi rolls out compostable carrier bags to all UK stores
The discounter said the compostable bags had proved more popular with customers than paper ones in a trial
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NewsChristmas trading: which listed supermarket won the golden quarter?
The City was preparing for the worst from this week’s raft of festive grocery trading updates, but supermarket shares largely held firm after a Christmas that left the big players bruised but not beaten
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NewsOne Stop gears up for accelerated growth in franchise
The Tesco-owned convenience business has hired former Bestway manager Bill Nelson to drive a major retailer recruitment push
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NewsAldi to complete removal of cartoon characters from cereal boxes
The discounter said today that the characters had already been removed from much of the range and would be gone from the rest by March
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NewsJamie Davison to steer Costcutter recruitment drive in new role
Davison has been at Costcutter for 26 years
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NewsTesco accused of ‘reverting to type’ with supplier tactics
Tesco has been involved in a series of settlement wrangles with suppliers in the run-up to the financial year end
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NewsTesco price cuts balanced by a raft of price increases
The Grocer has uncovered a long list of price hikes on ambient, chilled and frozen products
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NewsLidl scores highest Christmas sales surge with double digit growth
Overall sales for the four weeks to 29 December rose 11% year-on-year, higher than any other supermarket over the festive period - including main rival Aldi
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NewsAsda follows Lidl in removing cartoon characters from own-label cereals
Asda has become the second retailer to remove cartoon characters from its cereals
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NewsCity snapshot: Lidl outpaces rivals with festive sales up 11%
Lidl saw sales rise by a whopping 11% in the run up to Christmas, outpacing all other grocers - including Aldi
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NewsAsda to replace fresh meat & fish counters with ‘food for now’ offers
It plans to roll out at least 35 of the new formats by the end of the first quarter and 150 by the end of the year