Channels news – Page 711
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NewsNew retailer reward program at Londis
New ‘Cool’ initiative doubles the standard discount on all fresh food purchases
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NewsHarris + Hoole founders step back from joint Tesco venture
The Tolley family will now be focusing on Taylor Street Baristas
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NewsBarney Kay succeeds Tom Hind as Tesco head of agriculture
Tesco has recruited Moy Park broiler general manager Barney Kay as its new head of agriculture
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NewsSainsbury's rolls out kids frozen meal range to 320 stores
“Kiddyum had an innovative product and well thought-out business plan,” said Sainsbury’s business unit director James Bailey
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NewsFormer employee's data theft trial costs Morrisons £2m
Morrisons has incurred costs of almost £2m as a result of the court case in which former employee Andrew Skelton stole personal data of nearly 100,000 employees.
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NewsBooker's Mark Aylwin takes over as Musgrave GB MD
Booker veteran Mark Aylwin has been appointed managing director of Musgrave Retail Partners GB to replace Peter Ridler.
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NewsHealth and beauty wholesaler Pricecheck joins Today's Group
Pricecheck, the Sheffield-based wholesaler of discounted clearance stock, has joined Today’s Group
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NewsAndrew Yaxley shakes up top team at Tesco Ireland
Yaxley, who had a reputation as a tough negotiator in his time running the UK sales team, was widely praised for his trials of new formats in London
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NewsConvenience shopping then and now: key stats from the Co-op report
The Co-operative Group has published a retrospective on convenience retailing over the past 50 years
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NewsMedia Bites 20 July: Seabrook Crisps, Iceland, Sainsbury’s
The takeover of Seabrooks Crisps, revealed by The Grocer on Thursday, has hit the papers this morning
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NewsMeat industry blasts retailers over listings of imported lamb
The UK meat industry has slammed retailers for continuing to stock imported lamb as UK farmgate prices crash.
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NewsAs John Dixon quits, is Steve Rowe now M&S CEO in waiting?
John Dixon’s resignation clears way for Steve Rowe in battle to succeed Marc Bolland as M&S CEO.
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NewsOcado adds 'spoke' at Heathrow to service South West London
Ocado has made further inroads in its quest to achieve operational efficiencies
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NewsMedia bites 16 July: CMA, Lidl, JD Wetherspoon
Supermarkets are misleading shoppers by running confusing promotions, Britain’s competition regulator has found.
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NewsAsda commits to UK lamb sourcing
The retailer said that from mid-July, it will guarantee that 100% of lamb loins, boned out leg joints, half legs and lamb on sale in its stores will be UK-sourced
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NewsTesco sets chicken suppliers 5% campylobacter target
Tesco is stepping up its efforts to fight campylobacter with a tough new contamination target for its fresh chicken suppliers.
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NewsLidl sales climb £700m to record £4bn as new HQ plans unveiled
Lidl has hiked its UK sales by £700m to a record £4bn for the 2014 financial year as more shoppers desert the mainstream grocers for the discounters
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NewsAldi signs NFU pledge on fair treatment of fruit & veg growers
Aldi has become the first UK retailer to sign up to the National Farmers’ Union’s fruit and veg pledge
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NewsGreggs helps extend Healthy High Streets programme to 34 new towns and cities
BITC said that, so far, £9m of support had been provided to high streets from founding members
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NewsSainsbury's wins Bristol Rovers court case
The supermarket had agreed to purchase Rovers’ stadium in 2011 and lease it to the football club while its new stadium was built, but pulled out