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NewsLord MacLaurin: 'I told Leahy Fresh & Easy was nuts'
Lord MacLaurin warned Sir Terry Leahy that he was “nuts” to launch the retailer’s ill-fated US venture Fresh & Easy…
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NewsNew Morrisons CIO Daniel Beecham to start in January
Morrisons has confirmed the appointment of Daniel Beecham as its new chief information officer.
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NewsHeron Foods profits take a hit in 2012 as it absorbs Cooltrader
Heron Foods has reported a 40.5% drop in pre-tax profits to £4.8m for the financial year ending 29 December 2012.
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NewsWaitrose to age beef for longer, Leerdammer back on TV
Waitrose has launched a new range of dry-aged premium Hereford beef…
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NewsAsda profits rise in 2012 as like-for-like sales inch up
Asda has announced a pre-tax profits rise of 0.8% to £774.3m for the year ending December 31 2012, compared with £767.8m the year before.
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NewsTesco confirms joint venture with CRE in China
Tesco confirmed today it is entering a joint venture with China Resource Enterprise (CRE), which will see its Chinese stores combined with CRE’s Vanguard business.
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NewsTesco results: Progress in UK, but international picture worries
Progress on the home front, though slow, only partially offsets analysts’ concerns over Tesco’s international ventures.
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NewsTesco hits the accelerator on store revamps as sales drop
Tesco chief executive Philip Clarke has declared 2014 will be “the year of the hypermarket” as he revealed the retailer was planning a massive rollout of the pilots trialled in areas such as Watford.
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NewsToday’s Group adds nine on-trade wholesalers to buying group
Nine on-trade wholesalers have joined Today’s Group, which now boasts on-trade members with a total volume worth £450m.
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NewsSainsbury’s sales powered by own-label and convenience
Strong growth in own-label, convenience and online has helped Sainsbury’s record like-for-like sales growth of 1.4%, excluding fuel, for the first half of the year.
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NewsSainsbury’s to sponsor Sport Relief Games
Sainsbury’s has been named sponsor of the first Sport Relief Games, which will take place in March next year,
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NewsAsda launches three-month delivery pass with special offer
Asda has cut the cost of online home delivery with a new £15 pass covering three months’ worth of deliveries.
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NewsWaitrose ramps up 10% off deal for myWaitrose card holders
Waitrose has taken aim at Tesco in a new campaign to promote an extension of its 10% off deals for myWaitrose cardholders.
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NewsPoundland boss on flotation talk: It’s a natural output of success
Poundland CEO Jim McCarthy has described a flotation as “a natural output of success” as speculation continues to build that the discounter is to launch an initial public offering (IPO) for next year.
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NewsSainsbury’s online sales break the £1bn barrier
Online grocery sales at Sainsbury’s have broken the £1bn barrier.
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NewsSainsbury's choir enters BBC2's Sing While You Work
A choir made up of Sainsbury’s workers will feature on the second series of BBC2’s Sing While You Work…
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NewsMorrisons shifts ordering system from paper to tablet
Morrisons has completed the rollout of tablet order pads to staff.
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NewsTesco seeks 100 computer programmers for new technology hothouse
Tesco CEO Philip Clarke introduced the retailer’s new £119 computer tablet Hudl this week…
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NewsAldi's sales leap as a million more customers enter its stores
Aldi added more than £1bn to its sales and attracted a million more shoppers to its stores in 2012, according to the discounter’s latest full-year results.
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NewsClydebank Co-op and KeyStore joint c-store opens for business
A jointly branded KeyStore and Clydebank Co-operative Society c-store has opened in Glasgow’s West End…