Channels news – Page 821
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NewsBooker opens second Family Shopper store
A second Family Shopper has opened its doors – in Netherton, Dudley.
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NewsTesco ditches Sherborne store as it pledges to listen to local views
Tesco’s UK boss Chris Bush today pledged the retailer would “work with anyone” to try to breathe new life into the high street, as it gave up on plans for a store in Sherborne.
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NewsDelia Smith returns to Waitrose with online cookery school
Delia Smith is returning to Waitrose to present her online cookery school on the company’s website.
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NewsIceland boss Walker marks 800th store with a swipe at Grimsey
Iceland boss Malcolm Walker has celebrated opening Iceland’s 800th store with a thinly veiled attack on former Iceland CEO Bill Grimsey.
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NewsCo-op strikes deal to supply frozen food to the military
British troops will be able to buy Co-op products in military bases for the first time following a new deal with NAAFI.
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NewsTesco horsemeat ad misled consumers, ASA rules
Tesco has been slapped down by the Advertising Standards Authority for one of the horsemeat apology ads it ran at the height of the scandal earlier this year.
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NewsTesco Finest gets a revamp: First look
Tesco has kicked off a revamp of its top-tier own-label Finest product range, The Grocer can exclusively reveal.
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NewsChains should fund high-street rescue with levy, Grimsey says
Supermarkets and other retail and leisure chains should fund a new one-off levy to help rescue the high street, according to the author of a new report.
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NewsTesco gets go-ahead for Didcot dark store
Tesco has won planning permission to build a 120,000 sq ft dark store in Milton Hill, near Didcot…
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NewsClick & collect used by just 3% of grocery shoppers
Click & collect still has a long way to go before it is more than a niche, according to a study by IGD…
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NewsFrom M&S to milkshakes: Mr Sherick's
Andrew Sherick is hoping his years of experience working for M&S will help him launch his luxury milkshakes…
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NewsBooker adds 100 Premiers to portfolio
Booker’s Premier fascia has recruited more than 100 new retailers in the first quarter of the new financial year…
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NewsHovis loses lines as Tesco Express prefers Kingsmill and Burgen
Tesco is shaking up the bread fixture in its Express c-stores – spelling more bad news for Hovis…
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NewsSainsbury’s opens new c-store on historic Croydon site
Sainsbury’s has reopened a store in Croydon that has an illustrious history - it was the retailer’s first store outside of London, and was a pioneering self-service outlet in the 1950s…
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NewsAsda own-label beer proves big in Japan
An Asda own-label ale has become the second-best selling beer in a Japanese supermarket chain.
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NewsCo-op Group loses £559m as banking woes bite
The Co-operative Group’s food business has reported a 1.1% fall in half-year like-for-like food sales, but banking woes hit the society hard.
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NewsSainsbury’s grows market share as rest of big four contract
Sainsbury’s was the only supermarket among the big four to increase its market share in the past 12 weeks, according to the latest supermarket share data from Kantar Worldpanel.
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NewsMorrisons and Ocado offer cashback to Halifax customers
Halifax customers will start receiving cashback on their Morrisons and Ocado shops from September.
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NewsWaitrose launches sweetcorn in husks for BBQs
Waitrose is offering a net of six sweetcorn cobs still in their husks to encourage consumers to cook them on the barbecue…
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NewsDavid McKnight named Tesco group sourcing director
Tesco has appointed David McKnight as group sourcing director for grocery as part of a reshuffle in the food buying team…