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NewsSt Mungo beer from Glasgow exclusively hits 200 Waitroses
Glasgow-based St Mungo lager is set to hit the big time following a new listings deal with Waitrose and a £6.5m manufacturing investment to expand into the off-trade. Produced by the West brewery, St Mungo (rsp: £1.69 per bottle) has been...
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Retail Prices: Sainsbury’s takes the lead in price cuts to chilled food
The latest Grocer Price Index reveals Sainsbury’s cutting prices in many categories, and the biggest fall in alcohol since the World Cup, says Julia Glotz
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Tesco ups its Race for Life involvement
Tesco plans to increase its support for charity event Race for Life, with it being renamed Tesco and Cancer Research UK's Race for Life from next year.
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NewsSainsbury’s shrugs off big freeze for Super Wednesday store openings
Sainsbury’s shrugged off the snow and ice yesterday to add more retail space in a single day than any other day this year.
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NewsVimto maker Nichols adds non-exec Longworth
Soft drinks group Nichols has named former Asda and Tesco board member John Longworth as a non-executive director.
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NewsTesco adds seven ranges to ethnic line-up
Tesco has dramatically beefed up its ethnic food offering with the launch of seven new ranges.
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Gross profits up but Tout slides into red
Budgens retailer and forecourt operator Tout has fallen into the red.The south west of England-based retailer reported a loss of £155,770 in the year to 31 March against profits of £58,801 the year before, accounts posted at Companies...
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NewsIt’s not quite selling ice to eskimos, but crushed ice anyone?
The UK's biggest ice cube supplier is introducing crushed ice for the first time to a supermarket as interest in cocktails continues to grow. The Ice Company teamed up with Tesco and Bacardi in June to bring the first bag of...
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Sainsbury’s stocks up on Lingham’s
Opies has added Sainsbury's to the growing list of retailers stocking its Lingham's Chilli Sauce.The company put the brand's popularity down to the use of fresh ingredients, which helped make it stand out from most rivals, said MD...
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Etherington to take over from Phil Smith as chairman of FWD
Palmer & Harvey chief executive Chris Etherington has been named as the new chairman of the Federation of Wholesale Distributors following the departure of Phil Smith as MD of Musgrave Retail Partners GB last week.Etherington joined...
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William Smith heads Netto-to-Asda team
Netto has appointed William Smith as UK MD following the resignation of Charles Kay earlier this month.Smith will head up the Netto integration team overseeing the transition to Asda following the sale of its 194 UK stores for £778m in...
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NewsMusgrave GB gets safe pair of hands in symbol shake-up
As Spar begins the search for a new MD, Musgrave GB already has one in Donal Horgan. Why has he been parachuted in, asks Beth Phillips
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NewsA people person: The Grocer meets Sainsbury's Gwyn Burr
Last year The Grocer named Sainsbury’s Gwyn Burr one of grocery’s most influential women. Now she’s in a new role, shaping everything from staff training to sponsorship, as she tells Beth Phillips
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NewsKenco takes on rival with premium sachet
Kenco is locking horns with Starbucks with the launch of its own range of premium instant coffee sachets.
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NewsTyrrells joins ranks of ridged posh crisps
Tyrrells is the latest posh crisp maker to launch a range of ridged potato chips, following the roll-out of Kettle Ridge Chips in July. The Furrows range from Tyrrells is available in Waitrose and Booths stores now in sea salted, sea...
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NewsTesco halts the milk wars with 24% hike
The milk price war is offically over for the time being at least as Tesco raised the price of a four-pint bottle of standard milk to £1.55 this week.
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Sainsbury’s to open six new food colleges
Sainsbury’s is to open six new food colleges across the UK.
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Co-op Group targets 20 million for card scheme
The Co-operative Group is planning a major membership drive next year in a bid to sign up 20 million people to the profit-sharing scheme by 2020. And the society, while extolling the benefits of the scheme which currently has six million…
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Tesco’s Nadine experiment fails to hit Top 40
Girls Aloud singer Nadine Coyle's debut solo album, Insatiable, failed to make the Top 40 after being exclusively sold by Tesco. The record limped to number 47 in the album charts on 14 November after selling just 5,000 copies in its...
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Irish economic crisis tempts Iceland back after a five-year gap
Iceland is set to become a major player in the Irish grocery market once again, five years after a shock withdrawal that gave staff just 24 hours' notice before its outlets in the Republic were closed down. The return has been...