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NewsSpar Ireland to roll out budget range in bid to halt sales drop
Spar Ireland plans to introduce a new budget range in more than 100 stores across the Republic next month in a bid to reverse declining sales. After a decade of growth during the Irish Celtic Tiger boom, Spar Ireland's sales fell almost...
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AWG: Spar to thank for sales growth
Wholesaler Appleby Westward Group has attributed its growing sales to the recruitment of better independent retailers to the Spar brand. The sales of Spar's wholesaler for the southwest of England increased by 6.4% to £136.1m in the year...
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NewsNisa members energised by Graves furore
he spat between Nisa-Today's and its largest member, Costcutter, has made the buying group stronger than ever, its members have claimed. Nisa-Today's this week held its annual retail conference in Portugal. Members said the group was more...
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NewsJohn Frieda launches first foam hair dye
John Frieda is making its hair dye debut with the UK's first permanent foam dye, which it claims is easier and faster to apply than existing formats. The range, which hits Tesco, Sainsbury's, Boots and Superdrug in mid-November and...
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Wall’s special bangers for Bonfire Night
Wall's is launching a special-edition sausage for Bonfire Night. Bonfire Bangers (rsp: £3 for a pack of 12) come in a smoky barbecue flavour and will go into Morrisons stores from 18 October, with Tesco to follow on 3 November.
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Loss-hit North Highland rebrands in Sainsbury’s
The company behind the premium Mey Selections brand has ditched the name in Sainsbury's after posting losses of nearly £200,000 last year.North Highland Products, which supplies beef and lamb for co-branded ready meals and products sold...
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Tarbert Finest seals Scottish Tesco listing
Scottish cooked meat specialist Browns Food Group has more than doubled distribution of its Tarbert Finest brand after securing listings in Tesco for five of its branded products. The range of meats will go into 80 Scottish Tesco stores...
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Walmart takes Asda training plan global
Walmart has adopted Asda's Store of Learning initiative and is to roll out the training scheme globally.The concept is being used in Walmart stores in Mexico and India and will spread to stores in China next year. Asda said its UK team...
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News‘No more skiving’: Walker poised for buyback of Iceland
Iceland boss Malcolm Walker joked this week he had been guilty of "skiving" after four years of stellar growth, but declared his eyes were firmly back on the prize with plans to buy back his business. Walker's admission came at the...
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Waitrose picks up puddings by Mosimann
A new range of chilled desserts by Anton Mosimann, the original celebrity chef, hits Waitrose and Ocado later this month. Made to Mosimann's recipes by organic food manufacturer What On Earth, the desserts come in four variants: his...
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NewsGrocer 33: Service - Service wins it again for Sainsbury's
Sainsbury’s in Stroud was this week’s clear winner. It offered the best availability as the only supermarket to offer a full basket. But what really impressed was the customer service: the assistant knew exactly where to fi nd the product our shopper was looking for and led her to it ...
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Sainsbury’s adds more fine wines to its range
Sainsbury's is almost doubling the size of its fine wine fixture and also launching 12 new Taste the Difference variants, claiming that premium own-label wine has "never been so popular". On the fine wine shelf, 15 new labels will roll...
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NewsTesco wins beef with Morrisons over Finest ad
Advertising authorities have sided with Tesco in a spat with Morrisons over a press ad for Finest beef.
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NewsOcado sets out plans for £210m Warwickshire depot
Ocado has set out details of its long-awaited second distribution centre.
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NewsAsda wants gamers to Buy, Play, Trade
Asda has added a new dimension to its entertainment arm by selling pre-owned video games in more than 230 stores.
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NewsAsda axes final salary pension scheme
Asda has axed its final salary pension scheme in a move that affects 3,800 managerial staff.
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NewsFresh & Easy ‘will be profitable in 2012/13’
Fresh & Easy, Tesco's US-based convenience chain, will no longer require a recovery in the US economy in order to make money, and will be profitable from 2012/13, CEO Sir Terry Leahy predicted this week.
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NewsGraves ‘reserves right’ to return to Nisa board
Costcutter chairman Colin Graves has backtracked on his shock resignation from the board of Nisa-Today's, as the convenience giant posted a 7.4% jump in full-year sales this week. Graves sensationally quit from the board of Nisa-Today's...
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NewsHigh Street Dreams sauce listed by Asda
Mr Singh's the chilli sauce of BBC1 High Street Dreams fame is now rolling out to Asda stores nationwide just five months after the show aired. The launch marks the 25-year-old brand's first listing with one of the big four and comes...
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Safe and sexy for 6p a pop
Good news for lovestruck bargain hunters this week with 99p Stores selling an 18-pack of condoms for less than a quid. Still, it’s not the sort of product where you’d want to gamble on quality. Figures this year showed the average cost of…