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AWG closes Eurospar store and changes focus to convenience
Appleby Westward Group is to close one of the three Eurospar stores it opened last year and is considering closing another because both have failed to turn a profit. AWG Spar's wholesaler in the south-west of England said it will...
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Tesco’s fresh foods departures continue
Paul Thomas has become the latest Tesco senior executive to move on from the fresh foods category, having spent just eight months in the role. Thomas, currently senior buying manager for potatoes, is going into corporate purchasing,...
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NewsGrocer 33: Asda back with sub £60 basket
Asda offered the cheapest basket this week and the only one to come in under £60. It also had the greatest number of exclusively cheapest items (11) nine more than the nearest rivals. Five Rollback deals including Quality Street and the mushrooms...
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NewsGrocer 33: Full basket gives Tesco the edge
This week's winner is Tesco in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire. It was the only store to provide a full basket and there was no wait at the tills. Other big plusses were that it was well presented and the staff were able to inform our mystery shopper...
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Retail Prices: Asda deals up by 20% as it puts alcohol in the spotlight
It may have stopped selling booze below cost, but this hasn’t stopped Asda running a fifth of its August promotions in the BWS aisle, reports Elinor Zuke
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NewsMorrisons in new online and c-store experiment
Morrisons this week unveiled its biggest change in strategy since taking over Safeway in 2004 if not since 1958 when it moved from market stall to town-centre store. The retailer is set to enter the hotly contested convenience market...
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Waitrose introduces green meat packaging
Waitrose has introduced a new range of eco packaging that which will replace traditional meat trays.
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Morrisons moves into convenience and online
Morrisons has unveiled sweeping changes to its strategy with its first move into convenience and plans to sell groceries online. Unveiling the retailer’s half-year results Morrisons CEO Dalton Philips also revealed it was planning a significant space review in its stores, editing the existing range in order to create more space ...
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NewsOcado sales surge but share price slips again
Ocado has reported strong sales in its first trading statement since its stock market flotation.
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NewsPhilips to set out Morrisons masterplan
Dalton Philips will this week outline his vision of the future for Morrisons.
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Tesco to extend F&F brand into range of homeware products
The first details have emerged of Tesco's plans to extend its F&F fashion brand into homeware.The retailer has drawn up new logos for the range, which will have a good, better, best hierarchy under F&F Home Basics, F&F Home...
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Creamfields festival in Tesco trademark scrap
The organisers of the Creamfields dance music festival, which took place last weekend, are embroiled in a trademark dispute with Tesco over its use of the Creamfields brand for own-label dairy lines.It has emerged that Cream Holdings,...
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NewsPicture This... Cravendale in the pink
Cravendale is supporting Asda's Tickled Pink Breast Cancer Awareness campaign with the launch of limited-edition pink milk cartons. One-litre cartons of Cravendale skimmed milk will be sold in 200 Asda stores between 6 September and 1 November, and...
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Abseil-utely fabulous
CSR sometimes occupies a strange nether-realm between hippy-drippy hug-a-dolphin stuff and cold-blooded PR.Tesco's head of being nice and not ruining the environment, Josh Hardie, was living the CSR dream for real last week by plunging...
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NewsWine aisle revamp cuts Sainsbury's volume sold on deal
Sainsbury's has slashed the amount of wine it sells on promotion and boosted sales following a major wine aisle revamp, The Grocer can reveal.
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NewsTabasco range turns up heat in branded chilled pizza sector
Tabasco has unveiled its new chilled pizza line-up, its first range of branded products outside the hot sauce category. The three-strong Tabasco Spicy Pizza range is in Tesco now with an rsp of £3.99 the same price as the Pizza...
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NewsGrocer 33: Asda snatches back top spot
Despite being the only retailer to offer no price-based promotions, Morrisons reclaimed first place this week with a basket costing £2.04 less than its closest rival's. Its Malibu rum was by far the cheapest, at £10.67, helped by an ongoing...
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Grocer 33: Service at Asda proves a winner
Helpful staff and an efficient checkout service helped Asda in Parkhead clinch the award for best overall service this week despite it not having the best availability.
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Retail Prices: Tesco responds with cut as Asda sticks to booze pledge
The picture may be mixed, and confused by differing strategies on alcohol, but overall the big four are keeping the lid on inflation, says Ronan Hegarty
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NewsWill profits be cannibalised in Tesco’s race for space?
As Tesco pumps up the pipeline, leaving even Sainsbury’s in its wake, how close is the market to saturation? Adam Leyland and Michelle Perrett report