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Asda group aims to beef up margins
Asda has set up a new farmers group to help beef producers achieve better margins.The National Suckler Strategy Group will trial new technology and methods. Members of the group would share experiences with other Asda beef producers,...
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The improved Jugit arrives at Sainsbury’s
Dairy Crest has rolled out its redeveloped Jugit milk jug concept alongside Sainsbury's extension of the milk bags system.The new jugs have a spout that is easier to remove and clean, as well as a removable handle for people with minimal...
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Retailers outline plans to employ more under-25s
Tesco, Asda and Sainsbury's have announced new recruitment and training programmes to help reduce the UK's one million under-25s who are unemployed.Tesco would double the number of apprentices this year, opening schemes to 2,000 new and...
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Three Mills proves a low alcohol hit
Broadland Wineries claims to have successfully tapped the trend for low-alcohol wines by selling 2.1 million bottles of its Three Mills range in 10 months.The fruity British variants, which were launched across selected Asda and Tesco...
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New Tesco Finest wines will take range to 100+
Tesco aims to double sales of its Finest wines with six new launches and more in the pipeline to make the most of a return in consumer confidence for 2010.The new Finest wines introduced over the coming months will take the own-label...
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Tesco gets new wine manager
Claire Lorains has been appointed wine category manager at Tesco.Lorains joined Tesco in 2002 and replaces Andrew Carpenter, who has moved to the health and beauty category. She was previously senior buying manager for household.
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Tesco rolls out Rowe’s hot food counters
Tesco is rolling out hot food-to-go counters next to its sandwich chillers, following the success of Cornish pasty counters in its south west stores. Rowe's bakery in Cornwall said its range of pasties, steak slices and sausage rolls was...
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Grocer 33: Asda pleases with helpful assistants
None of the stores visited this week were able to provide a full basket, but Asda was the only one with no out-of-stocks and it impressed on a number of other levels as well.
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Waitrose whirlwind plans to double sales by 2020. How?
Waitrose MD Mark Price wants an 8% share of the grocery market by 2020. Is the target achievable, and if so, how? By Chloe Ryan
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NewsTesco hands clothing role to ex-Sainsbury’s man Jones
Tesco has appointed former Sainsbury’s non-food chief Richard Jones as the new boss of its clothing business.
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NewsProfits up a quarter at buoyant Waitrose
Waitrose has reported full-year results showing like-for-like sales up 3.6%.
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NewsHot Topic: Like chilli-flavoured chocolate, Delia and Heston make a surprisingly good combination
Waitrose signing up Delia Smith and Heston Blumenthal to front a new advertising campaign is a masterstroke. The pair will star in a series of mini cookery shows broadcast on primetime ITV, some of which will fill the entire ad break.
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The doyenne and the upstart: Waitrose’s very own odd couple
Waitrose executives “wined and dined” Delia Smith for over a year to persuade her to endorse the supermarket, commercial director Richard Hodgson has revealed.
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Tesco wants online to be the shoppers’ favourite
Tesco says it wants people to prefer shopping online at tesco.com to coming into its bricks and mortar stores.As part of a major expansion plan for the online business, Tesco has set out its vision for the £2bn-turnover web operation.
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Quality Test: Parma ham, premium, own-label
As a major fan of Parma ham and its Spanish and Portuguese equivalents, this taste test was a pleasure. All the retailers' offers were pretty good but Sainsbury's was a clear winner.
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First shots in battle of the Jersey Royals
Supermarkets have fired their opening salvos in the Jersey Royal PR war.Tesco claimed last week that its earliest ever crop of Jersey Royals had gone into its Kensington store, selling loose for £2.99/kg. The potatoes are not usually...
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Forza overcomes fire to restart production
Bernard Matthews has stepped in to offer factory space to Forza after fire devastated the cooked meat maker's Yorkshire factory.The Asda supplier's Cleckheaton factory was hit by fire in the early hours of 13 February. Firefighters saved...
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Strathvale beef rolls out into Lidl stores in NI
Lidl has rolled out a new tertiary brand of locally supplied meat across stores in Northern Ireland.
The Strathvale beef range, which is matured for 21 days, includes sirloin, lean round and lean diced steaks, as well as roasting joints,… -
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Asda equalises pay for direct employees and agency workers
Asda and workers union Unite have launched a joint initiative to change the way more than 6,000 staff are employed across the supermarket's 29 meat and poultry suppliers.
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Retail Prices: Straight savings take over as most popular mechanic
Waitrose reduced its promotions this month, but the big four kept up the pace – although Asda shifted gear to focus on every day low pricing, says Chloe Ryan