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Aldi offers three-fish roast for Christmas
Aldi has added a new three-fish roast to its Christmas range, featuring layers of smoked white fish, cod and salmon with a creamy cheese and chive sauce. The 1kg line, which goes on sale on 3 December, serves four.
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NewsGrocer 33: Asda delivers on all fronts in Eastlands
It was another close contest this week with two retailers boasting strong availability, but Asda’s Eastlands branch clinched the top store award thanks to the staff’s “excellent response” to helping our shopper find items in the aisles. When he...
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NewsSainsbury’s completes UK flour conversion
Sainsbury’s has claimed it has become the first supermarket to source all flour for its in-store bakeries from UK farms.
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NewsTesco share option plan survives AGM rebellion
Tesco suffered the biggest protest vote against a FTSE 100 company for more than a decade over proposed changes to its share option scheme at its AGM.
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Now Tesco's been bitten by the pound shop bug
Tesco is rolling out a new 'pound shop' strategy that involves both food and non-food to its larger stores.
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The Co-op Group gets whipped by Waitrose in consumer survey
The Co-operative has emerged as the surprise loser in a major six-monthly customer service survey.The Institute of Customer Service asked a panel of 25,000 shoppers to score the major food retailers. They voted Waitrose the best food...
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Poundland's £1 sandwich offer set to be rolled out to 150 stores
Poundland is aiming to grab a bigger share of the growing food-to-go market as it prepares to roll out a range of £1 sandwiches to 150 of its stores. A range of eight sandwiches, trialled at three stores for about a year, is currently being extended...
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Sainsbury's takes up suggestions by staff
Sainsbury’s staff have suggested more than 20,000 improvements that could be made to the retailer and more than 2,000 have been implemented in the past four years, according to CEO Justin King. The ideas were put forward for Sainsbury’s Tell Justin…
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Tesco and Sainsbury's vie for Merseyside site
Tesco and Sainsbury's are squaring up for a battle over a site in north Liverpool that forms the centrepiece of a large regeneration project. Sainsbury's signed a deal with developer St Modwen this week to build a 110,000 sq ft supermarket at the...
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Suffolk ales get a Springer in their step
Greene King is highlighting Suffolk’s ale heritage with new beer Suffolk Springer, which will hit shelves in Sainsbury's and Morrisons next week.
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NewsGrocer 33: Asda beats Sainsbury's by a whisker
Two retailers boasted strong availability and impressive service this week, but Asda in Dunbar clinched our top store award thanks to its helpful staff and chatty checkout assistant.
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Everything goes with Aldi’s Anything Goes
Aldi is attempting to appeal to the palate of the masses with the launch of a white wine that claims to ‘go with anything’.
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NewsTesco unveils new City Kitchen ready meals range
Tesco is trying to challenge the perception that ready meals are intrinsically unhealthy with the launch of a new premium range of chilled dishes.
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Everyday lines to be extended by Ocado
Ocado is planning to extend its budget own-label Everyday range because it has been "trading in a very popular manner" since it was rolled out late last year.
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Justin King brands industry’s obesity stance ‘disgraceful’
Justin King has launched an astonishing tirade against advocates of front-of-pack GDAs describing the food and drink industry's failure to engage with the health and obesity agenda as "disgraceful". The Sainsbury's CEO, who infuriated the...
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Cereal boxes axed in Sainsbury’s eco push
Sainsbury's has pledged to cut its packaging by a third over the next six years, in a move it says will cut 50,000 tonnes of waste.
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Co-op to sell property to boost its cashflow
The Co-operative Group is aiming to raise £175m over the next three years by selling off unwanted property. The society, which has a vast property empire worth £1.69bn encompassing stores, farms and residential sites, said the capital raised...
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Musgrave to revamp own label lines for Londis and Budgens
Musgrave Retail Partners GB is planning a raft of NPD this year, including four new ranges, as part of an overhaul of its Budgens and Londis own-label lines.
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Other Movers 27/6/09
Premier Foods has promoted Andy Riddle from business unit controller for Tesco to head of foodservice for cash & carry sales, reporting directly to Mat Baker, director of foodservice and ingredients.
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New Waitrose local food chief
Waitrose has named Tracey Marshall as its product manager for local and regional produce, replacing John Vine in the role.