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Morrisons gears up to make its debut in online shopping
Morrisons is developing a strategy for an online shopping service, The Grocer has learned.
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Facelift for the first Scots supermarket
Scotland's first supermarket, which opened its doors 50 years ago, has received a £550,000 facelift.Scotmid Co-op has refurbished the store, in Leven Street, Edinburgh, as part of its programme to modernise its 130-strong estate.The...
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James switches stores from Budgens to Spar
One of Budgens' most well-known retailers, Jonathan James, has switched two of his five stores to the Spar fascia. James changed the stores in Chatteris, Cambridgeshire, from Budgens to Spar after Musgrave opened a new store in the small...
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NewsGrocer 33: Top spot for immaculate Morrisons
Morrisons' branch in Livingston clinched our top store award this week thanks to a full basket, a short queue and polite staff.
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NewsAsda staff to share in £43m windfall
Asda staff are set to benefit from the retailer’s biggest rewards package since the company was taken over by Wal-Mart in 1999.
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Asda sizes down with Co-op buys
Asda is set to open three of its smallest-ever stores after buying them from The Co-operative Group, which has been forced by the OFT to shed 133 stores following its acquisition of Somerfield. The stores - located at Wellington in Somerset,...
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Morrisons ahead of its multiple rivals with sales growth of 7.9%
Morrisons is growing faster than any of its supermarket rivals, new figures from Nielsen showed this week. Sales at the UK’s number four are up 7.9% year-on-year by value, compared with Asda’s 7.4% and Sainsbury's 7.3%. Its market share has...
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Co-op tells suppliers it wants improved terms
The Co-operative Group is flexing its new-found muscles following its acquisition of Somerfield by demanding backdated trading terms from suppliers.The Grocer has learnt that the society sent an email to suppliers last week asking them to...
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Waitrose looks to relocate as Sainsbury's takes Marlow site
Waitrose has begun a consultation process for 171 staff because its Marlow branch is having to close before Christmas after Sainsbury's secured the head lease of the site.The retailer's occupational lease expires later this year after...
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Picture This... The shop floor takes charge
Sainsbury's chief executive Justin King has a plan. Starting next Tuesday, a new C4 series, I'm Running Sainsbury's, will see King hand over the keys to the boardroom to four shopfloor workers on the premise that the best ideas in business often...
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Tesco trialling sale of RFS-sourced seafood
Tesco has launched a trial to sell seafood caught by vessels operating under the Responsible Fishing Scheme.Sardines, sprats and scallops sourced from RFS-certified boats are being sold on Tesco fish counters in the south west, with the RFS...
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Northern to close Hull as Morrisons talks fail
Northern Foods has announced plans to close its Morrisons ready meal factory in Hull, with the potential loss of 349 jobs.However, CEO Stefan Barden revealed that these losses could be offset by the reopening of its Fenland Foods factory,...
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Bed and beer blamed for Tesco attack
Rare drama in otherwise sleepy Andover last week when a Rolls Royce ploughed into the local Tesco's windows, demolishing checkouts and terrifying shoppers - most of whom would only have seen such an impressive vehicle on Pimp My Ride.
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Sainsbury's expands its Indian offer
Sainsbury's is expanding its Indian foods offer with dedicated areas in each store in an attempt to cash in on the increase in the number of people staying in to eat. The retailer, which claims to be the UK’s number one retailer of Indian...
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Dorset adds bran flakes to its line-up
Dorset Cereals is adding a bran flake range to its portfolio for the first time.Tasty Fruit and Fibre, which is being rolled into Tesco and Waitrose now, is positioned as an "easy and tasty" way to add fibre and bran flakes to a diet....
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NewsGrocer 33: Sainsbury's celebrates 140th in style
Three retailers boasted strong availability this week, but a short queue and friendly staff helped Sainsbury's in Alnwick scoop the top store award - fittingly on the very day it kicked off its 140th birthday celebrations.
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Asda shakes up online ops with halfway house depot
Asda is changing the way it picks online grocery orders as it ramps up efforts to take a larger slice of the online market. The retailer is constructing a warehouse in Leeds that will act as a "virtual store" for its online shopping order...
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Tesco in spotlight over Republic profit claims
Tesco Ireland may have slashed its prices in stores along the Irish border, but its bosses are set to be quizzed by a Parliamentary committee over its high profit margins.
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Other Movers 23/5/09
Waitrose's local food buyer John Vine has moved to become a buyer for canned goods. Waitrose said it was currently searching for someone to fill the local food buyer role.
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Once upon a time in the East
The East of England Co-operative is decking out its stores with new deli counters, food ranges and graphics but not The Co-operative Group fascia. Beth Phillips finds out why