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Oz Buddha beer gets lucky in Asda contest
A beer in a novel Buddha-shaped bottle has emerged victorious in this year's Asda Beer Competition.Lucky Beer, which is brewed in Australia, will now be listed in Asda stores nationwide, the first time it has ever been available in a UK...
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NewsGrocer 33: Asda ousts Tesco to take back its title
In a week of fierce competition and pricing activity, Asda regained the cheapest retailer title by a narrow margin with a £51.21 basket that cost just 16p less than Morrisons. The retailer provided 22 of the cheapest or joint-cheapest items and made...
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NewsGrocer 33: Exceptional staff win it for Morrisons
Two stores boasted 100% availability this week, but Morrisons in Denton pipped Asda in Gateshead to the post thanks to exemplary customer service. No fewer than four members of staff helped our shopper locate his items in this clean and...
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Tesco share price soars despite weak sales growth
Shares in Tesco soared at their fastest rate in 20 years yesterday despite the supermarket giant unveiling its worst quarterly sales performance in more than a decade.
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Tesco feels the pinch for worst performance in a decade
Tesco has unveiled like-for-like sales growth of just 2% for the past quarter, excluding petrol sales, confirming the supermarket giant’s worst performance for more than a decade.
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AF Blakemore approves Spar retailer loans
Retailers are beginning to reap the rewards of a new loan scheme from wholesaler AF Blakemore for store refurbishments.Five applications to the Guaranteed Investment Scheme have been approved for loans, while a further 19 are in progress....
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Former Nisa rebels lose bid to join board
Former Nisa-Today's rebels Ian Hunt and Mark Proudfoot - who derailed the buying group's plans to merge with Costcutter two years ago - have again failed to be elected to the organisation's board.At this week's AGM another former member of...
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Tesco blasted for only selling 80% UK lamb
Tesco has come under fire from the farming community for not going far enough to support the British lamb industry at the peak of this year's season.New figures from Eblex reveal that in October only 80% of Tesco's lamb facings were...
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Waitrose is on trend with faggots
Further evidence of the resurgence of classic British dishes has come this week with the news that Waitrose has launched a new faggot ready meal. The meatballs are being sold as part of a new range of traditional foods that includes Haddock...
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DFB 1st Grade targets gap in cheese market
Dairy Farmers of Britain has expanded its branded cheese portfolio with a range of four cheeses.The 1st Grade range, launched into 650 Tesco stores last week, features mild, mature and ploughman's vintage Cheddars and Red Leicester....
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Dairy calves reared for Asda's beef range
Asda officially launched its dairy calves initiative this week in a move to boost its range of home-produced beef. Under the supermarket's 360˚ Sustainable Dairy Calf scheme, farmers will receive £30 per calf from a rearer in Wales, who will...
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Liptrot joins Blakemore to fuel delivered growth
John Liptrot, the former MD of the now-defunct buying group Key Lekkerland, has joined AF Blakemore in the newly created position of sales director for the Spar distributor's wholesale division.Liptrot has worked in wholesale for more than...
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Other Movers 29/11/08
Morrisons trading director Andrew Pleasance is to take up the new role of senior trading director for operations. Grant Eastwood moves from licensed trades to the new role of trading projects and change director, while Simon Harrison will become...
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Tesco flushed with success as it cuts 40% off stores' water bills
Tesco has reduced its water bills by 40% in 28 stores by using rain water to flush the toilets, and has ambitious plans to cut water use even further.Engineers have installed tanks costing £25,000 under newly built stores, and have...
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Marks: sell-off averted referral to commission
The OFT's decision not to refer The Co-operative Group's £1.57bn acquisition of Somerfield to the Competition Commission rested on a knife edge, Co-op CEO Peter Marks has revealed.Speaking at the society's half-yearly membership meeting in...
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NewsGrocer 33: All smiles at a new type of Waitrose
It was a poor week for availability for most retailers but Waitrose in Brackley – one of its first Market Town formats – boasted no out-of-stock items and, with the helpful staff “all smiles”, was this week’s winner
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NewsGrocer 33: Tesco topples Asda to take pricing title
Tesco secured the cheapest retailer title this week, jumping two places and knocking Asda off the top spot with its £48.21 basket
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NewsGrocer 33 Online: Asda delivers all-round excellence
Bags for life. Bags under the counter. The supermarkets might be doing their darnedest to cut plastic bag usage in stores but for the online teams that pick and deliver, the plastic bag continues to be an Achilles heel
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Grocer 33 Star Order: Asda
Asda reclaimed the Star Order crown thanks to strong availability, great service and a low minimum order and delivery charge. The retailer netted the Star Order award in three out of the four 2008 Grocer 33 Online Surveys. "Three out of four...
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P&G buys into Ocado with £5m stake
Procter & Gamble has taken a symbolic first step into UK retail by snapping up a surprise £5m stake in online grocer Ocado.