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Unicorn enjoys fresh success
The Unicorn Grocery co-operative is as far removed from a standard co-op grocery store as you can get. Julia Taylor finds out more about the store that says no to Nestlé
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‘Forget food miles, eat African’ says King
Outspoken Sainsbury’s chief executive Justin King will today tell consumers to stop worrying about food miles and eat African produce to help development on the continent.
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EU law forces Sainsbury’s to ditch witches’ fingers
Sainsbury’s has abandoned plans to sell misshapen vegetables as Halloween-themed healthy snacks due to prohibitions on the sale of irregular produce under European Union law.
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Turning ugly: EU slams Sainsbury's campaign
Sainsbury's has been accused of pulling a PR stunt with a new ‘ugly fruit and veg’ campaign launched this week. The retailer said it had launched the campaign to force the EU to relax strict specifications on the size and shape of fruit and veg....
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Iceland runs missing people photo appeal
Frozen food chain Iceland has launched an appeal with the Missing People charity and will print photographs of vulnerable missing people on the side of its milk bottles. The pictures will appear on four-pint packs, with each person being...
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Tesco budgets for reduced sales growth
Tesco is budgeting for 2% like-for-like sales growth in the UK rather than its longstanding 3% to 4% estimate as the economy worsens, say analysts. Following a meeting with Tesco management last week, Shore Capital analyst Darren Shirley...
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In-store kiosks are 'natural progression' for Asda Direct offer
Asda is set to follow in the footsteps of Tesco by introducing online ordering kiosks for non-food to stores as part of a raft of in-store initiatives.Customers will be able to order furniture, clothing, toys and electricals at Asda Direct...
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Sites affected by Somerfield deal identified
Details have emerged of the location of some of the 126 stores The Co-operative Group has to sell in order to complete its £1.57bn acquisition of Somerfield.Seventeen are in Scotland, including one in Wick, which has a Co-op store and a...
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Aldi and Lidl sales in Ireland increase 15%
Shoppers in the Irish Republic are flocking to Aldi and Lidl as they struggle to cope with the deepening recession, new data has revealed. Figures from TNS show that 69% of Irish households have shopped at the two discounters in the past...
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Tesco to submit new plans for Harrogate
Posh Yorkshire town Harrogate could finally lose its status as the only major postal area in the UK without a Tesco superstore. The retailer has confirmed that it is due to submit new plans “imminently”, having been forced to abandon earlier...
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Credit crunch prompts 99p Stores sales boom
The credit crunch has helped 99p Stores record half-year like-for-like sales growth of 7.5%.Shoppers had turned to the value retailer in the past six months as the economic downturn worsened, said 99p Stores commercial director Hussein...
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Leigh goes back to square one at Asda
David Leigh has been appointed development manager for beers, wines and spirits at Asda, in a return to the company he first worked for 12 years ago on a university placement.Leigh will work alongside Asda's BWS buying managers Karen Doran...
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NewsGrocer 33: Morrisons takes Asda's pricing crown
Asda lost its cheapest retailer title to Morrisons this week and had to make do with sharing joint second place with Sainsbury's. It was bad news for Tesco, too, which fell two places to fourth. Morrisons, which undercut its nearest rivals by...
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NewsGrocer 33: Asda gets it done in just 30 minutes
With three stores boasting 100% availability this week, competition was tough, but Asda in Dalgety Bay pipped its rivals to the post to win the top store award by providing a flawless shopping experience. An easy-to-navigate layout combined with...
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Advertising: Home-grown values from The Co-op
We've read a lot about the competition between Lidl and Aldi but as far as advertising is concerned, it's a three-way fight in the smaller retailer sector. The Co-operative Group's investment in advertising this year isn't far behind that of its...
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Reckitt boss slams Tesco for putting small suppliers at risk
As Tesco's tough negotiations with its suppliers continued this week, Reckitt Benckiser boss Bart Becht has said he believes the supermarket giant may drive small suppliers out of business.
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Booths defies crunch with profit rising 73%
Upmarket northern supermarket chain Booths has defied the economic gloom by notching up a 3.8% increase in full-year like-for-like sales – ahead of its much larger rivals Marks & Spencer and Waitrose. Pre-tax profit jumped 73% to £6.9m on sales up...
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Editor's Comment: Tesco would be unwise to target small businesses in this climate
"Every time we meet,” the boss of one big supplier says of his invites from Sir Terry Leahy, “it costs me money.” After a two-week-long series of invitations to Cheshunt’s cosy cubicles – to discuss price cuts, trade term changes and contributions...
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Sausage-chomping Londoners receive dedicated banger
A new London-branded sausage has been launched to give the capital’s meat-lovers a regional speciality to call their own. The Original London Banger, which is claimed to be London’s first locally-branded sausage, has gone on sale in Sainsbury’s,...
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Sustainable prawns arrive in Sainsbury’s
Lyons Seafoods has added a line of MSC-certified coldwater prawns to Sainsbury’s Taste the Difference range. Lyons, one of Europe’s largest processors of prawns, said it had been working with suppliers for two years to achieve MSC status and to...