All articles by Claire Farrell – Page 3
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Grocer 33Waitrose Bromley South: store of the week
”People tend to sit down for a coffee first thing or at lunchtime, not when the shop is at its busiest. Most customers have been fairly positive about the change to the rules.”
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NewsHot chocolate growth overtakes tea and coffee at Harrods
Harrods cites breadth of flavours and seasonal peaks as reasons for growth of popular chocolate drink
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NewsAsda to digitise store coupons... with a little help from Sir Terry Leahy
Program will be run by Sir Terry Leahy-backed company, aims to eliminate fraud and be more convenient
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NewsFood sales record best month since February 2014, finds BRC-KPMG monitor
The raft of January price cuts across the supermarkets helped food sales record their best performance for a year, according to the BRC-KPMG retail sales monitor.
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Comment & OpinionWhat Valentine's Day means for shoppers and the industry in 2015
With the purse strings of shoppers everywhere relaxing and the rise of the discounters, what does Valentine’s Day 2015 look like?
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NewsAldi closes in on new distribution centres amid "urgent" need for logistics expansion
The German retailer wants to create 400 new jobs as it eyes sites in Leicestershire and Kent
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NewsM&S to transform superstore under 'Plan A' eco-friendly revamp
Newcastle branch of Marks & Spencers to receive plant wall, LED lighting, excess heat reclamation system
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NewsIs Google Express on its way to the UK?
Google could take its same-day delivery grocery “experiment” into other countries after strong customer feedback in the US…
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Analysis & FeaturesCrude oil price drops: agriculture and fish benefit most
Food production, distribution and packaging costs are set to fall in the wake of declining crude oil prices…
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NewsStuart Rose of Ocado warns retail must get grip on coding
Sir Stuart Rose says Ocado cannot recruit coders in Poland quick enough, claiming retailers “have to get a grip on” coding…
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NewsAsda to convert every superstore to "store of the future"
170 location rollout follows successful trials in Grantham and Coventry
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NewsAsda to deal with excess space by bringing new retailers into its stores
Supermarket will annex off shopfloor space instead of closing stores to deal with excess capacity
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Analysis & FeaturesNew Morrisons concept in Milton Keynes aims to cater to local audience
Second “lab store” has a lot of new Morrisons concepts inside
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NewsCheese sandwich bus to tour the country
After survey finds consumers are ditching the cheese sandwich, Anchor responds with “The Cheese Sandwich Needs You” campaign
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NewsNew competition aims to find best Valentine's Day in-store display
Industry experts will be judging the contest, which aims to focus on great campaigns
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NewsThe Valentine's Day #InStoreSpot competition
We’re on the lookout for eye-catching instore displays from individual brands for Valentine’s Day as part of our new #instorespot competition. If you think a brand has pulled out all the stops this Valentine’s Day, tweet us a pic and it could well end up being the winning entry. Our ...
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NewsAluminium, PET and testliner prices fall
Although UK aluminium prices remain up year on year, prices fell month on month in December…
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NewsSainsbury's cuts CO2 by powering fridges with sugar beet waste
Sainsbury’s is using sugar beet waste from suppliers to power fridges in its store in Portishead…
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NewsLidl starts building Europe's largest ever distribution centre
The Spanish centre will create 275 jobs and is due to open in 2016
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NewsIceland ends relationship with media buying partner Mediacom North
Company appoints UK’s largest independent media agency to lead marketing push across all channels