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Sainsbury links up with L&G
Sainsbury has confirmed that Legal & General will market life assurance policies to its customers.Policies will be sold over the phone with information also available online and in all of Sainsbury's stores.Chief executive of...
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Marston holding the fort for Lewis
Somerfield has appointed regional director Roger Marston as temporary retail director, with responsibility for all Somerfield store formats.He will replace Tina Lewis who begins a period of six months’ maternity leave on February 1.He...
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Tesco’s Asian aisle rolls
Tesco is rolling out its dedicated Asian food aisle concept to another 75 stores and expanding the range’s shelf space in existing outlets by a half.The 250-strong range, launched in September last year and currently in 100 outlets, includes...
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Dunnes takes on Foley over nappies
Dunnes Stores is taking legal action against Irish consumer affairs watchdog Carmel Foley over the Groceries Order – at a time when she has started proceedings against both it and Tesco for alleged breaches of the order.The Dunnes action, to be...
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Co-op wins right to pursue ICL
The Co-operative Group has won the right to a re-trial to pursue a multi-million pound claim against IT provider ICL.The society took ICL (now part of Fujitsu) to the Technology and Construction court in November 2001 claiming it had breached a...
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Tesco winner at Christmas
More than half of all UK households shopped at a Tesco store during the four-week run up to Christmas, according to ACNielsen Homescan TradeTrak data which measures grocery and non-food spend.In the four weeks to December 27, 53.3% of all...
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Sainsbury faces fourth strike day
Staff at Sainsbury’s Haydock distribution centre were preparing to go on strike for the fourth time in less than three weeks as The Grocer went to press on Thursday.The latest action follows one-day strikes on December 29, January 7 and January...
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Best-ever share for Asda at Christmas
This week sees the launch of our new TradeTrak market share barometer using ACNielsen’s Homescan Panel.Each month we will measure retailers’ market shares based on total till purchases bought into the home by an in-home scanning panel of 10,000...
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The smart way to do business
The barcode’s successor is moving mainstream at a rapid paceWhen Tesco announced a massive rollout of radio frequency ID tagging, it was a wake-up call to UK manufacturers and retailers. Suddenly it was less a matter of ‘if’ RFID...
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Exotic Passion kicks off limited editions
Diageo is planning a series of initiatives to promote the roll-out of the latest flavour of Archers Aqua and generate excitement. The Exotic Passion variant, which went into Tesco’s stores in an exclusive arrangement before Christmas, is the...
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Sainsbury to face further strikes
Sainsbury’s Haydock distribution centre was hit by industrial action again last night and workers have not ruled out a fourth strike.The news follows one-day strikes on December 29, January 7 and January 13 after talks between the company...
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M&S sales down
Marks and Spencer said group like-for-like sales fell 2.3% over the Christmas period and that clothing director David Norgrove was to step down.For the seven weeks to January 10 were like-for-like food sales edged up 0.5%. M&S said the...
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Dolmio pouch sauce in recall
Masterfoods has recalled a batch of its Dolmio Express Creamy Carbonara Pasta Sauce as the product has been under-processed.Some 2000 of the single serve portions in 150g pouches are affected and have been on sale at Safeway and...
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Online services – sorted!
Grocery retailers have pulled up their Christmas stockings and put in their best performance to date in The Grocer’s quarterly online shopping survey.Sainsbury and Waitrose both succeeded in delivering a full basket on time and with no...
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Morrisons hits the gas
Morrisons was putting together a ‘scheme of arrangement’ sanctioned by the courts to fast-track its bid for Safeway as The Grocer went to press.The deal, likely to be outlined in Morrisons’ Christmas trading statement, would enable Safeway...
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Six of the best jams and spreads buyers
>>nominated this monthbuyer, desserts and bakery, asdaCarswell joined Asda eight years ago as a home economist for the Asda brand. She then became a produce buyer before moving into a marketing manager role. This was...
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Fairtrade grape first
The Co-operative Group is claiming to be the first to offer Fairtrade organic grapes to UK consumers.The fruit went on sale this week and to encourage consumers the retailer slashed the price in half, from £2.99 to £1.49.The fruit is from...
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Farm links via the net
Consumers will soon be able to trace their organic chicken back to the farm via the internet, thanks to Sainsbury.From the beginning of next month, customers will be able to enter a code from the chickens’ label on to the Sainsbury website to...
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Retailers unfazed by wait for Atkins
Tesco and Sainsbury head a list of leading retailers that will have to wait until September to stock a new range of official Atkins products.The Grocer revealed last month that US-based Atkins Nutritionals, the company behind the controversial...
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Bags must be reusable, not degradable
from John Bunnell, East Portlemouth, DevonSir; I am dismayed that Tesco has agreed to buy degradable bags. The justification for degradability is suspect and the effectiveness more so.I was the MD of Alida Packaging in the...