more supermarket news & analysis – Page 1009
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Major areas of impact on takeover
>>where the big decisions must be madePromotions and pricing – Black expects the pricing strategy of Morrisons to become prevalent in the combined group’s stores with “high-low going out of the window” and replaced by EDLP....
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IGD’s challenge to youth
Young grocery manager George Huteson tells Jo de Mille how he scooped a top trophy at the IGD Food Industry AwardsThe competition judges included Richard Cook, marketing director, Tate & Lyle, Waitrose personnel...
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Tesco appoints new dairy category chief
Tesco has appointed Sheila Gallagher as category manager for dairy.She is managing a team of nine people and is responsible for the whole of the multiple’s dairy category.A spokeswoman for Tesco said: “Her responsibilities include...
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Duck with difference from Green Label
A leading duck producer is celebrating the launch of three new lines with Sainsbury stores.Green Label Foods is supplying the retailer with three Gressingham duck products under its Taste the Difference range. The products include duck legs...
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Tesco’s small town offensive
Following the article about the new Budgens store in Hawkhurst (The Grocer, October 25, p44) CACI has investigated the potential impact on Budgens and other surrounding retailers that the arrival of Tesco in that local market will have.Tesco...
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JS struggles with downtime
Sainsbury has played down continued reports of serious problems at its first automated fulfilment factory at Hams Hall, Birmingham.A source close to JS said its warehouse management system was “working intermittently” and was sometimes “down...
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Co-op rewards fresh initiative
Store managers were acknowledged for their efforts in boosting sales of fresh produce for the Co-operative Group.The retailer held its second Pride in Produce event which is designed to encourage staff to concentrate on selling fresh produce...
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Asda set to end instore butchery
One of the last major multiples still to cut and pack meat in stores has announced it will be switching its entire business over to centrally packed product from next July.Asda said the decision to axe the instore butchery operation – which...
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Fault lines along the path to union
Glynn Davis explores cultural flashpoints liable to flare in a Morrisons-Safeway integration processMorrisons might be close to the finishing line in the marathon takeover battle for Safeway but only when the deal is actually...
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In defence of a realm
Grocers in the Channel Islands are refitting to wrest every last penny from existing shelf space before the advent of Morrisons. Elaine Watson reportsChannel Islanders have faced their fair share of foreign invaders, from...
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Nicholson to co-ordinate wines at Co-op
The Co-operative Group has chosen wine assistant Carole Nicholson to fill the new post of wine co-ordinator.She will be responsible for overseeing communications between the wine buying team, suppliers and internal departments.Her...
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Baxters goes for size
Baxters is launching its largest ever soup – Big & Chunky.The new chilled sub-brand is available in two varieties – Tomato, Mushroom & Pasta and Chilli Beef Meatballs with Tomato – and both have secured listings in Tesco and Sainsbury stores...
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Safeway tackles Scottish press
Safeway has expressed disappointment at reports in the Scottish press that it created a fiasco in the sale of tickets for Scotland’s Euro 2004 soccer match against Holland at Hampden Park on November 15.Safeway sold 8,800 tickets across 48...
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Marks’s quality is its key advantage
Shoppers love M& S food, according to our exclusive research. But range and convenience remain serious issues, says Liz HamsonIf the Marks and Spencer board is feeling depressed ahead of the dire interim results it is expected to post...
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Asda price cut ‘madness’
Angry rivals claim Asda has wiped millions off their profits by slashing the price of spirits with nearly two months to go before Christmas.Asda fired the first salvo in the seasonal price war this week with spirits promotions so deep it...
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Inner Circle for Waitrose
Australian rum brand Inner Circle is making its UK debut in Waitrose stores in the run-up to Christmas. Brand owner Inner Circle claims to make the spirit from hand-cut sugar cane from Fiji rather than the typical Caribbean variety, and...
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UK acts as test market for Wal-Mart financial
The UK has become a global test market for Wal-Mart as it extends its financial services offer, said financial services director David Rutley.Asda has introduced a life insurance and a mortgage life insurance product on trial at 40 stores in...
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Still on the market
Tesco has still not found a buyer for its Supercigs and Dillons businesses a year on from announcing it was buying T&S Stores for over £377m.This week marks the anniversary of the big box invasion into the convenience sector, with the...
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Non-food risesat Morrisons
Morrisons is raising the profile of non-food with the launch of a new department called ‘At Home With Morrisons’.Three new Morrisons stores have the department – Catcliffe, near Sheffield, Cribbs Causeway in Bristol and Barnsley – and it...
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Six of the best soft drinks buyers
>>nominated this monthBuying manager, soft drinksTescoDebbie AllwrightAllwright joined Tesco more than 20 years ago and has been a soft drinks buyer for the past five. Her buying roles...