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Investors need reassurance
May is a busy month for food retailers, with Sainsbury, Safeway and Big Food Group all reporting annual results in the next three weeks and Morrisons holding its annual general meeting. Investors in Sainsbury and Big Food Group are looking for...
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Showing how it's done
"Don't focus so much on acquisition of new customers - keep the ones you have. If they're happy, they'll soon spread the word"Tucking into a typically large American breakfast at Safeway's US head office in Pleasanton, in the bay area of San...
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Somerfield refits grow sales
Somerfield has revealed an upturn in sales growth in the second half of the year, to back its argument that the group is worth more than the £509m offered by John Lovering and Bob Mackenzie last month.The Bristol-based supermarket operator...
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Western expertise meets Eastern flair
Seoung-Han Lee’s enthusiasm is highly infectious. So much so, that it is hard not to be impressed by the president and CEO of Samsung Tesco and his vision for turning the company into South Korea’s top operator of hypermarkets. It will not be easy....
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Norpak agreement
The Co-operative Group has agreed to buy United Co-operatives’ chilled and frozen distribution arm Norpak for an undisclosed sum.There are at least two months of due diligence to go through first, said a spokeswoman, but “the deal has been...
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Phil Wheatcroft
Senior buying managerfrozen foods Tesco Wheatcroft joined Tesco in 1982 in the instore bakery, becoming bakery specialist in 1988 with responsibility for 20 bakeries in the London area. Prior to his existing role, he worked in Northern...
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No baskets, no trolleys, no checkouts. Shop in a supermarket
Thanks to hi-tech gizmos like RFID tags, instore media and handheld computers (see below), shopping for groceries will actually be fun. Or that is what design consultancy Kinneir Dufort and IT specialist Appliance Studio think. They were asked...
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calum kirk
Senior buyer iceland Scotsman Kirk has been at Iceland for three years. He started his career in the grocery department of Scottish co-operative Scotmid and then moved to Somerfield as a buyer. He says his style of working with suppliers is...
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A hearing in public? how thrilling!
Given the highly competitive state of the grocery market, none of us expected to hear any major revelations from those involved in the Safeway auction when they gathered in London for this week's Competition Commission public hearing into the whole...
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Waitrose launches kids range
Simon Mowbray Waitrose is launching an own label range of foods for kids to rival offerings from the larger multiples. The 75-item Food Explorers offering started rolling out to stores this week and includes a range of products from fresh...
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Frozen first for herbs
The Little Big Food Company has come up what it claims is the UK's first range of frozen organic herbs. Launching exclusively in Sainsbury, the company said herbs in the four-strong range were frozen within hours of being picked. A spokesman...
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M&S on the road to back farmers
Ed Bedington Marks and Spencer has announced it will be investing more than £2.5m in supporting British farmers this year. The retailer will be attending nine agricultural shows which it said would allow it to bring its customers together...
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Pay@pump only for night fuelling
Tesco will start closing petrol stations kiosks overnight at its 24-hour superstores from next week in an efficiency drive. All Tesco forecourts have been upgraded over the last couple of years, with the Pay@pump card payment facility installed....
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One thing was certain after Messrs Leahy, DeNunzio, Morrison
All this spelt good news for consumers, we were told especially those cruelly denied the opportunity to sample Asda's prices or Morrisons' "unique offer" through an accident of geography. For all the emphasis on price, however, supermarket...
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Carry on cruising
The multiples have found their drinks operations in Calais lucrative, but times are getting tougher says Anne Bruce Ask Sainsbury which branch is its most profitable per square foot, or Tesco which store sells the highest volume of beers,...
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Asda man to jack it in for Boots
Asda has lost its chief financial officer, Richard Baker, to high street chemist Boots.Baker will take up his new role as chief executive of the high street retailer and chemist from September 15.Current CEO at Boots, Steve Russell,...
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Big four grocers have lots to offer
Leaders from the UK’s big four supermarkets embroiled in the bid for rival chain Safeway have publicly pledged to lower prices, create jobs, enhance competition and increase consumer choice.Tesco boss Sir Terry Leahy told the Competition...
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JS rolls out Halal meat
Sainsbury is rolling out its own range of fresh Halal meat this month. Currently only available in 12 stores in the south east, it is planning to extend both coverage and the product range early in the summer. Approved by the Halal Food...
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Labour has talked about helping small businesses like mine,
Joubère supplies supermarkets such as Waitrose and Sainsbury with products like fresh stocks, soups and sauces. We, more than most, need a reasonable margin because the sector is so dynamic: we need to reinvest continually in new product development...
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Push for home-grown
Ed Bedington A leading UK retailer has pledged its support to British farmers with the launch of a new campaign. Asda used its annual farming conference last week to launch a Buy British' campaign to promote its range of British meat,...