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A fleeting chance for Safeway
Safeway's latest opening in Elvetham Heath, Fleet, illustrates the challenge facedby the number four grocer in finding profitable locations for its new stores.While the store looks set to perform adequately, its location in an area already awash...
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Asda rolls back the basket price yet again
Asda took our Grocer 33 shopping basket to a new low again this week, when its Spondon store checked out the full list for £35.69. The store's new record, beat the all-time low of £35.90 which Asda in Havant produced last month. Tesco took...
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Fair or fanciful trade?
Sean McAllister reveals complexities in the cocoa market that deter a major switch to Fairtrade After announcing that all its block chocolate has switched to Fairtrade, the Co-op is now calling on chocolate manufacturers to make at least one...
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Fair or fanciful trade?
After announcing that all its block chocolate has switched to Fairtrade, the Co-op is now calling on chocolate manufacturers to make at least one product in their range carry the Fairtrade mark. “I cannot see why that cannot be done,” says...
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OFT advises DTI on Tesco bid for T&S
The Office of Fair Trading has passed on its advice, regarding the acquisition of T&S stores by Tesco, to the Department of Trade and Industry.Secretary of state at the DTI Patricia Hewitt will now make a decision about the deal by December...
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Graves moves to exploit Tesco breathing space
Anne Bruce Costcutter plans to rebadge its estate in the "18 months' breathing space" before Tesco's Express format takes off, said chairman and chief executive Colin Graves. Speaking at Costcutter's annual supplier conference, he said the...
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Graves moves to exploit Tesco breathing space
Costcutter plans to rebadge its estate in the “18 months’ breathing space” before Tesco’s Express format takes off, said chairman and chief executive Colin Graves.Speaking at Costcutter’s annual supplier conference, he said the symbol chain...
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A recent survey has just pronounced my local town, Tetbury,
Supermarket proliferation is unbounded, tethered only by conscientious objectors. Once majestic on their awesome out of town sites, they have marched relentlessly deeper and deeper into our cities, towns, villages and now, with Tesco's recent...
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Grocery is very sexy, thank you!
from Stephen Lochhead, head of graduate recruitment and development, Asda Sir; re Simon Howard's Careers File article Up there with the Luvvies' (The Grocer, November 39, p58). He said there was an image problem with retail, the sector could...
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Latina Brands has scored a hit with its debut range of moder
Launched in November last year in Waitrose and Sainsbury, the majority have been snapped up by other major retailers, including Safeway and Asda, and the range has gained praise from such hard-to-please critics as the Observer Food Monthly magazine....
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Spain to build on Tesco alliance
Ed Bedington Top Spanish officials have met Tesco bosses to thrash out plans to repeat and expand an innovative marketing deal. The success of the retailer's first-ever generic marketing campaign for the country's fresh produce this year led...
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Hunt calls for OFT referral of T&S buy
Federation of Wholesale Distributors chairman Rodney Hunt has called on the Office of Fair Trading to refer Tesco's bid for T&S Stores to the Competition Commission. Speaking at the FWD annual dinner, Hunt said Tesco's turnover in grocery was...
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Asda trips up as it doles out staff pay slips
Pay day cheer at Asda spilled out into the Cheshire store where a group of staff blocked the fruit and veg aisles as their pay slips were handed out. The group then remained there for several minutes swapping jokes before dispersing, to the...
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NPD gets online kick to backside
When Sainsbury first told suppliers about plans to develop all new own label products on the internet, it was not bowled over by their enthusiasm, admits product development manger Cathy Port.Aside from inevitable concerns over who was going to...
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Morrisons feels the squeeze
After the stability of last week there are now several changes in the retailer chart this week, although Morrisons still continues to claim the number one slot. Safeway and Asda have both moved up the chart to put the pressure on Morrisons....
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Customer: a person who buys. That is a dictionary definition
This is why Tesco works so hard to understand customers better than anyone else. We get to know their likes and dislikes and study what they buy and how they shop. Then, armed with this intelligence, we adapt. The offer we have made for T&S stores...
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Safeway's new product development team has been evolving ove
Batchelar says the team works with buyers and technologists and other departments. "Product developers work with all areas including marketing, design, buying, technical and retail roles. And we have introduced a quality management element into the...
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In profile: John Howells
Operations Manager, West Midlands Co-op.How would you describe your role?I manage a team of group managers who are each responsible for a number of stores. I work with them to help develop the team and the strategy for the food division. ...
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Tesco is our EU trump card
Clive Beddall, Budapest Hungary's food and drink providers believe their "homeland Tesco experience" will prove a trump card when their country becomes a full EU member in 2004 and they chase more UK business. Exhibiting at the country's...
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Pat on back for Waitrose
Waitrose has been commended for its innovative environment in a report by Accenture and the Talent Foundation. Innovation A Way of Being' praised the retailer for giving its permanent employees a stake in the ownership of the firm by making...