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Extra Special swells to twice the size
Mary Carmichael Asda is stepping up the battle for dominance in the premium own label market by almost doubling the size of its Extra Special range. The expanded range, which covers the spectrum of meal occasions, will include 250 products...
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English apple push sees results
Ed Bedington Sainsbury's campaign to boost English top fruit is beginning to show results in terms of market share, according to the multiple. Pear buyer Jay Norbury said the focus on English top fruit was producing results: "Market share...
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Worshipful staff at the meat counter
Safeway is celebrating the expertise of some of its butchers who have won accreditation with the Worshipful Company of Butchers. More than 150 received the award after a three-day course, and 10 were honoured as outstanding. The Safeway...
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Sir Peter's eye on Curry work
John Wood Sainsbury chief executive Sir Peter Davis will be a member of the nine-strong implementation group charged with delivering DEFRA's sustainable food and farming policy. DEFRA is expected to report its strategy in early December and...
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Microwaveable meat launched
Ed Bedington Somerfield has claimed a first with the launch of a wide range of microwaveable meats. The multiple said it believed it was the first to offer such a wide selection of products, ranged across pork, lamb and beef. Charlotte...
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Focus On: Butters and spreads. Vox Shop.
Plea for DynamismPrasheel Kunwardia, Somerfield product group manager, cheese and yellow fats Kunwardia says more NPD work needs to be done to reverse volume declines. "Suppliers and multiples need to be more dynamic and aggressive with...
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Courvoisier wraps it up
Courvoisier is being packaged in a gift box for added seasonal appeal. The pack features a 35cl bottle of Courvoisier VS Cognac with a brandy balloon glass and will be available in Sainsbury's, Asda and Makro for £9.99. The back of the pack...
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Not for Tesco a slow and painful Sainsbury-style advent into
Then it can get on with its plans to convert 450 prime sites to its lucrative Express format over the next three to four years. The masterplan is to use T&S's distribution network to serve the new standalone Express chain and around 400 residual One...
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Safeway thrives on off-fixtures
Morrisons and Tesco remain at the top of the retailers' chart with Morrisons pulling slightly further ahead. Tesco is being chased by Safeway, which has moved up from number five. The success of Safeway this week is due in part to the...
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Tesco skates on Streatham ice
Tesco has put in a planning application for a mixed-use regeneration scheme in Streatham, south London. The scheme will include a new 38,000 sq ft Tesco store, private and affordable housing, a public square, improved public transport links and...
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Safeway Launches £2m TV Ad Campaign
Safeway has moved back onto TV screens with a £2m ad campaign it claims will take supermarket advertising into a “new dimension”.Safeway canned its talking toddler adsa along with its ABC loyalty card on the grounds cash was better spent on...
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Tesco buys T&S Stores
Tesco has agreed to buy convenience store group T&S Stores for £377.3m to boost its presence in the convenience market.T&S's portfolio of stores includes more than 1,200 shops including 862 convenience stores under the One Stop and Day &...
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Stock failures revealed
Elaine Watson Tesco and Sainsbury are missing out on a major sales opportunity through poor product availability, according to new research by Taylor Nelson Sofres revealed at the Schroder Salomon Smith Barney Food Retailing conference. Data...
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Stock failures revealed
Tesco and Sainsbury are missing out on a major sales opportunity through poor product availability, according to new research by Taylor Nelson Sofres revealed at the Schroder Salomon Smith Barney Food Retailing conference.Data from TNS...
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Co-op closes Alldays deal
The Co-operative Group has bought convenience store operator Alldays for some £131m from receivers PricewaterhouseCoopers.Co-operative Group chief executive Martin Beaumont, said: “This deal establishes the Co-operative Group as the UK’s...
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Sian harrington
Safeway chief executive Carlos Criado-Perez says the company is determined to remain independent in light of market talk of a bid from Asda, but the retailer's share of trade continues to fall, placing it in a vulnerable position. Our TradeTrak...
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Potential of Russia huge
The Russian grocery retail market is huge, untapped and ripe for consolidation, delegates at the SSSB annual food retailing conference were told. Former Somerfield home shopping boss David Noble, now a supervisory board director at St Petersburg...
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Twist is ready to dance for the nation
Bacardi-Martini is ready for a national roll out of its Breezer Twist after a four-month trial in Tesco. Breezer Twist's range of fruit-flavoured spirits comes in three versions, lime, watermelon, and mango with passion fruit, each with a...
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Sir Peter defends margins claim
John Wood Sainsbury chief executive Sir Peter Davis mounted a robust defence of his claim that his company will achieve industry leading margins at the Schroder Salomon Smith Barney Annual Food Retailing Conference. Sir Peter was challenged...
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Clubcard partners
Allders and Dollond & Aitchison have signed up as partners for Tesco's Clubcard and are the first of many, according to the retailer. Tesco is negotiating with "a number of other companies", said a spokesman, to make loyalty points available "in...