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Edwin Booth, chairman of Booths Supermarkets, on the best wa
Introducing change in a small family business presents a multiple challenge, that of marshalling family members' agendas, and then communicating a strong, corporate message through to the end of the enterprise. From my experience, self-belief is...
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Welsh cheese gets co-operative clout
Welsh cheesemakers are joining forces in a bid to step up the sales and marketing of their products. Eight producers, big and small, have formed a co-operative called Cheeses from Wales. The companies involved are Caernarvon Creameries, Abergavenny...
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DEFRA hands new role to Davis
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 on its strategy in early December and the...
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Terms of global impediment
Tesco is the latest big retailer to rattle its sabre in the battle to sweep away local pricing strategies in pursuit of global goals. Tesco’s decision to tackle head on the discrepancies in terms it is receiving in the different markets in which...
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Waitrose promotes UK regional organics
Waitrose has launched its largest ever organic food and drink promotion with all 137 stores offering discounts on more than 100 own label and branded organic lines in October and November.Waitrose has previously pledged to maintain premium...
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Tesco teams up with high street store
Tesco has ramped its loyalty card offer in time for the festive season by linking up with Allders to offer Clubcard points on all goods bought at the department store group.Clubcard holders will get one point for every £1 spent at Allders or...
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Source tags eyed by Waitrose
Anne Bruce Waitrose has become the latest UK supermarket to develop source tagging capabilities as momentum builds behind the technology. Marks and Spencer, Safeway, Asda, Tesco and Sainsbury are also conducting analysis and trials of the...
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I am struck by the number of retailers who every year fall f
They get stung for a couple of hundred quid for an ad that no one, may see, with the publisher' pocketing the money. If you have not been asked to support a charity by buying space in some so-called diary, wall planner, children's book, book...
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Waiting for closure on the issue of screwcaps
Tesco has taken a lead on the cork issue, but others linger So the Royals prefer the sound of popping corks, judging by Prince Charles' pronouncement earlier this year about "nasty plastic plugs". And that's fine, as long as they don't shop at...
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INNOVATION BY VARIOUS ROUTES
allan peart, somerfield's product group manager for PPs "Innovation in premium packaged spirits is not only coming from new brands entering the market such as Bambao, Mike Hard Lemonade and Gordon's Edge. It is also coming from new variations...
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Tesco top for flowers
Judges have voted Tesco Fresh Flower Retailer of the Year at the 2002 Retail Industry Awards. Tesco was up against Sainsbury and Marks and Spencer for the award, which was sponsored by the Flower Council of Holland. The judging panel...
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Usdaw recruiting
Sainsbury and Morrisons have been targeted by shopworkers' union Usdaw for a recruitment campaign. Usdaw broke through the 100,000 members barrier at Tesco last week and has plans to grow membership. Both Sainsbury and Morrisons claim to...
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The two become one
Why did Alan Smith have to go? John Wood and Sean McAllister report One of the most memorable presentations at last year's IGD annual conference was a lively double act by Somerfield executive chairman John von Spreckelsen and chief executive...
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Tesco ranging really is a revolution
Sir; re There is competition in ranging' (Letters, October 12) in which Carol Bavister of Shelfmax challenged Ben Wishart's claims about Tesco's ranging systems. Wishart, IT...
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Tesco broadens Finest with homeware lines
Julian Hunt A raft of homeware products has been introduced to the Tesco Finest range as part of a major overhaul of the multiple's most important sub-brand. Finest has already been stretched into health and beauty products. But the...
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Mawby to bring clearer focus to ranging at KS
Rod Addy Kim Mawby has been appointed category development director for Kwik Save. Her appointment is part of the ongoing development of two separate business units for Somerfield and Kwik Save. She will be heading a team of 20 category...
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UK is driving value out'
John Wood Procter & Gamble's European head Paul Polman has warned Tesco and Asda/Wal-Mart that their obsession with forcing down prices was driving value out of UK grocery and could cause permanent damage. Speaking at the IGD 2002 Convention...
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M&S Indian range is its biggest yet
Curry lovers will be able to indulge themselves with a wide range of new dishes at Marks and Spencer from next week. The retailer is taking advantage of National Curry Week to launch its biggest range of Indian foods yet. Marks and Spencer...
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Loblaw is Canada's best-known supermarket operation worldwid
It is also Canada's largest supermarket operator, with annual sales totalling C$21.5bn (£8.7bn), twice that of its nearest competitor Sobeys. Loblaw's own label, President's Choice, is Canada's third most recognised brand. Its nine wins in the...
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Tesco impatient to enter China, Japan
Tesco has detailed its ambitions for further overseas expansion and signalled an eventual switch to warehouses to support its internet shopping business. The company already has a presence in Ireland, Hungary, Poland, Thailand, the Czech...