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Tesco's June sales hit by Sainsbury's Cup goals
Anne Bruce Tesco is blaming a drop in its sales in June on Sainsbury having commandeered all the big World Cup promotional opportunities according to City analysts. Tesco has told the City in briefings ahead of its closed period that its sales...
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Asda to opt for Techno
Asda is investing £2.4m in rolling out Techno-trollies', a new system which dramatically slashes the number of trollies stolen from stores. The multiple says that, after a successful trial in six outlets, it is rolling out the technology,...
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asda floors detractors
n Asda has built itself a king size test bed for the new concepts incorporated in its biggest store so far. Siân Harrington reports With 100,500 sq ft of sales space, the £45m Asda Wal-Mart supercentre in Eastlands, east Manchester, is the...
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The retailers have a fine line to tread. To impress the conv
The major multiples are working hard to develop the market, not only with brands and innovative own label npd but also with merchandising. Asda health and beauty buyer Phil Hancock says the chain overtrades the market in male grooming and puts this...
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Safeway and BP plan more fore play
Safeway is bringing "retailtainment" to its BP forecourt estate as it resumes the roll out of the mini petrol station supermarkets. It is planning to open 50 new forecourt stores over the next two years, with an extended fresh food offer, instore...
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Somerfield hits back at FoE attack over residues
Ed Bedington Somerfield has hit back at environmental campaigners, branding their report into pesticide residue levels as "scandalous". Friends of the Earth had placed the multiple top of a league table of nine retailers, claiming 60% of its fruit...
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Game on at Eastlands
Massive publicity from sponsoring the Commonwealth games helped Asda reach Christmas-sized sales figures at its latest supercentre in Manchester. Its largest store so far part of a regeneration project at Eastlands pulled in 80,000 people in...
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blaze guts Tesco Warehouse
Tesco's flagship 100,000 sq ft Extra store in Sandhurst, Surrey, is closed until October following a mystery blaze which gutted its warehouse last week. Fifty staff and 12 customers were evacuated from the store when the fire broke out at 2am on...
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Tesco's chips are down and Sainsbury scoops the board
Sainsbury's Savacentre in Washington provided this week's only full basket with the multiple continuing its offer on Stella and Hardys to keep the bill down to £38.59. It took our shopper a while to get round the "very large store" before whizzing...
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Tesco falls to the Co-op after coming a cropper on spuds
The United Co-op's refurbished store at Wollaton in Nottingham had this week's cheapest basket at £40.05, beating off competition from Somerfield in Norfolk and Safeway in Glasgow. Our shopper found the busy Co-op clean and tidy, with smartly...
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Mimolette taking off
It's a new cheese on the UK scene but is rapidly carving a reputation for itself among lovers of sophisticated fare. Isigny-Sainte-Mère is the principal importer of mature Mimolette, launched in the UK a year ago and available in Sainsbury. It...
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Defra hands organics' future to supermarkets
Anne Bruce DEFRA handed responsibility for the future of the English organic industry to the multiples in its Organic Action Plan this week. The report says the growth of the sector must be led by consumer demand, rather than by what suppliers...
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Sainsbury slides while Asda climbs on the back of frozen mul
Morrisons remains at the top of the chart for the second week although Asda, in second place, has closed the gap between them quite dramatically and stands just two percentage points behind. Activity in Asda is most strongly focused on price...
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Tesco ups ante with Finest
Tesco has extended its Finest brand into heath and beauty as it stretches the premium range better to rival Sainsbury's Taste the Difference. The first three Finest beauty products to go on sale were Silk Creme Bath, Smoothing Body Polish and...
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Keeping pace with the FTSE 100
Somerfield has proven surprisingly resilient as shares took another battering this month says Helen Gregory It's tempting to offload our shares as prices dip yet again this month, but we'll hang in there and hope, like most investors, that the...
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Isigny co-op aims to lead in premium dairy niche
Kit Davies Normandy France's Isigny-Sainte-Mère has declared its ambition to become the leading supplier in the premium dairy product niche in Britain. The Normandy co-operative has boosted its UK sales and marketing team to seven personnel in a...
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INK-JET RECYCLING AT TESCO
Tesco has set up a charity recycling scheme for inkjet printer cartridges following the success of its mobile phone recycling initiative. It is making freepost envelopes available at the checkout of all Tesco stores, except Tesco Express. It has...
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M&S goes for own organic accreditation
Marks and Spencer has introduced its own accreditation mark as it relaunches its organic ranges to appeal to aspirational shoppers of added value foods. Existing UK certification logos, like the Soil Association mark, have been banned from...
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Keeping pace with the FTSE 100
Somerfield has proven surprisingly resilient as shares took another battering this month says Helen Gregory It's tempting to offload our shares as prices dip yet again this month, but we'll hang in there and hope, like most investors, that the...
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Asda making the space sweat in Walthamstow format
Asda will open its first food-only small store on Monday with a 17,000 sq ft outlet at Walthamstow, east London. The £4m store is the third in Asda's smaller store programme, key to the retailer's strategy given the difficulties of gaining planning...