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Bogof's week
Hardened hack I may be, but even I was blushing this week when a Design Bridge trip to Sainsbury's backfired. Designers Peter and David had come up with arty two-tone judging cards to help a group of 12 elderly shoppers pick out examples of good...
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Job of the week
Name: Sean Toal Position: Group manager, Food Markets Company: United Norwest The job: Toal will be running United Norwest Co-op's Food Markets. Reporting to Austin Waterworth, the general manager of the large stores group, Toal...
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Bogof's week
I return to the office with a spring in my step this week I have realised that I am not the oldest person in grocery. Who is? Look no further than the Co-op. Never mind the thrusting executives of CWS and United Norwest, most of those attending...
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Bogof's week
While on my travels north last week, I was horrified to see that one of the truly great signs of the A1 had disappeared. I had grown quite fond of Morrisons' billboard by the side of the road just as you hit the Midlands in which the ...
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Bogof's week
The Somerfield top brass were in jolly mood when one of my colleagues met up to hear the news on their interim results. The tone for the day was set early in the morning at the company's analysts meeting, when one top pundit congratulated them on...
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Job of the week
Name: John Fitzgerald Position: Chief general manager Company: Midlands Co-op The job: Fitzgerald has been promoted to chief general manager of Midlands ...
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MILK GROUP AND ZENITH MERGE
The Milk Group and Zenith Milk co-ops are going ahead with a merger which will create a "next generation co-operative". The new organisation, Dairy Farmers of Britain, will start trading on July 1 and handle 20% of the UK's milk, supplying all...
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BOGOF's Week
Coming out from the official London launch of Ocado, the Waitrose online shopping service, in Portman Square this week, I was concerned to see the Hemel Hempstead based posse had parked one of their distinctive vans in a Westminster residents' only...
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Summer listings for Spirito
Bacardi-Martini has given the thumbs up to its latest new premium packaged spirit, Spirito, following an extensive test in Sainsbury. The launch of the Martini-based pair of products was revealed in The Grocer at the end of last year (November...
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Safeway adopts EDLP strategy
Anne Bruce Safeway is initiating a revolution in its pricing strategy, preparing to mark down prices across the board with a permanent price cuts mechanism. The every day low pricing tactic will run in tandem with its deep cut approach known...
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Tesco is forced to defend its trading policies to minister
Elaine Watson Tesco has defended its trading practices in Thailand after another round of meetings with government officials. Executives from Tesco Lotus and Makro met Thai deputy commerce minister Newin Chidchob on Wednesday to give...
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Ocado claims it is redefining online shopping standards
Anne Bruce Waitrose online shopping partner Ocado claims to have cracked home shopping with 99% accuracy on delivery times and less than 2% substitution rates in trials. Joint md Nigel Robertson said the service has achieved 25% penetration...
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Standalones hardly lucrative says City
Tesco plans to open 50 standalone neighbourhood Express stores in 2003 as it develops a "credible convenience brand". Corporate affairs manager Martin Venning said Tesco would stick to secondary trading sites as it rolls out the small store...
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Sainsbury blitzes healthy eating with free from & Five range
Helen Gregory Sainsbury is launching a huge healthy eating campaign labelled Eat your Way to Better Health. As part of the campaign, the chain is bringing out a Free From range for shoppers with food allergies and food intolerances. More...
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Feast For The Thai's
They are calling it the battle of Bangkok. Carrefour and Tesco Lotus are slugging it out with supercentres in malls directly opposite each other on Rama IV Road, one of the Thai capital's busiet thoroughfares.And while, predictably, neither...
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Promotions all too successful and new stores are shown off
Only three full baskets were checked in this week and Asda had the cheapest at £37.10. Special promotions were responsible for two out of stocks in our weekly shop. There was no 100g Nescafé ¡t Waitrose because the 15%-off deal had wiped...