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Asda leapfrogs Safeway to No 2 spot,Coke thrives on multibuy
Morrisons remains top of the stores chart although its lead has been cut once again, with Asda just a little over two percentage points behind in second place, and Safeway a further three percentage points behind in third place. Tesco, Sainsbury...
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TABLE TALK
Marks and Spencer is a national institution, a business that as a Brit I always felt proud of. It seemed not that long ago that M&S led the way, certainly in the food and wine stakes. Thank goodness it has decided to remedy some of its most...
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M&S takes top meat prize
Marks and Spencer scooped the top prize at this year's British Meat Awards for its perfect roast lamb'. It walked off with the Product of Excellence award after the product took first prize in the lamb category. The prize for beef product of the...
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Morrisons lands Speke development
Food retailer Morrisons has been selected as the developer of a new district shopping centre to serve Speke, south Liverpool. The development will include a food store covering more than 80,000 sq ft, around 68,000 sq ft of retail units and a...
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Kwik Save in the loop
as EPoS revolutionised Siân Harrington Somerfield has invested £8m in creating a single EPoS platform across the entire 1,321 strong Somerfield and Kwik Save estate. The move marks the first major investment in Kwik Save's store systems for about...
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Standalone Express set for its debut in October
EXCLUSIVE Anne Bruce Tesco is to open its first standalone Express convenience store in Southborough, near Tunbridge Wells, in late October. The Grocer revealed last September that Tesco was keen to roll out the profitable forecourt format...
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Tesco is rolling out a mammoth promotion for Caribbean banan
Promotional material includes novel 3D floor stickers in front of in-store fixtures at Extra stores, hanging boards, shelf wobblers and banners at Tesco stores, and advertising on 9,660 petrol pump nozzles. A competition will give 10 winners Air...
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United Co-op shuffles team
United Co-op's Food Group has announced changes to its management team following the retirement of Martin Flaherty as general manager retail operations. Sean Toal, general manager marketing and trading, will succeed Flaherty. Toal has been...
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Waitrose releases key account data
Waitrose is making its EPoS data available to suppliers for the first time through Information Resources and ACNielsen. Both already have access to similar tracking data from the big supermarket chains, which they sell on to clients in market...
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Safeway closes in on Morrisons and own label categories shif
Morrisons' lead on the chart has been reduced again with Safeway coming up from fifth position to stand just five percentage points behind at number two. Alcoholic drinks activity in Safeway is particularly strong with plenty of price promotions...
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Morrisons is redeemed by its basket after a slow checkout
The World Cup continued to play havoc with our shop, as anyone visiting stores after the England v Argentina match would have discovered. Our south-east shopper fared worst. The trip to the Co-op coincided with hordes of fans who were topping up...
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n Sainsbury hopes the City will cast a friendly eye on its r
Sainsbury may have reported its best performance for over a decade last week but it faces a struggle to silence its critics. A 30.7% jump in profits and more than 6% rise in like-for-like sales failed to impress the City, with analysts pointing out...
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SHANNON TO RETIRE
Bill Shannon, Co-operative Group head of corporate affairs and deputy chairman of the British Retail Consortium, has announced he will retire in November. Financial controller David Jackson will also retire before the end of the financial year....
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Independent retailers have benefited from the World Cup and
That scenario became clear in this week's poll of neighbourhood stores when 28% of those questioned said current sales were better than a year ago an improvement of 7% on last month. There were 40% who claimed business remained the same (51%...
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Budweiser Ice 24 x 330ml Price promotion £11.99 Gondol
Cadbury's Crunchie/Flake 6pk 50% extra free Gondola end Asda Cadbury's Timeout Bars 14 Buy one get one half price Gondola end Tesco Carlsberg Export 24 x 250ml ...
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meat marketing
Closer co-operation needed between farmers, processors and retailers More scope to develop English regional brands Fresh initiatives to develop English regional brands of beef have been called for by Kevin Hawkins, Safeway's director of...
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Wal-Mart power has delivered unheard of prices in non-food'
Clive Beddall, Bentonville, Arkansas Wal-Mart's financial muscle is enabling Asda to offer UK consumers unbeatable bargains on non foods, chief operating officer Tony DeNunzio told international colleagues at the shareholders convention on...
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THE BEST approach
n They don't have to be tastier. Profitable premium products pull for other, subtler reasons. Steve Hemsley analyses their potential Whether it's Tesco's traditional Scottish smoked salmon, Safeway's roasted red pepper and goats cheese tartlets, or...
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JS opens up a revolutionary showcase
Sainsbury is "pushing back the boundaries on elements of convenience" at its new store in Hazel Grove, Manchester, which opened this week. Assistant managing director Sara Weller said: "This store is another strand of Sainsbury's focus on...
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Ethnic ready meals, a major sector within ethnic, is worth £
In terms of retailers, Sainsbury has outperformed the market and now represents 27% of market spend. Growth is partly due to its ranging of Thai foods. Ethnic meal accompaniments are also performing well. Within accompaniments naan bread is now...