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n Waitrose's new training course aims to make supplier relat
While many retailers and suppliers put a brave face on sometimes strained relationships, Waitrose has become a de facto marriage guidance counsellor. Its new training course Developing People in Partnership aims to build a competitive...
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Asda has consulted an 11-year-old boy to advise it on toys.
Hello, how do I go about giving you advice on your petfood range? You can give me the details and I'll pass them on to the buyer. Actually, my dog thinks your own label range is pretty disgusting OK, tell me what he thinks and I'll tell ...
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Somerfield's a right card with students
Good old Somerfield has come top in the taste stakes again with its latest wheeze. The chain's Headington store in Oxford has given out thousands of saucy door hangers to student halls of residence in a bid to do a little local marketing. The...
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The Co-operative Group has achieved Investors in People stat
Chocolate retailer and manufacturer Thorntons posted a 4.1% rise in like-for-like sales in the 28 weeks to January 12. Total sales were up 3% to £102.4m. Northern c-store chain Mills Group posted a 13.5% rise in like-for-like sales in the four...
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Failing retailers given six months to shape up
Five hundred National Lottery retailers have been told they will lose their terminal if they don't improve sales. National Lottery operator Camelot has put the first group of retailers on probation as it launches its sales improvement programme....
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Staff morale hit as the axe starts to fall
Morale among Sainsbury store staff has been rocked as the cull of Sainsbury store managers who don't match up to a new specification claimed its first victims. Managers and staff have told The Grocer that some departures have been brutally sudden...
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M&S £20m Cardiff sale
Marks & Spencer has sold its former satellite store in Cardiff for more than £20m. The sale, to a private Northern Irish investor, shows a yield of 6%. Acquired from Littlewoods by M&S as part of a 19-store portfolio, the 96,000 sq ft unit in Queen...
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Many consumers still baffled by basic nutritional labelling
Safeway this week revived the long running debate on effective food labelling with a survey which suggests most consumers still do not understand basic nutritional information on food. It questioned 994 men and women aged 25 to 64 for the Eat Smart...
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Fifty new products plus from Marks
Marks and Spencer is continuing to extend its grocery offer with the chain, which has long relied on its food aisles to pull in shoppers, adding more than 50 new products to its repertoire. These include additions to M&S's healthy-eating Count On...
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SAFEWAY: GONZALES WORKS WONDERS
It might have been the stuff of nightmares but Safeway's stock strategy behind high:low pricing has proved a winner says Sarah Hardcastle S afeway's high:low promotions strategy, known in the company as Gonzales, has been hugely instrumental in...
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Hands off Sundays, Sir Peter!
Sir; Sir Peter Davis must be the current UK grocery champion with his outstanding leadership of Sainsbury's recovery. He is reported by Nigel Cope, City editor of The Independent (January 15) as seeking longer trading hours for Sundays in the...
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NORPAK ADDS TRAMPING'
United Co-op subsidiary Norpak says the doubling of its coldstore capacity to 14,000 pallets is now starting to pay dividends. Over the Christmas period it found additional capacity was badly needed. Managing director Gerry Finnerty says...
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Asda, Morrisons the real winners
BY THE GROCER NEWS TEAM Publication of the first of our TradeTrak market share figures, produced by ACNielsen, coincides with the release of Christmas trading statements by many of the retailers included in our table. Our data is for the 12-week...
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European leaders must get to grips with change'
Europe needs to adopt a fresh approach to farming, food safety and product innovation, according to Unilever chairman Niall FitzGerald. Speaking at the second City Food Lecture sponsored by Sainsbury, FitzGerald said: "We must embrace change not...
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Kwik Save to get more non food lines
Somerfield is planning to expand the non food offer within its Kwik Save stores following successful trials. The non food initiative has been tested in 25 stores in Wales and the North West of England since September. Kwik Save commercial director...
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Soya integrity hinders pledge on pork
A year after Tesco and Asda pledged to source all chicken and pork from animals fed non-GM diets, they have failed to meet their targets on pork. Although they attribute the delay to foot and mouth disease, industry sources say the multiples are...
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Tesco struggles to grow market share
Further proof that the Tesco grocery juggernaut may finally be slowing comes this week with the first publication of The Grocer's TradeTrak market share figures in association with ACNielsen. For the 12-week period ending December 29, Tesco's share...
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Tesco has bought United Co-op's Hindley superstore near Wiga
Boots said early results of its standalone operations at six Sainsbury supermarkets were encouraging as it delivered better-than-expected sales figures for autumn and Christmas. Independent cashpoint provider Moneybox is to put its cashpoints on...
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Supplier consternation at ex-factory gate plans
The Grocer's exclusive report that Sainsbury and Tesco are planning to introduce ex-factory gate pricing across all categories (The Grocer, November 3) has sparked a frenzy among suppliers. The IGD has been inundated with questions as it prepares...
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Compact Cafe Fresco tried
Safeway is trialling a scaled down Cafe Fresco instore restaurant at Welling Garden City in Hertfordshire. The new compact version, which opened in December, is a move away from the ambitious high volume foodie restaurant which launched last April ...