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Make your voice heard'
Delegates were urged to make their voice heard in the debate about farming. David Webster, chairman of Safeway and IGD president, said it was important the grocery industry had its say because "every organisation with an axe to grind" would be...
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n Retailers in an Irish town are helping to expose the greml
Atown in the heart of rural Ireland, with a population of just 4,000, is doing much of its business in euros, months ahead of the official changeover date. Eighteen months ago, in a local chamber of commerce initiative, the County Galway town of...
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Gill blasts OFT's swatting' of producer co-op moves in UK
Farmers need to set up co-ops to help them stand up to the financial muscle of the major multiples, but are being thwarted by the Office of Fair Trading, according to NFU president Ben Gill. He said that after tax, currency differences and...
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Fertile ground for co-operatives
The dreadful events in America on September 11 have focused the minds of those involved in UK food production. Thus the importance of maintaining a strong domestic base in the new, uncertain international environment is taking on greater...
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Sainsbury and Asda angrily hit out at Tesco Best Value' cla
Asda and Sainsbury are both threatening to report Tesco to the Advertising Standards Authority over its claims to be the Best Value Supermarket'. Tesco is standing by claims made in its latest ad campaign that it is on average 8% cheaper than...
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Coin machines give shoppers the charitable option
Supermarket coin exchange service Coinstar has linked up with leading UK charities to give shoppers an option of donating loose change. A Coins that Count' service now allows customers at Asda, Sainsbury and Tesco to pay in money to causes...
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IGD workshops guide young managers through the big issues
IGD is to help 46 junior managers at Sainsbury to widen their horizons from the day to day running of the grocery industry through its Foundation Certificate in Management programme. Sainsbury has enrolled the delegates on the Manchester...
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Phenomenal success' of first CBC net auction
A major new procurement initiative from Nisa-Today's has demonstrated internet auctions are not only for the big boys. Nisa CBC members Londis, Budgens and Somerfield used their first web auction to procure four million cases of soft drinks on...
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There's no more fat to trim' warns FDF as JS cuts £100m
If Sainsbury's £100m price cuts announced last week are trumped by retaliatory price slashing from the competition, suppliers will not be able to foot the bill, warned the Food and Drink Federation. A spokeswoman said: "If retailers are looking to...
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DEVON START FOR BIGGER STORE
The first of Safeway's brand new hypermarket formats is due to open in Plymstock, Devon, by mid-December. It will be followed by four more hypermarkets by next March said CEO Carlos Criado-Perez. He said the hypermarkets would be created by...
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Asda hits top gear for non food drive
Asda has launched an aggressive bid to boost non food sales with the introduction of 5,000 new home and leisure products. The new range of microwaves, DVDs and bikes has been sourced through Wal-Mart's global general merchandise supplier PREL,...
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Receivers fail to find buyer for Tinsley
Lincoln based Tinsley Foods has closed after receivers failed to find a buyer prepared to take it as a going concern. Receivers KPMG said they were surprised the business had attracted so little interest given major customers Marks and Spencer and...
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Women's union demands an apology for alarmist survey'
The Women's Food and Farming Union has demanded an apology from Tesco over its shopper survey on farming in Britain in 2001. Chairman Janet Godfrey said some of the questions were ambiguous and could cause concern among shoppers about food safety....
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Tesco boosts wine online
Tesco is taking on specialist wine retailers with a new online Wine Warehouse offering 800 wines by the case at rock bottom prices. Tesco.com chief executive John Browett said: "Our aim is to be the best wine by case delivery service in the UK."...
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M&S Café Revive goes into packs
Marks and Spencer is looking to build on the success of its instore café concept Café Revive with the launch of retail packs of coffee under the same brand. Made from Arabica beans ground at ultra cool temperatures within minutes of roasting,...