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The shortlist of three venture capital groups seeking to buy
Asda has denied rumours that its Extra Special own label range is to be redesigned. A spokeswoman said the brand was under ongoing development but said Asda was not making changes to the design of the packaging. Subjects up for discussion at the...
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M&S marches on meal solutions
Rod Addy Marks & Spencer has launched its largest ever assault on the UK food sector with the introduction of more than 600 new products. The beleagured chain, which is relying on improving food sales to bolster its flagging business in other...
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Birds Eye Chicken O's Buy one get one free Gondola en
Birds Eye Bigtime Codcakes 4s Price promotion 98p Gondola end Asda Birds Eye Frozen Beef Curry Price promotion 99p Gondola end Tesco Birds Eye Mega Burgers 320g ...
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PowerMax 3 range from Panasonic
Sizes: AA, AAA, C, D, 9V Rsp is not available from Panasonic, but as a price indicator, the AA four-pack is £2.49 at Morrisons. Why will they sell? This is the third generation version of Panasonic's high drain alkaline battery specifically for ...
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Somerfield reshuffles its senior team
Somerfield has denied it will be working more closely with buying group Nisa-Today's after a management reshuffle promoted former Nisa-Today's director Keiron Mayes to deputy buying director. The multiple surprised the industry in January when it ...
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Multiples threaten hard times with c-store expansion plans
The independent c-store sector is facing a fresh onslaught from the major multiples and oil giants, with BP, Sainsbury, Tesco and Marks and Spencer announcing new developments. BP has indicated it is ready to set up standalone stores as part of its...
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Vodka links up with the Red Devil
A new Icelandic vodka and cranberry spirit, Ursus Roter Vodka, is going on test in Tesco this month. It will be promoted in the multiple by a linked purchase with Red Devil Energy Drink. The deal has been created by Maritime Foods which...
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TESCO RULES AT THE TOP END
Tesco is fast becoming the supermarket of choice for higher ticket food items for special occasions, an area of the market traditionally dominated by M&S and Sainsbury, according to new Mintel research. In a survey of 2,000 shoppers polled in the...
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Tesco takes no 2 place
Tesco has overtaken Intermarche, Metro and Edeka to assume the number two slot in the European grocery retailing superleague, according to a new report from market researcher Retail Intelligence. Based on sales figures for 2000, Tesco, Carrefour...
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Co-op/council alliance launches Store to Door
Oxford, Swindon & Gloucester Co-op has teamed up with social services at Oxfordshire County Council to launch a new home shopping service for the elderly and housebound. The society beat off competition from Tesco, Sainsbury and Iceland to win the...
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Safeway's fresh into personality-plus
Safeway is teaching workers "not to take their personalities off when they put their uniforms on" with a new theatre-style staff training initiative. Training manager Sue Scouler-Davison said: "It is a very different type of training event it's...
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Record profits boosted
by former Somerfields Waitrose is set to announce record interim profits when the John Lewis Partnership announces its results for the first half of the year this week. Waitrose md David Felwick told The Grocer sales for the first half were up 13%...
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First Quench boosts top team
Off licence operator First Quench has plundered talent from Somerfield, Wal-Mart and M&S to boost its senior management team. Robert Plummer joins as trading director beer/cider, tobacco and minerals. He joins from Somerfield where he was trading...
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Can asda take the fallout?
n Perhaps there have been no internal rows or conflict with Wal-Mart's style of control. But the stream of executive departures at Asda is raising serious questions in the City and the industry about the chain's capacity to endure constant...
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Former M&S Direct man to head Londis supply chain programme
Londis has appointed Jon Peggs as operations director to oversee the group's supply chain development programme and distribution infrastructure. He joins from Marks and Spencer Direct where he was head of fulfilment. Prior to that he held a number...
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Underlying strength' at Ahold as Carrefour fails to hit tar
A respectable half-year performance from Carrefour was overshadowed by a sterling set of figures from Ahold as the European grocery giants published their interim results on Thursday. Analysts were sceptical about Carrefour's chances of meeting...
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Tesco pumps up tuneful theft prevention
Tesco has come up with a unique way of pricking a potential thief's conscience by playing police theme tunes on garage forecourts. A spokesman said: "We have been looking at a number of ways of reducing drive offs at our petrol stations. The...