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Asda staff are bare but not the shelves
When Asda announces "everything's coming down", it normally means the price, but this time, they do mean everything. After the Women's Institutue and Somerfield's semi-nude effort last year, Asda colleagues at the Morley branch in West Yorkshire...
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The National Lottery: Retailers welcome end to Lottery uncer
The People's Lottery may challenge Camelot though the back door after its failure to win the licence to run the National Lottery. Richard Branson has confirmed the People's Lottery would not seek a judicial review of the Lottery Commission's...
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The Grocer focus on jams, spreads & honey
Brand Ranking (based on value) 1 Hartley's Pure Fruit Jam 2 Robertson's Standard Jam 3 Robertson's Golden Shred 4 Tesco Standard Jam ...
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Tesco takes a long lead in the push for market share
Tesco has emerged as the multiple with the biggest share of the magazines market from July to September. According to Seymour's December Monitor, Tesco had a market share of 7.4%, almost twice that of its nearest rival Sainsbury at 4%. Seymour's...
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John gets fresh with society
West Midlands Co-op has appointed a new general manager to head up its expanded food division. He is John Toal who was chief executive of the food group at Shrewsbury-based Morris and Co which the society acquired in July. Before working at...
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Retail spotlight: Carlos' fun factory
Safeway St Katherine Docks Safeway's boss raises the curtain on retailtainment' where staff and customers are the players. John Wood reports UK grocery shopping seems to be a chore to be endured rather than an experience to be enjoyed,...
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Wal-Mart: Thirteen new stores planned as Asda pumps in cash
Asda has unveiled a £450m investment plan for 2001 creating 5,000 new jobs and increasing its retail space by 600,000sq ft. The cash will be spent on 13 new stores (including four rebuilds and re-sites), six extensions, renewal and refurbishment...
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TESCO CHOOSES ORANGE RIVER PRODUCERS
As the South African seedless grape season in the Orange River region gets into full swing, Tesco has awarded its Nature's Choice accreditation to four major producers, Peu Bezuidenhout, Brennie Wiehahn, RK Oosthuizen & Sons and the Karsten Group....
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Multiples: Somerfield reticent about link to Nisa-Today's
Somerfield has shocked the trade, and many of its own staff, by forging an alliance with the major opponent of the supermarket industry Nisa-Today's. After challenges from The Grocer, the two companies put out a low-key joint statement admitting...
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Xpress arrival
Restaurant-style pizza reaches supermarket shelves for the first time this month, as Sainsbury and PizzaExpress join forces on a six product range. This includes four favourite PizzaExpress pizzas in 8" and 12" sizes: Margherita, Sloppy Giuseppe,...
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Republic of Ireland: Dublin the exception as Irish ban large
The Irish government has rubberstamped temporary planning guidelines banning large retail developments in the Republic, scuppering any lingering hopes harboured by Dunnes and Tesco of building market share through big out of town superstores. ...
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E-commerce: LMS appoints marketing partner
E-grocer Last Mile Solutions has appointed a new marketing partner for the launch of its online home shopping service which is still several months away. The service, which is yet to be named, is a joint venture with minority shareholder Waitrose....
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Co-ops: Jobs go as CWS shuts loss makers
CWS has decided to close three unprofitable superstores in Leigh, Burnley and Leytonstone in the new year after failing to find suitable buyers. Although the cooperative society will try to redeploy employees, 51 full-time and 155 part-time staff...
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Safeway: Criado-Perez turns up the warmth
A radical new store format and a new attitude to customers represent the next step of Safeway's recovery plan, chief executive Carlos Criado-Perez said this week. Both developments were in evidence at the company's newly refurbished flagship store...
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News review 2000: Win-win all the way
Multiples popped their corks in the c-store sector in Millennium year, but the major symbol groups carried on partying The multiples' headlong rush into the already crowded c-store sector continued with Sainsbury securing a deal with Shell to...
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First impressions: Mars and Galaxy hot chocolate
Maltesers and Galaxy hot chocolate twin sachets are on limited distribution at some Sainsburys. A low cal Flyte hot chocolate is under development. Melanie Dixon, 27, is services manager at MAFF's VLA division I love hot chocolate and I am keen...
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Internet shopping: Tesco pulls in girl power through iVillag
Venture set to generate profits in about three years; Tesco looks to Korea and US Tesco.com chief John Browett expects traffic at the new women's online portal iVillage.co.uk will "run into millions". Launching the UK version of leading US women's...
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Asda spirit recall
Asda supplier Hall and Bramley has recalled 23,000 cases of brandy and rum after a malfunction at its Aintree bottling plant. Broken glass, blamed on a faulty filling machine at the plant, was found in a number of bottles. The contaminated...
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Training: Asda receives a glowing assessment of its training
Asda's policies on training were given the seal of approval when the company scooped two honours at the recent Personnel Today awards. The multiple was voted overall winner from the 30 finalists after taking the Focus Quality Services award for...
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Corporate casualties: The fall and rise of David Simons
The end for David Simons came early on the morning of the last Wednesday in March at a Somerfield board meeting. With the company's share price in freefall, Simons was aware that his time as ceo was coming to an end, and the week before had been...