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Republic of Ireland: Quinn hits out at Foley fears of big th
The three big players in the Irish retail market Tesco, Dunnes and Superquinn have been shown the yellow card by Consumer Affairs Director Carmel Foley, who has accused them of matching each other's prices. Foley has asked the Competition...
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M&S: Marks to take on papers
Newspapers and magazines will on the shelves of Marks and Spencer if a deal between the troubled chain and distributor WH Smith News goes ahead. Mark Cashmore, sales and marketing controller for WH Smith News, confirmed it had been talking to M&S...
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Multiples: Sainsbury set to roll out US style market display
Strategy backed by economic profit' formula showing costs of retailing each product Sainsbury's trials of North American farmers' market display techniques in its Hendon store exclusively reported in The Grocer, September 30 have been so...
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Rural retailers: C&C boss lashes rural alliance
A vitriolic attack has been launched at the newly formed Rural Shops Alliance by cash and carry boss Steve Parfett. In a letter to The Grocer, the managing director of AG Parfett & Sons and chairman of Landmark Cash and Carry slammed the Village...
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The Grocer Focus on pizza: Asda's back on top
Asda has regained the title of Pizza Retailer of the Year awarded by the Pizza & Pasta Association an accolade it has now won three times. "We lost to Morrisons last year but got it back this year," says Asda buying manager Linsey Wright. "In...
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Tesco impresses in Asia
Brokers have been busily upgrading Tesco stock following an investor relations trip to the retailer's Asian stores. Describing Tesco as a "strong international challenger," Goldman Sachs and Lehman Bros have raised their price targets for its...
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Drinks: Biggest ever booze price war starting
Independent retailers are being warned to prepare for the biggest ever supermarket price war on booze. This year's Christmas campaign kicked off when Asda unveiled aggressive £15m plans for the festive season. And one of its star offers is a case...
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Art of getting sushi right
A new frozen convenience sushi from Sea Products International is to go on sale at Sainsbury and Makro this month. The frozen sushi is manufactured and quick frozen in Iceland. Local fresh products and Japanese recipes and processes are used in...
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Retail spotlight: Forecourt vehicles
Sainsbury's Local has pulled into the filling station. Anne Bruce sees what's on offer and compares it to Tesco's Express Sainsbury has joined its multiple rivals on the forecourts with the unveiling of its first collaboration with Shell in...
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Home shopping: Non-food is key in Asda's online battle with
Asda's late entry into on-line shopping needn't condemn it to playing second fiddle to Tesco, says market researcher Verdict. And non food could prove to be the key factor in the race for cybersupremacy, it says. Asda has announced plans to roll...
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Safeway: A Fresh approach to the store cafe
Safeway is preparing to launch a new supermarket café concept in its High Wycombe store. The concept known internally as Café Fresh' is still being developed but will be unveiled after Christmas. A spokeswoman said: "It will offer a lot more...
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Big guns trained on M&S
Given that much of what put the Great into Great Britain is in deep water (in every sense), it was all the more depressing on Tuesday to hear one of retailing's troubled institutions report a significant deterioration in trading over the last five...
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Hungary: Carrefour pulls out but Tesco digs in
Carrefour has pulled the plug on its Hungarian operations and turned its attention towards Romania and China. Describing the trading environment in Hungary as “incredibly tough”, the head of Carrefour’s Hungarian subsidiary Alain Bonnefin said the…
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Marks and Spencer: Food defies M&S gloom
The beleaguered boss of Marks and Spencer claims its food business is holding up well despite a dismal performance in the rest of its UK operations. "At the half year, food sales improved by 2.6% [to reach £1.34bn], we maintained market share and...
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Dairy: Axis talks Aeron
Milk producer co-op Axis, the Midlands successor to Milk Marque, is to enter exclusive talks to buy Aeron Valley Cheese from Milk Marque. While some potential bidders were put off by cumbersome HGV access, cheese packing alternatives will...
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Stones gets richer in JS
A limited release of a Special Reserve' Stone's Ginger Wine is being tested in selected Sainsbury's outlets. The Special Reserve has a richer ginger flavour and a higher abv of 18%. A Matthew Clark spokesman said the parent brand has a 53% value...
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That was the year that was 10
November 24, 1990. Gateway is to launch yet another retail fascia alongside its Somerfield and Dunnes-link operations, chief executive Bob Willett revealed this week. The project, quite distinct from next month's Gateway Stores' revamp, is still on...
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CIES conference: Global retailer? No such thing'
Forget all the hype about global retailing. Only one operator is close to achieving that status, claims Safeway boss Carlos Criado-Perez. "Carrefour is probably the only one on its way to becoming a global retailer. The rest, with due respect, are...
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Co-ops: CWS brings out buyers to meet Scots
CWS has been holding "meet the buyer" events in Scotland as part of a bid to significantly increase the amount of Scottish products it sources. Events in Glasgow, held in conjunction with Scottish Enterprise's Food and Drink Team, and Inverness,...
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E-commerce: Waitrose claims a world beater in home shopping
Waitrose will have the most advanced home shopping grocery website in the world, according to director of selling and marketing Mark Price. He said the site was not an adaption of its Waitrose@work site but a brand new system developed with IBM and...