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Scotland: Safeway adds to Asda woes
Safeway has unveiled a Scottish logo and brand identity as part of its campaign to position itself as Scotland's number one food retailer. The supermarket chain says its market share in Scotland is 22%, making it the market leader in that...
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Retail spotlight: Smile (Newshops)
Facts & figures - The store opens from 7am to 11pm, although manager Richard Carter tries to open at 6am to catch the change of shift at Clarks still one of Street's biggest employers - There's plenty of competition in Street, with a Sainsbury,...
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Leading Edge The IGD Development Network for young industry
And the winners are… - Member of the year: Michelle Wilkinson, beers, wines and spirits buyer, United Norwest Co-op, who gets £800, an IGD training course, a large hamper of McVitie’s biscuits, and a trophy designed by John Rocha - Runner up:…
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Internet trading exchanges WWRE: here's how we'll outsmart t
Tesco and Ahold are already trialling procurement through the WorldWide Retail Exchange, its newly appointed chief executive Colin Dyer revealed this week. In his only interview with the UK trade press, he told The Grocer that buying and selling...
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Asda: No pay by sale'
Asda this week denied rumours it plans any form of pay by sale' system in the UK, even at its Patchway flagship store. Practiced in the US by Asda's parent Wal-Mart, pay by sale' systems clear payment to suppliers for goods once they have been...
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Waitrose backs British bacon
Sir; I was disappointed to read the weekly shop page in last week's The Grocer (page 33, August 19) in which you state that eight unsmoked rindless rashers of bacon cost your shopper £2.59 in Waitrose, when the shelf edge barker displayed a cost of...
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The Grocer focus on Scotland: RETAILERS: IS THERE A WORLD OF
How far do retailers have to go to adjust to Scottish tastes and sympathies? Or are the Scots coming into line with the preferences of the rest of mainland Britain asks Gillian Law Scotland's different, say retailers. People buy and eat very...
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The National Lottery: Branson team move to soothe retailers'
As uncertainty continued to cloud the future of the National Lottery, the favourite to win the franchise moved to reassure existing lottery retailers. Any retailer with a Camelot lottery terminal will automatically receive a People's Lottery one,...
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JESTER IMPRESSES MARKS AND SPENCER
A new tomato variety called Jester grown by English Village Salads which also controls the seed has impressed Marks and Spencer so much that it has contracted for supplies well into the next decade. Several other types have been on display at…
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Asda: Momentum is slowing
Asda continues to find it hard to maintain last year's momentum, suggest the latest market share figures from Taylor Nelson Sofres. August was a tough month for the Wal-Mart subsidiary, according to Sharetrack data leaked to The Grocer, with market...
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BEEF AND LAMB: Regional brands growing
Waitrose reports huge increase in interest in beef that is different' Primary producers of beef and lamb are getting their act together and shortening lines of communication with their customers. Producer groups reflecting either breed or...
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Sainsbury: From the Pru to the sushi
Sainsbury Chief Executive Sir Peter Davis is bringing the cult of personality he established as the man from the Pru' into the multiple. Its new flagship London store, was unveiled on Thursday as "the personal brainchild" of Davis and second in...
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CWS: Co-ops talk mobiles
Consumers will soon be able to get independent advice on the best mobile phone deals at their local Co-op store. The CWS has teamed up with NWP communications in a £5m deal to pilot its Teleworld mobile phone advice units in nine stores. If the...
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Tesco/ WH Smith newstrade deal: Tesco soothes publisher ange
Tesco chief executive Terry Leahy is leading an attempt by the retailer to avoid a clash with publishers over magazine distribution. Leahy headed a delegation from Tesco which met representatives of the Newspaper Publishers Association this week....
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Kwik Save needs to offer more
Sir; As time goes on, I begin to feel more and more sorry for the guys down at Somerfield trying to turn Kwik Save round. Nothing seems to go right, and all the press is bad. One might question, however, the wisdom of the route being taken regarding...
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Boots made for talkin'
It speaks volumes for the Yanks' incredible pulling power that, 14 months on from the day they coughed up £6.7bn for Asda, the mere mention of Wal-Mart still has an orgasmic effect in newsrooms and analysts' hideaways around our land. Has there...
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UGLY OR WHAT?
With hardly the most encouraging of names, Ugly Plums have been launched by Marks and Spencer under its Ripe and Ready to Eat range which concentrates on flavour. Unusually the fruit is graded Cat II, but the label draws attention to the fact that...
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Lamb: Cotswold move pays off at Somerfield
Somerfield's latest venture, billed as "a unique alliance between farmer supplier and supermarket", to sell branded Cotswold Lamb has produced significant dividends in its first two months with a 41% leap in local lamb sales. The company agreed to...
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A mixed picture
Sir; I would like to agree with the verdict of your "disappointed" mystery shopper who visited the first Asda Wal-Mart supercentre in Bristol (The Grocer, August 5, p4). I popped into the store on my way back home two weeks ago after a holiday in...
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TESCO IRISH CHARGE GOES UP
Tesco Ireland is to put a new delivery charge of I£1.50 on home deliveries. This is to be run on a trial basis in six of its stores. Until now, free delivery was offered with a minimum purchase of I£25. However the service was confined to those...