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TESCO CHOOSES TWO SOUTH AFRICAN GROWERS
For the first time outside the UK, Tesco has awarded two South African fruit growers its Nature's Choice accreditation and expects to add a further eight similar quality suppliers of apples, grapes and pears to its list. They are the Montelth Trust...
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Supplier relationships: Rivals hit out over JS gun jumping
Clive Beddall Major multiples have reacted with anger and astonishment to Sainsbury's decision to "jump the gun" and publish its own code of best trading practice in advance of an all industry version. None of the groups would be quoted by name...
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Wal-Mart not good news for fresh
Sir; Nice to see Asda opening another colossal store at Patchway in Bristol, though it's a pity we don't at the same time see a large increase in the quality of fresh produce, meat and bakery products displayed on its shelves. One could say the same...
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Carrefour buys GB
Carrefour has agreed to buy the remaining 72.5% stake in GB, the supermarket division of Belgium's GIB Group, for 670m euros. The deal provides the French retail giant with 60 hypermarkets and 430 supermarkets and smaller stores. Carrefour gained...
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Retail spotlight: Patchworks
It's the first Asda Wal-Mart Supercentre in the UK and the Stars and Stripes are surprisingly low key as Elaine Watson discovers Patchway doesn't cater for the specialist end of the market, explains Mike Powlesland, head of the toy department at...
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APPLES: Exceptional' Sonya arrives
M&S praises exclusive New Zealand variety Marks and Spencer is selling an exclusive New Zealand apple called Sonya for the first time. The variety was first discovered by the multiple in Otago region on South Island and was bred privately outside...
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Mobile phones: Retailers' fury at cuts to Cellnet top-up mar
Telephone watchdog Oftel has said it has no powers to act after independent retailers protested about margins on BT Cellnet's mobile phone top-up cards being slashed. Stephen Thompson, marketing director of Morning Noon and Night, which has 41...
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Home shopping: Waitrose plans full net rollout
Exclusive John Wood A major internet home shopping launch will double Waitrose turnover within five years, according to managing director David Felwick. The retailer has set up a joint venture with LM Solutions, and the partners claim it will...
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Imperial cool moves at Tesco
Sir; Your Opinion column said it all. Tesco's campaign to save pounds and ounces must go down as one of the smartest stunts ever seen in British grocery. Their rivals must be livid for not thinking of it themselves. Tesco's founder the late Sir...
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Asda/Wal-Mart: Lorries strut their stuff on the sidewalk
Asda brought American parent company Wal-Mart's idea of "sidewalk sales" over to Britain's Asda car parks last week. Electrical items and health and beauty products were flogged from unmarked lorries in the first round of souped up car boot sales...
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Fancy a glass of Old Engine Oil?
Castle Eden from Hartlepool and Harviestoun from Clackmanshire in Scotland took a radically different approach to winter beers to beat off 43 other breweries and win Tesco's Autumn Beer Challenge. The Castle Eden team won the large brewer category...
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Somerfield: Plan for own label in rethink of KS range
Exclusive Julian Hunt An own label range is under development at Kwik Save as part of Somerfield's attempts to revitalise the struggling discount chain. Research is under way to see whether the range should have a No Frills' badging or carry...
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Tesco: Replenishment plan to be tested
Tesco is to test continuous replenishment of fresh foods in up to 10 stores over the Christmas period, according to a leading analyst. Schroder Salomon Smith Barney's David McCarthy says in a briefing note: "Assuming the system works, and that any...
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In the City: Sainsbury has been protesting it is about to re
Sainsbury's new chief executive Sir Peter Davis has been putting himself about in the City, ahead of the release of the company's first quarter sales figures at its agm on July 26, trying to convince analysts that he's the man to turn around the...
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Newstrade: PPA challenges Tesco/WH Smith
The Periodical Publishers Association is preparing a legal challenge to Tesco's exclusive distribution deal with WH Smith News, and is collecting funds from members to back the challenge. PPA chief executive Ian Locks said: "If the magazine...
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Online retailing: Tesco rejects digital interactive TV for h
Exclusive Belinda Gannaway Tesco.com chief executive John Browett has ruled out digital interactive TV as a medium for its store based home shopping service. Speaking exclusively to The Grocer he said: "There are clearly roles for all these...
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Sunday trading: Licence for hours fight
The government could soon find itself being lobbied by both Sainsbury and Tesco as the supermarket chains try to change a law that prevents them opening more than six hours on the Sabbath. Executives at both groups have examined their options in...
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Olive oil: Prices up with new group
The formation of a new olive oil producers' trading group, the Compagñia Española Comercializadoras de Aceite SA (CECASA) last week in Spain, put an extra £150/tonne on mill prices within 48 hours. It comprises over 250 oil producing co-ops in the...
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UNITED NORWEST PLAYS SAFE
United Norwest Co-op is keeping the deli counter closed at its store in Hazel Grove, Stockport, as environmental health officers continue to investigate possible sources of last week's E.coli 0157 outbreak in the area. There are nine confirmed...