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Multiples: London revamps signal Safeway drive to recover
Safeway is revamping its London stores in a bid to win more customers, which chief executive Carlos Criado-Perez says will pave the way to recovery in the next six months. He said improvement would eventually come through concentrating on its deep...
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Internet retailing: Tesco.com looks to global fulfilment
Tesco.com is in talks with a number of medium sized European and US retailers to offer home shopping fulfilment services. Newly appointed Tesco.com chairman Tim Mason also Tesco marketing director said Tesco.com wanted allies with a good brand...
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Loyalty cards: Safeway will suffer says JS marketer
Sainsbury has held high level discussions about whether to drop its Reward Card scheme, we can reveal. The chain's new marketing director, Sara Weller, admitted it had done a "full and proper review" of its loyalty scheme in the 18 months before...
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Advertising: Tesco and Iceland hit out at ASA rulings on lea
The Advertising Standards Authority has come under attack for its decision to censure Iceland and Tesco. Tesco has condemned the watchdog's ruling it misled consumers with a leaflet extolling the purity, low cost and taste of organic foods. While...
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Staff development
How Asda is using diversity to gain a long term business advantage The European Parliament debate of May 18 took a vote to amend heavily proposals by the Commission to tighten up European legislation on racial discrimination, particularly in...
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Mason steps up in Asda moves
Wal-Mart's reshuffle of top executives at Asda this week sees retail director Paul Mason step up to become chief operating officer. He takes over day-to-day control of Asda from Allan Leighton (see page 60). Tony Campbell broadens his...
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Republic of Ireland: Killarney the stage for battle as Lidl
Lidl's first store in the Irish Republic is now under construction and set to challenge the market's big two Tesco and Dunnes when it opens in September. The 1,230 sq m outlet is on a greenfield site on the outskirts of Killarney, the leading...
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The Grocer Focus on Northern Ireland: Retailers
Origin? value is the priority A report commissioned by the General Consumer Council for Northern Ireland last year showed seven out of 10 consumers now do their main food and grocery shopping in a supermarket or symbol store. Only a minority...
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Waitrose extension on track
Waitrose is on target to reopen the 11 Somerfield stores it bought in January by the end of July. The multiple is currently refurbishing three stores at Sudbury, Paddock Wood and Hythe and they are scheduled to reopen on May 24, 31 and June 1...
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The Grocer Focus on Northern Ireland: Retailers
We've done good say the multiples Shoppers are voting with their feet and converting to supermarkets in droves, according to the three major multiples that dictate the scene in Northern Ireland Tesco, Sainsbury and Safeway. Tesco seems to have...
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Bradford HQ for Morrisons
Morrisons is spending millions on a new head office to be built near its Bradford roots. The company currently spreads its head office staff amongst two sites in the city and at its Wakefield distribution centre. Morrisons would not reveal how...
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Better accessories' for Safeway
Exclusive Julian Hunt Safeway is to dramatically increase the range of services offered in its superstores. The company's chief executive, Carlos Criado-Perez, said: "In our superstores we will be looking at accessory businesses' that are very...
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IGD Grocery Retailing 2000: Multiples set to go down high ri
The multiples will take bigger risks to boost sales over the next five years as market growth continues to slow down, according to an influential study. IGD's Grocery Retailing 2000 report predicts Tesco, Asda, Sainsbury and Safeway will account...
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Spain: Spanish cherry imports boost
Redbridge and Valle del Jerte co-op forge new link A new marketing agreement which is expected to boost imports of stalkless Spanish Picota cherries has been signed between Agrupacion de Co-operatives, Valle del Jerte, one of the region's largest...
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Staff development: Experience of all levels of the chain
Management Development Services was set up by a group of farmers with the aim of increasing management skills for young people in the food industry. After completing a two year graduate traineeship run by MDS, Jenny Wood got a job at Asda, the...
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Newstrade: WHS: here's the help for small retailers
WH Smith News has unveiled a raft of improvements to its systems which it claims will make life significantly easier for retail customers, particularly independents. The UK's biggest news wholesaler is currently at the centre of controversial...
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talking point: Freshening up Safeway
How does Carlos Criado-Perez plan to revitalise Safeway? The chief executive agreed to take questions exclusively from Julian Hunt You have been making plenty of changes since taking charge at Safeway, what's been the main challenge? I think...
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Co-operatives: CWS market town format heads south
CWS is to expand trials of its new market town store format south of the border. Pleased with initial results at two small Scottish stores in Aberlour and Dollar which are said to be "impressive" the co-operative society wants to try out the...
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IT Systems: Asda Wal-Mart intranet installation due by Octob
Asda expects to complete the installation of Wal-Mart's Retail Link intranet information system in its UK stores by October this year well ahead of schedule. New systems have gone live in a number of stores across the country in the past few...
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Newstrade: NFRN sounds alarm at Tesco/WH Smith link up
Retailers and publishers have warned that the proposed exclusive magazine supply deal between Tesco and WH Smith News must not be allowed to destroy the viability of smaller outlets. The supermarket plans to have national distribution arrangements...