more supermarket news & analysis – Page 658
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News
Booths launches in-store beer and cider festival
Booths is holding a beer and cider festival in stores – featuring tasting events, guest ales and even a specially brewed beer.
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Comment & Opinion
Lloyds deal collapse a bitter blow for Co-op's Peter Marks
This week, The Co-operative Group was forced to pull out of its deal to acquire 632 Lloyds Bank branches….
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Waitrose goes cross-channel with Eurostar snack service
Waitrose will start selling sandwiches, snacks and ready meals on Eurostar trains this week.
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Midcounties Co-op breaks £1bn sales barrier
Turnover at Midcounties Co-operative, the UK’s second-biggest co-op behind The Co-operative Group, has hit £1bn…
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Comment & Opinion
Waitrose's Mark Price: Help bees by banning neonicotinoids
Why have we just asked our growers to end the use of three formulations of neonicotinoids?…
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Tesco's One Stop to get a third depot
Tesco’s c-store chain One Stop is to open its third depot in June to keep pace with ambitious expansion plans…
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Analysis & Features
What's the significance of Tesco's £804m property writedown?
Tesco’s hunger to snap up land resulted in a one-off property writedown of £804m for 100-plus sites. What does it mean for Tesco and its rivals?
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Supermarkets' brand value took a £3bn knock in 2012
The brand value of the major UK supermarkets took a £3bn tumble in 2012, with only Sainsbury’s bucking the trend and increasing in value, a study has found.
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Tesco staff and customers raise £11.9m for Cancer Research
Tesco’s staff, customers and suppliers have raised a record-breaking £11.9m for Cancer Research.
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P&G and Asda unite for clean drinking water campaign
Procter & Gamble has teamed up with Asda on a campaign to provide clean drinking water in developing countries.
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Asda plots same-day delivery service in £700m investment push
Asda has reported year-on-year sales growth of 4.5% in 2012, as it announced plans to offer same-day delivery on food orders as part of a £700m investment in its business.
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Morrisons names Emily Lawson group HR boss
Morrisons has named Emily Lawson as its new group human resources director.
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Sainsbury's opens Britain's 'greenest c-store'
Sainsbury’s has opened what it claims is Britain’s most environmentally friendly convenience store.
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Asda frozen savouries launch copies Greggs' Iceland range
Asda is hoping to emulate the success of the Iceland-exclusive Greggs range with lookalike own-label frozen savouries…
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Hisbe to open ethical supermarket in Brighton
Two sisters are gearing up to open an ‘ethical and modern’ supermarket in Brighton this summer…
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Sainsbury's changes layout and signage of ready meal aisles
Sainsbury’s is giving its ready meals aisle a makeover to make the range easier to shop…
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Waitrose adopts voice-activated warehouse management system
Waitrose is equipping workers with headsets that will allow voice-activated picking in its warehouses…
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Comment & Opinion
Tesco turnaround strategy a bit bitty
It’s unfortunate that the Tesco fleet appears to be developing new holes quicker than Philip Clarke can plug existing ones…
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Comment & Opinion
An online offer must add value
Morrisons’ announcement it will be starting online sales provides a timely reminder of the need to predict trends…
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News
End of the line for cheap plonk? Fine wine sales lift off
The days of cheap plonk look to be numbered as the mults report a sharp fall in sales of sub-£5 bottles…