more supermarket news & analysis – Page 672
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Category Report
Asda develops regional own-label range for NI
It may only be 20 miles across the Irish Sea, but Northern Ireland has some marked differences to the mainland…
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News
Butterfly kiwi fruit launched in Waitrose
Waitrose has become the exclusive stockist of the ‘butterfly kiwi’…
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Comment & Opinion
Tesco is retrenching to a domestic market in which it is failing
Tesco attracts some serious talent. But CEO Philip Clarke and his new team look very exposed….
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Analysis & Features
Retailers can't resist the weather
The price of Christmas dinner may have risen less than the RPI, but the 14.3% hike is still hurting consumers…
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News
Good news kids: sprouts are off the menu after 69% hike
The cost of the traditional Christmas dinner has soared over the past five years, The Grocer can reveal…
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Analysis & Features
Supermarkets: meet your new worst enemy
Last year, on a bright fresh Easter Saturday morning, something peculiar happened in Portsmouth…
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Grocer 33
Tesco South Queensferry, Edinburgh
We’ve had a really big drive in the past month to improve the availability of key lines…
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News
Short selling increases in gloomy food retail sector
Short sellers have homed in on the supermarkets as they look to profit from the gloomy outlook for food retail…
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News
Leiths gives Asda a 25% Extra Special boost
Asda’s tie-up with Leiths has boosted the size of its Extra Special premium range by 25% compared with 2011…
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News
Does 'Chicken Jahmene' have The X Factor?
It’s The X Factor final this weekend, and Asda’s ‘Chicken Jahmene’ Douglas takes the stage…
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News
City news 08/12/12
Tesco’s decision to retreat from its loss-making Fresh & Easy business in the US gave its shares a rare boost…
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News
Warbies ends bread export trial to Euro Tescos
Warburtons has pulled the plug on its first overseas venture…
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News
Waitrose takes Heston down under through new listing with Coles
Australians will be able to tuck into Heston Blumenthal’s popular Christmas puddings this year…
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News
M&S lamb trial shows better returns from NZ breeds
The British lamb supply chain would be more economically and environmentally sustainable if farmers were to switch to New Zealand breeds of sheep, new research funded by Marks & Spencer has suggested.
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News
Tesco "likely" to quit the States as Mason departs
Tesco boss Philip Clarke today revealed it was ”likely” the retailer would quit the US, after announcing a strategic review of its struggling Fresh & Easy chain and the immediate departure of its CEO Tim Mason.
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News
Sainsbury's leads the way in latest Kantar figures
Sainsbury’s continued to grow its share of the grocery market in the latest quarter as other big supermarkets struggled, according to the latest data…
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News
Groceries Code Adjudicator to be given powers to fine
The Groceries Code Adjudicator will have the direct power to fine, after the government bowed to pressure from MPs and introduced an amendment to the bill.
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News
Greenpeace targets Waitrose for Shell tie-up
Greenpeace will target Waitrose in the run-up to Christmas in protest against its partnership with Shell.
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News
Co-op Group member anger at 'insulting' dividend card payout
Disgruntled members of The Co-operative Group have taken to Facebook to vent their anger…
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News
Morrisons cooks up a cool chicken strategy to save customers VAT
Morrisons has come up with a cunning plan to circumvent the recent imposition of VAT on rotisserie chicken…