more supermarket news & analysis – Page 674
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Co-operative Group pledges to do better by suppliers
The Co-operative Group “should be doing better” and is changing the way it deals with suppliers….
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Morrisons managers to be given more control of store layout
Morrisons is giving store managers more autonomy over store layout and ranging in a bid to improve sales….
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Topcashback delivers 20,000 new online grocery shoppers
Topcashback has driven over 20,000 new customers to online supermarkets in 2012, resulting in sales of more than £1.3m….
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Waitrose taps into Vietnamese trend
Bespoke Foods is launching three Vietnamese lines into 258 Waitrose stores from 3 December under new brand Nem Viet….
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Analysis & Features
Asda's quiet move into the world of convenience retail
The intriguing thing about Asda’s claim that opening two standalone forecourts doesn’t herald a move into convenience is that, superficially…
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Analysis & Features
You don't twig it says c-store boss as 500th Local opens
On Wednesday morning, Sainsbury’s opened its newest convenience store, in Southsea, Portsmouth.
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Grocer 33
Sainsbury's Longwater
The Grocer 33 is a weekly mystery shopping survey, tracking price, service and availability at the five leading grocery retailers: Asda, Morrisons, Sainsbury’s, Tesco and Waitrose. Each week the winning store manager is interviewed by The Grocer.
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Supermarket bosses call for extension to Sunday trading hours at Christmas
Morrisons CEO Dalton Philips and his Asda counterpart Andy Clarke have written to business minister Michael Fallon to call for the extension of Sunday trading hours this Christmas.
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Sainsbury's opens energy-efficient supermarket in King's Lynn
Sainsbury’s has opened one of the most energy efficient supermarkets in the country.
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Tesco launches Easy Entertaining party food delivery service
Tesco has launched an online delivered party food service that it said will cater for events of all sizes from formal celebrations to children’s parties.
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Tesco magazine is 'most read printed publication' in the UK
Tesco magazine has overtaken The Sun to claim the title of most read printed publication in the UK, according to the latest report from the National Readership Survey.
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The Co-operative Group buys 10 London Costcutter stores
The Co-operative Group has acquired 10 Costcutter stores in London.
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Do Asda forecourt openings point to convenience push?
Asda is set for a tentative step into the convenience market with the opening of two forecourt stores….
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Paramount bust after losing Morrisons contract
Bolton-based Stateside Foods has won a major contract to supply own-label chilled pizza to Morrisons…
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Tesco lists Thorntons Continental range
Thorntons has rolled out its Continental chocolates – previously only in its own stores – to Tesco.
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M&S backs EU PicknPack project for robots in food factories
A multi-million pound scheme to introduce super robots to the factory floor has come under fire from Unite….
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Tesco lists Thorntons Continental range
Thorntons has rolled out its Continental chocolates – previously only in its own stores – to Tesco….
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Belton's Red Fox Red Leicester wins listing in Morrisons
Shropshire cheesemaker Belton Cheese, has won a permanent Morrisons listing for Red Fox, its crunchy Red Leicester cheese….
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Produce pledges 'identical' to plans rejected last year
Supermarkets signed up to new pledges to boost fruit and veg sales – but the coalition immediately faced questions….
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Asda and Barclays offer talking ATMs for the blind
Asda has become the first retailer in the UK to introduce talking cash machines to its stores….