more supermarket news & analysis – Page 682
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News
Scan-as-you-shop set to roll out across Tesco
Tesco is planning a national rollout of scan-as-you-shop devices after trials revealed one pound in every seven spent in its stores…
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Disney magic comes to Asda Milton Keynes superstore
Asda is trialling a new Disney zone at its Milton Keynes superstore.
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Profiles and QandAs
Sir Graham Melmoth, former Co-operative Group CEO
Career background: Sir Graham worked at pharmaceutical company Fisons before joining The Co-operative Group in 1976…
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The Co-op to roll out energy-saving chiller doors
The Co-operative Group is set to become the first major retailer to install chiller doors in all of its stores as it looks to make further progress in reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
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City News 3/10/12
The economic crisis in southern Europe took the shine off Compass Group’s trading update on Thursday…
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Co-op winter blueberries go Fairtrade
The Co-0perative Group has announced it is switching all its fresh winter blueberries to Fairtrade from November…
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Waitrose fruit & veg 'experts' to give advise shoppers
Waitrose is sending hundreds of staff on a six-month course to become fruit and veg experts to boost its fresh produce offering…
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Tesco aims for service boost with 300,000 extra staff hours
Tesco CEO Philip Clarke this week declared that its stores across the UK were no longer “running hot”…
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Asda best retailer again at British Turkey Awards
Asda has been crowned best turkey retailer at the British Turkey Awards for the third year in a row.
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Grocer 33
Morrisons Ipswich
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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Morrisons to breed cattle ‘rarer than giant panda’
Morrisons is using its farming expertise to help increase numbers of rare Whitebred Shorthorn cattle.
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Analysis & Features
Green giants?
They all say they’re cutting their hefty environmental footprints. But just how green are grocery’s heavyweights?
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New dawn for Morrisons breakfast cereals
Serial makeover merchant Morrisons has made cereals the subject of its latest own-label overhaul.
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Tesco relaunches frozen range as Clarke declares end to ‘running hot’
Tesco will launch a major revamp of its entire frozen food range tomorrow - the latest move in its £1bn turnaround plan.
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Comment & Opinion
Asda's rice pudding error is no easy fix
Since when is a basket of shopping 66% cheaper at Waitrose than at Asda? When you discover a glitch in Asda’s 10% Price Guarantee…
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News
Asda and Manchester Met link to fund George retail degrees
Four college leavers will start a fully-funded degree this month, thanks to Asda’s clothing brand George…
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Ocado struggles to come back from summer slump
The summer of celebration has brought little cheer to Ocado investors…
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Invisible tag tech for Tesco store security
Tesco is rolling out an advanced electronic tagging system in a move to boost on shelf availability and security…
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Co-op Group relaunches own label chilled ready meal range
The Co-operative Group has relaunched its own label chilled ready meals range…
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Comment & Opinion
Learning from the mults can help indies stay independent
I found the article in The Grocer (‘Fair of fascia’, 18 August) very interesting as it described the requirement for convenience stores…