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Waitrose picks up puddings by Mosimann
A new range of chilled desserts by Anton Mosimann, the original celebrity chef, hits Waitrose and Ocado later this month. Made to Mosimann's recipes by organic food manufacturer What On Earth, the desserts come in four variants: his...
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NewsGrocer 33: Service - Service wins it again for Sainsbury's
Sainsbury’s in Stroud was this week’s clear winner. It offered the best availability as the only supermarket to offer a full basket. But what really impressed was the customer service: the assistant knew exactly where to fi nd the product our shopper was looking for and led her to it ...
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NewsTesco wins beef with Morrisons over Finest ad
Advertising authorities have sided with Tesco in a spat with Morrisons over a press ad for Finest beef.
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NewsAsda wants gamers to Buy, Play, Trade
Asda has added a new dimension to its entertainment arm by selling pre-owned video games in more than 230 stores.
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NewsAsda axes final salary pension scheme
Asda has axed its final salary pension scheme in a move that affects 3,800 managerial staff.
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NewsFresh & Easy ‘will be profitable in 2012/13’
Fresh & Easy, Tesco's US-based convenience chain, will no longer require a recovery in the US economy in order to make money, and will be profitable from 2012/13, CEO Sir Terry Leahy predicted this week.
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NewsHigh Street Dreams sauce listed by Asda
Mr Singh's the chilli sauce of BBC1 High Street Dreams fame is now rolling out to Asda stores nationwide just five months after the show aired. The launch marks the 25-year-old brand's first listing with one of the big four and comes...
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Second Opinion: Sir Terry Leahy’s story of success
Tesco’s departing boss should be proud of his list of notable achievements, says Clive Black
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NewsDebut for Finest in Tesco’s beer and cider aisles
Tesco will up the premium credentials of its own-label booze with a debut beer and cider range under its Finest banner, The Grocer can exclusively reveal. The 10-strong line-up of bespoke bottled drinks includes a 9.2% abv American Double...
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NewsGrocer 33: Service - Sainsbury’s atmosphere seals victory
Sainsbury’s in Swansea won this week’s service award with a display of consistently good customer service. Our shopper said there was a “lovely atmosphere” in-store and that staff had gone out of their way to offer help. One looked for the pains au chocolat with her and the checkout assistant ...
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NewsAldi left devastated by discounter-style offensive of big four
Aldi, which just two years ago was promising to revolutionise the UK grocery industry and had Tesco on the run, made a whopping £54.2m pre-tax loss last year, The Grocer can reveal.
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Comment & OpinionYou can take the man out of Morrisons...
You can take the man out of Morrisons, it seems, but you can’t take the Morrisons out of the man.
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Comment & OpinionRiders on the storm
That’s more like it. Sainsbury’s today updated an expectant world on its second quarter trading and, in the context of the current market, the numbers are very impressive.
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NewsTesco relies on overseas growth as UK sales stall
Buoyant sales overseas helped Tesco grow first-half profits despite UK sales staying almost flat over the past six months.
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Comment & OpinionThe windy City
Sir Terry Leahy today hailed the “tailwinds of recovery” as Tesco unveiled its interim results.
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Picture This... Big, bigger, biggest for Sainsbury’s
Sainsbury's has opened its largest store yet, with the extension of its Crayford site in Kent. The store, which is now more than 100,000 sq ft, is split almost 50-50 between food and non-food.
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NewsTesco removes Bertolli in suspected price row
Tesco has delisted all of Bertolli's olive oil spreads amid industry speculation that Unilever and Tesco are once again at loggerheads over price. The three Bertolli spread packs that Tesco used to stock 500g and 1kg packs of the...
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NewsAs Waitrose matches Tesco, is Price serious about price?
The Waitrose Essential range has been a huge success. Now Mark Price wants to challenge the big four on brands. By Adam Leyland and Michelle Perrett
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NewsTales of Titania: Raising a glass of three-penis wine
Ah so. As I hoped, PR result of the year is that I am the chosen one from the agency to accompany Karoline (with a K) on the Sainsbury's PR recce trip to China. We're out here to look for crises and issues that may play badly at home. All ...
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NewsMultipacks of veg crisps by Glennans
Glennans has launched what it claims is the first vegetable crisp multipack at Waitrose. They contain three packets of mixed vegetable crisps, two packets of parsnip crisps seasoned with sea salt and cracked black pepper, and a packet of...