more supermarket news & analysis – Page 787
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All eyes on Price, but could McKenna replace Marc Bolland at Morrisons?
While most people's money is on Mark Price taking over from Marc Bolland at Morrisons, Asda FD Judith McKenna remains a highly fancied outsider.
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Tesco starts selling refurbished electrical items... through eBay
Tesco is trialling a service on eBay offering shoppers non-food items at bargain basement prices.The Tesco Outlet site, which features refurbished electrical lines including TVs, digital cameras, vacuum cleaners and iPods from brands...
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Co-op axes 400 workers in DC closures
The Co-operative Group is to axe 400 jobs at Somerfield distribution centres. The group said the East Kilbride depot would close with the loss 160 jobs, while 140 jobs would be axed from the Bridgwater depot and 100 from Huntingdon...
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M&S trials fresh fish and meat counters
Marks & Spencer is trialling fresh service counters at two of its stores as part of a revamp of its food halls.The retailer has opened a butcher, fish and rotisserie counter at its stores in Meadow Hall, Sheffield, and Bluewater,...
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‘Dark stores’ fuelling Tesco’s online growth
Tesco is expanding its network of 'dark' stores used exclusively for internet picking to capitalise on the fast growth in online shopping. At an investor day last week dotcom chief executive Laura Wade-Gery said Tesco would open one...
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Harry Tuffins eyes £60m sales as it acquires two stores from The Co-op
Harry Tuffins has snapped up two Somerfield stores in Gloucestershire from The Co-operative Group. The shops, in Coleford and Lydney, takes the retailer's estate to nine and are its first stores in the county.
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Tesco stocks tomato as sweet as a peach
A new hybrid tomato variety said to be as sweet as a peach has gone on sale in Tesco.Sugardrop is a cross between two varieties that has been bred to appeal to shoppers who find ordinary tomatoes too sharp. Imported from Murcia, the...
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Wiseman sale boost for First Milk cheese
First Milk has given itself a massive financial shot in the arm by cashing in more than a third of its shares in Robert Wiseman.The co-op sold 4.17 million Wiseman shares last week for £18.8m, netting an £8m profit for the farmer-owned...
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Fine to retire as FSA announces shake-up of its management
Food Standards Agency director of consumer choice and dietary health Gill Fine is to leave after five years.Fine, who joined the FSA from Sainsbury's in 2004, cut a controversial figure in the industry as she championed the agency's...
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Fletcher heads food at Heart of England Co-op
The Heart of England Co-operative Society has appointed Peter Fletcher as general manager of food.Fletcher has worked at the society for 26 years and will be responsible for its 33-strong network of Foodcentres and Lateshops in Coventry,...
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New flagship Asda to souk it and see
It's not every day you launch a prestigious new supermarket store in a virgin market so how odd that Asda recently lifted the proverbial fez off its first retailopolis in Egypt with such little fanfare.Merchandising masterminds for the...
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Haldanes, Asco & Alworths: counting on counter-intuition
With three new chains - two supermarkets and a variety store - opening this month, what makes the owners think they'll work? Rachel Barnes reports
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Retailers resize and reprice in lead-up to ‘consumer recession’
Over 16,000 new SKUs have been introduced into UK supermarkets since May, and 11,000 food and drink lines delisted, as retailers and manufacturers brace themselves for a "consumer recession" in 2010.
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Grocer 33: Waitrose in Newcastle impresses
The battle for the top store award intensified this week. Three retailers had strong availability, but Waitrose in Eldon Square, Newcastle upon Tyne, was the only retailer to entirely satisfy our shopper.
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Waitrose forced to remove clip from Christmas TV advert after complaints it would distress military families
Waitrose has been forced to remove a sequence from its Christmas TV advert following complaints that it was offensive to families of British soldiers, writes the Daily Mail.
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Tesco in row over ‘misleading’ carrier bag study
A university has been accused of using misleading figures to endorse Tesco’s carrier bag policy.
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Tesco embroiled in storm over petrol prices
Tesco is on the defensive over petrol prices after it emerged that the retail giant charges more for fuel in areas where it has no competition from supermarket rivals.
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Tories promise Tesco vouchers in return for recycling
Consumers could be rewarded for recycling with vouchers for Tesco and Marks & Spencer in the event of a Conservative election victory.
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Quality Test: Own-label plain bagels, 4-5 pack
At 89p, Morrisons' bagels were not only the cheapest, but also came up trumps on the taste front thanks to their great fresh aroma, soft texture and strong flavour.
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McKenna is tipped as Bolland replacement
Is Morrisons, the Yorkshire-based supermarket known for its traditional ways, ready to surprise the market again and appoint a woman as its new CEO?