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NewsGrocer 33: Small store with a top performance
Morrisons has this week proved small is beautiful, with one of its smallest stores winning this week's top store award.
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Asda set to trial mini Apple, Orange and Sony shops in stores
Asda is considering introducing new concessions to its Supercentre stores from companies such as Apple, Sony and Orange, The Grocer has learnt.The retailer is looking at ways to enhance its Supercentre offer and is understood to be talking...
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M&S bringing in 1,000-plus new food lines
More than 1,000 new food lines will be introduced at Marks & Spencer over the next 12 months, head of food John Dixon has told The Grocer. Citing new lines such as Cook Asian 1,2,3,4 and a recently introduced range of cupcakes, Dixon said...
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Hundreds are forced to re-apply for Tesco jobs
A major shake-up of staffing structures at all Tesco superstores and some Extras will force hundreds of managers to reapply for their jobs.
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Sainsbury's extends CO2 scheme to meat and eggs
Sainsbury's is to roll out its carbon reduction programme from the Sainsbury's Dairy Development Group to its red meat, poultry and egg supply chains.
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NewsGrocer 33: Asda delivers on all fronts in Eastlands
It was another close contest this week with two retailers boasting strong availability, but Asda’s Eastlands branch clinched the top store award thanks to the staff’s “excellent response” to helping our shopper find items in the aisles. When he...
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NewsSainsbury’s completes UK flour conversion
Sainsbury’s has claimed it has become the first supermarket to source all flour for its in-store bakeries from UK farms.
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NewsTesco share option plan survives AGM rebellion
Tesco suffered the biggest protest vote against a FTSE 100 company for more than a decade over proposed changes to its share option scheme at its AGM.
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Now Tesco's been bitten by the pound shop bug
Tesco is rolling out a new 'pound shop' strategy that involves both food and non-food to its larger stores.
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The Co-op Group gets whipped by Waitrose in consumer survey
The Co-operative has emerged as the surprise loser in a major six-monthly customer service survey.The Institute of Customer Service asked a panel of 25,000 shoppers to score the major food retailers. They voted Waitrose the best food...
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Sainsbury's takes up suggestions by staff
Sainsbury’s staff have suggested more than 20,000 improvements that could be made to the retailer and more than 2,000 have been implemented in the past four years, according to CEO Justin King. The ideas were put forward for Sainsbury’s Tell Justin…
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Tesco and Sainsbury's vie for Merseyside site
Tesco and Sainsbury's are squaring up for a battle over a site in north Liverpool that forms the centrepiece of a large regeneration project. Sainsbury's signed a deal with developer St Modwen this week to build a 110,000 sq ft supermarket at the...
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NewsPicture This...M&S serves an ace pepper
M&S has got into the Wimbledon spirit and launched what must be one of the most tenuously tennis-linked products of the season - the ACE pepper. The Essex-grown pepper, (pictured right) which is said to provide the entire daily quota of vitamins A,...
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Suffolk ales get a Springer in their step
Greene King is highlighting Suffolk’s ale heritage with new beer Suffolk Springer, which will hit shelves in Sainsbury's and Morrisons next week.
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NewsGrocer 33: Asda beats Sainsbury's by a whisker
Two retailers boasted strong availability and impressive service this week, but Asda in Dunbar clinched our top store award thanks to its helpful staff and chatty checkout assistant.
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NewsTesco unveils new City Kitchen ready meals range
Tesco is trying to challenge the perception that ready meals are intrinsically unhealthy with the launch of a new premium range of chilled dishes.
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Justin King brands industry’s obesity stance ‘disgraceful’
Justin King has launched an astonishing tirade against advocates of front-of-pack GDAs describing the food and drink industry's failure to engage with the health and obesity agenda as "disgraceful". The Sainsbury's CEO, who infuriated the...
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Cereal boxes axed in Sainsbury’s eco push
Sainsbury's has pledged to cut its packaging by a third over the next six years, in a move it says will cut 50,000 tonnes of waste.
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Co-op to sell property to boost its cashflow
The Co-operative Group is aiming to raise £175m over the next three years by selling off unwanted property. The society, which has a vast property empire worth £1.69bn encompassing stores, farms and residential sites, said the capital raised...
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Other Movers 27/6/09
Premier Foods has promoted Andy Riddle from business unit controller for Tesco to head of foodservice for cash & carry sales, reporting directly to Mat Baker, director of foodservice and ingredients.