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Other Movers 7/2/09
Five new recruits have been appointed to Sainsbury's book buying team. Phil Carroll, the retailer’s former newspapers and magazines buyer, will head the new team and will be joined by Sharon Gurney, Shelley Roberts, Louise Ward, Nick Pullan and...
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New Netto chief aims to accelerate sales growth
Charles Kay has replaced Richard Lancaster as MD at Netto, The Grocer can reveal.The former European trading director for AMS Sourcing, an international buying group with 11 members including Morrisons and Netto’s parent company Dansk, has...
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Oz wine industry must rationalise to survive
The Australian wine industry must rationalise to cope with tough market conditions and growing competition from the likes of Chile and South Africa, a leading winemaker has warned.Australian Vintage, which makes Tesco and Sainsbury's...
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NewsGrocer 33: Spot-on staff win the week for Waitrose
A full trolley, no queues and “excellent” staff helped Waitrose in Lewes net our top store award, in a week where availability and customer service was a mixed bag
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NewsAdvertising: Co-op and Aldi are of like minds
Interesting parallels can be drawn between recent advertising from The Co-operative Group and Aldi, says Richard Hemmings
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Tesco cheap? We're cheaper!
Yaxham Waters Farm Shop is playing Tesco at its own game when it comes to pricing - and so far the strategy seems to be working. Richard Ford and Nick Hughes report
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M&S losing customers to big four
Marks & Spencer will continue to struggle against the big four over the next year, a report from research group Bernstein warns.
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Bond warns suppliers: focus on value not NPD
Retailer insistence on new product development at the expense of value could become the "key strain" this year in the relationship between retailers and suppliers, Andy Bond told The Grocer this week. Briefing reporters at The Grocer's...
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Tesco hires Microlise to cut transport costs
Tesco hopes to slash costs worldwide by enlisting the help of a technology company to improve the efficiency of truck deliveries. A trial in Slovakia would begin in March and if successful would be rolled out to all Tesco's international...
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Heinz to feel the Reggae Reggae heat
Dragons’ Den entrepreneur Levi Roots is taking on Heinz with the first Reggae Reggae squeezy sauce.Reggae Reggae Squeezy Tomato Ketchup contains spice and red Scotch bonnet chillies and will arrive in Sainsbury's next month and Tesco in...
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Co-operative bans chemicals as it aims to save British bees
The Co-operative Group has launched a major campaign this week to understand – and reverse – the devastating decline in the British honeybee colony. Under its new 10-point Plan Bee, The Co-operative Group will make a donation of £150,000...
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Tesco promises to clarify labelling on bacon packs
Tesco has caved in to industry pressure by stating it will change the country-of-origin labelling across its standard own-label bacon and gammon lines. Tesco confirmed its decision this week in a letter to The Grocer, which referred to an...
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Tesco urged to share its dairy centre discoveries
The dairy industry has called for Tesco to share research findings from its new National Dairy Centre with the community at large. The centre, officially opened last week, is based at the University of Liverpool and will be funded through an...
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Other Movers 31/1/09
Rob Gater has been appointed senior national account manager of Merchant Gourmet. He joins from independent coffee roaster Matthew Algie & Co, where he looked after clients including Marks & Spencer, Sainsbury's and Prêt A Manger.
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NewsGrocer 33: Asda basket £2.21 cheaper than Tesco
Asda put clear air between itself and its rivals for the fourth week running, thanks to five promotions and 24 of the cheapest or joint-cheapest items in its £44.19 trolley
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NewsGrocer 33: Corstorphine Tesco delivers on all counts
Tesco in Corstorphine, Edinburgh won this week’s top store award thanks to a clean branch with strong availability, smiling staff and an efficient checkout assistant
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NewsBond in the hot seat
This week The Grocer welcomed Asda chief executive Andy Bond as guest editor. While he was here, Chloe Smith took the chance to pin him down and put your questions to one of the most influential men in the industry
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Waitrose and discounters top customer service poll
Waitrose has been named top for customer service in a Which? poll.
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Around the Papers 26/1/09
Cocoa crisis; Tesco's secret poultry talks; alcohol improves bedroom performance, claim Aussies
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Former Gü director turns outrageous with Mr Bunbury
The January dieting rush hasn’t deterred Sainsbury's from stocking a new and indulgent chocolate cake range created by the former commercial director of Gü Puds.Mr Bunbury was set up last May to supply two independent London cafés with...