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Pre-paid card keeps student beer fund full
Sainsbury’s is launching an innovative new Meal Ticket scheme designed to assure worried parents their kids are feeding themselves properly at university. Next month, it is bringing out a pre-paid card that parents can top up at their local store,...
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NewsGrocer 33: Price Survey - week of 23 August 2008
After being kept from the top spot for the past two weeks by Tesco, Asda struck back and regained its status as the cheapest retailer following several significant price cuts. Beating its nearest rival by £2.01, and third-placed Morrisons by £2.37,...
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Crossing the road to another Co-op will cost you 70p more
The Co-operative Group is charging customers inconsistent prices for brands, The Grocer can reveal. A snapshot study by The Grocer found prices for brands varied by as much as 20% in society-owned stores, including shops on the same street in a...
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Saturday Essay: How Tesco is addressing the issue of food waste
Supermarkets came under fire this week for not doing enough to cut down on waste. Nothing could be further from the truth
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A £5 family meal is no big deal, claims Tesco
Tesco sought this week to undermine Sainsbury’s ‘Feed your family for a fiver’ meal deal claiming it could feed a family of four for less than a fiver a day – covering all three meals. In a bid to underscore its low-price credentials, Tesco said...
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Johnson hired to focus on Woolworths future
Struggling Woolworths has appointed another Asda man. Former marketing director Steve Johnson will take up the reins as its chief executive on 1 September, replacing Trevor Bish-Jones who had been in the post for six years. One of the toughest jobs...
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Not Just M&S Food
Marks & Spencer is trialling top household brands for the first time in its history. Joanne Grew takes a look at how they are faring
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M&S brands cheaper than at Sainsbury’s, new survey finds
M&S brands cheaper than at Sainsbury’s, new survey finds: The brands in Marks & Spencer’s branded goods trial are cheaper than at Sainsbury’s, a survey by analyst Blue Oar Securities has revealed. The survey, which Blue Oar admitted was “fairly crude”, looked at 40 brands and found that M&S had ...
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New standards set for Co-op’s sourcing of fish
The Co-operative Group has set out its stall to be the UK’s leading sustainable fish retailer with the launch of a new corporate policy supporting good fishing practice. The Responsible Fish Sourcing Policy, launched this week, was developed in...
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Tesco’s low-cost milk sparks price war fears
Tesco has risked the wrath of dairy farmers by launching a new range of low-priced semi-skimmed milk. Fresh’n’Lo, which was the UK’s first branded semi-skimmed milk and has been a fixture in Scottish supermarkets for 30 years, was rolled out into...
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Tesco wholesale ruled out for British market
Tesco wholesale ruled out for British market: Tesco has ruled out a move into UK wholesale after it announced the launch of a C&C business in India, marking the next phase of its international expansion. International director Philip Clarke, who will oversee the new Indian operation, said there...
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Price Survey: Week of 16 August 2008
Competition for the title of cheapest retailer was as fierce as ever this week, but Tesco kept Morrisons at bay again to claim top spot for a second week running. The race could not have been much closer as Tesco beat its nearest rival to the post...
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Availability: Week of 16th August 2008
Asda Bishopbriggs, Glasgow 0 Good availability, pleasant staff and a clean and tidy store helped Asda net this week’s Top Store award. Our shopper was impressed by the store’s customer service team, who she...
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A sharp Glaswegian act
Fantastic service, a full basket and plenty of parking space available helped the Asda in Bishopbriggs, Glasgow, land this week’s Top Store award, despite some fierce competition
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Morrisons, Waitrose get regional nod
Morrisons, Waitrose get regional nod: Morrisons, Waitrose and Booths have all been named regional winners at this year’s Retail Cheese Awards. Booths in Lytham, Morrisons in Stamford and Waitrose in Burgess Hill won in the multiple retailer section for the north, central and south...
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Rollbacks go green with cuts on lines with low packaging
Asda plans to launch its first green Rollbacks in the next few months in an ambitious attempt to link its sustainability and low price agendas. The retailer has promised to cut prices on own-label products that have gone through its packaging...
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Lidl and Tesco hiss and spit over ‘Trash Savers’
Tesco’s low-price offensive against discounters in the Irish Republic has turned nasty, with it and Lidl trading blows in public over product quality. Cash Savers, Tesco’s new amber and black, low price proposition, was launched with a media...
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Marks confident about Somerfield integration
Integrating Somerfield into the Co-operative Group will be easier than last year’s merger with United Co-operatives, the Co-op Group’s CEO has predicted. Peter Marks is confident he can pull off a seamless integration following the society’s £1.57bn...
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co-op gives netball a leg-up
The Olympic Games kicked off in Beijing only yesterday, but The Co-operative Group is already thinking ahead to 2012. All this week the society has been polling its customers on whether netball should become an Olympic sport, showcasing at the 2012...
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Sainsbury’s HR appeals total just 25
Five hundred newly appointed HR managers began, this week, their new roles at Sainsbury’s, following its recent HR Change programme. The retailer reduced the previous 850 personnel manager roles to 500 in a bid to change the administrative-heavy...