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Redundancies as Asda axes pizza contract
Asda's main pizza maker is braced for 400 redundancies after the retailer cancelled its supply deal.The retailer will end its deal with Paramount Foods in September. About 144 redundancies are expected in the pizza base factory in...
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Tesco admits planning bid in guise of independent store
Tesco has made it clear it does not own any other independent retailers after admitting it was the owner of the apparently 'independent' Brian Ford's Discount Store in Barnstaple, Devon.The multiple was forced to reveal it owned the...
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M&S ready meals go to Bakkavör and Brookes
The £45m-a-year M&S Italian ready-meal contract has been split between Bakkavör and RF Brookes, The Grocer can reveal. It has taken M&S less than two months to find a new supplier for its own-label lasagne and pasta ready meals after...
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Sainsbury's: website crash did not hurt us
Sainsbury's saw a record number of orders - one every two seconds - placed for deliveries on the evening its website came back online last Thursday, it claims. The retailer was forced to shut down its online service last Tuesday and it...
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Asda considers Arran deliveries using ferry
The Scottish isles are emerging as the latest battleground in the fight between supermarkets, as the number of opportunities in towns on the UK mainland dwindles.
Arran, off the west coast of Scotland, has a population of under 5,000 and… -
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Call for Irish planning overhaul to cut prices
An urgent overhaul of the retail and planning regimes in the Irish Republic is needed to allow retailers such as Asda to enter the market, according to the National Consumer Agency.A major shake-up would attract new players into the...
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waitrose plays the beautiful game
In one of the clearest signs yet that football has left its working class roots far behind, Waitrose has become the first national supermarket chain to sponsor a major football club.Waitrose has a agreed a one-year deal, believed to be...
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Top-Up shop
Who we visited co-op group Childwall, Liverpoolone stop Havant, Hampshiresomerfield Crewe, Cheshirespar Holmer Green, Buckinghamshiretesco express Woodville, DerbyshireHow they...
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this week a year ago The winner was...
Located at the end of Manchester's tram network, Morrisons' Eccles branch won our Top Store award last year for the way it coped so well with crowds of commuters.Store manager Ian Thorpe (left) said a departing tram could prompt 500...
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Availability
Asda Havant, Hampshire0The shelves were being restocked when our shopper visited this Supercentre. But that didn't stop staff offering to help our shopper locate the Sacla' pesto and Parma ham - although the required sizes were...
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Asda's big friendly giant
Asda’s Havant Supercentre in Hampshire may be one of the retailer’s largest in the UK, but it has learnt how to use its size to its advantage, earning it this week’s Top Store award.
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Peter's sausages win Tesco listing
A new line of premium sausages from Peter's Food Service has been launched into Tesco's Welsh stores. The pork and pork and leek sausages, which are sold in 454g packs of six, are packaged and sealed in a plastic tray and covered with a...
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After the 2p sausage, it's Asda's 50p mince
Asda's mission to ignore pressure from the meat industry and continue to offer the British public cheap food has continued with the launch of a 50p pack of mince. The supermarket this week announced a two-week promotion slashing the price...
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Marks calls on industry to drive Fairtrade sales
Fairtrade sales are being hampered by a lack of consumer understanding of the concept, according to Peter Marks, chief executive of The Co-operative Group. Speaking at an AgroFair seminar last week, he said customers would be much more...
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Tesco doubles size of exotic offering
Tesco has announced this week that it will be doubling its range of world food produce to 50 items. TV chefs and exotic holidays had been key drivers of demand, said Tesco, adding that it planned to use 'box talkers' to provide...
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Sainsbury's helps save bumblebees
Sainsbury's has launched a free seed promotion to help shoppers create an attractive environment for bumblebees - and reverse the depletion of bumblebee populations. The supermarket is offering customers at selected stores a free pack of...
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Mario's ice cream wins Asda listing
Welsh ice cream maker Mario’s has moved into retail after 20 years of supplying the foodservice and hospitality sectors.
The Carmarthenshire based company began supplying 15 Asda stores in Wales this week with its one litre ‘Dyffryn Tywi’… -
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Asda records highest price increases of big multiples
Asda may have won our cheapest retailer award for the 11th consecutive year but its prices have increased more than any other retailer over the past 12 months, according to exclusive data from The Grocer.The Grocer's extensive database,...
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Price Survey
It was five out of five for Asda this week as it undercut its nearest rival by just 67p to scoop this week's cheapest retailer award - with the help of some pork chops. Despite increasing their price by £1.28 - the biggest hike of the...
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Tesco store application in spotlight
Tesco has been accused of using the guise of a local retailer to submit a planning permission for an 80,000 sq ft supermarket.The retail giant bought independent retailer Brian Ford's Discount Store, which has one store in Barnstaple, Devon,...