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Sainsbury's launches new dairy initiatives
Sainsbury's has put the environment and animal welfare at the heart of a string of initiatives aimed at improving the efficiency of its dairy suppliers.The supermarket held a meeting of dairy farmers and producers at its Holborn offices...
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Own-label switch for Asda supplier
Cornish milk producer Trewithen Dairy has switched from supplying branded to own-label local milk to Asda in a move described as a first by the supermarket.Trewithen has been supplying Asda with locally sourced branded milk for the past...
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Soup in a Bun breaks into Tesco in big way
Breaking Into Tesco winner Nick Smallwood has sold up to £100,000 of his Soup in a Bun line within a week of the amateur's product hitting shelves.The £2.99 product - a bun that is heated up, scooped out and filled with soup - is on at...
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Langholm eyes serious sales growth at Tyrrells
Tyrrells is to ramp up its distribution through the multiples -and may even seek listings in Tesco - in an attempt to double sales in the next few years.In an exclusive interview with The Grocer, new owner private equity firm Langholm...
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Price Survey - 19th April 2008
Sainsbury's tenure as cheapest retailer has been cut short by a resurgent Asda. After just a week at the top of The Grocer 33 price survey, Sainsbury's fell to fourth place, with a £52.64 basket, £1. 27 more expensive than Asda's winning basket....
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Co-op Group confirms Somerfield talks
The Co-operative Group has confirmed it is in talks to buy Somerfield, as its food stores report full-year like-for-like sales growth of 4.6%.Peter Marks, CEO of The Co-op Group, confirmed the society was in serious discussions with...
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Tesco to offer degree course
Tesco is set to launch a degree in store management as part of its training package for staff.The retailer is set to launch the Tesco Foundation Degree (Arts) this month. It is hoping that the two year course will be...
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Opinion - "Even the waiters of Barcelona are talking about the failure of Fresh & Easy. News travels far and fast when you're Tesco"
Fresh & Easy, Tesco's US venture, is barely five months old and already it's been written off. Of course, schadenfreude is the favourite sport of journalists and they're all too willing to go along with the whispering campaigns and hysteria a...
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Deal to buy Somerfield won't be done just yet
Reports that The Co-operative Group could secure a deal to buy Somerfield within the next week are wide of the mark, The Grocer has learnt.The society was in exclusive talks to buy Somerfield but a deal was still some time off, a source...
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Tesco's new Irish eco store gets go-ahead
Tesco plans to open its first Irish eco-store in October as part of a €30m investment to reduce the environmental impact of its operations in the Irish Republic. The 30,000 sq ft store, located on the edge of town in Tramore, County...
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McMeikan lands a new job while on sabbatical
Sainsbury's has played down the impact on its business of the departure of former retail director Ken McMeikan for high street baker Greggs.McMeikan was unveiled as the new CEO this Wednesday, three months after Sainsbury's announced he...
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Confidence in customer service - Q&A and Availability
Sainsbury's Salisbury branch in Wiltshire is flanked by bigger retailers who are better suited to the city, but its welcoming staff are fast winning plaudits, including this week's Top Store award. The standard of customer service at the 20,000 sq...
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Morrisons steals promo crown from Sainsbury's
Sainsbury's consistently leads the pack for featured space promotional activity in the weekly research conducted by Assosia for Promotrack. But occasionally, Morrisons likes to wear the crown and over the past three weeks it has upped...
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Price hikes must reach pig farmers, says Bond
Asda chief executive Andy Bond has told its meat processors they must pass at least some of the higher prices they are now being paid on to farmers.In a letter to Bpex, Bond told pig farmers that Asda supported the sector and understood...
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Asda's local sourcing will 'set benchmark'
Asda has unveiled a new food sourcing initiative it claims will act as a model for the whole supermarket industry.The retailer has joined forces with Kent-based food distributor Bank Farm to supply more than 300 local products to five...
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Asda falls short of huge windfall
Here's some advice for anyone who likes to bet on the gees-gees using their own names as a guide - don't. Staff at Asda's Perry Bar store in Birmingham joined the thousands of Simons across the country who backed a namesake in the Grand...
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Retailers put alid on it
The UN may have warned this week that rocketing food prices could prompt worldwide political unrest but UK supermarkets are finally keeping a lid on food inflation, The Grocer can exclusively reveal.The UN's emergency relief coordinator...
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Waitrose wary of celeb ad disasters
Waitrose has fired a broadside at its rival supermarkets over their use of celebrities in ad campaigns.The chain said it would not use celebrities in its ads, which would continue to focus on its partners. Speaking at the first...
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City expects 12% Tesco profit hike
Tesco is expected to announce an increase in profit of as much as 12% when it releases its annual results next week.Despite speculation that its US venture is struggling (see right), increasing competition from rivals and constraints on...
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Price Survey - 12th April 2008
Sainsbury's has stormed up the chart to become cheapest retailer for the first time in 11 months. The retailer's triumph comes after a turbulent six weeks in which Asda, Tesco and Morrisons have each scooped the title two times. But recent basket...