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Bottlegreen goes for sharper brand appeal
Adult soft drinks brand Bottlegreen is overhauling its packaging and launching a raft of new products including a kids offer in a bid to double turnover to at least £25m in three years.The redesigned cordial range will arrive in Tesco,...
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Price Survey - 29/03/08
Tesco has fought off Asda and Morrisons to become this week's cheapest retailer, with Sainsbury's coming a close second. Tesco undercut its nearest competitor on 13 items but such is the competitive nature of price cutting between the retailers that...
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One postcode left for Tesco
Tesco has stores in all but one postcode area of the UK after buying three stores in the Northern and Western Isles of Scotland.The stores were bought from Somerfield and expands the supermarket giant's reach into every postcode area of the...
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Child cough medicines withdrawn
Six cough medicines aimed at children under the age of two have been withdrawn because of overdose fears.The products, including Asda Children's Chesty Cough Syrup and Buttercup Infant Cough Syrup, have been removed following concerns that...
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UK retailers in the Middle East
Marks & Spencer No of stores: 17Marks & Spencer has international franchises in seven Middle East countries, including Bahrain, Qatar, Oman, Kuwait and Dubai, which are operated by the Al-Futtaim Group. Its latest opening was a...
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opinion -"Even Justin King couldn't sign off a £3m expense form claim unchallenged, let alone an ops director at one of his suppliers"
While Mr Potato, as he was dubbed by the Mail, turns out to be a middle-management buyer at Sainsbury's, the alleged £3bn bribery and money laundering case over a potato contract with Greenvale cannot be overstated. Rumours of bungs and brown...
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Ocado says it's put a 'big fat hole' in Tesco web ambition
The chief executive of Ocado has accused Tesco of running scared in an increasingly bitter war of words following Ocado's claims it would price-match Tesco.Tim Steiner told The Grocer the price-match policy appeared to have caused "angst...
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Bond: online and Living are taking priority over c-stores
Asda boss Andy Bond has insisted that c-stores are not a part of Asda's growth plans - but refused to be drawn on its rumoured bid for neighbourhood and high street chain Somerfield."I am agnostic on c-stores," said Bond, speaking at a...
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Plymouth & South West to trial The Co-operative fascia
Plymouth & South West Co-op has decided to adopt The Co-operative fascia in a major u-turn for the society.It plans to pilot the fascia, first launched by the Co-operative Group in 2005 at its Chaddlewood store in...
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Head chef leaves Asda for Waitrose NPD role
Waitrose has poached Asda's head development chef Neil Nugent and appointed him to the newly created role of executive chef.Nugent has been with Asda for 12 years and has also had many years of experience outside retail as a head chef in...
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Waitrose wins heart of Sheffield - Q&A Avaliability
Waitrose stores in the north remain a rare sight but its Sheffield branch, in winning this week's Top Store award, is a sign that Yorkshire's love affair with the upmarket retailer is blossoming. At 38,000 sq ft, the store is among the biggest in...
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What the papers said - 22nd March 2008
Sainsbury's top potato buyer has been arrested by police investigating an alleged £3m fraud. The News of the World said detectives have questioned John Maylam over allegations that he took "backhander" payments from potato company Greenvale, which...
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Six of the Best: juice and smoothie buyers
Star Buyer Stuart Owens Ambient and chilled juice buyer, Waitrose Owens started out at Sainsbury's as a trainee buyer in 1990, later progressing to buying in health and beauty and then household products. He moved to US chain...
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Fury as Marks drops deli product supplier
Marks & Spencer has been accused of putting 183 workers' jobs in jeopardy by switching suppliers of deli fish products.The Unite trade union said this week that the management at the Coldwater Seafood plant in Redditch had begun a 90-day...
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A mango for on the go
Mangoes have become the latest fruit to go miniature as retailers look to cash in on the trend for on-the-go snacking.Tesco's launch this week of mini mangoes comes in the wake of mini bananas (bananitos) and doughnut-shaped peaches....
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Pressure on retailers to increase milk price
Pressure is mounting on Tesco, Sainsbury's and Asda to increase the milk price paid to their dedicated producers and "calm farmer nerves".Tesco is expected to increase the price, which is based on a formula geared 60% towards costs of...
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Price Survey - 22nd March 2008
Despite hefty price cuts at Morrisons, Asda has returned after a three-week absence from the top spot to reclaim the title of cheapest retailer. Asda undercut Morrisons on 13 items, the most significant of which was Cathedral City Cheddar: £1...
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Asda to revamp George
Asda is planning to increase sales of its George clothing brand by up to £500m in three years.Speaking at a business update of the brand yesterday, new George boss Anthony Thompson said he wanted Asda to replace Marks & Spencer's as the UK's...
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Tesco food miles under fire
Tesco has come under fire from environmental campaigners for sending its Scottish chicken on a 1,000-mile trip to be slaughtered and packaged.The chain's Scottish chickens are slaughtered in an abbatoir in Scotland, driven 500 miles to Essex...
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Retailers blast Darling over plans for plastic bag charge
The government's plan to force retailers to charge shoppers for plastic bags unless the number of free bags is dramatically reduced has been slammed by the industry.The Chancellor warned in this week's Budget that legislation would come...