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Letter of the week - Alcohol tax hike calls are misguided
In response to your article on Tesco and Asda's plans to address alcohol problems, if policy were determined by responding to headlines alone, the prohibition of alcohol would surely be on its way ('Supermarkets try to avoid ending up in the drink',...
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First Milk: 'Pay more so farmers can invest'
First Milk is calling on dairy farmers to be paid a higher price that allows the industry not just to subsist but to grow.A report from the farmer-owned co-op claims producers needed to be paid 29.64ppl to be profitable. Farmers...
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Price Survey - 8th March 2008
It has taken eight months but Tesco has regained its title as cheapest retailer in our The Grocer 33 price survey. Tesco has swapped places with Morrisons, which plummeted from first to fourth place this week. Tesco slashed the prices of four items...
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Price Survey - 15th March 2008
Asda has been consigned to the second-cheapest retailer position for a third week courtesy of Morrisons. Morrisons climbed from fourth place to the top spot with a £37.28 basket, but Asda's total was only 7p more and Tesco was close behind with a...
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Wider selection of local wine at Tesco
English and Welsh wines have become the latest focus in Tesco's bid to stock more local products in its stores.The retailer is listing five new wines, which will be available in stores close to the vineyards where they are produced. They...
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MPs call for Tesco tax haven probe
MPs have called for an investigation into Tesco's use of tax havens in the Cayman Islands.This week, two Early Day Motions were tabled calling for Tesco to pay the full amount of tax due to the UK and on the government to take steps to...
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Fresh produce at heart of Tesco's local agenda
Tesco plans to massively increase the volume of local fresh produce it sells under its local sourcing initiative.Speaking at a local sourcing event last week, Tesco's head of local sourcing, Emily Shamma, revealed that in certain areas...
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Retailers condemn 'two strikes' plan
Retailers have attacked plans by the Prime Minister to bring in a "two strikes and you're out" rule against those selling alcohol to under-18s.This week Gordon Brown said he wanted tougher sanctions against shops flouting the law,...
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Should Tesco be uneasy over critics of US venture?
It's the end of Q1 for Tesco's Fresh + Easy venture, and with North California the next stop in the rollout, it's 50 stores and counting.But a whispering campaign is gathering momentum, suggesting that all is not well. US retail expert...
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Asda to close George stores
Asda is closing its chain of George stores following a four-and-a-half year trial.It is part of a strategic decision by Asda to focus its efforts on its clothing and homeware chain Asda Living, according to the Daily Telegraph.Ten of...
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Union puts spotlight on Asda in equal gender pay debate
Supermarket giant Asda is paying its female-dominated shopfloor staff less than its male-run distribution workforce despite the similarities in job function, the GMB union claimed this week.Test cases against Asda are looming as the...
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No more free bags at M&S
Marks & Spencer is to stop giving away free plastic bags under its Plan A eco-initiative. From 6 May each food carrier bag will cost 5p, which will be donated to charity. Trials of the scheme in more than 50 stores in Northern Ireland...
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Supermarket surgery first in Manchester
Sainsbury's is to open the UK's first supermarket-based GP surgery on Monday in a six-month trial.The out-of-hours surgery at Heaton Park in Manchester will open on Mondays and Thursdays from 6.30pm to 9.30pm and on Saturdays from 11am...
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Morrisons awaits decision over E.coli
Morrisons' wait to discover whether it will be prosecuted over the death of a woman in Scotland is drawing to a close after police filed their report on last summer's E.coli outbreak.Margaret Rowan, 66, from Paisley, died last August...
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Mounsey leaves M&S for Budgens sales role
Musgrave Retail Partners GB has named Andrew Mounsey as sales director for Budgens.Mounsey, who takes up the role on 10 March, joins Budgens from Marks & Spencer, where he was divisional executive for southern Simply Food...
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Morrisons polishes up its act - Q&A and Availability
Tapping into the tastes of the local Polish community in the Crewe Toll district of Edinburgh has helped Morrisons scoop its first Top Store win for 19 weeks. Morrisons' 28,000 sq ft Ferry Road branch was warm and welcoming and provided a full...
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What the papers said - 1st March 2008
Supermarkets were preparing for an online price war to gain market share, according to the Daily Mail. Last week Tesco started offering shoppers £10 off first-time orders of £50 or more, following Ocado's price cuts on hundreds of lines since...
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key team players
Sue Henderson integrity manager Our brand standards really define what it takes to be a Sainsbury's product. Many policies are customer-driven, such as taking additives out of our soft drinks - one of the biggest challenges we've...
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IN a league of their own
The own-label corks are popping at Sainsbury's Holborn headquarters. This week, it revealed that sales of its Taste the Difference range surpassed the £1bn mark at the end of 2007, making the brand bigger in value than Coca-Cola in the UK. ...
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Morrisons praised for support of British lamb
Morrisons has come out best in a survey by the National Farmers' Union tracking retailers' support for chilled British lamb.As part of the union's Storewatch initiative, 50 farmers went to supermarkets in England and Wales to find out...