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The constructive approach - Q&A and Availability
Deciding the winner of the Top Store award has been a tough call this week with all the retailers except Somerfield providing full baskets - but staff at Sainsbury's branch in Winchester, Hampshire, clinched it with an excellent display of customer...
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What the papers said - 2nd February 2008
Tesco has decided not to release comprehensive sales figures for its Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market business in the US until 2009 amid growing scepticism that it can mount a serious challenge to Wal-Mart, according to American food...
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The reasons why Morrisons works
Morrisons' like-for-like sales growth has been more than twice that of its rivals and it's quickly gaining market share. So what is it doing right? The undisputed heavyweight food retail champion of the United Kingdom, by unanimous...
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Can Morrisons keep on wowing the City?
Who'd have predicted Morrisons would be hailed the darling of the City? Yet that is exactly what has happened following a stonking sales uplift over Christmas that left its rivals trailing in its wake. The analysts were fulsome in their...
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Oliver turns GDAchamp
Jamie Oliver has come out in favour of Guideline Daily Amounts - The Grocer can reveal - a decision that once again puts him at odds with his employer Sainsbury's. The advertising face of the supermarket has opted to put front-of-pack...
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Waitrose/Co-op in Somerfield bid
Waitrose and The Co-operative Group have teamed up to launch a joint bid for the Somerfield grocery chain, The Grocer has learnt. The two retailers will go head-to-head with Asda - currently the favourite to buy the retailer - and four or...
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Venison set for mainstream
Venison has become the fastest-growing meat product in Asda, the retailer has revealed. Sales had soared and the meat would be one of the major food trends this year, said Asda meat buyer Jim Viggars. "It's healthy, easy and...
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Price Survey - 2nd February 2008
Morrisons has toppled Asda from its perch to claim the title of UK's cheapest retailer for the first time since 29 September. The only serious challenger for the crown over recent months, Morrisons finally produced the cheapest basket at £43.82 -...
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Flooding halts orders at Swaledale factory
The Swaledale Cheese Company has been hit by flood damage leaving it unable to fulfil orders with premium retailers such as Harrods and Waitrose.Operations at the specialist cheese supplier's Richmond factory in Surrey have been stopped,...
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Tesco to open Express stores in China
Tesco is set to enter the convenience sector in China by opening Tesco Express stores in the country.The supermarket giant will open its first Tesco Express store in Shanghai next month, according to the Financial Times.Tesco already...
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Asda is fined over car park barrier death
Asda has been fined £225,000 after a customer was killed by a car park barrier crashing into his car.Kenneth Farr, 37, suffered fatal head injuries when the unsecured steel barrier was blown into his windscreen by a gust of wind in May...
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Availability
Asda Falkirk0This busy store was well-merchandised and provided all 33 items on the list. All 17 checkouts were open and processing queues with impressive speed. Our shopper spoke to several members of staff who were all were...
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Top-Up shop
Who we visited East of england co-op Stowmarket, Suffolkcostcutter Blackburn, West Lothianone stop Highbridge, Burnham-on-Seapremier Kirkintilloch, East Dunbartonshiretesco express Sutton, South...
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this week a year ago The winner was...
Our Top Store award went to Waitrose manager Paul Lambert (left) for his Portishead store this time last year.Our shopper was impressed by the friendly, professional staff and clear layout in the store, and predicted the building and...
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Commission must act to stop consolidation
Sir; The sale of Somerfield is the latest major step in the consolidation of the grocery market ('Asda tipped to buy Somerfield for £2bn', The Grocer, 19 January, p4).Speculation suggests that bidders are three of the existing big four...
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Babyfood scare culprit sent to jail
A man has been jailed for three years for sparking a food safety alert at Morrisons stores last August, which resulted in hundreds of products being pulled from shelves.Shane Ward, 53, left a jar of babyfood contaminated with bleach in a...
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Morrisons expects retaliation after 'astonishing' Christmas
Morrisons is bracing itself for a fightback by its competitors following its "astonishing" performance over Christmas.Like-for-like sales for the six weeks to 6 January were up 9.5%, excluding fuel, eclipsing the 3.1% recorded by Tesco...
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Leahy unfazed by Celtic slowdown
Tesco's expansion plans for the Irish Republic won't be affected by the country's once-booming Celtic Tiger economy slowing down, according to chief executive Sir Terry Leahy. This year, he said, six new supermarkets and four Express...
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Tesco to close its Brackmills drinks depot
Tesco is set to close its Brackmills beers, wines and spirits depot in Northamptonshire in May.The 15-year-old depot can no longer cope with demand and is to be converted into a Tesco.com depot, subject to consultation with trade unions,...
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Price Survey
Asda has passed the 100-day mark as the UK's cheapest retailer - while Tesco dropped from second place to fourth after its price hikes outweighed its cuts.Five of Asda's items were the cheapest in The Grocer 33 list this week - by...