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non-food -26th May 2007
?Sean Hannam is the online editor of www.ertweekly.com - the website of ERT Weekly - a dedicated magazine for electrical retailers Tesco sent shock waves through the electrical retailing sector recently when it sold a name-brand washing machine for...
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Cranks inspires new ready-meals range
Cranks is expanding its portfolio with a range of premium prepared meals. Developed by Bighams and available initially in the meat-free section of the Waitrose chiller cabinet, the range comprises: chickpea, red pepper & spinach curry;...
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Multiples squirm in dock
Heads have rolled, staff retrained and investigations launched following a BBC Whistleblower documentary - but Tesco and Sainsbury's were insisting this week that the shocking practices were isolated incidents. Falsified records, serious breaches of...
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Tesco 'all over' Katsouris as FSA descends to investigate
An emergency inspection by environmental health officers was under way at food manufacturer Katsouris, with the FSA joining for "moral support and fact-finding", following revelations of food safety breaches at one of its ready meal...
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Price Survey - 26th May 2007
Sainsbury's has become our cheapest retailer after weeks of striving to match the prices of its nearest rivals. It's the luck of the draw as to whether we choose items the retailer has put on special offer - this was evidently Sainsbury's week. Its...
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Company Profile - Rude Health
Established: 2005Products: Mueslis, porridges and gojisListings: Tesco and Sainsbury'sTwo years ago, four friends were sitting around a breakfast table pondering the state of the British cereal industry. Why was it, they...
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Asda ditches CD singles
Asda is to stop selling CD singles due to lack of demand for the product.The retailer said it would axe singles as stocks ran out and would instead sell CD albums at £7.97 each.“We're saying goodbye to one of the most important...
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Supermarkets accused of breaching hygiene rules
A BBC programme has accused Sainsbury's and Tesco of breaching health and safety legislation.The programme, Whistleblower, which will be shown on BBC1 tonight, claims counter staff at two branches of Tesco and Sainsbury's falsifed food...
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Why FSA's fishy findings could cost the industry
The shocking thing about the FSA's findings is not the deception itself - there's clearly money to be made from passing cheaper fish off as its more expensive wild cousin. But rather that established major retailers, including Asda, Sainsbury's...
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multiples activists or Windbags?
Supermarket chains are tripping over each other these days to stress their environmental credentials. In the words of Asda's Andy Bond, "green is the new black." Even Morrisons - never seen as the most proactive company - changed its daunting...
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Retailers say... we're going green
The supermarket multiples have made the headlines over the past few months with a number of green initiatives that are being developed, but smaller retailers believe they too have a role to play in helping the environment, and many are doing...
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Somerfield heads for history with break-up now expected
The Somerfield brand could disappear from the high street "within 18 months" it was claimed this week.That the retailer is up for sale is grocery's worst-kept secret - in March, chairman John Lovering told a reporter that he was waiting...
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Strong sales expected as Localchoice arrives
Tesco has launched a new range of local milk into 650 stores just six weeks after unveiling plans to do so.It is a key part of the retailer's shock initiative to hand an extra £25m back to dairy farmers from its own pocket. Called...
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In Brief: First Milk win; Handley honoured; Another egg hatches
First Milk win First Milk has won Somerfield's Scottish cheese business contract. It will supply English and territorial cheeses and a new Highlands and Islands cheese. The deal lasts a year. Handley honoured Farmers For Action boss David Handley,...
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Isostar's boost for breakfast
Sports nutrition brand Isostar is muscling in on the breakfast cereal market.Isostar Power Breakfast Cereal will be on shelf in Waitrose, Asda and Morrisons stores this month initially, with other outlets to follow. A blend of...
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Sainsbury's determined to drive up c-stores total to 426
Sainsbury's plans to grow its c-store estate by nearly a third by 2010.Chief executive Justin King said the company was looking to "extend the reach of the Sainsbury's brand" in convenience by opening 100 new stores across the country by...
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New funds to drive growth of price comparison website
Price comparison website Mysupermarket.co.uk is set to bring in revenue for the first time - and is gearing up for a European roll-out next year.The site, which compares prices at Tesco, Asda, Sainsbury's and Ocado, and is claimed to...
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Tesco set to be world's third largest grocer
Tesco is set to steal Metro's crown as the world's third largest food retailer.Planet Retail's Top 30 Grocery Retailers 2006 report predicts Tesco's global market share will grow from 1.5% to 2% in the next five years as it continues to...
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Asda sets the highest standards - Q&A and Availability
As Sheffield United drop out of the Premiership, workers at the city's Asda outlet in Handsworth can at least be buoyed by winning our Top Store award this week. The 120,000 sq ft supercentre offered a full Grocer 33 basket and displayed an...
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Price Survey - 19th May 2007
Despite offering several of the lowest-priced products on the list, Asda is only the third cheapest retailer this week after Tesco and Morrisons lowered key prices to take first and second position respectively. The lettuce and syrup in Tesco's...