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Funnyman Kay is on the road to Asda
Peter Kay could be the next comedian to find himself working in Asda as the retailer embarks on a drive to recruit Britain's funnymen and women to its new advertising campaign.Victoria Wood has already become a fully fledged Asda...
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Nundy to lead Tesco buying office in east
Tesco's new eastern buyer Sam Nundy will be leading the team at the supermarket's new east of England regional buying office when it opens in Peterborough next month. He will be assisted by technical manager Kay Legge and marketing...
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Design chief for George homewares
Asda has appointed a general manager for design and trends for its George homewares range. Susie Gibson joined the retailer earlier this month from Marks & Spencer, where she was design coordinator for living areas. Her appointment...
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Top-Up shop
Who we visited Sainsbury's Local Birmingham, West Midlands Co-op Crieff, Perthshire Nisa Stockport, Greater Manchester Tesco express Amersham, Bucks Budgens Trowbridge, Wiltshire How they...
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this week a year ago The winner was...
Morrisons in Bredbury, Stockport, won the Top Store award this time last year. Store manager Chris Menon (left) put its success down to a strong focus on availability, stating it was a number one priority for shoppers. Since then Menon has moved...
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Morrisons scores a hat-trick
Morrisons' store in High Wycombe has scooped this week's Top Store award for the third time, thanks to excellent customer service and availability.Our shopper was impressed by the clean and tidy store that had no packing trolleys or...
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Bogof's week
Another Comic Relief and another round of money-raising antics from the retailers. Stuart Rose was pelted with wet sponges by Sir Philip Green, while Justin King and Sainsbury's retail director Ken McMeikan had a kitchen showdown a la TV...
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Bolland gets fresh but has he gone far enough?
It's been described as "Waitrose with value." Marc Bolland prefers to think of it as a "food specialist for everyone". So, after a six month-long review of Morrisons, what are we to make of the new CEO's vision? It was clearly an...
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Six of the Best Juice a Smoothie Buyers
Star buyer Stuart Owens Ambient and chilled juice buyer, WaitroseHe became a trainee buyer in 1990 at Sainsbury's. He progressed to a buying role in health and beauty, then household products. In 1998 he became a buyer for US...
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Heated fields bring on early asparagus crop
Underground heating in fields has put the first British asparagus onto shelves four weeks earlier than usual. The Co-operative Group said it was the first retailer to offer a home-grown crop, which went on sale in 11 stores on Monday 19...
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Asda: shoppers like packaging reduction
Asda's pilot project to reduce packaging on fruit and veg has been a success with customers, the retailer told The Grocer this week. Feedback from shoppers showed they liked the "old-style greengrocer" effect created by selling fresh...
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discounts go into overload
You only have to look in the national newspapers each day to realise how important, and widespread, food and drink promotions have become for the retailers. On one randomly selected day we found Asda selling tubes of Pringles at...
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Availability - 24 March 2007
Asda Oldbury, West Midlands 1 This store had no Radox Herbal Bath in stock but was tidy and free of shelf-stackers. Our shopper said the store was well-merchandised with helpful staff. A sufficient number of checkouts were open...
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Price Survey - 24 March 2007
Asda has provided the cheapest basket for the sixth week in a row. The retailer produced a £43.44 basket in The Grocer 33 pricing survey this week - this was thanks in part to promotional deals on Radox Herbal Bath and Kleenex For...
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wine buyers star in new waitrose ad
Waitrose's wine buyers have been given a starring role in the retailer's latest TV campaign. The 30-second advertisement features five of Waitrose's Masters of Wine and a sizeable gathering of its branch specialists, all of whom are seated at a...
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Sainsbury's withdraws coleslaw
Sainsbury's has withdrawn some batches of its own-brand coleslaw because of incorrect labelling.The coleslaw contains milk, which is not declared on the label.The affected batches are Sainsbury's Coleslaw 150g and 300g tubs with use by...
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Waitrose/M&S top sustainable fish table
Waitrose and Marks & Spencer have topped the Marine Conservation Society's Sustainable Supermarket League Table, which examines the UK supermarkets' commitment to sourcing fish from responsibly managed fisheries.Tesco and Sainsbury's ranked...
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Ex-Asda men cook up Natural Kitchen
Two ex-Asda men are behind a new chain of organic grocery stores.The first Natural Kitchen store is set to open in London's Marylebone in May, with a second site earmarked for Spitalfields. The venture is the brain-child of...
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Make store turbine consent easier and faster says Leahy
Sir Terry Leahy has called for a planning shake-up to facilitate the erection of wind turbines on stores. In a speech to the Green City Initiative, a summit held to address environmental issues in business, the Tesco chief executive said...
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welsh suppliers score with tesco
Scores of Welsh food and drink manufacturers descended on Carmarthen last week to catch the eye of Tesco buyers. They were offered the opportunity to pitch their products to buyers looking for new locally produced lines. At the Antiques...