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Who we visitedlondis Burley Grove, BristolCo-op local Benfleet, Essexlifestyle express Kirkintilloch, Glasgowone stop Roffey, West SussexSpar Saintfield Road, BelfastHow they...
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Availability
Asda Washington, Tyne and Wear0This store had no out of stocks and staff were attentive and eager to take our shopper to items he asked for. He said the store was well laid out and well signposted. There were a lot of packing...
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this week a year ago The winner was...
Our Top Store award winner this time last year was Asda in Maryhill, Glasgow. Manager Pauline Smith said most of the colleagues had grown up in the area, so they already knew the customers.One year on, Smith has left the 43,000...
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A performance to be proud of
Asda has scooped this week's Top Store award yet again for providing a full basket and excellent customer service. The 44,000 sq ft Washington store in Tyne and Wear provided our shopper with everything on his list. The store was clean...
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Will Sainsbury's star stop shining?
The British public has long enjoyed a fairly fulfilling love affair with the Sainsbury brand: through good times and bad, it has shown great loyalty and more recently Sainsbury's sales growth has been at the top end of the industry pecking...
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Bogof's week
Sir Terry Leahy et al are facing their biggest challenge over the growth of their empires - God. The Diocese of Exeter has made a submission to the Competition Commission asking the watchdog to look more deeply into issues concerning supermarket...
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Fairtrade: help tobacco farmers
Sir; Fairtrade is big business - annual sales at retail of £300m per year, 46% year-on-year growth, and 2,500 products on sale. And it's not just food. Fairtrade textiles are growing rapidly with Marks & Spencer leading the way, almost owning...
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Gangmaster probe launched by Tesco
Tesco, Sainsbury's and Asda have launched an investigation into the labour provided to one of its major vegetable suppliers, Bomfords. It follows a swoop by the Gangmaster Licensing Authority, which resulted in seven labour providers to...
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Tesco centre faces legal threats in US
Tesco's US operation has seen off an attempt to get an injunction on the construction of its distribution centre in Riverside, California. The legal team behind a mystery group called Health First tried to halt work at the site, claiming...
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Waitrose works to reduce basket price
Waitrose has begun a drive designed to cut the cost of shopping in its stores.The plan was announced to 200 store managers at a conference last week by MD Steven Esom, who said the retailer was planning changes to its pricing and...
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Sainsbury's recruits Icke to wine team
The Sainsbury's wine buying team has undergone a restructure following the appointment of Rachael Icke. She joins the supermarket from Constellation Brands Europe, where she was a senior national account manager with eight years'...
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Price Survey - 17 March 2007
Yet again Asda is the cheapest retailer, according to data from The Grocer 33 pricing survey. It provided the cheapest basket this week at £41.33 with some price cuts on basket items. Lettuce was 10p cheaper than the previous week...
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doing it by the book
Steve Robinson landed the job of chief executive of Tesco's ambitious internet and catalogue non-food arm by chance. The former finance director at Argos confesses he went to Tesco for the UK finance director's job, but was offered the role of...
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Hunt urges independents to exploit supermarket backlash
Wholesalers and independent retailers have an opportunity to take advantage of growing public dissatisfaction with the multiples - in particular Tesco - according to Today's Group MD Rodney Hunt.The UK's number- one retailer was a victim...
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JS: we'll bow to public preference over labels
Sainsbury's will bow to customer demand and remove traffic-light labelling from its products - if Guideline Daily Amount labelling wins public support.Front-of-pack nutritional labelling has become a key battleground in the food...
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Waitrose puts pedal to metal with new stores
Waitrose has revealed plans for aggressive expansion across the UK over the next ten years.MD Steven Esom told The Grocer he planned to double the number of Waitrose supermarkets available to shoppers in the next decade - a move that...
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Definition of predatory pricing 'needs rethink'
The independent retailer at the centre of a storm over alleged below-cost selling by Tesco four years ago has called on the Competition Commission to review its interpretation of predatory pricing.Ian Proudfoot, joint managing director...
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Beauty takes organic turn at Waitrose
Waitrose has become the first supermarket chain to launch a beauty range certified by the Soil Association. Products in the new Organically Beautiful range, which includes hand washes, body lotions and soaps, are made from 70% organic...