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Select & Save boosted by taking fight to Tesco
Symbol operator Select & Save has grown by almost 50% in the past year - and says it has done so by standing up to Tesco.Since opening its 100th store last January it has opened a futher 45 stores.Retail development manager Tony...
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In Brief: Bags not recycled; Focus group online; Clarification
Bags not recycled Forty two per cent of Brits fail to recycle their plastic bags, according to Somerfield. The retailer is offering shoppers a free bag for life each time they return five used carrier bags. Focus group...
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Hordle helps drive M&S green plan
Marks & Spencer has chosen David Hordle to co-ordinate the project management of its new Plan A environmental initiative.Hordle, who previously looked after M&S's health strategy for food and was also a category manager for its food...
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Who we visitedTesco Express Bexhill, East SussexScottish midland co-operative Broxburn, West LothianNisa Hazlemere, BuckinghamshireLondis Surbiton, SurreySpar Stockport, Greater...
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Asda Bridgwater, Somerset0This store had no out of stocks and our shopper said staff were helpful when asked for assistance. Help was offered with bag-packing and our shopper said the checkout assistant was fast and friendly....
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Q&A with Ray Jeans Manager of the Week
What is your greatest challenge and how do you tackle it? Our greatest challenge initially was bringing a new Asda store to a town that already has other supermarkets. There is a Sainsbury's and a Morrisons nearby and to begin with,...
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The key to a greener pledge is honesty and transparency
Recent pledges by some multiple retailers to make their supply chains greener has created a wake of cynicism and cries of 'green-wash!' But Wal-Mart's commitment to renewable energy and zero waste and Marks & Spencer's £200m plan to become...
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Distracting times for Sainsbury's
It doesn't look as if the speculation surrounding the future ownership of Sainsbury's is going to go away. If the latest reports are to be believed, a number of parties are acquiring stakes in the business on the basis of the value of the...
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Double crossout - or plain double crossing?
Tesco is at the centre of a row over its fresh produce price-cuts pledge that is threatening to grow into a much wider debate over retail promotions.Cornwall Trading Standards officer Martin Fisher is calling for wholesale change to the...
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M&S trials boxes of organic fruit and veg
Marks & Spencer has jumped on the organic veg box bandwagon nearly eight months after Tesco, Sainsbury's and Ocado launched schemes.The first boxes went into 400 Marks & Spencer stores across the UK over a week ago. The store is offering...
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Tesco denies it misled with half-price pledge
Tesco has lashed out at claims it misled consumers over prices with its flagship fruit and veg pledge.The multiple said reports in the weekend press that it had raised the prices of fruit lines days before cutting them to half price at...
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Farmers hope stores will follow Tesco lead
The dairy industry is holding its breath to see what happens following Tesco's decision to raise its retail milk prices this week.Farming leaders are hoping Sainsbury's, Asda, Morrisons and Somerfield will follow suit, after Tesco...
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Shelf barkers give Comfort to shoppers
A scented shelf barker is the latest innovation to hit the laundry aisle and forms part of an in-store media first for Unilever's Comfort brand.The initiative brings together Comfort with The Co-operative Group, which has signed a...
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Barbados pushes sugar upmarket
A natural cane sugar from Barbados is arriving in Waitrose and upmarket department stores.Aimed at the premium end of the market, Plantation Reserve has a natural taste and aroma, and will be launched in Waitrose next week in 500g silver...
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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...
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Select & Save boosted by taking fight to Tesco
Symbol operator Select & Save has grown by almost 50% in the past year - and says it has done so by standing up to Tesco.Since opening its 100th store last January it has opened a futher 45 stores.Retail development manager Tony...
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Top-Up shop
Who we visitedTesco Express Bexhill, East SussexScottish midland co-operative Broxburn, West LothianNisa Hazlemere, BuckinghamshireLondis Surbiton, SurreySpar Stockport, Greater...