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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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Strawberries' earliest arrival
Climate change is being credited with making British strawberries available four weeks earlier than usual.Kent grower S&A Davies picked its first fruit on 26 February, and the fruit appeared in selected Tesco stores on 2 March....
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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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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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Price Survey
Asda is the UK's cheapest retailer for the fourth time in as many weeks, with a £41.18 basket, according to data from The Grocer 33 pricing survey. It was £2.20 cheaper than Tesco, which came in second-cheapest at £43.38. Morrisons and...
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Price Survey
Asda is the UK's cheapest retailer for the fourth time in as many weeks, with a £41.18 basket, according to data from The Grocer 33 pricing survey. It was £2.20 cheaper than Tesco, which came in second-cheapest at £43.38. Morrisons and...
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Profits up at Waitrose
Waitrose has reported a 5% rise in profits to £244m for the year to 27 January, on sales up 11% to £3.7bn, with like-for-like growth at 5.3%. Chairman Sir Stuart Hampson said: “It's been another year of successful growth for Waitrose, with...
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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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Carrefour up as chairman resigns
Carrefour has reported a 6.6% increase in full-year sales to E77.901bn (£53.1bn), on net profit up 58% at E2.268bn (£1.545bn), as its chairman and former Marks & Spencer's boss Luc Vandevelde resigns.Vandevelde's resignation follows...
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Tesco half-price offer investigated
Tesco faces an investigation by Trading Standards officers after being accused of raising the price of fruit and vegetables before offering them half price.The retailer has been running a Fruit and Veg Pledge since the beginning of the year...
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Green vows just hot air says King
Sainsbury's chief executive Justin King has lashed out at its rivals' green policies.On the day the government revealed its intention to create a standard eco-label to tell consumers about the environmental impact of food, King said some...
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'Waitrose mugged me and ripped off one of my recipes'
Mugged. Done over. Ripped off. And furious.That's how one angry supplier feels after what he claims has been the unfair treatment meted out to him by one of the UK's leading multiple grocers.The remarks are made in an anonymous...
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Ainsley back in the fold
Yorkshire family bakers Ainsleys has appointed James Ainsley as its new head of sales and marketing. Ainsley has returned to the family business after working in Waitrose stores for four years. He is the third generation to work in...