more supermarket news & analysis – Page 893
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Tesco 'collusion' stunner
Nisa-Today's launched a scathing attack on Tesco when it met the Competition Commission, it has emerged. In what could be the most damaging evidence yet to come out of the Commission's grocery market investigation, Nisa-Today's...
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Tesco reveals scale of its international goals
In the week it reported international sales of 17.9% in its third quarter, Tesco announced its biggest store opening programme overseas, with plans for a possible 600 new stores. Tim Mason, Tesco US chief exec, presided over the opening...
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Letter of the week
Liz Hamson's article on retail planning applications 'The People's Planopoly' (2 December, p28) was misleading and unduly negative about Tesco's involvement in the planning process. Instead of speaking to Tesco directly, the article quoted a...
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Impartial voices badly needed
SIR; Liz Hamson's piece on planning highlighted a number of serious problems with the UK's planning system. One of the biggest has to be conflict of interests. The article mentioned Darlington, where councillors recently voted against a Tesco...
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Bogof's week
Bogof was in Scotland last week for the launch of Tesco's new eco-friendly superstore at Wick. Unfortunately, when he landed at Inverness at 10pm ready for a 6am drive up to the remote superstore the next morning he discovered his luggage had...
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Greenpeace guns for beam trawling
Greenpeace ratcheted up the pressure on multiples to improve fish sourcing policies by "displaying" hundreds of dead fish and crabs at store entrances.Tesco, Asda and Morrisons in Oxford were targeted in two days of protest this week and...
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Tesco 'collusion' stunner
Nisa-Today's launched a scathing attack on Tesco when it met the Competition Commission, it has emerged.In what could be the most damaging evidence yet to come out of the Commission's grocery market investigation, Nisa-Today's...
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Tesco reveals scale of its international goals
In the week it reported international sales of 17.9% in its third quarter, Tesco announced its biggest store opening programme overseas, with plans for a possible 600 new stores.Tim Mason, Tesco US chief exec, presided over the opening...
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Impartial voices badly needed
SIR; Liz Hamson's piece on planning highlighted a number of serious problems with the UK's planning system. One of the biggest has to be conflict of interests. The article mentioned Darlington, where councillors recently voted against a Tesco...
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Bogof's week
Bogof was in Scotland last week for the launch of Tesco's new eco-friendly superstore at Wick. Unfortunately, when he landed at Inverness at 10pm ready for a 6am drive up to the remote superstore the next morning he discovered his luggage had...
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Fairtrade fans boosting nuts
Tesco is extending its Fairtrade nut offer. It claims more than 13,000 farmers in Malawi, Mozambique and India will benefit from the decision to launch a 200g Fairtrade peanut and raisin mix and Fairtrade natural cashews in 150g...
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Fairtrade fans boosting nuts
Tesco is extending its Fairtrade nut offer.It claims more than 13,000 farmers in Malawi, Mozambique and India will benefit from the decision to launch a 200g Fairtrade peanut and raisin mix and Fairtrade natural cashews in 150g...
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M&S withdraws cereal
Marks & Spencer has voluntarily withdrawn batches of its own brand Strawberry & Almond Crunch breakfast cereal due to a packing error.The product has been withdrawn because the word 'milk' has been omitted from the allergy advice box on the...
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New scheme offers quicker payment
Sainsbury's is to pay its small suppliers quicker using a new payment management system, the Trading Finance Platform. All the retailer's suppliers will be paid through the new system, which will also allow them to view their online...
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Q&A with Mike Shaw Manager of the Week
Tell us a little bit about Morrisons' Livingston store? The store was opened on 17 October last year so it's just over one year old. At 83,000 sq ft it's one of Morrisons' largest in Scotland and has the most up-to-date footprint. I am...
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This week a year ago The winner was...
Deputy store manager Michelle Jenkins of Sainsbury's Newport store accepted our award on behalf of manager Paul Abbott who was away on holiday this time last year. Jenkins has since left the store and has taken up a new role at...
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Top-Up shop
Who we visited. Spar, Manor Green Road, Epsom, Surrey. Kwik Save, The Paddock, Handforth, Cheshire. Best One Ditton Hill, Long Ditton, Surrey. Scotmid Co-op East Main Street, Uphall, West Lothian. Tesco Express,...
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Availability
Asda Reigate Road, Burgh Heath. 0 Our shopper collected 32 items at this store, which was still not stocking American long grain rice. She was disappointed by the levels of customer service, the store was untidy, and aisles were...
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The people's planopoly
The battle lines have been drawn. On one side are Friends of the Earth, local community groups and small independent retailers. They accuse Tesco et al of: browbeating local authorities with "legalised bungs" (aka planning gains); submitting...
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Low egg prices spark free-range shortages
Somerfield's move to source nearly half its free-range eggs from France is a sure sign of a UK supply crisis, producers say. The retailer is not the only one looking at sourcing abroad, but producers here say they warned customers of the...