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Q&A with Hassi Singardia Manager of the Week
Was this store operating under a different banner recently? This used to be a Safeway store. I was already the manager here when Somerfield bought this store from Morrisons. We went through a conversion and refurbishment process a year...
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this week a year ago The winner was...
The Somerfield store in The Broadway, Plymstock, Devon, won our Top Store award this time last year. Store manager Sharon Brodie had just completed a £1.2m refurbishment that included the introduction of self-service checkouts. Brodie was also...
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Top-Up shop
Who we visitedcostcutter, Eden Street, Kingston-upon-Thames, Surreylondis, Brighton Road, Horsham, West Sussexsainsbury's LOCAL, Ealing Broadway, West Londonscottish Co-op Lenzie, Kirkintilloch, East...
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Retailers say... supermarkets are too powerful
Everyone, including planning authorities, is powerless to stop supermarkets expanding where, when and how they like and small shops will disappear as a result, say independent retailers.That's the message from The Grocer's latest...
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King: it's not just about price now
Sainsbury's boss Justin King has warned the aggressive price wars of recent years are far from over despite inflation returning to the market.The increase in prices against last year did not change the competitive dynamic of the...
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'This makes no sense'
Kwik Save store managers have reacted with astonishment to the company's purchase of 45 Somerfield stores at a time when it is still struggling with availability.Managers willing to speak to The Grocer claimed they had been warned off...
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UK beef farmers await assurances from Tesco
The NFU has been left waiting for assurances from Tesco that it is committed to UK livestock farmers, after the beef price in the south west fell 12p/kg over three weeks."We've seen some volatility in the market. This has fuelled rumours...
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M&S praised for welfare
Marks and Spencer has won the RSPCA's good business award for animal welfare, stealing the crown from Waitrose.Judges praised the fact the store's welfare policies covered all tiers of meat, led by its 'look behind the label'...
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Sainsbury's to deal direct with farmers
Sainsbury's has signed a deal with dairy companies to work directly with a group of 450 British farmers.The retailer has formed the Sainsbury's Dairy Development Group, which aims to help farmers make their businesses more efficient and...
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midcounties co-op, long hanborough
In July Midcounties Co-operative opened its most eco-friendly store in the Oxfordshire village of Long Hanborough. It is built on the site of an older, smaller shop backing on to the countryside surrounding Blenheim Palace.The first...
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No smooth ride likely for Tesco in India
Tesco's entry into India may not be the smooth ride hoped for as a new local supermarket operator with a UK influence looks set to become the country's leading food chain.The brand proposition behind Reliance Retail, which has plans for...
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Availability
Asda Patchway, Bristol1 There was just one item missing when our mystery shopper visited Asda Patchway on Highwood Lane in Bristol. The store was sold out of the 1 litre bottle of Schweppes tonic water. She also noted that the...
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Price Survey
Tesco scored its first victory in The Grocer 33 this month, with Sainsbury displaced from its lead last week and Asda pushed into second place two weeks on the trot. Asda had come in cheapest in seven of the previous nine surveys, but...
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Supermarkets are too powerful, retailers say
Independent retailers believe that everyone, including the planning authorities, is powerless to stop supermarkets expanding where, when and how they like and that consequently small shops will disappear.That's the message from The Grocer's...
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Morrisons bid rumours resurface
Rumours have resurfaced that private equity group Kohlberg Kravis Roberts could be planning to make a bid for Morrisons.In July this year shares in the supermarket group rose after reports suggested that a consortium of private equity...
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Kwik Save buys Somerfield stores
Troubled discounter Kwik Save has acquired 45 stores from Somerfield for an undisclosed sum. The chain, which has been hit by a series of problems this year, said that it had secured additional investment to finance the deal. However,...
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Bogof's week
There were no shortage of laughs at the IGD conference this week. Commenting on a prediction by Waitrose CEO Steven Esom that "by 2020, we will have cashless, checkout-less supermarkets," bearded wag and Tate & Lyle CEO Iain Ferguson retorted:...
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Letter of the week:
While Tesco's awesome interim results may have been welcomed by financial institutions, a recent poll conducted by the Yorkshire Post found that 75% of respondents believed that the supermarket's dominance in the UK was limiting consumer...
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Price competition is yesterday's war
Another trading statement from one of the majors, another report that inflation is back in the system. J Sainsbury announced that through July, August and September, deflation of 0.9% became inflation of 1%, hot on the heels of Tesco's remarks...
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Retailers need help to beat the criminals
One of the most startling figures in the BRC's 13th crime survey is that the value of losses from undetected customer theft rose by 44% in 2005 - from £400m to £578m - 28% of the total cost of crime. But this is just the tip of the...