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Country Life looks for organic milk growth
Country Life will become the first major brand to enter the organic milk category when it launches into Tesco next month.The butter brand is making its milk debut to take advantage of what brand owner Dairy Crest describes as the fastest...
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Who we visitedLondis Hollyhead Road, CoventryJacksons King Edwards Drive, Harrogatespar Main Street, Torrance, Nr GlasgowTesco Express Amersham Road, Buckinghamshireco-op Little Common Road,...
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Asda Kirkintilloch Road, Glasgow1Own label fresh penne pasta and 300g bottles of Johnson's baby lotion are not sold at Asda's Bishopbrigs store in Glasgow. Our shopper was only able to collect 30 items as the store was also out of stock...
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Tesco extends concept of self-service at tills
Tesco is moving one step closer to cashier-less stores with the largest single-store installation of self-service checkouts in the UK. Its London Metro store in Bishopsgate has been transformed for commuters and offers 20 self-service...
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Asda reveals sub-branding for George
Asda is rolling out its pricing sub-brands across its newly re-named George Home range.The products, which were launched under the brand in April, are now to be packaged as Smart Price for value items, George for mid-tier goods...
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Sainsbury set to revamp uniforms
Sainsbury is to ditch its garish orange fleeces and royal blue shirts as it redesigns its staff uniform for the first time in seven years.The supermarket will roll out new attire to its 150,000 staff next summer after kicking off initial...
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Fresh produce gains boost in latest study
Britons are choosing fresh fruit and yoghurt over traditional English puddings in their weekly shopping basket, according to latest research from YouGov.The study of 6,500 people, which was commissioned by Sainsbury to assess what...
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Nolan quits post at Superquinn chain
Tom Nolan, purchasing director for Irish supermarket chain Superquinn, is leaving the company after just a year in the job.Nolan, a former Tesco Ireland executive, joined the 21-store chain shortly after its E420m purchase from Senator...
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Hodgson to replace Megson at Waitrose
Richard Hodgson, brand and marketing director for Asda, has been appointed as the replacement for Angela Megson as director of buying for Waitrose.Hodgson takes up his new role in the autumn. He has worked at Asda for a number of years...
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Spar replaces Somerfield supply at 18 Total forecourts
Spar has signed up 18 forecourt stores formerly supplied by Somerfield as it launches a five-year partnership with Total UK, its second major forecourt deal in the past two months.Speaking to The Grocer about the move, Richard Bennett,...
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Risk to drivers leads to disruption in deliveries
Asda and Sainsbury are to pull online deliveries in areas across the country where drivers feel intimidated, following a move by both supermarkets to drop the service in parts of Edinburgh this month.They have both stopped delivering to...
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Budgens spices up fresh curry menu
Budgens has followed Sainsbury up the premium curry path with the launch of an exclusive range of fresh dishes created by chefs at London's famous Bombay Brasserie.The roll-out follows a successful trial in five Budgens stores which it...
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Asda slammed by disabled drivers
Disability rights campaigners are accusing supermarkets of ignoring the needs of disabled customers at self-service petrol stations.Mobilise, a disabled drivers charity, said the provision of assistance to disabled drivers requiring fuel...
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Eddie Stobart signs Tesco delivery deal
Logistics firm Eddie Stobart has secured its first food and drink transport contract with Tesco. The logistics firm, which already delivers a number of non-food lines for Tesco, will take over distribution from the retailer's Blackmills...
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Morrisons buys bio-fuel Focus
Morrisons took ownership of the millionth Ford Focus to be sold in the UK at the British International Motor Show in London this week.The car, which runs on bio-ethanol or petrol, will be used as part of a fleet of company cars but will...
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Star Buyer Adrian Gash
Gash has been with Waitrose for two years, joining from Safeway, where he spent six years, covering pharmaceuticals and healthcare, bread and then crisps. His earlier career included three years with Unichem and spells with Peter Black...
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In Brief: Spotlight on Chile; German wine launch; Jungle art for bubbly
Spotlight on Chile The Co-operative Group has put the spotlight on Chile for its summer wine promotion. Its top South American picks include red wine of the month - Co-op Chilean Merlot 2005 (£2.99) - and a red fine wine of the...
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Price Survey
Gaelle WalkerPricing strategies at Tesco seemed to run awry this week. As the mercury hit the 90s, so Tesco's total basket price soared to £47.14, plunging the retailer, which is usually ranked as the UK's second cheapest supermarket...
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Tesco makes Polish acquisition
Tesco has acquired convenience retailer Leader Price in Poland in a deal worth £72m.Leader Price is part of the French retailer Casino and entered Poland in 2000. It operates 220 stores in the country, employing 2,200 people and had sales of...
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Butlers Blue is up to the Challenge
Family-owned dairy Butlers saw its new product go all the way in this year's Tesco Cheese Challenge. Now in its fourth year, the competition brought together cheese industry experts in London where they picked out Butlers Blue as their...