more supermarket news & analysis – Page 912
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Waitrose snaps up Morrisons stores
Morrisons has sold six stores and a non-operational distribution site to Waitrose. The stores are situated at Eastbourne, Formby, Hexham, Lymington, Parkstone and Portswood, while the distribution site is located in...
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Durose leaves Tesco to start own business
Peter Durose, director of produce, has left Tesco. A spokeswoman for the retailer said that Durose, who had worked at Tesco for ten years, was leaving to set up his own business. Durose was appointed category director for produce...
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JS claims lead in Fairtrade bananas
One in four bananas sold in Sainsbury is now Fairtrade, according to the retailer, and sales of Fairtrade bananas are growing faster than non-Fairtrade at a rate of 27% year on year compared with 10% for conventional fruit. Sainsbury has...
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inside track
Drought is the word on everyone's lips in gardening circles and it means retailers are altering their offer. This season, Sainsbury copied Tesco in setting up marquees to sell gardening products. Supermarkets have found barbecues, garden...
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Tesco: we only move in if the locals want us
Tesco has attempted to placate local opposition groups saying that it only opens stores where it is wanted by the majority of the community. Chief executive Sir Terry Leahy and chairman David Reid told shareholders at the chain's...
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Waitrose link to be boosted
Channel Islands retailer CI Traders is poised to expand the range of Waitrose own label products available in its Checkers stores.CI chief executive Martin Bralsford said: "We are in discussion with Waitrose about ways in which we can...
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Tesco sizes up with Extra for the Scots
Food from local suppliers is at the heart of the offer in Tesco's largest store in Scotland, which opened its doors this week. The 103,000 sq ft Extra, situated at Silverburn Retail Park in Pollok, Glasgow, officially opened on Monday (10...
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Q&A with Mark Collings Manager of the Week
Can you tell us a little bit about your working history? I started working for Tesco 20 years ago as a trolley boy after leaving school and have stayed with the company ever since. Running my own store had always been a goal of mine and I...
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Pricing gap
The pricing gap between the top four supermarkets is particularly narrow this week, with just 66p separating the fourth cheapest supermarket from first place.The cost of our 33 items from Asda came to £41 - once again, the lowest-priced...
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Who we visited
Budgens Queen Charlotte Street, BristolMills Yew Tree Lane, Solihullsnax 24 Daleside Road, Nottinghamtesco express Wellingborough Road, NorthamptonCoopers Edward Street, WestburyHow they...
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How can we wash away the bland shopping experience?
Call it what you will - sleep-shopping, range blindness or, as Asda's ?Andy Bond rightly put it, "bland, amorphous, sameness" - retailers and manufacturers face a clear and present danger. Shoppers want to spend less time in store than ten years...
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Second opinion Waitrose is being praised for its initiative to sell ugly fruit as a sideline for makers of jam. Great! But hang on a minute...
Waitrose must be delighted by the favourable publicity generated by its decision to put a small range of Grade II fruit on its shelves. Of course the idea of 'ugly fruit' was a straight lift from the National Trust. It came up with the original...
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The big bucksbeckon
Tesco expects to make a profit within a year or two of its grand entry into the United States next summer and is on its way to building up a 200-strong team to lead its venture on to Wal-Mart's home turf. US chief executive Tim Mason,...
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Rose warns of a 'nanny state' UK
Stuart Rose, chief executive of Marks and Spencer, has warned that Britain risks becoming a "nanny state" amid moves to restrict advertising of some foods and to put traffic light labelling on food packaging. Rose, speaking exclusively to...
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In Brief: Morrisons' new look, Age of robotics, Give us Respect
Morrisons' new look Morrisons is set to unveil a new store design. The new look will be an "evolutionary change from the existing format". The first of the new stores will be a renovated Safeway that will open in Crowborough, East...
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Lothian Co-op buys former Somerfields
Lothian Borders & Angus Co-op has beefed up its estate with nine Somerfield stores in Scotland. The shops measure from 1,450 to 3,460 sq ft and are in locations ranging from Blackburn to Aberdeen. Most are thought to be former...
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Tesco considers Polish bid
Tesco is considering making a E800m (£554m) bid for the Polish retail business of French retailer Casino.Reports suggest that both Tesco and French retailer Carrefour are eyeing the business. Casino has already committed selling E2bn of its...
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In Brief: M&S tenderness; Green barbecue
M&S tenderness Marks & Spencer is set to launch a new range of fresh beef this summer, called Guaranteed Tender British Beef. It will appear on sirloin, ribeye and fillet steaks and is claimed to represent maximum tenderness in...
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Meet organic hunger chains urge farmers
There is an acute shortage of organic meat produced in the UK, some of Britain's leading retailers have said. Tesco's fresh foods director Steve Murrells urged farmers attending the Royal Show at Stoneleigh in Warwickshire to consider...
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Tesco Express tries designs to blend in
Tesco is working on a range of Tesco Express shop fronts to make stores blend in with their locations. The retailer said there would be a contemporary design for urban city Express stores, using modern architecture, open glazing and...