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Tesco scores big on World Cup spend
Tesco is outscoring its rivals when it comes to advertising spend around the World Cup as the battle for the summer pound kicks in. In the three weeks to 18 June (with the World Cup kicking off on 9 June), it spent £3.9m on TV, press and...
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Somerfield to switch to Simply Value sub-brand
Rachel BarnesSomerfield is to ditch its Makes Sense! value range in favour of a new-look sub-brand called Simply Value.The 200-strong range of food and non food products will replace the 90-line Makes Sense! range from September....
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Tesco rebranding: Organic and proud
Tesco is relaunching its Tesco Organic range, with new-look packaging set to hit stores within two weeks.The new packs, made of recycled material, bear a black background and images from food photographer Laurie Evans. Grass will appear...
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Somerfield to switch to Simply Value sub-brand
Rachel BarnesSomerfield is to ditch its Makes Sense! value range in favour of a new-look sub-brand called Simply Value.The 200-strong range of food and non food products will replace the 90-line Makes Sense! range from September....
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Tesco rebranding: Organic and proud
Tesco is relaunching its Tesco Organic range, with new-look packaging set to hit stores within two weeks.The new packs, made of recycled material, bear a black background and images from food photographer Laurie Evans. Grass will appear...
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United Co-op finds hi-tech solutions
United Co-operatives is rolling out electronic shelf-edge labelling and chip and PIN technology across its estate in a £4.2m overhaul of its in-store technology.The society is also introducing self-scanning and hi-tech touch-screen till...
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Tesco blasts ARC's 'unbalanced' plan
Tesco has launched a vigorous defence of its plans for a massive development near Sunderland city centre, which have led to a public inquiry in the city.The retailer bought the 16-acre former Vaux Brewery site for £13m in 2002. But its...
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World News - 1st July 2007
Poland. Tesco has refused to comment on reports that it is considering making a 1800m (£553m) bid for the Polish retail business of French retailer Casino. Reports have suggested that both Tesco and French retailer Carrefour are...
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Dodgers has a cheeky side
Jammie Dodgers is showing its cheeky side with its latest limited edition flavour. Cheeky Mango was launched into Asda stores this month and is the prize-winning flavour from brand owner Burton's Foods' Design a Dodger competition, which...
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Retailers turn backs on Minute Maid juice
Retailers are turning their backs on Coca-Cola's Minute Maid juice brand, despite the company reporting strong sales for the drink. Sainsbury and Spar have both delisted the one-litre carafes of the not-from-concentrate brand, which...
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Sainsbury is a Welsh sizzler!
Sainsbury's Newport store in Wales topped the customer service and availability charts this week to claim the Top Store Award. Our mystery shopper was impressed from the moment that she entered the store. She said that a lot of effort had...
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Price Survey
Asda's decision to join Tesco and Waitrose in raising the price of its own label milk has had little impact on its position as the UK's cheapest supermarket, according to The Grocer 33's latest survey. Both Asda and Morrisons have...
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Asda strike called off
A potential five-day strike among workers at 20 of Asda's distribution centres has been called off.Last week, members of the GMB union at 20 Asda distribution centres across the UK voted for a five-day strike in a long-running dispute over...
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M&S shares increase
Shares in Marks and Spencer rose 12p to finish on 578p yesterday following speculation that the retailer would announce impressive first-quarter figures next month.Broker SG Securities said: “There is every indication that Q1 trading will...
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Jamie Oliver in campaign talks
TV chef Jamie Oliver and Sainsbury are in talks with the Department of Health over a campaign to encourage people to eat more meals as a family.Reports suggest that the campaign would focus on family meals in an effort to improve the...
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Technology blips force Tesco into RFID rethink
Tesco has ditched its plan to roll out RFID to 1,400 stores and 30 distribution centres after technology problems forced a rethink. It had originally planned to have RFID readers at all depots and on at least one door of every store...
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Football fever: what's in store?
Sainsbury Not surprisingly, Sainsbury, as official England supermarket, had a broad and well co-ordinated range of activity throughout the store, with lots of hanging banners communicating offers from tournament sponsors and...
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We're getting into a winning mood
All the evidence is that June has been a storming month for the industry in sales terms. The Waitrose numbers show an acceleration in trend, Tesco has mentioned it in passing and this week Sainsbury confirmed that since the Whitsun Bank...
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M&S races ahead with Simply Food refit plans
Marks and Spencer is four weeks ahead of schedule with its conversion programme for the 28 Iceland stores it acquired for £38m in January. The retailer is converting four stores a week for the next seven weeks to its Simply Food format,...
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Switched on to Tesco aims
Tesco has appointed Terry Greenwood as electricals director. He joins from DSG International, which changed its name from Dixons Group in September last year, where he was a senior executive. Tesco said that Greenwood's appointment would...