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Carrefour's vision for the future
José Luis Duran is not proud of the fact that the last time Carrefour delivered 6% sales growth was in 1996. Flat sales in Europe outside of France, pushing money into too many global markets and 'promotional neglect' have all been blamed for...
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architect of change
Better shops. Better products. Better service. Better execution. That's what shoppers want from the Co-operative Group's food stores. And that's what Guy McCracken has been focusing the business on delivering for the past 12 months or so....
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Best in show
Britain's biggest retailer has done it again, walking off with a hat-trick of trophies at this year's awards. Tesco mirrored last year's success by once again taking the coveted titles of Grocer of the Year and Britain's Favourite Supermarket....
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retail spotlight
Two months ago Sainsbury opened its doors to its new-look store in Merton, south London.If ever there was a store in need of a makeover, it was this one. Originally built as a whopping 130,000 sq ft Sainsbury's Savacentre, it was in...
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Retailers say... Symbol groups give good service
It's more welcoming Bipin Patel, Deptford Convenience store Size: 1,000 sq ft?I'm a member of a symbol group and I tend to do most of my buying from there because it's convenient and availability is always very good. But...
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Disney walks on the wild side with health
In moves that associate it further with healthy eating instead of fast food, Disney is linking up with two UK retailers' fruit offers. Its latest animated release, The Wild, is being promoted with on-pack offers in Somerfield. Customers...
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Triple whammy Tesco!
Tesco was voted Britain's best by both consumers and industry experts at The Grocer Gold Awards this week as it walked off with a triumvirate of trophies. The UK's biggest retailer beat strong competition from Waitrose to win Grocer of...
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McCracken hails recovery in food sales
The Co-operative Group's food retail business is enjoying its first period of like-for-like growth after almost two years of negative same store sales. In an exclusive interview, Guy McCracken, who heads the food business, said: "In the...
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inside track
Tesco's recent announcement that sales of books grew by 52% in its latest financial year (to 25 February 2006) should be good news. But in the book business there is no such thing as a silver lining without a cloud. Publishers fret that...
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Tesco olive branch for small suppliers
Tesco is to improve ranging in Express stores and give smaller suppliers more access to buyers, it told a gathering of hundreds of suppliers. It also told them to speed up new product development and improve order fulfilment to keep Tesco...
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The Food from Britain client development team Back row l-r: Richard Sainter, Tracy George, Sarah Hodgen, Elsie Fairbanks. Front row l-r: John Whitehead, Jane Wakeling
Who&'s in the team?FFB&'s client development team is headed by Jane Wakeling who joined six months ago from Sainsbury where she was a regional food and drink manager and dairy buyer. She has years of experience in the...
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Best in show
Tesco comes out tops again in the big threeBritain&'s biggest retailer has done it again, walking off with a hat-trick of trophies at this year&'s awards. Tesco mirrored last year&'s success by once again taking the...
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retail spotlight
Two months ago Sainsbury opened its doors to its new-look store in Merton, south London.If ever there was a store in need of a makeover, it was this one. Originally built as a whopping 130,000 sq ft Sainsbury&'s Savacentre,...
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Retailers say... Symbol groups give good service
?I&'m a member of a symbol group and I tend to do most of my buying from there because it&'s convenient and availability is always very good. But it has also helped me to develop my store and it&'s much better now....
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inside track
Philip Jones, editor, The Bookseller:In the book business, there is no such thing as a silver lining without a cloudTesco&'s recent announcement that sales of books grew by 52% in its latest financial year (to 25 February...
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Supermarket chains really can play fair with this one
One year on from the G8 summit at Gleneagles, Bob Geldof has talked about some progress being made in relieving African countries of debt and increasing the amount of aid to them. But there is a third aspect of the G8's agenda. Geldof and others...
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How to really pack a punch
Deciding the winner of this week's Top Store Award was another close call. Asda and Tesco both provided our shoppers with brimming baskets so customer service became the deciding factor. Asda won as our shopper at Asda Gateshead was offered help...
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Tesco raises milk prices
Tesco has increased the price of its fresh milk by 20%.Reports suggest that the retailer has increased the price of a two-pinter of milk by 11p to 64p.A spokesman for the company said that the price increase “better reflected the...
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Asda accused of food hygiene risks
Asda has been accused of putting food hygiene at risk to cut costs.Reports suggest that an Asda employee has made an official complaint to the company that frozen and chilled food was allegedly left out at its Gateshead store for six hours...