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Retailers say... investigation, what investigation?
Although 80% of independent retailers are willing to help the Competition Commission with its grocery market investigation, almost half have never even heard of the current probe. These are some of the startling findings of The Grocer's latest...
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Oakes leaves at end of Somerfield project
Martin Oakes, logistics, IT and new business development director at Somerfield, has left the retailer.Oakes left this month after completing a project to outsource all of Somerfield's logistics to distribution company Wincanton, a...
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Head of taste for Eat Natural
Harriet Gregory is to be the new head of taste matters at Eat Natural.Gregory joins Eat Natural from Marks and Spencer and has more than a decade of experience in NPD and new taste pioneering. She will be responsible for all new product...
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Management team named at new Co-op
Richard Samson, the recently appointed chief executive of East of England Co-operative Society, has unveiled the society's new executive management team.The new society was created following the merger last year of Ipswich and Norwich...
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Oakes leaves at end of Somerfield project
Martin Oakes, logistics, IT and new business development director at Somerfield, has left the retailer.Oakes left this month after completing a project to outsource all of Somerfield's logistics to distribution company Wincanton, a...
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Head of taste for Eat Natural
Harriet Gregory is to be the new head of taste matters at Eat Natural.Gregory joins Eat Natural from Marks and Spencer and has more than a decade of experience in NPD and new taste pioneering. She will be responsible for all new product...
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Asda crisps take on a football flavour
Football fever is making its way down the crisp aisles at Asda this month with a range of crisps under its own label brand that celebrates World Cup-winning countries of the past.Six variants are being launched, with packaging specially...
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Premium press: how do you like them speciality apples?
Waitrose is adding to its speciality beer and premium cider offerings to appeal to the UK's growing interest in these markets.The retailer is launching its first own-label cider using fruit from its farm in Hampshire. Waitrose Leckford...
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Price Survey
After five weeks in third and second places, Asda has managed to claw its way back to the top spot this week.A vicious round of price cuts and a muscular promotional push has caused Asda's total shopping basket to plummet by £2.13,...
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FSA withdraws snacks
The Food Standards Agency has withdrawn a number of snacks from sale after they were found to contain a potentially cancer-causing toxin.Certain batches of Quaker Caribbean Chicken Seasons, Sainsbury's 18 Chocolate & Toffee Crispie Bites and...
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Sainsbury recovery on track
Sainsbury remains on track in its three-year recovery plan, recording a full-year pre-tax profit to end March 25 of £104m, up from a loss of £238m the year before.Releasing its full-year results this morning, the supermarket group also...
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Multiples toast award success
Sainsbury, Tesco and Waitrose shared the top honours in The Grocer's first Own Label Excellence Awards - winning three prizes apiece at our awards lunch hosted by broadcaster Richard Johnson at the Savoy in London yesterday - while Asda and Aldi...
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"These were not just symbiotic relationships - these were M&S symbiotic relationships"
M&S was surely asking for trouble when it entitled a supplier review Project Genesis. The danger was always that it could turn into Project Exodus. And that is exactly what appears to be happening. M&S has been losing food sales in its...
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"These were not just symbiotic relationships - these were M&S symbiotic relationships"
M&S was surely asking for trouble when it entitled a supplier review Project Genesis. The danger was always that it could turn into Project Exodus. And that is exactly what appears to be happening. M&S has been losing food sales in its...
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Sainsbury on road to recovery
Sainsbury is to announce year-end results next week that will show boss Justin King's turnaround strategy is motoring - although analysts said the focus would be on how the supermarket could now deliver better margins. The retailer...
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ScotMid Co-op writes off c-store acquisition goodwill
ScotMid Co-operative Society has written off a multi-million pound sum related to the purchase of convenience chain Morning Noon &Night. The Edinburgh-based society reported an operating surplus of £1.1m for the year to...
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World's biggest Spar store opens in China
It's as big as a large Tesco Extra and it sells Mongolian cows' milk. It's the world's largest Spar store - and it's just opened its doors in China. At 107,600 sq ft, the new store is more than 25 times the size of an average Spar...
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Here come the Cornish
The first loose new potatoes of the UK season have arrived at Sainsbury's Truro store in its Local First for Fresh campaign. The potatoes, only slightly delayed by frost, are grown in Gulval, Penzance by the 2R's Partnership and...
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Co-ops' work nourishes yields
The UK's three major dairy co-operatives are involved in a trial that could dramatically improve on-farm and factory efficiency in the cheese supply chain. Dairy Farmers of Britain in Wales, First Milk in Scotland and Milk Link in...
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Heartfelt bid to cut cholesterol
A ground-breaking cheese, which its maker claims can help people reduce their cholesterol levels without compromising on taste, is being launched this week into Asda. Heartfelt+ is a 12% fat cheese that contains Reducol, an...