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Multiples woo the Scots
Scotland looks set to be a key battleground for the supermarkets in the next 12 months as Tesco, Sainsbury, Asda and Waitrose all kick off programmes to stamp their mark north of the border.Tesco plans to spend £75m building its...
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M&S ambitious for Simply Food
Marks and Spencer is planning to increase its share of grocery in the UK by continuing the expansion of its Simply Food.Stuart Rose, chief executive, said M&S is continuing to look for more space to open Simply Food stores and...
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Tesco launches toolkit
Tesco is launching a religious toolkit for staff next month. The kit includes a religious calendar outlining all the major festivals and days of importance for the major religions in the UK. It is designed to give staff more...
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Lessons in duplication
A major copycat brand naming spat between frozen ready meals retailer Cook and M&S looks set to subside, while Sainsbury is facing a challenge to its right to use the So Organic name. Cook has admitted defeat in its fight...
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Co-op links with police to fight antisocial behaviour
A co-operative society is taking steps to eradicate antisocial behaviour with the introduction of an anti-crime partnership project in Yapton, West Sussex. By joining forces with Sussex Police and Yapton Parish Council, Southern...
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Waitrose finds mileage in greener credentials
Waitrose is speeding up efforts to reduce food miles by cutting down on unnecessary journeys for its lorry fleet. The retailer is to extend its backhauling and forward hauling initiatives in a bid to shave transport costs and...
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World News - 8th April 2006
Tesco in South Korea...Cadbury sells...Constellation buy...Fyffes in India...Wal-mart and the poor...Pathmark struggles...Russian talks. Tesco has put in a bid for Carrefour's 32 South Korean stores. It is up against...
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United Co-op bolsters top team
United Co-operative's Food Group has strengthened its senior management team in north-west England with the promotion of Karl Ward and David Brighouse to the positions of group managers. In new roles for the company, Ward will...
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More out of you, for less
I don't think anybody can say that they were not warned what was coming. For months now, we have been reporting how Asda's top brass was planning to get tougher with suppliers and look to rebuild the chain's status as price leader....
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National Co-op won't happen for years
from Colin Richell, member, The Co-operative Group. Sir; I have been very interested to read the various articles in your magazine recently about the co-operative movement's ideas about retailing unity and in fact I have written a...
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Asda goes bananas
With Sainsbury in the number two spot and suppliers crying foul, the pressure is growing on Asda, reports Rachel Barnes. Last week, Asda president Andy Bond was busy telling people how he planned to rebuild the chain. Newspaper...
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Geest and DGM merger
Marks and Spencer potato suppliers Geest QV, a joint venture between Geest Foods and QV Foods, and DGM Growers, which is owned by M&W Mack, have merged. The new company, to be called Manor Fresh, will have an annual turnover of...
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JS savours local quality
Sainsbury stores in the West Midlands begin an initiative to flag up local produce next week. Local vegetables are to be sold in 25 stores under Savour the Flavour-branded PoS. The scheme is the result of a partnership between...
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Barramundi for Waitrose
The first stocks sourced from a British barramundi fish farm arrive on Waitrose shelves on Monday (April 10). Aquabella Group, the company behind the New Forest Barramundi brand, says consumers will take to its delicate taste and...
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In Brief: Sore feelings; M&S sale; Loss of fizz; McBride buys; Chequeless; No gluten
Sainsbury's membership of the British Retail Consortium is still in question, despite the organisation's leader saying it would be back on track by May. Kevin Hawkins, BRC director general, said he had "amicable and constructive...
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Trends and developments: Calypso; Sunraysia; Ella's Kitchen
Calypso extends healthy options for children... Sunraysia arrives in Waitrose... Ella's Kitchen cooks up a five-a-day. An organic pomegranate & apple juice drink from James White Drinks, which it claims is the first...
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The rise and set of Sunny D?
While Asda has dropped Sunny D from its listings, brand owner Gerber is not so quick to give up, with moves to reinvigorate a product that remains the number two chilled fruit juice. Asda's announcement last month that it had delisted...
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Asda remains number two supermarket
Asda has held onto its spot as the UK's number two supermarket group.Research from TNS Worldpanel found that Asda's share of the grocery market in the three months to March 26 was 16.3%.Although analysts had speculated that Sainsbury...
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Tesco, Sainsbury draw battle lines over labels
Tesco and Sainsbury have drawn battle lines over traffic light labelling with both using high-profile advertising to state their opposing cases. Tesco has been forced to defend its decision to press ahead with guideline daily...
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Judge clears retailers
The debate over selling alcohol to minors shows no sign of diminishing after prosecutions of Asda and Bargain Booze staff delivered different verdicts. Two Bargain Booze workers in Liverpool - both experienced retailers and also...