more supermarket news & analysis – Page 959
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A battle looms for Cherokee
Tesco may face stiff competition from other retailing giants and private equity firms in a bidding war for up-for-sale clothing brand Cherokee.The supermarket has exclusive UK distribution rights from brand owner The Cherokee Group, but other...
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Mace under one banner
Mace has come under the ownership of one wholesaler in England, Scotland and Wales for the first time following Palmer & Harvey McLane’s acquisition of the Aberness business from Somerfield. But P&H could have its work cut out holding...
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Morrisons to get its estate in order
Morrisons is to sell a further 50 Safeway stores by November as it battles to get the integration process under control.Speaking on the day of its agm (May 26), chief executive Bob Stott said he hoped “in an ideal world” the original three-year...
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Arrival of pay by finger
The Oxford, Swindon and Gloucester Co-op has announced the launch of revolutionary biometric payment technology, which will allow customers to pay for goods at the touch of a finger. The innovative technology from Pay By Touch will enable...
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Slicker food key to M&S
Gaelle WalkerMarks and Spencer is to bolster its ailing food business by opening new stores and focusing on improving quality and value for money. The chain, which has finally confirmed acting food director Guy Farrant will be continuing...
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Sainsbury role for Burr
Sainsbury has scrapped its marketing director position following the resignation of Stephen Nelson earlier this month, with the majority of marketing responsibilities passing to Gwyn Burr. Burr, formerly customer services director, takes on the...
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McGettigan takes Irish post as food director
Eoin McGettigan is heading back to Ireland to become Dunnes Stores’ director of food following his surprise departure from The Co-operative Group a fortnight ago.McGettigan had only been chief executive for food retail at the co-operative for...
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Consumer Feedback
>>respondents confused as to what to expectOnly recently has a wider range of prepared new low-carb food lines appeared, including 40 lines launched by Tesco covering a wide spectrum of fresh and prepared categories at everyday...
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Waitrose adds Spanish flair to summer
Waitrose is adding a touch of Spain to its summer menu with the launch of a tapas range.The range includes nine hot eating dishes, all priced at £2.99, with dishes such as Patatas a la Riojana – spicy potatoes with chorizo sausage, and...
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Tesco non-food sales overtake M&S
Marks and Spencer has been dealt a blow ahead of its full-year results tomorrow with news that Tesco has overtaken the retailer in sales of non-food products.A survey conducted by retail consultancy Verdict Research found that Tesco sold...
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Brighter future for Mace?
Mace will now be unified under one owner in England, Wales and Scotland for the first time – following Somerfield's decision on Friday to sell its interest in the c-store brand to Palmer & Harvey McLane. Somerfield bought the rights to the...
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Asda puts small stores at heart of growth plan
Asda is to put small food stores at the centre of its growth plan in an effort to rebuild sales as the leadership gap between Tesco widens.Huw Edwards, the former central merchandising director appointed director of small store formats in...
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Somerfield keeps up pace with Market Fresh openings
Somerfield has opened a new £1.1m Market Fresh store in Putney, the seventh to be built in London.Another, in Oxford, will join the growing portfolio on Wednesday (May 25), only its second Market Fresh store outside the capital, while another...
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How to clean up
Morrisons is taking a leaf out of Safeway’s book and offering dry cleaning operations in its stores.The company is trialling its first dry cleaning facility in its Boroughbridge store in Yorkshire, emulating the success of the operations in...
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MBL names Aylwin as supply chain director
Musgrave Budgens-Londis has appointed former Safeway director Mark Aylwin as its new supply chain director.Aylwin joined Safeway’s store operations team in 1984 and moved into supply chain management in 1992. Five years later, he became...
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In Profile: Stephen Shields, store manager, United Wholesale (Scotland)
Running the floor of a busy cash and carry is a demanding job, but one that Stephen Shields says he loves. Shields left Tesco as a deputy store manager to work at...
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Why OFT is eyeing acquisitions
The Office of Fair Trading has questioned 23 of the 114 Safeway compact stores acquired by Somerfield. So why have these particular stores been called in?CACI has built catchments around each of the stores and modelled local grocery...
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Consolidating the clashing symbols
Some experts say there are too many symbol groups and that this is diluting the competitive power of the independents. Rod Addy reportsAs the major multiples and co-ops have increased their presence in the c-store sector, independent...