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Morrisons-BP partnership comes to an end
UK oil company BP, and supermarket group Morrisons have announced that they have reached an agreement to end their eight-year old partnership.The companies plan to divide their assets between them with 31 partnership stores to be taken over...
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Bakery group up for sale
Rathbones Bakeries, the bakery group with 1,550 employees, went into administration yesterday after weak sales following a fire at one of its factories in February this year.The company, which had sales of £100m last year and supplies Tesco...
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Lloyd Maunder gets the chop
Sainsbury is to ditch fresh, retail packed lamb supplier Lloyd Maunder from October – but it is unclear whether this marks a step by the retailer towards single sourcing in the category.Sainsbury refused to say which company would be handed the...
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Retailers in the fast lane
Food retailers grew 10 times faster than suppliers in the UK last year, according to a new study by the DTI, adding fuel to the debate that the major multiples are running away with the balance of power.The findings come just a week after the...
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JS ends junket culture
The surprise finding in the detail of the OFT’s report into the supermarkets code of practice? That Sainsbury traders emerged as the industry’s junket junkies. The OFT’s auditors found 42 instances where Sainsbury staff had accepted hospitality...
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Morrisons to pull out of Isle of Man
Morrisons is to pull out of the Isle of Man as it continues to sell off its non-mainland stores.The £3m sale of its Safeway Compact store in Douglas to Shoprite was followed by confirmation that it intended to sell its other island Safeway...
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JS to close Meadowhall
Sainsbury is closing a 15-year-old store at the heart of a top fashion retail centre in Sheffield due to lack of prime customers.The 37,000 sq ft Meadowhall store employs 323 staff and will close on July 9, but the supermarket has applied for...
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Asda fights false alarms
Asda is set to extend a scheme to combat false fire alarms following a successful trial using pager technology in-store.During one six-week period, the 10-store trial in Greater Manchester was so successful that the retailer recorded a 90%...
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Islands life for Le Riche
Channel Islands convenience retail group Le Riche has appointed a new trading director, Dean Dawson, to take responsibility for trading, marketing, distribution and supply chains.Dawson has recently been acting as a consultant to Sainsbury,...
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In Profile: Q&A with Karen Todd, local sourcing manager, ASDA
Karen Todd was given the task of setting up a specialised trading team when Asda first recognised that local sourcing was a tremendous opportunity for the company. Asda...
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Retailer probe is smoke and mirrors
from C John Smith, chairman and managing director, GreyfriarsSir; Following the publication of the Office of Fair Trading report on the supermarkets code of practice, Tesco’s appointment of a code compliance officer and the...
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Dairy UK forms board to identify priorities for Scottish industry
Dairy UK has formed a new board to look after the interests of members north of the border.Dairy UK Scotland was set up to identify priorities and promote policy developments. It comprises representatives of producer co-ops, processors and...
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Irish call on chains to disclose profits
Tesco may be among a number of retailers forced to disclose how much profit they make in the Irish Republic, under new proposals aimed at finding out if consumers get a fair deal.In a report to government, a parliamentary committee...
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Multiples cash in on office supplies
Tesco and Asda are vying with specialist stationers in supplying home and basic office supplies, finds Rod AddyIt may be smaller than some non-food categories, but sales of home office supplies are growing rapidly in supermarkets....
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Buyers who bring fizz to the alcohol fixture
Suppliers hail the very best buyers in the beers, wines and spirits category. The star is Sainsbury’s Melissa DraycottThe Grocer spoke to beers, wines and spirits suppliers this month to find out which buyers were most respected in...
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Star Buyer: Melissa Draycott
>>spirits and fortified wine buyer, SainsburyDraycott has worked at Sainsbury for 15 years. She joined the supermarket as a beers, wines and spirits manager in the Bury St Edmunds store. After four years, Draycott started her climb up...
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Property assets of £1bn for Somerfield bidders
A successful bid for Somerfield could net the bidder control of more than £1bn of property assets, announced the Financial Times today.Somerfield’s properties were valued at £772m in April 2004, according to its annual report, but property...
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Morrisons board shake-up
Sir Ken Morrison this week stressed he was not thinking of retiring as he announced a shake-up of the Morrisons board, including the much-predicted departure of finance director Martin Ackroyd.The retailer, which shocked the City with a profits...
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Choice of store is not obvious
If you read The Star, love Pop Idol and drive a Mazda, then chances are you’re an Asda shopper. But if you love going to the theatre, read The Times and cook with fresh ingredients you are likely to be a Waitrose fan.Exclusive research for The...
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Sir Leslie dies at 84
Former Tesco chairman Sir Leslie Porter died on Sunday, aged 84. The husband of Dame Shirley Porter, former Tory leader of Westminster Council and daughter of Tesco founder Sir Jack Cohen, he chaired the multiple from 1973 to 1985. During his...