more supermarket news & analysis – Page 975
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NVQ status for Tesco training
Tesco has been chosen to provide a blueprint for training for the whole UK retail sector.The multiple has been granted NVQ accreditation for its retail apprenticeships, the first time a UK retailer has won such recognition for an in-house...
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Special trolley adjusts to help kids with disabilities
A trolley for children with disabilities and special needs has been developed for Waitrose after a shopper requested the device for her son.The seat has adjustable head, arm and leg supports and can be used by youngsters between two and six...
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Moto expands Simply Food
Six Simply Food stores will be opened at motorway service stations in the next 18 months as a result of Marks and Spencer’s extension to its franchise contract with Moto, part of Compass Group.The number of Simply Food motorway stores will...
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JS keeps up the variety show
Sainsbury is planning to launch new varieties into its fresh produce sections at least every two months for the foreseeable future according to its vegetable and salad buyers.Speaking exclusively to The Grocer, they said they were firmly...
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Pink Lady in an instant
Sainsbury’s Pink Lady pre-packs and polybags will carry an instant-win on-pack promotion designed to drive sales in the run-up to Christmas. Created by Chingford Fruits, which ran a similar campaign on Sainsbury’s cherries earlier in the year,...
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n co-op’s a good eggThe Co-operative Group has won a Good Egg Award for increasing free range egg sales.The British Free Range Egg Producers Association praised the retailer for increasing the free range share of its total egg sales from 11% to 60% in six years....
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Tesco enters JC’s Kitchen
Fine foods distributor Petty, Wood is entering new territory by introducing a range of low-carb foods into Tesco.The new offerings, branded JC’s Kitchen, are being developed and manufactured by UK-based Natural Balance Foods and exclusively...
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Ocado acquires £20m loan
Ocado, the online grocery business in partnership with Waitrose, has announced it has acquired a £20m loan from Lloyds TSB Corporate.The company reported a sales increase of 240% for the last financial year, and it plans to use the funding...
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Sainsbury’s nightmare before Christmas
One in 10 cases arriving at Sainsbury’s automated distribution centres still doesn’t scan and delivery accuracy to stores remains dire as the critical Christmas period approaches.Although Sainsbury is addressing poor picking accuracy at...
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Dairy Farm to buy Hero supermarkets
Dairy Farm, the Asian grocery retailer, has announced that its subsidiary, Nalacca BV, will make a tender offer for all the shares of PT Hero Supermarkets that are currently not owned by the Dairy Farm Group.PT Hero is Indonesia’s leading...
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M&S drops prices as Christmas nears
Shares at Marks & Spencer feel to its lowest level yesterday since Philip Green’s bid approach in May this year, amid fears that the retailer would have to add further discounting to shift surplus stock before Christmas.The retailer plans to...
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Sainsbury buys its third c-store chain
Sainsbury has bought its third convenience store operator, Midlands-based JB Beaumont Ltd, which ranked 48 on The Grocer’s Top 50 list.JB Beaumont has six convenience stores across the East Midlands and its turnover for the year ended May 29...
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Tesco's NPD blast
The head of alcohol buying at the country’s biggest supermarket has described 2004 as “possibly the poorest year on record” for innovation.Mark Murphy, category director at Tesco, is calling for new life to be injected into the...
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Heinz’s fresh approach to soup
Heinz is to pitch its soup brand into fresh territory by testing a new range of chilled offerings in Tesco.The move will put it head-to-head for the first time with New Covent Garden Soup, which is the leading chilled brand in the category and...
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Price moving to role atJohn Lewis Partnership
Mark Price, Waitrose’s director of selling and marketing, is leaving the upmarket food retail chain to join the main board of parent the John Lewis Partnership as development director.In light of the continued expansion of Waitrose, Price’s...
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Wheel turns at Sainsbury
A ‘Wheel of Health’ colour-coded labelling scheme will be introduced at Sainbury to help consumers make choices on healthy eating.The front-of-pack guide will be in the form of a wheel and mark levels of salt, fat, saturated fat, added sugar...
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Tesco goes for low-carb label
Tesco has admitted it is jumping on the low-carb bandwagon by launching a 40-strong own label range called Carb Control as it revamps its carb-busting range and fixture for the new year slimming season.The supermarket giant had been rumoured to...
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Somerfield rolls out budget back catalogue DVDs
Somerfield is rolling out a permanent budget range of back catalogue DVDs in larger Somerfield and Kwik Save stores.The budget range occupies a standalone spinner unit in the DVD sales area with three facings holding 45 titles. It will be...
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Stax of publicity
Walkers has advertised new Pringles copycat Stax in the national press in a bid to generate a following for it among consumers.The Grocer last week revealed how Walkers had ordered a low-key trial of Stax through selected Tesco stores and...
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Tesco lauches own label low-carb range
Tesco has finally admitted it is jumping on the low-carb bandwagon by launching a 40-strong own label range called ‘Carb Control’ as it revamps its carb-busting range and fixture in time for the new year slimming season.The supermarket giant...