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tesco RFID delay
Tesco has not been able to progress as fast as it would like on implementing RFID through its supply chain due to the delay in the setting of global standards for the technology, according to a spokesman. “We will work with our suppliers in a...
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BP tipped for success
Tesco and BP are likely to be the most successful convenience operators in five years’ time, according to shoppers and industry experts.In a survey of 500 shoppers and 150 retailers, suppliers and experts, a massive 96% ranked Tesco in the top...
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JS falls down on stocks
Sainsbury continues to lag behind its competitors in the availability stakes, according to The Grocer 33 survey.The multiple, which recently parachuted in former Safeway logistics chief Lawrence Christensen to tackle its supply chain problems,...
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Retailers condemn spot fines
Retailers have slammed plans to fine retailers or their assistants who sell alcohol to under-18s.The Home Office is planning to introduce on-the-spot fines for minors attempting to buy alcohol – but will also extend the scheme to retailers and...
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Hepworth bows out of the Co-op
Malcolm Hepworth is leaving the Co-operative Group after seven years at the helm of its retail division.Hepworth has been widely credited with transforming the society’s food retail business from a declining supermarket player into a major...
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Cleaner fuels for Sainsbury
Sainsbury has signed a deal with Npower Business to supply energy to its UK stores, including 10% from renewable sources.A further 44% of the 1,500GWh order will come from good quality combined heat and power (CHP) – a gas-fired product that is...
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Asda serves the right meal deal
The ambient pasta sauce sector has grown in scale and diversity in recent years, with plenty of brands now on sale as well as speciality retailer own label products. This diversity is reflected by the average of 108 products found across the grocery...
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A supergroup: why it will not happen
Creating one trading group for independents is a great idea. But nobody is buying it, reports John WoodThat point is clearly not lost on Martin Beaumont, chief executive of the Co-operative Group, which runs CRTG. He told this...
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Trouble in paradise
The EU’s abolition of banana quotas could spell disaster for Caribbean producers. Liz Hamson reportsWaitrose’s TV campaign for Caribbean bananas at 99p a kilogram paints a utopian picture of a lush heartland of banana production –...
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Christmas challenge to M&S
Waitrose is taking on M& S in the run-up to Christmas with the launch of a 30-strong range of packaged meat and fish products under the Easy banner.Speaking as Waitrose posted a 6.4% rise in sales to £1.4bn in the half-year to July 31, Waitrose...
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Sainsbury agrees on Sir Peter’s payoff
Sainsbury has announced that it has reached settlement with Sir Peter Davis over his controversial payoff. Under the terms of the settlement, Sir Peter will now receive a cash payment of £2.6m and a final settlement of his claim for shares...
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Boots boosts its lunchtime foods market
Boots is planning to launch a new range of lunchtime food options, which will be in direct competition to Marks & Spencer’s Simply Foods format.The new range will include a value and a premium meal deal, which will also give consumers the...
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Asda buys four Safeway stores
Morrisons has announced it has agreed to sell four more stores from the Safeway portfolio to Asda.Three of these stores are among the list of those Morrisons is required to sell as a continuation of the disposals required by the Office of...
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Morrisons’ hell of a task is on course
It was finally open house at Morrisons as the retailer threw open the doors of a flagship conversion and talked in detail for the first time about how the programme is progressing. Liz Hamson reportsEver since...
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Expansion will feed Morrisons
Mushroom specialist Greyfriars is planning to diversify into sweetcorn, garlic and cabbage to help Morrisons meet its post-Safeway acquisition produce needs.The producer has unveiled a £300,000 packhouse near Ripon in North Yorkshire that will...
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Five senior managers set to leave Sainsbury
A number of senior managers are leaving Sainsbury. Head of food and health, Gill Fine, is moving to take up the directorship of the Food Standards Agency’s new department, consumer choice and dietary health.FSA said the establishment of...
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Co-op to overhaul distribution
The Co-operative Group has struck a multi-million pound deal with Manhattan Associates to undertake a radical overhaul of its supply chain systems.The move is part of a group-wide systems revamp (The Grocer, December 13, p8), and covers...
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Retailers ‘lose millions’ through poor logistics
Retailers are still losing millions through a failure to get to grips with instore logistics and inaccurate book stock, Christian Salvesen’s UK MD has claimed.Brian Gaunt, who was supply chain boss at Asda and Big Food Group before joining the...
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West Midlands Co-op opens superstore in Sedgley
West Midlands Co-op opened the doors to its new Sedgley superstore last week after purchasing the former Safeway site for £7m.More than 6,000 people passed through the doors in the first two days following a 10-day, £600,000 refurbishment and...
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Retailers not to blameThe Grocer says...
Retailers are not to blame for the growing disorder in town centres that is being fuelled by binge-drinking, the Association of Chief Police Officers’ top licensing expert said this week.Metropolitan Police Service commander Chris Allison,...