more supermarket news & analysis – Page 985
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Tesco’s take-out challenge
Tesco is targeting the high street coffee bar market with a major roll-out of Coffee Nation’s self-service gourmet coffee units.The concessions have already been installed in 30 Tesco Express stores and the multiple aims to roll them out to 150...
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New labels for Anakena
Chilean wine brand Anakena has been given a facelift to coincide with the addition of single vineyard and premium labels to the range.The collection, which has won listings with Asda from this month and Thresher from late November, has been...
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Morrisons bolsters buying team
Morrisons has brought two new buyers into the beers, wines and spirits team to improve its range.James Jackson is moving from Tesco to join Morrisons as a wine buyer. He spent the past five years with Tesco, first as a food buyer and later in...
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Leeds Co-op looks for more stores
Leeds Co-op is on the hunt for new food stores.The society, which operates 18 food stores in and around Leeds, posted a 5.2% rise in food sales to £17m in the half year to June 26.Like-for-like sales growth was also 5.2% as the society...
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Sainsbury may relocate its HQ
Sainsbury said yesterday it was seriously considering moving out of its Central London head offices, according to newspaper reports.The supermarket retailer outbid US investment bank Goldman Sachs four years ago to rent the former Mirror...
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Sainsbury buys Jacksons Stores
Sainsbury has bought convenience store chain Jacksons to boost its presence in this rapidly growing segment of the grocery market.Jacksons Stores runs 114 stores across Yorkshire and the North Midlands, and it recorded a turnover of £143m...
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Supermarkets allowed to run 24-hour chemists
Supermarkets will be allowed to offer 24-hour chemists in their bigger stores, according to new rules to be announced by the government this week.The Department of Health will say that permission will be granted to any pharmacist willing to...
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For better, for worse
Are Morrisons’ changes to Safeway going down well, asks Elaine WatsonEnjoying the change? It all depends where you live and how old you are,according to exclusive new research from HI Europe.Five months after Morrisons took the reins...
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Acquisition chief rises
United Co-operatives’ Food Group has promoted Peter Hosey to the new role of head of business acquisitions.After spending £50m since April, the co-op has an additional £50m earmarked for acquisitions this year.As well as spending this...
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Fresh face for short life cakes
Asda has appointed a new member of the bakery team to replace Glenn Bancroft as buyer for short life cakes.Richard Rothon takes overfrom Bancroft after two years working with Asda Brand.Rothon studied for a degree in food science from...
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Shoppers shed few tears for Safeway
Morrisons has received a qualified thumbs up from consumers for its integration of Safeway and been cleared by the OFT of running down stores it was preparing to sell. A quarter of Safeway customers say the shopping experience at Safeway has...
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JS denies TU TV u-turn
Sainsbury has denied that it has scaled back the launch of its new Tu clothing range next month after reports that it had scrapped a £4m TV launch of the new label.A spokeswomen said that there had been no plans for such advertising, and added:...
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Concept ‘is a goer’
Somerfield is developing a system enabling users of its new business delivery service to set up accounts electronically.The service, which enables businesses to order goods from Somerfield for delivery to their doors, had proved a big hit with...
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Tesco’s northern offensive
Tesco must have seen strong potential in its new site in the Tynedale Retail Park in Hexham, Northumberland, because it paid three times the book value for the land. The UK’s number one grocer paid a massive £17m for the eight-acre site, which...
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Three heads add variety
Sainsbury is stocking a new, three-headed lettuce variety.The Trinity lettuce is a hybrid of three differently coloured varieties – lollo biondo, lollo rosso and red oak leaf.The lettuce, grown in a 14-acre glasshouse in Cranleigh, Surrey,...
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Asda’s central packing switch
Asda’s switch from instore butchery to centrally packed meat has begun in earnest with the unveiling of its first dedicated packing plant.The £32m Dawn Meats Group factory, newly built on a 20-acre site at Cross Hands in Carmarthenshire, is...
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Co-op sells ACC milk group for £75m
Dairy Farmers of Britain is creating the largest milk cooperative through the acquisition of the Co-op’s milk processing business for £75m.DFB is buying Associated Co-Operative Creameries, Britain’s fourth biggest milk cooperative with...
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Morrisons to sell stores to Wal-Mart
Supermarket chain Morrisons is on the verge of agreeing a £40m deal to sell stores to Wal-Mart, according to newspaper reports.The retailer is required by the Competition Commission to sell 52 outlets in return for official clearance for its...
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Ediets launched by Tesco
The online diet eDiets, has made its UK debut in Britain after Tesco bought the UK rights to the company.The online diet monitors participants 24 hours a day by phone and email and is the most successful programme of its kind in America,...