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    Waitrose move axes Chitty plant

    2004-03-13T00:00:00Z

    A meat producer has been forced to axe a large part of its business after the loss of a major retail customer.Slaughterer and meat processor Chitty Food Group is to close its Congerstone killing plant in Warwickshire, which it bought in...

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    Sainsbury’s mango scrum down

    2004-03-13T00:00:00Z

    Importers are getting creative in a bid to boost mango consumption in the UK.Birmingham-based importer Minor, Weir and Willis, the UK’s biggest handler of fresh mangoes, is set to work closely with Sainsbury to organise a number of instore...

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    Ross range gets £1m

    2004-03-13T00:00:00Z

    Dalepak is boosting the marketing budget for its Ross frozen burgers and grills brand by 50% to more than £1m, to back new products and revamped packaging.The range, which was introduced last year and has secured listings in Tesco, Sainsbury,...

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    Home baking café style

    2004-03-13T00:00:00Z

    Bakehouse, best known for supplying frozen continental pastries and bread to instore bakeries and foodservice outlets, is launching its first bake-at-home range aimed at consumers.Available in Tesco freezers and priced at £1.79, the Café Simple...

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    Named: the first five Safeways to switch

    2004-03-13T00:00:00Z

    Morrisons has revealed the five Safeway stores which will initially be integrated into its estate at the start of a £1.5bn conversion programme.After taking control of Safeway on Monday, Morrisons said medium-sized stores would be rebadged as...

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    Asda’s latest price war with Tesco a risk to margins

    2004-03-13T00:00:00Z

    Asda risks destabilising UK margins with its latest tranche of highly aggressive short-term promotions, analysts have warned.The cuts, launched as part of Asda’s latest £40m Rollback campaign, follow the publication of TNS switching data...

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    Tesco TV ‘better than terrestrial’

    2004-03-13T00:00:00Z

    Brands are seeing better results from advertising on Tesco’s instore digital TV service than from terrestrial TV campaigns, the company handling TescoTV’s media sales has claimed.JCDecaux, which has been appointed as the exclusive provider of...

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    Value for money wins over price

    2004-03-13T00:00:00Z

    While it is still much too early to assess how the new Morrisons group will perform, the fact that more than a third of all shoppers now visit one or other of the fascias demonstrates that there is a big opportunity to develop the range further...

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    The role of new media in the P-O-P mix

    2004-03-13T00:00:00Z

    from Martin Kingdon, director general, POPAI UK and IrelandSir; I was interested to note that Tesco says of Tesco TV that “advertisers believe it is the first media format to work in the ‘last 10 feet’,” encouraging customers to...

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    Tesco raises £2.5m for Barnardo’s

    2004-03-11T00:00:00Z

    Tesco is to present a cheque for £2.5m to children’s charity Barnardo’s from fundraising through its charity trust.The money has been raised by some 230,000 Tesco staff, who have been involved in a variety of activities over the past year...

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    Sainsbury to takeover a Somerfield store

    2004-03-10T00:00:00Z

    Sainsbury has won a bid to takeover the Somerfield supermarket in Bridgnorth, Shropshire. The store will cease trading as Somerfield on April 25. It is believed that contracts for the 165 staff will not change as part of the handover....

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    Tesco moves into DVD rental

    2004-03-08T00:00:00Z

    Tesco is set to launch an online DVD rental service this month, in a bid to copy the success of Netflix, an online DVD rental firm in the US.Tesco has created a partnership with a new British company Video Island, which will allow customers...

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    Morrisons completes Safeway deal

    2004-03-08T00:00:00Z

    Bradford-based supermarket chain Morrisons has today completed its year-long £3bn takeover of rival chain Safeway. Executive chairman Sir Ken Morrison said the deal marks an exciting beginning for the new company. Sir Ken continued:...

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    Fish counters remain key says JS

    2004-03-06T00:00:00Z

    Making fish easy for customers is at the heart of Sainsbury’s plans to develop its fish range.But the supermarket, the number two chain for fish sales, said the theatre of counters would remain very important, despite loose fish accounting for...

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    Gildersleeve departs from Tesco

    2004-03-06T00:00:00Z

    Tesco’s commercial and trading director John Gildersleeve has now retired from the board.He has been replaced by Richard Brasher, who was head of non-food commercial activities (The Grocer, September 13, pp4, 22). Brasher’s former...

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    Somerfield m-way store debut

    2004-03-06T00:00:00Z

    Somerfield has opened its first store at a motorway service station at the Extra services on the M65 in Blackburn.Somerfield said it was the first supermarket convenience store on a motorway in the UK. The 2,700 sq ft pilot store was...

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    Soignon champ

    2004-03-06T00:00:00Z

    Soignon’s Chevre de Caractere Goat Camembert – Supreme Champion at the World Cheese Awards – will now be available in the UK through Waitrose. Waitrose, the first UK retailer to offer the award winning Chevre de Caractere, is making it...

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    Six of the best ice cream buyers

    2004-03-06T00:00:00Z

    >>nominated this monthMIKE LEWISsenior buyer for frozen foods, MORRISONSMike has worked in retail for more than 10 years, starting off at the Co-operative Group before moving to Booker in a group buying role....

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    'New' Ethical 'Old' Ethical

    2004-03-06T00:00:00Z

    >>major ethical offerings and how they have been doingBrand: Tesco own labelLaunched: March 2004Brand proposition: 15 product range including orange juice, cookes, coffee, tea, chocolate and South African Wine,...

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    Tesco ready to enter the Chinese market

    2004-03-04T00:00:00Z

    Tesco is in talks to enter the Chinese market with a possible 50% stake in the 25-strong Hymall chain from holding group Ting Hsin International.And a Citigroup Smith Barney report into grocery retailing in the Far East, said it believed...