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Tesco splashes out with biggest ad spend in run up to Christmas
Tesco is trouncing rival chains when it comes to dominating TV and press advertising space in the run up to Christmas.It spent £12.5m on TV and press ads between the end of October and last week, with Morrisons the next biggest at £9.5m,...
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Standards at converted Safeway store ‘appalling’
A new Morrisons conversion in Plymouth has performed well below its previous Safeway levels for availability and customer service in this week’s The Grocer 33.The store had featured as a Safeway in The Grocer 33 in May 2004, just two months...
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Waitrose aims to make it big
Waitrose aims to double its 3.7% market share over the next 10 years by increasing the number of stores in the UK from 173 to 250 and strengthening its foothold in the north. Speaking to The Grocer at the opening of the last of its five Safeway...
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The death of ‘Safeway’ was a bit exaggerated...
Safeway’s consignment to the history books has been delayed by a planning wrangle.Morrisons sounded the death knell for the fascia last weekend after completing the conversion, sell-off or shutdown of the Safeway store estate.But a row...
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Heartland: the whole country
Morrisons’ directors north and south are confident of winning at all their stores by listening and adapting to local customers, as they explain to Ronan HegartyThis week Morrisons opened four newly converted Safeway stores. When the...
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Rebranding wins consumer approval
Shoppers in the south believe that product range and quality has improved since Morrisons took over the Safeway business last year.This is the finding of the latest research conducted for The Grocer by Harris Interactive which contradicts the...
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Aulds rises from ashes
Sainsbury, Tesco and Morrisons have had their full range of own-label frozen and chilled desserts restored following the opening of a Scottish supplier’s new factory. Its production facilities burnt down in September.The £2m temporary factory...
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NI Safeway wrap for Asda
Asda has finally agreed a deal to take over the running of the last Safeway store in Northern Ireland not yet under its control.The store in Downpatrick was bought by localbusiness couple John and Helen Miskelly earlier this month, after...
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Morrisons’ conversion of Safeway comes in a year ahead of schedule
Morrisons is set to complete its Safeway conversion process next week – ahead of its original schedule by more than a year. Conversions at Camden, Glasgow, Clevedon and Rubery will be completed. Overall the retailer will have converted 219...
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Sinking feeling in Asda talks
Asda has run into difficulty in its bid to take control of the last remaining Safeway store in Northern Ireland.The multiple bought 12 Northern Irish Safeway stores from Morrisons in July but did not take up its option for the Downpatrick store...
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Lost in transformation?
As the conversion of former Safeway stores nears completion, the experts deliver their verdict on Morrisons. Ronan Hegarty reportsMorrisons has reached the end game in its conversion programme of former Safeway stores. By the end of...
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Tesco's BP/Safeway deal cleared
The Office of Fair Trading has waved through Tesco’s acquisition of 21 former BP/Safeway petrol stations from Morrisons.The retailer has announced plans to convert the stores to its Express convenience format. The deal originally involved 30...
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Morrisons finalises corporate structure
After months of indecision and highly publicised boardroom battles, Sir Ken Morrison, chairman of Morrisons, has finalised the corporate governance structure of the supermarket group.This follows the decision of CEO Bob Stott to leave the...
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Morrisons admits first loss on way
Morrisons has admitted that it is likely to make the first loss in the company’s history when full-year results are revealed next March.The beleaguered supermarket chain announced a loss before tax of £73.7m for the 25 weeks to July 24,...
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Morrisons results expected
All eyes are on Morrisons this week as the supermarket group prepares to release its half-year results on Thursday.Analysts are finding it hard to predict what Morrisons could report, after the group said earlier this year that profits would...
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Tell it like it is, Sir Ken
Morrisons is set to come under fresh pressure from investors on Thursday (October 20) when it is expected to finally reveal the true cost of taking over Safeway.The retailer is due to announce its interims for the six months to July 24...
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Morrisons boosts its bottled ales
Morrisons is to dedicate a new bay to a range of speciality beers, signifying its confidence in the niche market segment.The 25-strong range of international speciality beers, which will sit alongside the current range of 60 bottled ales and...
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Battle over forecourt deals
Tesco’s acquisition of the former Safeway forecourts is still sparking opposition at both national and local levels, even though the number it now proposes to buy is down to 21 from 30.The Office of Fair Trading is to decide on whether to...
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Morrisons to close three depots
Morrisons has confirmed that it is closing three of its distribution centres.The supermarket group said that its sites at Aylesford, Bristol and Warrington faced the risk of closure and the 2,500 staff employed there would be encouraged to...
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Pumping up the volume
The Safeway deal turns attention on just how large a forecourt retailer Tesco has, perhaps by default, become says Beth BrooksThere’s no doubting the fact that Tesco has always regarded the petrol arena as a massive business...