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The Saturday Essay
>>food needs good science – Colin Gutteridge, md, RSSL, provider of science outsourcing to fmcg sectorAmid the media feeding frenzy that accompanies takeover talk such as Morrisons and Safeway, one can almost be persuaded that the...
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The Saturday Essay
>>How can the industry combat deflationary pressure? TONY SMITH, SALES DIRECTOR, UNILEVER BESTFOODS UKAs I’m writing this essay all eyes are on Safeway. After months of wrangling, a decision has at last been made and, as many...
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The Saturday Essay
>>Is Chip and PIN really shaping up? jeremy wyman, business systems manager, safewaySome people have questioned whether chip and PIN might be an attempt at closer European integration through the back door. After all the French have...
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The Saturday Essay
>>Jeremy Baker, senior lecturer in marketing, London Metropolitan University – the Office of Supermarket regulator is nighThe supermarket industry is going to be very sorry that it ever got caught-up in the Safeway takeover. The...
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Multibuys come good
Morrisons moves one place to reclaim its position at the top of the chart closely followed by Tesco and Safeway, both of which also move up one place. Buy-one-get-one-free offers and other multibuy deals feature heavily across the two...
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Possibly left behind by Ken
A member of The Grocer’s advertising team got a reminder of Grocery UK while on honeymoon in the Maldives.He was surprised to see a Morrisons carrier bag on the counter in the “broom cupboard of a shop” on one of the smaller...
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Suck with Natalie
While the grocery industry is immersed in Safeway, obesity and the GM debate, the folk at Tesco's press office had something more important to discuss at their summer party in London last week: Tim Tams. The retailer has begun stocking...
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Chiefs: no GM appetite
Bosses at Tesco, Asda, Sainsbury and Safeway have told the government that there is no real appetite for putting GM foods back on the shelves. In a meeting held at DEFRA on Wednesday, chief executives at the top four multiples told DEFRA secretary...
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Chiefs: no GM appetite
Bosses at Tesco, Asda, Sainsbury and Safeway have told the government that there is no real appetite for putting GM foods back on the shelves. In a meeting held at DEFRA on Wednesday, chief executives at the top four multiples told DEFRA...
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Alan Dardis
Pet care buyer, Safeway Recent brand relaunches in the dry market have encouraged consumers to switch brands to try new products. Innovation has been centred on health claims for dry products and they have led a trend out of wet food into dry or...
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Safeway moves to recruit more disabled people
Safeway is aiming to boost job opportunities for disabled people through a deal signed with recruitment agency Remploy. The company specialises in finding employment for disabled workers, a group which it claims represents up to 20% of the UK...
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Safeway in defensive mode
Sean McAllister Safeway has admitted to shareholders that the situation surrounding a possible takeover was stopping it from "competing full-bloodedly" with other supermarkets and was creating enormous uncertainty for head office staff. ...
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Safeway sales dip
Safeway said the five-way bidding battle for its estate has “created an uncertain environment for our customers, staff and suppliers” with like-for-like sales down by 0.1% in the fourth quarter.The dip compared to an increase of 0.1% in the...
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TIM RANSCOMBE
CATEGORY BUYER FOR WINE, SAFEWAY Ranscombe has bought wine for Safeway for more than two years. Before that he worked for Sainsbury for 10 years in roles ranging from logistics to wine buying. He developed his interest in the wine category with...
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STUART PURDIE
trading manager (WINEs), MORRISONS Purdie has worked in the wine industry for 23 years. He managed stores for Peter Dominic for eight years and during its amalgamation with Bottoms Up. He began wine buying and moved to Morrisons as a wine buyer....
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Vitelma's no-cholesterol mayonnaise
Belgian company Vandemoortele claims its new Vitelma mayonnaise offers a low-fat, no cholesterol, dairy and egg-free option. Rolling out now, initially in Tesco and Morrisons stores, the newcomer is made with rapeseed oil, which is rich in...
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Morrisons' lead eroded
Morrisons remains number one for the second week but rather than maintaining a healthy five percentage points lead over the second-placed retailer as it did last week, it is threatened by Safeway which has jumped up the chart from number four and is...
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It was bold, brash and the early signs are that it worked. S
Running throughout May, the campaign's distinctive purple leaflets invited customers who shopped in Safeway stores or at their petrol station forecourts to text the amount they had spent at the store that day for a chance to win TVs, tickets to...