Archive of all Morrisons articles – Page 121

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    The Saturday Essay

    2003-07-26T00:00:00Z

    >>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

    2003-07-26T00:00:00Z

    >>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

    2003-07-26T00:00:00Z

    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

    2003-07-26T00:00:00Z

    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

    2003-07-19T00:00:00Z

    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

    2003-07-19T00:00:00Z

    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

    2003-07-19T00:00:00Z

    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

    2003-07-19T00:00:00Z

    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

    2003-07-12T00:00:00Z

    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

    2003-07-12T00:00:00Z

    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

    2003-07-08T00:00:00Z

    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

    2003-07-05T00:00:00Z

    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

    2003-07-05T00:00:00Z

    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

    2003-07-05T00:00:00Z

    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

    2003-06-28T00:00:00Z

    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

    2003-06-28T00:00:00Z

    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...

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    Morrisons is now the firm favourite to win the battle for Sa

    2003-06-28T00:00:00Z

    But there was a sting in the tail, because the Commission also warned that reducing from five to four competitors locally could be a threat to the intensity of competition at a national level. And its document adds: "It has been put to us that, if...

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    Safeway trials furniture sales

    2003-06-25T00:00:00Z

    Safeway is trialling the sale of furniture at its first third generation megastore in Reading.Pine dressers, sideboards, tables and leather sofas are on display in the new expanded homeware section. Store manager Gary Hunt said that...

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    Commission publishes Safeway remedies statement

    2003-06-24T00:00:00Z

    The Safeway auction entered its most critical phase today as the Competition Commission published its remedies statement. The10-page, 8,000-word statement identifies the issues that now concern the Commission and the ways in which they could...

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    Drinks in a party mood

    2003-06-21T00:00:00Z

    Morrisons has continued its upward movement and takes the number one spot, standing a full five percentage points ahead of Asda which has moved two places to number two. Tesco remains stable at number three. The success of Asda and Morrisons is...