All articles by Ronan Hegarty – Page 33
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Grocer 33Asda wins again but margin of victory shrinks
Asda has made it eight Grocer 33 pricing wins in a row – though its victory margin was much narrower than last week
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Grocer 33Sainsbury’s ends Tesco’s Grocer 33 winning run
Sainsbury’s Newport store delivered an excellent performance, scoring 91 points
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NewsTributes paid to former Scottish Grocers’ Federation CEO John Drummond
Drummond served as SGF chief executive from 2005 to 2015
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Grocer 33Asda comes in nearly a tenner cheaper than nearest rival
Asda has created a clear gap on price to the rest of the big four
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Grocer 33Asda’s dominance continues with sixth consecutive win
The Leeds-based retailer’s £51.64 total was £4.63 cheaper than Tesco, this week’s runner-up
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Grocer 33Three Grocer 33 wins in a row for Tesco
Tesco claimed its third successive service and availability award with this week’s win the most impressive
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Grocer 33Tesco Extra, Salisbury: Grocer 33 store of the week
‘We have a big party planned for all the staff in October that everyone is looking forward to’
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Grocer 33Asda maintains winning streak with fifth victory
Asda’s £68.62 total shaded runner-up Morrisons by just 25p
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NewsFDF calls for relaxation of rules to aid no-deal planning
Competition lawyers are not expecting the government to allow a relaxation of the rules
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NewsNew Co-op TV ad gets in the swim on marine pollution
The Co-op replaced plastic bags with compostable versions last September in 1,000 stores
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Comment & OpinionHow can Tesco maintain the customer experience with 4,500 job cuts?
Tesco claims the move will help it ‘serve customers better’ – but it will leave fewer staff to shoulder the same workload
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NewsTesco to cut 4,500 jobs in round of operational changes
The operational changes will mainly focus on its 153 Metro stores
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NewsWholesalers face soaring ‘true cost’ of track and trace
According to the FWD, the ultimate cost to the wholesale sector could stretch into the millions
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NewsNo-deal Brexit expected but food and drink unclear on plans
Senior industry sources believe a no-deal Brexit is now likely, but will that translate into increased planning from businesses
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Grocer 33Tesco wins again with ‘polite, helpful’ staff
Performances looked to have been affected by last week’s heatwave and the busy Friday evening timeslot for our mystery shops
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Grocer 33Asda beats guest Iceland to maintain winning streak
At £61.19, the Walmart-owned retailer was 35p cheaper than Iceland
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Grocer 33Asda back on top with lowest price for 22 of our 33 items
It was exclusively cheapest for 14 of these lines
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NewsSainsbury’s to replace black plastic trays in chilled ready meals with CPET
Waitrose has also replaced black plastic trays on five Indian ready meals this week
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NewsMcColl’s posts sales uplift at Morrisons Daily trial stores
CEO Jonathan Miller told The Grocer it was “very pleased” with the performance of the Morrisons Daily stores
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NewsJJ Food Service brings forward product weight variation warnings
JJ said it was important to let customers know exactly what they were getting before they got it