All articles by Ronan Hegarty – Page 48
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Grocer 33Olive oil and E45 lotion help Asda to take another win
The Walmart-owned retailer’s £59.89 total was £2.60 cheaper than second-placed Morrisons..
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Comment & OpinionHas Poundland’s elf had the last laugh in the face of ASA slapdown?
The campaign featured the character in a series of sexually suggestive posts on Twitter and Facebook
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Comment & OpinionJob cuts sugar-coated as better customer service won't wash
This week Morrisons said it was axing 1,500 managerial positions but also creating 1,700 customer colleague roles
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NewsTea industry split over Co-op teabag pledge to cut plastic
Through a tie-up with Typhoo and Ahlstron-Munksjö a method of heat-sealing bags has been developed
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NewsMorrisons to scrap 1,500 roles in revamp of in-store management
The retailer insisted it was creating 1,700 new positions as part of the shakeup…
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Grocer 33Steaks are high as Asda outmuscles rivals again in Grocer 33
The shopping bill totals were higher this week, as the kilo of fillet steak skewered the total upwards
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Grocer 33Morrisons Kilmarnock: Grocer 33 store of the week
‘It is good to hear that the store still looks and feels fresh. In the past six months we had a new-look café put in’
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InterviewsJonathan Miller of McColl's on doing deals, scale, Nisa and Palmer & Harvey
CEO Jonathan Miller is determined the acquisitive McColl’s will remain a force for consolidation in convenience
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Grocer 33Morrisons closes the gap but Asda takes another pricing win
At £57.86, Asda was just 93p cheaper than Morrisons
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NewsTim Fairs joins McColl's as customer director
Fairs joins from card and gifting retailer Clintons
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NewsMcColl's uses Safeway to drive takeup of Plus loyalty scheme
The convenience retailer has now launched the Safeway brand in 25 stores in the north west of England…
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NewsRichard Walker to join The Grocer as latest guest editor
Walker has been the face of Iceland’s bold new environmental plan, which has attracted huge interest from UK media organisations
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NewsWaitrose pledges to drop black plastic from own-label produce
Waitrose will not sell any own-label food in black plastic beyond 2019. The move follows the announcement earlier in the week by Iceland to cut plastic packaging from all its own label products within five years
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Grocer 33Asda is cheapest again thanks to effect of Rollbacks
The Walmart-owned retailer announced its latest round of Rollback promotions last week
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Grocer 33Aldi ends Asda's winning run - but the gap is closing
Aldi’s £32.96 total was £4.52 cheaper than Asda as it offered the lowest price for 28 of the 33 items on our list
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Comment & OpinionPoundland has entered the new year in good elf
What a Christmas it has been for Poundland
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NewsASH dismisses Philip Morris newspaper ads as 'a PR stunt'
The ads set out its new year’s resolution as ‘trying to give up cigarettes’
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Grocer 33Asda takes win as price gap to Lidl is slashed to 6%
Asda’s £51.67 total was £3.46 cheaper than second-placed Morrisons
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NewsWilliam Reed acquires Pro-Retail trademark
The publisher of The Grocer bought the trademark from P&H administrators PwC for an undisclosed sum
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NewsPoundland shrugs off scandal to deliver successful Christmas
Discounter reported a like-for-like sales increase of 5.6% for the 12 weeks to 24 December…