All articles by Ronan Hegarty – Page 64
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My Alternative CV
Sarah Brooks, Purity Soft Drinks, on blowing up fruit
I worked in a newsagent at 14. The owner trusted me to open up shop alone, which presented my first employment challenge
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Comment and Opinion
Price-matching is well past its sell-by date
Does Morrisons’ plan to cull the Match element of Match & More spell the end of price-matching?
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Comment and Opinion
Does Morrisons’ move show price-matching schemes are past their sell-by date?
Morrisons insists it was comfortable with the cost and claims that customers simply didn’t understand the concept
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News
Morrisons abandons price-matching as Match & More goes mainstream
Shoppers at Morrisons will now receive points for every pound spent in store or online
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News
Morrisons staff welcome increased minimum pay
Morrisons staff have broadly welcomed the 20% increase in its minimum hourly pay rate to £8.20
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Grocer 33
Steve Plumridge, Sainsbury's Ipswich: Grocer 33 store of the week
”Our strategy of value simplification and EDLP has also really helped us manage stock levels”
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News
C-stores to charge 5p for plastic bags despite exemption
The vast majority of independent retailers in England look set to introduce the government’s 5p charge for carrier bags
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Profiles and QandAs
Chris Heyn, Gü Puds, on Linford Christie and Ferris Bueller
Dealing with all those hungry people at my local fish & chip shop is one of the trickiest tasks I’ve had…
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News
The Co-operative Group pay rise criticised by store managers
The Co-operative Group has upset some store managers by offering an increase of just 1.5%
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Grocer 33
Sainsbury's cheapest in our Green Grocer 33 shop
It’s pricy being green, what with the cost of rechargeable batteries, organic chicken etc
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My Alternative CV
Lisa Sohanpal, Mini nom nom's, on education & Richard Branson
My worst job interview? I was unwell and ended up vomiting in front of the interviewer
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Analysis and Features
Van man Mike Greene itching to get My Local on the road
The entrepreneur is confident simple changes to layout and ranging can work wonders for the stores whatever the locations
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Analysis and Features
Waitrose keeps foot down on promotional accelerator
Last week Waitrose surprised many industry experts when it revealed its operating profits were up 0.6%
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News
City snapshot: Waitrose weekly sales fall 0.9%
Waitrose said sales fell 0.9% for the week ending 12 September
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Grocer 33
Asda Grocer 33 prices win aided by coffee and rum deals
It’s time Asda’s rivals woke up and smelled the coffee – or poured themselves a stiff rum and coke
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My Alternative CV
Andrew Newlands, MD, Monty Bojangles: Alternative CV
What animal most reflects your personality? The elusive tiger dolphin…
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News
Morrisons launches six-point turnaround plan in wake of store closures and profits slump
Morrisons CEO David Potts has revealed a six-point turnaround plan after reporting a 47.2% fall in half year profits
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News
Mike Greene insists ‘poor locations’ not an issue as he targets £300m in sales for My Local
Greene was keen to dismiss suggestions the business would be hampered by poor locations for many of its stores
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News
Morrisons confirms sale of 140 M Local stores
The stores are being sold for £25m to a team led by Mike Greene and Greybull Capital
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News
Palmer & Harvey grows sales but makes net loss from Costcutter 'teething problems'
P&H said that it, along with Costcutter, invested heavily in unplanned net start-up costs amounting to £15.2m