All articles by Ronan Hegarty – Page 71
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Events & AwardsStore manager Richard Perry is toast of Sainsbury's
Richard Perry was toast of Sainsbury’s this week after being crowned Store Manager of the Year at the Grocer Gold Awards…
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NewsGrocer of the Year Lidl weighs up in-store changes
Lidl UK is determined to keep pressing the accelerator after being crowned Grocer of the Year at this week’s Grocer Gold A…
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NewsMarks & Spencer buys seven Co-op stores for Simply Food
The properties in Blandford Forum, Chepstow, Haslemere, Penrith, Rayleigh, Stockton Heath and Matlock range in size from 9,000-15,000 sq ft
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NewsMorrisons unveils first Potts price cuts
Morrisons said today that it has now made 1,665 cuts of an average of 16% since the beginning of last year
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NewsRenamed Bidvest Foodservice rolls out new company vision
Bidvest 3663 is changing its name to Bidvest Foodservice as part of a wider strategic programme of change…
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NewsCo-op trial boosts value and tertiary lines
New dump bins and outdoor posters advertising ‘Super Low Prices on over 100 of your everyday essentials’ have been introduced at around 25 smaller stores
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Comment & OpinionMorrisons enjoys a moment in the sun
They say one swallow does not a summer make. Apparently it was Aristotle who said it (thanks Wikipedia), but the point remains the same
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Grocer 33Tony Connolly, Morrisons Aylesbury: G33 store of the week
We have a really great, well-established team here in the business with some key employees in core positions…
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NewsMorrisons brings back staffed express checkouts
Morrisons said it was responding to customer feedback and cited figures from Kantar Worldpanel which gauge the average basket size in the UK at 11 items costing £15
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NewsMorrisons to change staff bonuses based on customer service
The retailer announced this week it had relaunched its staff bonus scheme with the aim of rewarding colleagues for better customer service
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NewsTesco posts worst results in its history with £6.38bn loss
However Tesco said its trading profits were in line with expectations at £1.4bn, while UK like-for-like sales volumes rose for first time in over four years
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Comment & OpinionWhich? thing to get angry about? We just don't know
We’ve had superheroes, supersizing, super-injunctions and this morning we had a new one to get our heads around – the super-complaint
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NewsWhich? issues 'super-complaint' over supermarket pricing
Which? described its super-complaints as its “most powerful legal weapon” as the CMA will now be compelled by law to respond within 90-days
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NewsSainsbury's replacing grocery with non-food and concessions to make better use of space
Sainsbury’s insists it is making solid progress in its plans to repurpose the 6% of shop floor space it no longer requires for grocery but admits it hasn’t yet got all the answers.
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NewsMorrisons to cut 720 head office jobs as it boosts shop floor numbers
Morrisons is to cut 720 head office jobs while ramping up the number of shop floor staff as it looks to drive sales through its core supermarket estate…
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NewsSainsbury's developing new in-store shopping app
Sainsbury’s is currently developing a new smartphone app which will allow customers to create shopping lists at home, guide shoppers to their chosen products, scan the items and pay without needing to visit a checkout.
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NewsThree senior directors axed at Nisa as new boss Nick Read rings the changes
Nisa chief executive Nick Read has become the latest new retail boss to make sweeping changes to his senior management team in a bid to arrest poor trading.
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NewsAnother Morrisons senior director departs as Casper Meijer moves out
The retailer said Dutchman Meijer had decided not to commit to living a fuller part of his life in Britain, as his family remain living in the Netherlands
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NewsPhilip Morris e-cig firm slated over failure to deliver gantries
Retailers contacted The Grocer this week expressing their anger as their promised gantry had not been fitted in time - leaving them to come up with a DIY solution at short notice
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NewsDavid Potts cleans up Morrisons' act (and stores)
New CEO David Potts has overseen a major spring clean of the store estate as he looks to drive sales