All articles by Ronan Hegarty – Page 90
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Analysis and Features
Why those free plastic bags are still hanging on in there
The media and the green lobby are, as ever, venting their fury but retailers are in no mood for taking plastic bags away from tills, says Ronan Hegarty
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News
Morrisons trial puts wine next to fresh fruit & veg
Morrisons has put its wine aisle next to fresh produce in trial move to capitalise on the rise in popularity of scratch cooking and dining at home. The retailer is carrying out the trial at its 'fresh lab' concept store in Kirkstall in...
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Comment and Opinion
The not so mighty Quinn
Musgrave Group today announced plans to pick up the debris from the sudden - if not entirely surprising – demise of Irish retailer Superquinn.
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News
Health defines new Morrisons own label
Morrisons is stripping out vast amounts of fat, salt and sugar from its own-label products ahead of its own-label relaunch in the autumn, The Grocer has learnt. The retailer kickstarted a comprehensive overhaul of its own-label offer...
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Analysis and Features
Will Morrisons’ M-local be a convenience game-changer?
It has a wider range of fresh food at no mark-up to superstore prices, but is M-local really that different from other c-stores, asks Ronan Hegarty
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News
Ad pressure eases as NotW calls it a day
The News of the World sensationally revealed plans to publish its last-ever edition on Sunday, following an astonishing week in which the public piled pressure on retailers and manufacturers to drop advertising from the paper at the centre of a phone-hacking scandal.
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Analysis and Features
Grocery prices still on the up despite impact of promos
Food prices are up 4% on last year, even with promos factored in. And with sales flat, the future looks tough for consumers.
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News
Tobacco research by ASH board member has Imperial fuming
Imperial Tobacco has launched a stinging attack on the government over its Tobacco Control Plan, calling into question the impartiality of its 'independent' report on which it is basing much of its policy.The government published in...
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News
Asda hands McKenna chief operating officer role
Asda chief financial officer Judith McKenna will step into the chief operating officer role unexpectedly vacated by Simon King last week. McKenna, who joined Asda over 15 years ago, will take over responsibility for all Asda’s retail operations, including its stores, distribution network and IT systems.
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News
Ocado celebrates profits landmark with Carrefour tie-up
Ocado has announced its first-ever interim pre-tax profits. The online grocer turned the £6.7m deficit it suffered for the first half of last year into gains of £200,000 this time around. Sales rose almost 21% to £296.7m for the 24 weeks to 15 May.
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Analysis and Features
Promotional plans vary as consumers slow spending
Consumer spending has fallen with the rain, and retailers’ responses have been mixed, with deal numbers fluctuating. Ronan Hegarty reports
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News
Café Crème thinks bigger with Grande cigar variant
The UK's leading miniature cigar brand Café Crème has launched a larger cigar to go head-to-head with Hamlet.Scandinavian Tobacco Group, which launched Café Crème Grande this week, said it was "the first major piece of innovation in the...
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Analysis and Features
Monthly inflation eases as promos mitigate its impact
Prices remain up year on year, but without promotions the outlook would be worse, and month-on-month, the picture is improving
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News
Walker ‘still favourite’ to take over at Iceland
As newspaper reports confirmed a 'beauty parade' of financial advisors strongly linking Morrisons with a £1.5bn swoop for Iceland, Malcolm Walker is still the favourite to get his hands on the company he founded, a senior City source close to the...
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News
Morrisons snares another brace of Netto stores
Morrisons has bought a further two Netto stores from Asda. The latest acquisitions – in Worsley, Manchester, and Dunstable – are in addition to the 16 former Netto stores it bought from Asda in January.
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News
Chains take strain as demand soars over bank holiday period
As temperatures soared, grocery retailers claimed to cope well during the four-day Easter and Royal Wedding bank holiday bonanza but The Grocer has learned that demand for party and BBQ essentials in particular pushed supermarket supply chains to...
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Analysis and Features
Prices up 3% as promotions keep inflation costs in check
This week’s GPI shows that, thanks to record levels of promotions, food price inflation is less dramatic than was feared.
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News
Kings of convenience
They’re this year’s stars of the convenience retailing world. Along with our sister title Convenience Store, The Grocer celebrated the sharpest c-store operators at this year’s Convenience Retail Awards in London. Ronan Hegarty reports
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News
JTI thinks small with Calisto cigar to tap miniatures market
A new miniature brand dubbed Calisto is Japan Tobacco International's attempt to meet the shifting demand in the cigar market.Cigar smokers have been switching to smaller versions since the introduction of the ban on smoking in public...
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News
Inflation locked down by the Asda-Tesco price war
Food price inflation is all we seem to read about these days, but latest figures from The Grocer Price Index prove that competition between the rival supermarkets is keeping a lid on the cost of a weekly shop.