All Supermarkets articles – Page 322
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NewsTesco and Dobbies to open joint store
Tesco has unveiled plans for its first joint store with Dobbies, the garden centre business Tesco bought in 2008.
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NewsTesco tunes into web radio service WE7
Tesco has acquired a 91% stake in internet radio service WE7.
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NewsGina the Cleaner leads champs at Grocer Golds
Georgina Lester from Morrisons in Strood was crowned as The Grocer’s first Hidden Hero at last night’s glittering Gold Awards.
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NewsUK’s promotions habit is worst in Europe
The level of grocery products sold on deal in the UK is the highest in Europe – at 55.6% – but sales volumes are still flat.
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NewsJubilee cheers retailers in rainy May
The Diamond Jubilee has given retailers a much-needed shot in the arm, with sales soaring by more than 12% compared to the equivalent period last year.
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NewsSainsbury's celebrates Jubilee boost in Q1
Sainsbury’s has notched up first-quarter like-for-like sales growth of 1.4%.
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NewsTesco suffers new drop in like-for-like sales
Tesco has reported a 1.5% drop in like-for-like sales for the past three months.
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Analysis & FeaturesHow the industry's calories reduction pledges weigh up
Retailers and suppliers are certainly talking a good talk. But can they really walk five billion calories off Britain’s daily diet?
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Hardy Brits keep Jubilee spirits up and tills ringing
Retailers and suppliers have toasted the resilience of the British consumer, as millions of Brits defied the torrential downpours…
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Comment & Opinion
'Special' offers not so special
Wouldn’t it be great if you could rely on special offers to be just that?
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NewsSainsbury's forced into fresh mackerel retreat
The mackerel spat between Iceland, the Faroes and the EU is taking its toll in the mults, forcing Sainsbury’s to backtrack…
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Analysis & FeaturesMorrisons gets stores ready for a fresh future
Morrisons is looking to impress its southern shoppers with its Royal Tunbridge Wells ‘store of the future’.
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Comment & Opinion
Tesco has become too profitable not to put profit first
This week, I interviewed Sir Terry Leahy about his new book
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NewsSainsbury's quits tobacco in Scottish store
Is this the future of the modern Scottish grocery store? Sainsbury’s has stopped selling tobacco from its Local store on St Andrew’s Square in Edinburgh city centre in the wake of a new tax imposed by the Scottish government, replacing the cigarette gantry with a wall of computer games.
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NewsTwo thirds of shoppers claim they hate using self-service checkouts
Self-service tills may be here to stay - but most shoppers don’t like using them, according to research by Him!.
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NewsMortgages and current accounts from new M&S Bank
Marks & Spencer has unveiled plans to open 50 in-store banks in partnership with HSBC – starting next month with its flagship Marble Arch store.
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NewsThe Co-op confirms closures of West Country DCs
The Co-operative Group has confirmed its distribution centre in Wellington, Somerset, will close in November, followed by Portbury, Bristol, in April 2013.
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NewsM&S is now carbon neutral
Marks & Spencer has declared that it is the first major retailer in the world to become carbon neutral.
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NewsGreenpeace has beef with Tesco over deforestation claim
Tesco has reaffirmed its commitment to ethical sourcing after being accused by Greenpeace of selling beef from illegally deforested land in Brazil.
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Comment & Opinion
The danger of too many own-label products
The news from Mintel that British shoppers now buy more own-label products than branded goods has been widely interpreted…