All Supermarkets articles – Page 324
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NewsSainsbury’s will take on 15,000 for Christmas
Sainsbury’s will bring in 15,000 seasonal workers for the key Christmas period. Seasonal staff will carry out a wide number of roles from November onwards, including customer service, manning the tills, stocking shelves and online picking.
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Analysis and Features
Living la vida local
Not one to be fazed by competition from the mults, Andrew Thornton has revamped his Crouch End Budgens store to wrest back sales from Waitrose. Elinor Zuke finds out more
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NewsMaritime to supply Tesco with garlic
Maritime Food Group has won a new contract to supply own-label conventional garlic to Tesco. The new deal won through a recent annual tender process will see Maritime supply all Tesco stores from 11 September.
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Comment and Opinion
Tesco finds the market in the gap
Fresh & Easy got off to a sterile start. But now it’s getting its act together, says Dr Clive Black
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NewsOwn-label washing up liquid off Co-op shelves for a month
The Co-operative Group will be without own-label washing up liquid for more than a month after its supplier pulled out of the UK market. Own-label washing up liquid would not be on shelves until 3 October, the society said, after it had…
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Co-op Group turns up the heat on Somerfield disposal scheme
The Co-operative Group is accelerating its Somerfield disposal programme as it bids to get all of its stores refurbished under The Co-operative fascia by the end of the year. In recent weeks the society has announced a spate of closures...
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Analysis and Features
The Co-op eyes a network fit for the future
Last week’s numbers don’t look clever. But a mammoth overhaul of its outdated logistics network is essential to The Co-op’s rejuvenation. Beth Phillips reports
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NewsLondon Tea bags its first Asda listing
Organic and Fairtrade tea brand The London Tea Company is launching into Asda next week. Green Tea Tropical, Peppermint & Spearmint, White Tea and Elderflower, Raspberry Chilli, and Intense Chai will be available in 200 Asda stores...
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Horlicks links to Asda cancer campaign
Horlicks Light Chocolate will be tickled pink or at least its packaging will be this month and next. Parent company GSK has linked up with Asda to offer customers a pretty, special edition 500g pack in support of Breast Cancer Care. Ten...
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Candy floss flavour grapes, anyone..?
Mack Multiples is hoping to inject fresh innovation into the UK table grape market by importing a sweet, candy floss-flavoured grape the first in a line of new varieties it hopes to import. Sainsbury's is the first UK retailer to stock...
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NewsCo-op trialling shelf sales of spirits after Diageo indie success
The Co-operative Group has taken a lead from independents, teaming up with Diageo to boost spirits sales in its c-stores. The society is working with the drinks giant as part of its ongoing Free Your Spirits campaign, through which...
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World News: 03/09/2011
JAPAN: Tesco is to pull out of Japan, admitting it "cannot build a sufficiently scalable business". The supermarket said it planned to sell its 129 convenience stores, focused around Tokyo, eight years after launching in the country. Nearly half...
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NewsPoor growing season hits blueberry supply
British retailers have been hit by a squeeze on blueberries following poor weather in the UK and Poland. Sainsbury's has reduced its packs from 225g to 150g and cut its price from £3 to £2.50 after prices rose following a poor season in...
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Tesco to quit Japan
Tesco is set to pull out of Japan admitting that it “cannot build a sufficiently scalable business”. The supermarket revealed today that it plans to sell its entire business in Japan, eight years after launching in the country.
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Comment and Opinion
Not so big in Japan
The principle of not losing face is deeply ingrained in Japanese culture. Luckily for Tesco it’s not such a problem for the Brits.
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Comment and Opinion
Batten down the hatches
In our current issue, we reveal how Tesco is ratcheting up the pressure in the supermarket milk wars by switching its Creamfields discount brand to semi-skimmed and whole milk for the first time.
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NewsHarvest Pale success leads to Tesco listing
Sales of Camra's 2010 supreme champion beer of Britain have doubled in the past 12 months and are predicted to double again following a national listing with Tesco. Sales of 4.3% abv pale ale Harvest Pale have risen to £500,000 since it...
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Leighton leaves Selfridges to focus elsewhere
Ex-Asda boss Allan Leighton has resigned as deputy chairman of Selfridges, trimming his list of directorships to five. Leighton, who took up the role at Selfridges in January 2004, has a lot on his plate. Most recently, he joined Pace as...
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Comment and Opinion
Organic movement is a microcosm of the wider grocery economy
If, like me, you’re a ‘foodie’, this Bank Holiday weekend issue of The Grocer, dedicated in large part to speciality and fine foods, is about to brighten your mood.
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Midcounties Co-op sells News Express
Midcounties Co-operative Society has sold its CTN business News Express to Dave's Discount Group, the owner of the trade names Thresher, Victoria Wine, The Local and Bottoms Up. Dave's, which has off-licences, Post Offices and...