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Tesco brings healthy Goodness kids’ meals brand over from US
Tesco is rolling out a brand of kids’ foods originally developed for the US market and sold through the retailer’s Fresh & Easy stores.
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Jug It milk bag jugs get Tesco listing
Jug It, the reusable milk bag jug from Dairy Crest, has been listed in 270 Tesco stores following a 10-store trial.
The jugs along with Country Life milk bags started rolling out into Tesco stores at the end of June. Jug It is already… -
NewsAsda pricing expert lands ‘a bigger job’
Asda's marketing director Jon Owen, the man who was credited with masterminding Asda's game-changing Price Guarantee, has resigned after just 12 months in the job. Owen is to become director of Shop Direct Group's Very brand, which was...
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Disaster site: Waitrose’s online blunders elicit a second apology
Waitrose has apologised again to customers following further problems with its relaunched website.Users have complained the site is slow and difficult to navigate following its relaunch in March. In a statement issued this week, director...
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Haldanes CEO says his Co-op Group claim runs to £7.2m
Haldanes has revealed its legal claim against The Co-operative Group amounts to £7.2m. CEO Arthur Harris revealed the figure exclusively to The Grocer following the collapse last week of Haldanes Stores and Ruston Retail.
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NewsTesco's Premier cull: the delisted products in full
Below is a full list of the products delisted by Tesco in its recent spat over pricing with Premier Foods. Read about how the spat occurred here, while Adam Leyland offers his take on how Tesco "ran rings" around Premier in his Editor's Comment.
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NewsAsda 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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NewsTesco: supplier cull to benefit ‘power brands’
Tesco has revealed plans to slash its number of suppliers and replace their products with its own brands and "power brands" produced by its key strategic partners in its central European stores, and experts are predicting it could provide a model...
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NewsDelistings by Tesco push Premier into profit alert
A Grocer investigation into a pricing row that saw Tesco delist a quarter of its branded Premier Foods products prompted the supplier to issue a shock profit warning yesterday, admitting the dispute had cost it £10m.
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NewsLast three Haldanes stores shut up shop
The final three Haldanes stores have been closed, a week after the embattled chain slipped into administration. Stores in Tattershall, Wigton and Crieff were closed today, meaning all 26 outlets previously trading under the Haldanes Stores banner have now shut.
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NewsPrice Guarantee mastermind is next to quit Asda
The man credited with masterminding Asda’s influential price guarantee scheme has quit after just a year as marketing director. Jon Owen is leaving the supermarket to become director of Shop Direct Group’s Very brand.
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Comment and Opinion
Premier's price of success
Bad news travels fast. This week The Grocer has been investigating reports that one of the major supermarkets has de-listed a raft of Premier Foods products.
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Comment and Opinion
Everything must go
As if it wasn’t already obvious, today we got another vivid symbol of the turbulence on the high street.
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NewsSainsbury’s plans its own offensive in the price-matching wars
Sainsbury's is considering launching a price-matching voucher scheme to rival Asda's Price Guarantee and Tesco's Price Check. The supermarket chain has been canvassing opinion via a survey on whether shoppers would welcome a scheme that...
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Analysis and FeaturesWhat it takes to become the Store Manager of the Year
“It was the best professional night of my life”, says Nathen Newark of being named Store Manager of the Year at last week’s awards. He reveals the secrets of his success at Asda Wembley to James Halliwell
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Balance of power may soon shift in suppliers' favour
The protracted sale of Iceland looks like giving analysts and media commentators lots more opportunities to comment on the space…
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Sainsbury’s assures on beansprouts
Sainsbury's has introduced 'UK-grown' labelling to packs of beansprouts in the wake of the German E.coli outbreak.The label which reads 'beansprouts grown in the UK' has been added to packs of Sainsbury's own-label beansprouts and...
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Two directors tipped to take over in wake of Asda COO’s exit
Asda's retail operations director Mark Ibbotson and operations director Glenn Bowles have been touted as the favourites to replace Simon King, who left Asda earlier this week after just six months as chief operating officer.
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Asda teams up with LEAF on soil advice
Asda has teamed up with LEAF to produce a booklet designed to help farmers improve their soil health.Simply Sustainable Soils sets out six steps for farmers to improve the performance, health and sustainability of their land.
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NewsThe Co-op ties up deal for Netto trio
The Co-operative Group has bought a trio of former Netto stores from Asda.