All Supermarkets articles – Page 356
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NewsIs Asda planning a Smart move to flag up quality?
Asda could be poised to rebrand its budget own-label range as 'Smart Choice'. Last month, it registered the trademark for potential use in food and drink categories as well as non-food, prompting speculation that it may be planning to...
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NewsClippy’s Apples listed by Asda and Booths
British jams and relishes brand Clippy's Apples has secured listings with Asda and Booths. Clippy's six savoury lines, which include apple, tomato & roasted garlic relish, and apple, redcurrant & chilli jelly (rsp: from £2.39),...
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NewsMakro nabs Asda procurement man Edwards
Makro has named Asda executive Huw Edwards as its new offer management director. Edwards spent 15 years with the Leeds-based supermarket, most recently as procurement director. He has also previously worked for Marks & Spencer.
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NewsM&S raids Morrisons again for new head of Simply Food
Marc Bolland has returned to his former stamping ground to recruit a new head of Simply Food. Christopher Taylor joins the high street giant from Morrisons, also taking responsibility for the franchise and hospitality business.
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NewsTesco chips in £20k to London drinking scheme
Tesco has ploughed £20,000 into a scheme designed to tackle underage drinking in central London. The supermarket has joined forces with Islington council, local police and other retailers in an initiative known as the Community Alcohol Partnership (CAP), which aims to crack down on crime and anti-social behaviour caused by ...
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Comment & Opinion
Competitive instincts
New figures from the BRC today had food inflation falling – down from 4.5% in February to a still considerable 4% last month. With salaries rising at nothing like that rate, no wonder there’s been a squeeze on consumer spending – as reflected in recent results from the likes of ...
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NewsSainsbury’s gets all-clear on animal testing
Sainsbury’s own-label toiletries are to carry the logo of the British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection. Up to 200 products will display the ‘leaping bunny’ logo, the international certification that helps consumers identify cosmetics and toiletries that do not use ingredients tested on animals.
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NewsTesco moves into second-hand car trade
Tesco has started selling second-hand cars via a new website. The site, tescocars.com, offers thousands of used vehicles that can be collected or delivered to customers’ homes. Each purchase will earn 2,000 Clubcard points – the equivalent of spending £1,000 in-store.
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NewsSpecial relationship brings US favourites to shelves of Asda
Asda’s drive to bring US products to UK shelves continued this week with the roll-out of RC Cola. Regular and diet Royal Crown Cola launched in the US in 1905 is available nationwide in two-litre bottles (rsp: £1.28) and six-can packs…
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Undercover exposé of Sainsbury’s van safety
Sainsbury's home delivery operation has been severely criticised in terms of road safety after a reporter worked under cover as a driver for four months. Tim Blakemore, managing editor of Commercial Vehicle Engineer, worked as a driver...
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Denbies is first English wine in Tesco Finest range
England’s largest vineyard has produced a 2011 white wine exclusively for the Tesco Finest range marking the first time the retailer has selected an English wine to join the Finest line-up.
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Analysis & Features
Party is over, but what’s the damage to Tesco from Double the Difference?
As consumers fume amid a press furore, was Double the Difference just embarrassing for Tesco or does it reveal deeper problems?
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Collier’s cheese delisting sparks fear of wider cull
Collier’s Powerful Welsh Cheddar has become the first victim of a branded Cheddar category range review by Sainsbury’s.
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Comment & OpinionEditor's Comment: I doubt Tesco’s new promotion mechanic, the BOGIFPC, is going to catch on
Have you read any of Philip Clarke's tweets (twitter.com/clarkepatesco)? In an otherwise low-key start for Tesco's new CEO, he's been informing his 2,767 followers (including rivals, I can assure you), of his whereabouts.
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Co-op Group blames slump on Somerfield
The Co-operative Group has blamed difficulties integrating Somerfield for a 2.5% fall in full-year like-for-like food sales. Total sales in its food business rose 4.8% to £7.5bn in the year to 1 January, with operating profits up 33% to...
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Dairy Crest: price dispute behind Co-operative Group contract loss
The recent loss of Dairy Crest's milk contract with The Co-operative Group was down to its inability to agree the right price, the company has revealed.
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NewsInflation 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.
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Asda fights back at EIA fridge criticism
Asda has defended itself against accusations it reneged on a pledge to phase out fridges containing environmentally damaging chemicals. An Environmental Investigation Agency report slammed the retailer, and said great progress had been...
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Humdinger adds Ambrosia custard snacks
Humdinger Foods has added two Ambrosia-branded custard-based snacks to its portfolio of licensed foods. The duo, rolling out to Sainsbury's and Morrisons now and into Asda next month, consists of Custard Coated Apple Flakes and Custard...
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NewsDouble-strength squash helps The Co-op slash packaging
The Co-operative Group says its move to double-concentrated squash will cut the packaging used for its own-brand cordial by 40%. Eighty-three tonnes of packaging a year will be saved by the move, the mutual said.