All Supermarkets articles – Page 384
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NewsGrocer 33: Waitrose top thanks to its super service
Waitrose's Food & Home branch in Salisbury was one of four retailers to offer strong availability, but its friendly staff went out of their way to assist our shopper, which helped it land our top store award.
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Grocer 33 Online: Driver takes Sainsbury’s to first place
This quarter's G33 Online contest was a close call. All the retailers' websites were easy to use and all had friendly drivers, while four boasted strong availability.
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Bulletin: The Co-op unveils £200m cuts... Archie Norman denied M&B role... Hershey lines up Cadbury bid funding
Ethical supermarket trebles points for members; ex-Asda chief misses out on pub chairmanship; US confectioner unveils backing for approach
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NewsThe Co-op triples dividend in battle for Christmas loyalty
The Co-operative Group has gone head-to-head with Tesco Clubcard by announcing its first-ever triple dividend.
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Fletcher heads food at Heart of England Co-op
The Heart of England Co-operative Society has appointed Peter Fletcher as general manager of food.Fletcher has worked at the society for 26 years and will be responsible for its 33-strong network of Foodcentres and Lateshops in Coventry,...
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Wiseman sale boost for First Milk cheese
First Milk has given itself a massive financial shot in the arm by cashing in more than a third of its shares in Robert Wiseman.The co-op sold 4.17 million Wiseman shares last week for £18.8m, netting an £8m profit for the farmer-owned...
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Fine to retire as FSA announces shake-up of its management
Food Standards Agency director of consumer choice and dietary health Gill Fine is to leave after five years.Fine, who joined the FSA from Sainsbury's in 2004, cut a controversial figure in the industry as she championed the agency's...
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NewsHaldanes, Asco & Alworths: counting on counter-intuition
With three new chains - two supermarkets and a variety store - opening this month, what makes the owners think they'll work? Rachel Barnes reports
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All eyes on Price, but could McKenna replace Marc Bolland at Morrisons?
While most people's money is on Mark Price taking over from Marc Bolland at Morrisons, Asda FD Judith McKenna remains a highly fancied outsider.
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Harry Tuffins eyes £60m sales as it acquires two stores from The Co-op
Harry Tuffins has snapped up two Somerfield stores in Gloucestershire from The Co-operative Group. The shops, in Coleford and Lydney, takes the retailer's estate to nine and are its first stores in the county.
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Co-op axes 400 workers in DC closures
The Co-operative Group is to axe 400 jobs at Somerfield distribution centres. The group said the East Kilbride depot would close with the loss 160 jobs, while 140 jobs would be axed from the Bridgwater depot and 100 from Huntingdon...
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Grocer 33: Waitrose in Newcastle impresses
The battle for the top store award intensified this week. Three retailers had strong availability, but Waitrose in Eldon Square, Newcastle upon Tyne, was the only retailer to entirely satisfy our shopper.
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Waitrose forced to remove clip from Christmas TV advert after complaints it would distress military families
Waitrose has been forced to remove a sequence from its Christmas TV advert following complaints that it was offensive to families of British soldiers, writes the Daily Mail.
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Squeeze Me offers frozen smoothies
The Squeeze Me company is launching a range of frozen fruit smoothie blends to remove the hassle of making smoothies at home. Blendies, available from Waitrose now, consists of two chopped frozen fruit mixes designed to be blended with...
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Mr Scruff adds herbal tea just for the blokes
DJ and part-time tea peddler Mr Scruff has added a blokey variant to his Make Us A Brew tea range.The new Mint & Chilli herbal brew, available now from Waitrose, Selfridges and Wholefoods, is geared at the male population.
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Esom adds third board to his CV
Steven Esom has joined the board at Cranswick as a non-executive director.The former Waitrose MD also holds non-exec roles at Carphone Warehouse and Tyrrells. He is also a partner at Langholm Capital, a position he took up in July, a...
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Grocer 33: All smiles at Asda thanks to aisle staff
It was a close contest between Asda in Eastbourne and Sainsbury's in Fallowfield this week, as both retailers impressed with strong availability and a high standard of customer service.
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PepsiCo’s healthier kids lunchbox range tested in Sainsbury’s
PepsiCo has launched Planet Lunch, a range it claims is the first cross-category brand for the kids' lunchbox market.
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Mills Group opens its first Nisa stores
Rapidly expanding independent chain Mills Group has opened its first Nisa-branded stores.A new 850 sq ft store in Wallsend, near Newcastle, bears the Nisa fascia, while two former Somerfields in Whitby and Haxby bought from The Co-op...
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Dickinson & Morris offers festive pies
Pork pie specialist Dickinson & Morris is launching a limited-edition Ultimate range to Tesco and Waitrose in time for Christmas. The Game Pie, an extra large authentic Melton Mowbray pork pie, and a cranberry-topped pork pie are...