All The Co-op articles – Page 84
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Price Survey
Iceberg lettuce prices have plummeted at Asda, Sainsbury, Morrisons, Waitrose and Somerfield this week but the order of our top six supermarkets has remained unchanged. Asda is still The Grocer 33&'s cheapest supermarket for...
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Free to grab shoppers in an irresistible way
Somerfield is raising its promotional game and has particular enthusiasm for the free-standing display unit's power in-store. Merchandised displays play an important part in optimising visibility for brands in-store. They often...
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"Our food price inflation figures won't grab headlines but the story is no less interesting for that"
As of this week Somerfield will no longer feature in The Grocer 33. You can call it foresight, if you wish, as The Co-operative Group confirmed its interest, on Wednesday, in swallowing it whole, but in fact we took the decision for a very...
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Plea for co-ops to be freed up to compete
Britain's farming co-operatives need to be freed from the constraints of competition law to enable them to raise their game and become class acts like their counterparts abroad, according to a report from First Milk. The...
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Somerfield setsits focus
Simpler, better, cheaper. These are the priorities for Somerfield&'s new management team as it looks to inject some life into the chain&'s like-for-like sales performance.Suppliers attending a conference in Birmingham this...
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WHO'S THEGREENEST?
We've had Sainsbury's plastic packaging plan; Tesco's carrier bags scheme; The Co-operative Group's switch to green electricity; Asda's direct to store delivery scheme in Cornwall; Waitrose's "best supermarket" Soil Association awards; and...
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Oakes leaves at end of Somerfield project
Martin Oakes, logistics, IT and new business development director at Somerfield, has left the retailer.Oakes left this month after completing a project to outsource all of Somerfield's logistics to distribution company Wincanton, a...
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Oakes leaves at end of Somerfield project
Martin Oakes, logistics, IT and new business development director at Somerfield, has left the retailer.Oakes left this month after completing a project to outsource all of Somerfield's logistics to distribution company Wincanton, a...
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Management team named at new Co-op
Richard Samson, the recently appointed chief executive of East of England Co-operative Society, has unveiled the society's new executive management team.The new society was created following the merger last year of Ipswich and Norwich...
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Co-ops' work nourishes yields
The UK's three major dairy co-operatives are involved in a trial that could dramatically improve on-farm and factory efficiency in the cheese supply chain. Dairy Farmers of Britain in Wales, First Milk in Scotland and Milk Link in...
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In Brief: Innocent Addition; Surf gets cool; Kit Kat for Big Bro; Brazils all year; Ethical loo paper; Filtration debut
Innocent Drinks has added a new summer recipe, Cherries & Strawberries, to its smoothies portfolio. The drink will be available from June to September in Sainsbury, Waitrose, Somerfield, Budgens and independent stores, priced...
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ScotMid Co-op writes off c-store acquisition goodwill
ScotMid Co-operative Society has written off a multi-million pound sum related to the purchase of convenience chain Morning Noon &Night. The Edinburgh-based society reported an operating surplus of £1.1m for the year to...
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Waitrose plans rapid refits for new stores
Waitrose has kicked off its most ambitious conversion programme to date, with the five stores it bought from Somerfield in March set for rapid turnarounds. The two London stores in the package were handed over to Waitrose last...
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Vox Shop: Matthew Langley, Bottlegreen Drinks; John Place, Somerfield
Soft drinks market is growing up with focus on health and entertaining... prizes await manufacturers who back key brands. Matthew Langley Bottlegreen Drinks Co marketing manager The soft drinks category in the UK is among retail's most...
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Somerfield sharpens up
Somerfield's new trading team is already making a big impact following a series of price cuts to refocus its value position. When former Asda boss Paul Mason and former Tesco grocery trading director Colin Smith joined Somerfield...
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Campaign to impress with cress
British salad cress and mustard & cress are to be given a major push by one of the UK's leading growers in a bid to reverse falling sales. Humber VHB, which supplies cress to Tesco, Sainsbury, Somerfield and Waitrose, is...
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National Co-op won't happen for years
from Colin Richell, member, The Co-operative Group. Sir; I have been very interested to read the various articles in your magazine recently about the co-operative movement's ideas about retailing unity and in fact I have written a...
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United Co-op bolsters top team
United Co-operative's Food Group has strengthened its senior management team in north-west England with the promotion of Karl Ward and David Brighouse to the positions of group managers. In new roles for the company, Ward will...
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Co-op links with police to fight antisocial behaviour
A co-operative society is taking steps to eradicate antisocial behaviour with the introduction of an anti-crime partnership project in Yapton, West Sussex. By joining forces with Sussex Police and Yapton Parish Council, Southern...
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In a league of their own
Buyers from supermarkets, wholesalers, co-ops and symbol groups have named the suppliers they admire most in our Own Label Suppliers Survey. Alison Clements reports. The outcome of this year's Own Label Suppliers Survey confirms that...