The Co-op news and analysis – Page 97
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Staff sacked in immigration crackdown
A swoop by police and immigration officers on The Co-operative Group's food distribution centre in Coventry has led to 26 people being dismissed. The workers were fired for a number of different reasons and some had subsequently been...
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Who we visited. Sainsbury's Local Chessington, Surrey. Your Local Co-op Elburton, Plymouth. Keystore Kirkintilloch, Glasgow. Londis Morpeth Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Spar Brockham, Surrey. How they...
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Arla buy-out set to tidy up loose ends
Arla's branded dairy portfolio is expected to get a cash injection if the recommended 71p-a-share take-over bid from its biggest shareholder goes through. Danish-Swedish dairy co-op Arla amba already owns 51% of Arla Foods UK and has been...
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Skiving Somerfield staff film Jackass pranks for YouTube
Bored supermarket staff are competing with each other to stage the wackiest stunt in their stores - and posting the videos on YouTube. Skiving workers from Somerfield branches across Britain have filmed more than 50 home-made videos of...
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Oakes takes MD role at Dairy Crest
Martin Oakes has been named as managing director of the dairies division at Dairy Crest.Oakes joins Dairy Crest from Somerfield where he was group logistics and IT director for six years. He has previously worked at Safeway, Wincanton and...
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Who we visited. Spar Kirkintilloch, Scotland. The Co-operative group Ifield, Crawley. Budgens Amersham, Bucks. Nisa Yardley, Birmingham. Tesco express Harrogate, North Yorkshire. How they...
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United Co-op pours millions into developing new stores
United Co-operatives intends to break through the 700-store barrier within three years - thanks to a £150m investment in its food business. Tim Hurrell, general manager for United Co-operatives' Food Group, said the society would use the...
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Co-op Group hails Christmas success
It was a bumper Christmas for The Co-operative Group - thanks to better availability and new products. In an exclusive interview with The Grocer, Guy McCracken, chief executive officer of food retail for the society, said total...
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Who we visited. Jones Trowbridge, Wiltshire. Londis Surbiton, Surrey. Budgens Melbourne, Derbyshire. Co-operative Group Bexhill, East Sussex. tesco express, East Hunsbury, Northamptonshire. How they...
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Co-op withdraws crisps
The Co-op has withdrawn all batches of its own-label multi-pack crisps because the ready salted flavour contains casein which is not declared on the label.Casein is unsafe for people with a milk allergy or milk intolerance.The...
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Glenrath ramps up free-range capacity
A Scottish egg producer has picked up the gauntlet thrown down by Somerfield and Morrisons' move to import free-range eggs. Peeblesshire-based Glenrath Farms has submitted plans to invest £8m in enough free-range birds and sheds to...
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Somerfield GDAs hit mag
Somerfield is aiming to help customers have a healthier Christmas by applying the GDA labelling scheme to recipes in its magazine. The chain opted for GDA front-of-pack labelling earlier this year, eschewing the multiple traffic light...
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Single society spectre as giants talk merger
The Co-operative Group and United Co-operatives are poised to merge in a deal that would create the UK's fifth-largest grocery retailer by market share. The UK's two largest co-operative societies revealed this week they were in talks...
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Who we visited. Cost Cutter Eden Street, Kingston-upon-Thames. Budgens Queen Charlotte Street, Bristol. Mace Monkstown Road, Newtownabbey, Belfast. Co-op Group High Road, South Benfleet, Essex. Tesco express,...
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MacKenzie takes co-op clout to SRC
Ken MacKenzie is the new chairman of the Scottish Retail Consortium (SRC). MacKenzie has worked in retail for more than 30 years and has been chief officer of the Scottish Co-op since 1992. He is also a member of the Scottish Grocers'...
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Who we visited. Spar, Chesham, Buckinghamshire. Texaco, Nottingham Road, Ashby de la Zouche. Sainsbury's Local, Bridge Way, Cobham, Surrey. Co-op Group, Kingfisher Drive, Westbury, Wiltshire. Tesco Express, Warwick...
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Low egg prices spark free-range shortages
Somerfield's move to source nearly half its free-range eggs from France is a sure sign of a UK supply crisis, producers say. The retailer is not the only one looking at sourcing abroad, but producers here say they warned customers of the...
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Who we visited. Spar, Manor Green Road, Epsom, Surrey. Kwik Save, The Paddock, Handforth, Cheshire. Best One Ditton Hill, Long Ditton, Surrey. Scotmid Co-op East Main Street, Uphall, West Lothian. Tesco Express,...
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In Brief: Bigger in UK beer; The Nun's clothes; Red nose in winter
Bigger in UK beer UK craft brewer Freeminer is preparing for a bigger role in UK beer next year with an investment that doubles its capacity. The brewery supplies the Co-operative Group with its Gold Miner and Honey Ale beers, as...
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Somerfield: 'We don't compete with big four'
Somerfield has told the Competition Commission it does not compete with the big four - a statement that reinforces its strategy of positioning itself as a local grocer and not a major supermarket chain. In its submission to the grocery...