All The Grocer articles in 24 May 2014 – Page 3
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News
Typhoo sues Keith Spicer over claims about quality of its tea
Typhoo is suing Keith Spicer, claiming the rival made false accusations about the quality of its tea to retailers…
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News
Asda to save money by axing 24-hour trading at 20 stores
Asda is set to stop 24-hour trading at 20 stores that are no longer profitable after 10pm…
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Comment and Opinion
Is the space race really over?
First Tesco announced it was cutting its store-opening programme down to a bare minimum of convenience and dark stores…
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Comment and Opinion
Leffe kicks off battle of the (posh) bar snacks
What is Britain’s best bar snack? Leffe beer has embarked upon the definitely-not-pointless quest of finding out…
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News
Bestway transformation of Sher Bros Glasgow site gathers pace
Bestway expects its new and improved Sher Bros Cash & Carry depot to be fully operational in July…
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Premier frogleaps Co-op to become no2 multi-format chain
Premier has overtaken The Co-op Group to become the UK’s second-biggest multi-format retailer…
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Tesco to open six in-store Giraffe cafes
Tesco is to launch new café-style instore versions of its Giraffe restaurant chain…
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Co-op pledges to take lead on local sourcing
The Co-operative Group has vowed to be “widely recognised as the leading supporter of local and regional food producers”…
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WH Smith travel stores to sell upmarket confectionery
WH Smith has started selling upmarket confectionery from Mr Simms Olde Sweet Shoppe and Prestat in its travel stores…
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Comment and Opinion
Drunk on song: the wine that likes to listen to music
We now know that the atmosphere in which you drink wine affects how much you enjoy it…
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Comment and Opinion
Amazon is not the only threat to the supermarkets
Amazon’s new US offerings of everything from ‘Prime Pantry’ to Amazon Fresh may sound like science fiction, but it is very…
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Comment and Opinion
Asda blasted for alcohol hypocrisy by Steve Parfett
Comments on the independent sector by Paul Kelly of Asda at a Westminster forum are breathtaking in their arrogance…
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Comment and Opinion
Titania's PR team take on the social media agency 'experts'
Had to don the killer Louboutins and the plunging neckline when a client brought his new social media agency in…
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News
Poundworld store faces food sale ban at Blackburn retail park
The big four often encounter planning issues out of town, but in Blackburn it’s a new Poundworld facing a headache…
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News
City news: Britvic shares rocket
The star performer in a busy week for financial results was Pepsi bottler Britvic…
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Tesco throws down the gauntlet on 'guilt' lanes
Pressure is mounting on grocers to banish ‘guilt lanes’ once and for all…
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Comment and Opinion
Glacéau Smartwater will put Coke's Dasani disaster in the past
If our industry had a dictionary, the definition of disaster would be: ‘Coke’s attempt to Dasani to the UK in 2004’…
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Comment and Opinion
Convenience is sacred, but also full of sacred cows
In our first-ever Convenience Report, we’ve examined the channel’s growth from every conceivable angle…
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News
Tesco moves next door to Sainsbury's in new battle at Waterloo
Tesco has received approval to open a new Express store next door to one of its main rivals…
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Analysis and Features
Own label's Finest hour as retailers raise their game
Quality, innovation and value proved a winning combination…