All The Grocer articles in 26 February 2011

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  • HEINZ KETCHUP FACEBOOK
    News

    Like this? Heinz scores a Facebook food sale first

    2011-03-04T00:00:00Z

    Heinz will sell the first 3,000 bottles of its latest Tomato Ketchup exclusively through Facebook UK - the first time the social network site has been used to flog groceries, it claims. From Monday, consumers will be able to buy Heinz...

  • DUNCAN-MACDONALD-2
    Grocer 33

    Tesco, Cumbernauld

    2011-03-04T00:00:00Z

    The Grocer 33 is a weekly mystery shopping survey, tracking price, service and availability at the five leading grocery retailers: Asda, Morrisons, Sainsbury’s, Tesco and Waitrose. Each week the winning store manager is interviewed by The Grocer.

  • ROBERT WISEMAN
    News

    Robert Wiseman confirms dairy and depot closures

    2011-03-04T00:00:00Z

    Robert Wiseman Dairies has confirmed it will close two of its sites, making 134 staff redundant. The company will close its dairy at Okehampton in Devon as well as a distribution depot at Cupar in Fife.

  • SAINSBURYS
    News

    Sainsbury’s publishes kids’ books range

    2011-03-04T00:00:00Z

    Sainsbury’s is to publish a new range of books for children. The books are aimed at kids aged up to five, priced between £3 and £9.99. They will appear on shelves across 200 stores and include titles such as My Terrific Tractor Book.

  • PAYPOINT TERMINAL
    News

    PayPoint completes dream week with government welfare contract

    2011-03-03T16:23:00Z

    The government has handed PayPoint a seven-year contract to provide welfare payments. The contract, which begins in 2012, is worth £20m per year and will be shared between PayPoint and Citibank.

  • BUDWEISER NEW
    News

    Budweiser brewer AB InBev powers on in 2010

    2011-03-03T12:35:17.247Z

    Cost savings and drinkers in key markets shifting to higher-priced beers helped AB InBev to a strong performance over the past year.

  • Comment and Opinion

    Time is of the Essenta

    2011-03-03T00:00:00Z

    Yesterday PayPoint claimed victory in its long-running battle to stop Camelot muscling in on its turf by offering commercial services via its tills. And there was more good news for the payment provider today, having bagged a seven-year gig to replace the Post Office dishing out welfare payments.

  • DELIA HESTON WAITROSE
    News

    ASA bans Delia Smith’s Christmas cake ad (three months late)

    2011-03-02T11:20:30.410Z

    Delia Smith’s Christmas cake advert for Waitrose has been banned by the advertising watchdog for deceiving viewers about the amount of extra ingredients consumers would need to buy.

  • GOK WAN SAINSBURYS
    News

    Sainsbury’s bags Gok Wan to design Tu women's range

    2011-03-02T11:12:49.840Z

    Sainsbury’s has signed up TV fashion guru Gok Wan, star of How To Look Good Naked, to design a new women’s clothing range under its Tu brand. The first clothes in the new range will hit shelves in the autumn.

  • MARKS AND SPENCER
    News

    M&S to open 'greenest store yet' next month

    2011-03-02T00:00:00Z

    Marks & Spencer has announced plans for what it called its “most sustainable UK store” in Sheffield. The new site marks the first “sustainable learning stores” the retailer will use to develop its expertise in sustainable techniques as part of its ‘Plan A’ commitments.

  • LOTTERY EURO MILLIONS
    News

    Camelot denied in commercial services bid

    2011-03-02T00:00:00Z

    Camelot will not be allowed to offer bill payments and mobile top-ups via its National Lottery terminals. The National Lottery commission today handed victory to PayPoint in its long-running battle to prevent Camelot offering commercial services via the terminals.

  • Comment and Opinion

    Terry, we hardly knew ye

    2011-03-01T00:00:00Z

    Elvis has left the building. Okay, so Sir Terry Leahy is probably few people’s idea of a rock star. But for UK grocery, his long-awaited exit represents as seismic a departure as when rock and roll died on a Las Vegas toilet in 1977.

  • OCADO VANS BRISTOL
    News

    Ocado expands its horizons with West Country deliveries

    2011-03-01T00:00:00Z

    Ocado is to begin delivering in the West Country and southern Wales from tomorrow. The online retailer will service the new markets using from its Bristol distribution hub, plans for which were first announced in October. Ocado said the launch would enable it reach one million extra households.

  • Comment and Opinion

    Price wars... what are they good for?

    2011-02-28T00:00:00Z

    Too much messing about with computers, it said. No one is going to want to go shopping, come home and start faffing about with the internet to see if what they have already bought might have been cheaper elsewhere, it cried.

  • News

    ShakeAway is saved by last-minute deal

    2011-02-28T00:00:00Z

    Milkshake bar chain ShakeAway has been rescued from ­closure following a private equity buyout. Newly formed SPN Acquisitions has signed a deal to buy 15 of the chain’s UK-owned bars and 25 franchises, although 15 stores will still…

  • News

    UK gets a fresh taste for French cuisine

    2011-02-28T00:00:00Z

    French food is the fastest growing cuisine in the UK, with sales of Gallic-inspired ready meals and desserts up 16% in the past year.

  • ASDA-PRICE-AD
    News

    Asda’s Price Guarantee is branded ‘ineffective’

    2011-02-28T00:00:00Z

    Industry analysts have branded Asda's Price Guarantee ineffective after the supermarket reported a mere 0.6% increase in full-year sales. Despite like-for-like sales in the fourth quarter increasing by 1.6% and Asda narrowly...

  • ASDA-PRICE-AD
    News

    Tesco launches new assault on Asda

    2011-02-28T00:00:00Z

    Tesco has launched a new offensive in its war with Asda. In an echo of Asda’s price guarantee scheme, shoppers can enter the details from their Tesco receipt online. If their shopping would have been cheaper at Asda, they will receive a Tesco voucher worth double the difference.

  • News

    Chains apply pressure over planning policies

    2011-02-28T00:00:00Z

    The government is coming under intense pressure from large retail chains to relax planning laws on ­out-of-town developments, The Grocer has learned. According to a senior planning source, Asda has joined forces with leading retailers...

  • FAIRTRADE-SELECTION
    News

    Aldi ups the ante with its first Fairtrade range

    2011-02-28T00:00:00Z

    A resurgant Aldi has opened a new front in its war with the supermarkets. This week, the discounter launched its first range of Fairtrade products in time for Fairtrade Fortnight, which kicks off on Monday. The five-strong range consists of...