All The Grocer articles in 7 February 2015 – Page 5
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News
City snapshot: Poundland to swallow up rival fixed price discounter 99p Stores for £55m
Poundland agrees to £55m takeover of rival discounter 99p Stores. Plus a profit warning from Tate & Lyle sends shares spiralling - and the latest movements from the rest of stock market.
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News
Media Bites 6 February: Tesco, Andy Clarke, Rexam
Reaction to GCA’s probe of Tesco features heavily as Asda’s Andy Clarke questions Tesco turnaround strategy.
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Analysis and Features
Salary-linked pension schemes are too expensive for retailers in 2015
Under fire from new challengers like Aldi and Lidl, such gold plated pensions are simply too expensive to offer for retailers to offer in the current market.
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News
Graham’s The Family Dairy to supply Morrisons in Scotland
Graham’s The Family Dairy has agreed a deal to supply its branded milk and butter to 500 Morrisons stores.
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News
Review of unhealthy ads targeted at children is relaunched after failing to reach conclusion
Committee of Advertising Practice has to start again after months of research reveal nothing
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News
Rise of discounters contributes to fall in Fairtrade sales
Exclusive research shows that Aldi and Lidl are harming sales of the ethical brand
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Comment and Opinion
Do shoppers still care about Fairtrade?
Sales of Fairtrade certified goods have declined by 4.7%, so are shoppers turning away from the brand?
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News
Asda to convert every superstore to "store of the future"
170 location rollout follows successful trials in Grantham and Coventry
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News
Rexam £4.3bn takeover talks send shares soaring
Shares have spiked massively at aluminium can manufacturer Rexam after it admitted to talks with a US rival for a potential £4.3bn takeover.
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Category Report
Fairtrade category report 2015
Is the price war really to blame for the fall? And how can Fairtrade recover its growth?
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News
Sainsbury's drops Hovis loaves to 75p in bread price war
Sainsbury’s has intensified the price war in the bread category by slashing large Hovis loaves to just 75p and its own-label bread to 55p.
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Grocer 33
Sainsbury's Hazel Grove, Stockport: G33 store of the week
We’ve really focused on making the shopping experience as easy as possible for customers…
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Grocer 33
Sainsbury's Hazel Grove cleans up in G33 battle
This week’s winner, Sainsbury’s Hazel Grove, impressed with high in-store standards and strong service…
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News
Asda to deal with excess space by bringing new retailers into its stores
Supermarket will annex off shopfloor space instead of closing stores to deal with excess capacity
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Category Report
Focus on Fairtrade 2015
Grocery Fairtrade volumes are sliding, fast. So have Brits lost their ethical consciences in the price war?…
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News
Müller cuts milk prices in effort to 'remain competitive'
Provider wants to ensure “clean” price is paid to farmers after negotiations, but NFU slams move as “entirely unacceptable”
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News
Pork campaign by Bpex woos younger shoppers
Pork trade body Bpex is hoping to pull in younger consumers with a new £2m marketing push…
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Interest groups slam new alcohol brand awareness survey
New survey claims children more aware of alcohol brands than other major food brands
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Feature Synopsis
Focus on: Toys: 14 March
Growth has hit a four-year high. What products have driven the growth?
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News
Mark Harrison becomes new Morrisons supply chain and projects director
Harrison and Andrew Thornber both recieve new roles at supermarket