All articles by Beth Brooks – Page 5
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NewsNetto continues re-launch with Cheshire location
The discounter opened its first store in the UK in Leeds in November and it has since opened four more stores
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NewsApprenticeship Week: Premier among suppliers to up intakes
Premier Foods announced it would extend its 2014/15 commitment to double the intake of apprentices for a further two years
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NewsGroceryAid Diamond Ball raises £280k
The ball was held last 6 March at the Hilton on Park Lane, London, and attended by over 700 people from across the grocery sector
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NewsCo-op staff welcome 8.5% pay rise proposal
The proposal is worth in excess of £85m a year and will see minimum pay rates for a full-time employee increase
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NewsOne Stop to introduce contactless payment
One Stop is rolling out the payment option following a four-week trial
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NewsMurco name to vanish from forecourts
The forecourt operator said that from 1 April, BP would supply 136 forecourts, Jet would supply 68, and Texaco 78
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Category ReportThe Top 50 Independents
A record 14 indie forecourts featured in this year’s ranking, with their combined sales rising 19% to £2.9bn
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Analysis & Features1 (2) MRH GB
Forecourt operators are the new force in independent grocery retailing, and nothing signifies this more than MRH’s elevation to the number one spot for the first time
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NewsWaitrose and Co-op gear up for Mother's Day demand surge
Waitrose said in the past week it had seen gift cards rise 57% year-on-year, while Mother’s Day gifts were up 41%
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NewsAldi and Lidl increasingly pulling in posh AB shoppers
The discounters have been increasingly attracting upper middle class shoppers, who certainly weren’t using them even two years ago
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NewsNew The Co-operative Group TV campaign to focus on nostalgia
Focusing on nostalgia will be a change of tack for the society, which in recent years has been aiming to attract younger customers
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NewsSpar retailer James Hall tops up cream cakes range
The cakes are made at the company’s Clayton Park bakery, which it acquired in 2010.
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NewsAldi hits record market share as Tesco posts best growth in 18 months
Aldi share at 5%, Lidl also posts 13.6% sales growth as discounters continue rise
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Comment & OpinionCan competitors afford to follow Co-op's lead and raise wages?
Political pressure is being exerted on major employers to significantly raise the wages of their lowest-paid workers
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NewsUK food sector needs strengthening, says Justin King-led task force
The ‘Leading Food 4.0’ report also criticised the UK’s food industry for being too fragmented
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NewsCraig O'Connor named Blakemore Wholesale managing director
O’Connor, who joined this week, will be responsible for AF Blakemore’s C&C operation
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NewsBrakes top line growth delivers profits boost
Brakes has reported strong full-year sales, with growth in EBITDA and a continued fall in debt/EBITDA ratio…
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NewsBidvest brings PCL fully under its logistics arm
Bidvest Logistics has fully integrated PCL into its business.
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NewsCo-op Group appoints Ian Ellis as new CFO
Ellis joins from Wilko, and has previously been head of finance at Morrisons and held a senior finance role at Northern Foods
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NewsOnline delivery service Hubbub aims to double retail members
Hubbub is aiming to more than double the number of retailers signed up with it by the end of the year…