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Minister tells mults to explain Irish price gap
An Irish Government minister has bluntly told the Republic's multiples they have "a duty to explain" why their prices are so much higher than those in Northern Ireland and the UK, when sterling is falling in value against the euro. Mary...
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Tesco acts on impulse to up discount range
Tesco is widening its discounter range into impulse products such as waters, smoothies and crisps in the new year, in the first major extension of the tertiary branded range. The 200 new products will hit shelves in January, five months...
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Tesco Town Inverness to get its fourth Tesco
Asda has been left fuming after Tesco was given the go-ahead for a fourth store in the original Tesco Town of Inverness, while Asda has been unable to get plans for even a single store past planning officials.Despite the Highland council...
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BP convenience queen to join Asda in new year
Convenience store expert Karen Hubbard has been appointed operations director at Asda, responsible for overseeing the retailer's smaller stores.Hubbard left BP last month after almost five years as UK convenience retail director running all...
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Your store needs you
Tesco is recruiting ex-military personnel to managerial positions in its stores. Chloe Smith takes a look at how the skills transfer
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Tesco invests in hiring and retaining its staff
Tesco is anticipating it will need to recruit 300 staff to its head office next year, and is planning for a further 400 staff switching jobs, according to a company employed by Tesco to supply software to improve recruitment and...
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What online insights can P&G gain from Ocado?
Procter & Gamble has taken a 1% stake in Ocado to gain an insight into online trading. What knowledge does P&G hope to gain? Chloe Smith reports
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Tesco under fire over Failure to Arrive fees
Tesco has been accused of acting unfairly by a supplier who had thousands of pounds deducted from his invoice as punishment for failing to deliver enough stock.Speaking to The Grocer, the supplier, who did not want to be named, said Tesco...
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Ocado budget range 'is about improving choice'
First Ocado announced it would copy Tesco by matching its prices on all branded items. Now the online retailer is taking its emulation of Tesco one step further by launching a Discounter range of its own.The 21 products in its Everyday range...
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All change at the top for the global grocery retail giants
Both Wal-Mart and Carrefour have new leaders as the global economic crisis bites ever harder. Chloe Smith and Julia Taylor ask what they will bring to the party
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Processor Dunbia exposed for selling mutton as lamb
Dunbia, the northern Irish meat processor that labelled Brazilian beef as British, was also cautioned for selling mutton as lamb, it has emerged .An investigation by The Grocer has discovered that Kenny Swann, MD at the Dungannon plant, was...
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Gissing: why Waitrose and Ocado are not competitors
The John Lewis Partnership has moved its stake in Ocado to the pension fund. Should the online delivery company be delighted or nervous, asks Chloe Smith
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Financial difficulties? Asda says it will listen
Asda has revealed it is giving financial help to one of its oldest suppliers and offering to discuss with other suppliers any financial difficulties they are having.In an exclusive interview with The Grocer, CEO Andy Bond said the main way...
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NewsGissing: Waitrose and Ocado are not rivals
Ocado has dismissed suggestions it will go head-to-head when Waitrose rolls out its home-delivery service in the fourth quarter of the year, insisting the two retailers – which both sell Waitrose-brand groceries – will complement each other.
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Rose says recession will prompt further merging of suppliers
M&S chief Sir Stuart Rose has predicted increased consolidation among suppliers over the coming year. "We're all looking for ways to be more efficient," said Sir Stuart, as he revealed a dramatic fall in half-year profit this week, "whether...
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Credit crunch may spark rise in crime, warns BRC
Shoplifting is set to increase dramatically as Britain enters a recession, with desperate times forcing more people into desperate measures, the British Retail Consortium has warned. The BRC 2008 Retail Crime Survey, published this week, shows...
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The return of the local butcher
After decades of decline, butchers shops are looking to the future by targeting their offer to the local community, reports Chloe Smith
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Multiples shift focus of promotions from bogofs to price cuts
Retailers are rejecting bogofs and other multibuy deals in favour of more straightforward price cuts as the battle to retain customers intensifies. In the four weeks to 4 October, 44% of offers in the big four were price cuts, compared with 39% the...
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Asda deliveries break into Tesco stronghold
Asda has launched an audacious bid to break Tesco’s dominance of the grocery market in Inverness. It has just launched a home-delivery service from its store in Elgin, 40 miles away from the original Tesco Town. The move comes as it awaits final...
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Ocado broadens offer with non-food range
Ocado has set out to double its range by the end of the year and has made its first foray into non-food. Magazines, toys, books and fresh flowers went on sale this week and there are ambitious plans to push deeper into non-food as well as broadening...