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Listen to the eerie silence surrounding Asda’s Price Guarantee

2011-01-15T00:00:00Z

What took you so long? It was a strange way for Asda to respond after it was overtaken by Sainsbury’s in the Kantar Worldpanel data this week. But there was no shortage of strange responses.

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Careers File: If you're looking for an angel to help with your career, why not consider a coach?

2011-01-15T00:00:00Z

I read over the Christmas break that, according to a recent survey, one in three people in Britain believe in angels. There have certainly been a fair few occasions in my career when I have felt like someone was watching over me.

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Terry Caton's Expert Advice: How to win in an austere new year

2011-01-15T00:00:00Z

Freezing winds, climbing taxes and shoppers feeling the pinch... but it’s not all bad news for c-store owners

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Ice, lemons and hot pork bellies

2011-01-13T00:00:00Z

Last weekend in the FA Cup there was the usual talk about bog-like lower-league pitches being “a great leveller”. Top clubs don’t fancy having lumps kicked out of them on swampy pitches, so there’s more chance of a giantkilling.

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Justin's cracking Christmas

2011-01-12T00:00:00Z

No wonder Justin King was looking so pleased with life at today’s 90-minute briefing in Holborn, attended by The Grocer’s newshounds.

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Bright Youngs things

2011-01-10T00:00:00Z

Hyperbole is without a doubt the worst crime any retail chief can commit. Well, perhaps that’s an exaggeration. Dalton Philips avoided too many verbal fireworks when he said Morrisons was “a nose ahead of the market” after reporting a solid, if unspectacular, 1% rise in like-for-likes for the Christmas period.

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Saturday Essay: Tesco should face tough questions from the OFT

2011-01-08T00:00:00Z

Its acquisition of Mills shouldn’t be waved through simply because it plans to use One Stop name, says James Lowman

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Editor's Comment: Nudges and swapathons won't change many lives

2011-01-08T00:00:00Z

The new year. A time for resolutions, rollbacks and, er, price hikes. Actually, the price hikes have not exactly kicked in thus far. While Starbucks and McDonald’s (along with utilities and rail services, of course) have been exposed for opportunist…

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Second Opinion: A lame case for the prosecution

2011-01-08T00:00:00Z

The BBC fell on its face trying to dig the dirt on cheap supermarket food, says Kevin Hawkins

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Third Party: Make sure your lease is not anti-competitive

2011-01-08T00:00:00Z

Changes to competition law mean leases – and how they are handled – will face greater scrutiny, says Catriona Munro

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Blogof’s crystal ball: your guide to the year ahead

2011-01-08T00:00:00Z

January Shoppers revert to a feral state as the big freeze returns. Man turns on wife, parent on child and pet against pensioner as society's norms break down. There are even reports that a tribe of heavily...

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Critical Eye... on the adult Blue Peter

2011-01-08T00:00:00Z

There's obviously demand for an adult version of Blue Peter as The One Show demonstrates (and shame on you if that wasn't what sprang to mind!). But when it comes to kids-style TV for grown-ups there's a fine line between success and failure and...

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Careers File: If 2010 was about recovery, 2011 should be on nurturing talent

2011-01-08T00:00:00Z

Wow, what a year 2010 turned out to be. After a very tough 2009, I was wondering what to expect and was struggling to keep my 'glass half full' outlook on things. Thankfully, in our sectors, things have turned out much better than anyone watching...

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Sisters, suitors and underwhelming surprises

2011-01-05T00:00:00Z

So Ranjit Boparan has until 21 January to get a bid together for Northern Foods. It seems a long shot, with some observers questioning whether the 2 Sisters owner can raise the kind of cash that would tempt Northern’s shareholders to turn their backs on the Essenta deal’s promised upside.

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New year, same problems

2011-01-04T00:00:00Z

Welcome back to those of you that, like the worker bees of Grocer Towers, returned from the festive break today.

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Next Year's News: the Daily Bread guide to 2011

2010-12-21T00:00:00Z

Daily Bread brings you the biggest stories of the year to come - before they happen

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Smoke and mirrors

2010-12-20T00:00:00Z

One finding in particular from The Grocer’s Top Products Survey 2010 will have given Andrew Lansley food for thought. Or rather, something to put in his pipe and smoke, as they say.

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Critical Eye... on a labour-intensive stuffing

2010-12-18T00:00:00Z

Oh how I yearn for the wide-eyed Christmas cookery programmes of old when there was an air of innocence about everything and Delia et al were content to share with us the culinary basics. So far, this year's festive offerings have been distinctly...

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Second Opinion: Eco-friendly changes need unity

2010-12-18T00:00:00Z

Cancun talks puts onus on food companies to sort sustainability problem, says Tim Lang

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Retailers should narrow focus on top brands

2010-12-18T00:00:00Z

Range rationalisation in most product segments leads to higher profits and drives innovation