All articles by Elinor Zuke – Page 15
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NewsNew dawn in convenience pricing as Budgens takes on Tesco
Musgrave has ushered in a new dawn for convenience pricing in the UK with a pledge that its Budgens stores will price match Tesco on 800 products. The programme represents the first move by a symbol group to match Tesco’s prices since…
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NewsHealth Lottery aims to bag indies and multiples alike
The Health Lottery – the new national lottery owned by Express proprietor Richard Desmond – will go head-to-head with the National Lottery in a draw to be held on ITV1 close to the prime X Factor slot, The Grocer can reveal.
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Indie tobacco profits hit by falling margins
Tobacco companies are undermining "the viability of independent retailers" by steadily chipping away at their margins, a leading wholesaler has warned.Figures seen by The Grocer show the trade margin shared between the wholesaler and...
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Spar UK is ‘fantastic and entrepreneurial’ says incoming MD
Debbie Robinson officially took up the reins as MD of Spar UK this week.Speaking exclusively to The Grocer, the former Co-op food marketing director said it was an exciting time to be back in food retail. "The convenience...
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News3663 warns customers of product price hikes
Foodservice giant 3663 has written to its customers to warn them to expect price hikes on every single line this month as it looks to offset rising costs.
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Analysis & Features
Living la vida local
Not one to be fazed by competition from the mults, Andrew Thornton has revamped his Crouch End Budgens store to wrest back sales from Waitrose. Elinor Zuke finds out more
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NewsThe incredible shrinking Christmas confectionery
The festive rattle of the Christmas chocolate tin will be quieter this year after Cadbury shrunk the weight of chocolates in each one by up to 16%. A tin of Cadbury's Roses now weighs 850g, down from 975g, while a tin of Heroes now...
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NewsBored of the usual ketchups? Why not try out...bacon jam?
Britain's best convenience store is looking for listings for wait for it bacon jam. The Village Stores in Walthamstow named the best c-store in the country at the 2011 Convenience Retail Awards (organised by Convenience Store and The...
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Grocer 33Tesco Extra, Newtownbreda
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.
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NewsShoppers ignoring extra organic products in mults
Shoppers continue to desert the organic aisles in their droves even though there are more products on supermarket shelves for them to choose from. Sales have fallen for the third year in a row, by 5.8% to £847m a drop of almost 25% from...
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NewsWholesalers rally to help shattered stores
Wholesalers have quietly rallied round to help customers devastated by last week’s riots. They were reluctant to go into detail because they did not want customers to be identified as victims of crime and the measures were not intended to…
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Analysis & FeaturesCroydon after the riots: ‘No business. No people. Nothing’
As Croydon retailers take stock following last week’s violence, Elinor Zuke talks to retailers and local residents about the impact of the riots on their community
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NewsWincanton sells European business to focus on UK
Wincanton has agreed to sell all European operations to German rival Rhenus, as the logistics giant focuses on growing its UK business.
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Analysis & FeaturesDespite that slump in sales, Palmer & Harvey can still make a packet
The tobacco giant’s sales are down for the first time in five years, but profits are up and there are plans to win new customers, says Elinor Zuke
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News"S Budget" lines replace Spar Extra Value range
UK Spar stores will start selling the company’s successful European value range, “S Budget”, from the end of the month. The 33-strong economy range of everyday essentials, which includes chicken fillets, baked beans, energy drinks, bleach…
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Grocer 33Asda, Trafford Park, Manchester
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.
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NewsPalmer & Harvey to ‘close gap’ with cash & carry tobacco price
Palmer & Harvey has vowed to match the price of cigarettes in cash & carries to offset a 4.55% decline in full-year tobacco sales following the loss of business from Somerfield, Wine Cellar and Threshers. Aside from these…
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NewsCash & carries failing retailers on availability
One in five independent retailers are unable to purchase something they set out to buy when they visit a cash & carry losing the depot £119.33 every time. The startling figure was revealed in Him!'s cash & carry retailer tracking...
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Comment & Opinion
Carrying the can
Today’s figures from Wrap represent the first time since records began that the number of single-use carrier bags being handed out has gone up instead of down.
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NewsWholesalers urged to support ‘crap’ indies
Suppliers gave damning opinions of the state of the independent sector at the FWD conference last week, and told wholesalers to help indies improve merchandising techniques. Speaking at the event, Britvic business unit director Kate...