All articles by Elinor Zuke – Page 17
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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...
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NewsMakro UK gets another new MD in Schwarze
Metro Group is bringing in yet another MD for its troubled UK operation Makro. Juergen Schwarze will start the role in October, taking over from Klaus Raettig, who was appointed just last month. Raettig will remain on the board as chief...
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NewsMcBride to close Burnley site
McBride has announced plans to close its Burnley factory next March. Production at the site, which makes trigger sprays, all purpose cleaners, and liquid sachets, will move to its Bradford, Manchester and Hull sites under the plans.
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NewsMajestic offers cellar storage service for fine wine collections
Majestic Wine has come up with a novel way for cellar-less wine enthusiasts to build a fine wine collection. Under its Fine Wine Plan, which is launching now, customers can invest anything from £50 per month in their collections, which...
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NewsMakro: 18 months to turn around business
New directors at Makro Cash & Carry UK have 18 months to turn the business around, staff at the loss-making wholesaler have been warned. Directors from Alix-Partners have told parent company Metro Group that they expect to post a...
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NewsNon-traditional sales help DCS growth spurt
DCS Europe has reported record sales as it continues to attract customers beyond its traditional cash & carry base. Sales in the year to 31 December 2010 rose by 6.4% to £126m, accounts filed this week at Companies House revealed….
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ProfilesMiller takes over as McColl buying chief after Start departure
Peter Miller has replaced trading director Tony Start at Martin McColl. Miller joined the c-store and CTN giant in the new role of buying director on Monday following the sudden departure of Start. The company declined to comment on the...
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Crackdown on illegal booze lifts wholesale
Wholesalers across the country have reported improved alcohol sales as HMRC’s clampdown on rogue traders in the supply chain begins to bite.
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NewsP&H appoints sales and commercial director
Wholesale giant Palmer & Harvey has appointed Martyn Ward as its new sales and commercial director. Ward starts on Monday and replaces commercial director Peter Austen, who last month announced his intention to leave the wholesaler.
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Bennett and Blackmore to exit as Spar directors
Two Spar directors have handed in their notice and will leave later this year. Retail director Richard Bennett will leave at the end of August while supply chain and management information director Steve Blackmore has decided to retire...
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Apex solves the clash of the Lifestyle fascias
Blakemore Wholesale has launched Apex Local Stores as an alternative fascia to Lifestyle Express for its Landmark Wholesale cash & carry retail customers. The new fascia has a white flag on a green background.
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NewsE.coli crisis creates spike in sales of fruit & veg washes
Sales of sterilising tablets and fruit and vegetable washes have rocketed since Germany's E.coli outbreak. Sterilising brand Milton said sales of its sterilising fluid and tablets, commonly used to clean baby feeding products, had soared...
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Ex-Ocado man Rudoe to take role at Sainsbury’s
Ocado's former head of retail Jon Rudoe is set to take a senior role on Sainsbury's online team, The Grocer has learned. In a major coup for Sainsbury's, Rudoe, who left Ocado three months ago, is understood to be joining the retailer...
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Analysis & FeaturesMakro economics: what will ice-cold AlixPartners do?
All but one of Makro’s directors has been replaced in Metro Group’s latest attempt to salvage the wholesaler. Will it stay in the UK, asks Elinor Zuke
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Makro suspends its pick-up point trial to focus on foodservice
Makro has shelved plans to install pick-up points in areas where it lacks a cash & carry, and has closed its two pilot sites. The trial sites for Makro Drive in Milton Keynes and York were heralded by the company in September as "a UK...
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Row over extra hours has DBC on strike alert
DBC Foodservice insists it will be able to fulfil its MoD contract after a strike at one of its Scottish depots threatened to disrupt an order destined for HMS Illustrious.On Thursday, workers at the site in Dundonald, Ayrshire, walked...