All articles by Elinor Zuke – Page 17
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Analysis & Features
Shut that door!
Many independents claim they are saving energy and cash by fitting doors to their chillers. So why isn’t everyone as open to chiller doors? Elinor Zuke reports
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News
Booker profits rise 22%
Booker has posted a 22% rise in pre-tax profits to £45m in its first half, with sales up 8.5% to £1.8bn. The company said improvements in customer service had helped to drive overall like-for-like sales by 6.5% in the 24 weeks to 9 September.
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NewsTesco eyes fresh boost with ‘hot house’ trial
Tesco is exploring ways to dramatically boost its fresh foods offering with a ‘hot house’ availability trial.
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NewsIllicit beer now costing the taxpayer £800m
The amount of tax lost to the illicit beer market ballooned by 45% last year and illegal supplies now account for a shocking 14% of the total market, figures released by HMRC this week have revealed. Customs officials estimated they lost...
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NewsWrap plans agreement on waste for foodservice
Wrap has held its first meeting with the hospitality and foodservice sector as it looks to establish a voluntary agreement on waste similar to the Courtauld Commitment for retailers. About 50 industry players were invited to a closed...
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Indies rage as Carbon Trust drops free loans
Leading independent retailers have slammed the Carbon Trust for scrapping interest-free loans for energy saving equipment and replacing them with loans charged at rates of almost 10%.Since 2004, the Carbon Trust has dished out £160m in...
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Analysis & FeaturesDesmond takes a gamble on rivalling the National Lottery
Express Newspapers tycoon Richard Desmond plans to tackle Britain’s “health inequalities” with his new lottery. How sound a venture is it, asks Elinor Zuke
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Grocer 33Tesco Extra, Gloucester Quedgeley
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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…