Morrisons news and analysis – Page 133
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Alan Dardis
Pet care buyer, Safeway Recent brand relaunches in the dry market have encouraged consumers to switch brands to try new products. Innovation has been centred on health claims for dry products and they have led a trend out of wet food into dry or...
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Chiefs: no GM appetite
Bosses at Tesco, Asda, Sainsbury and Safeway have told the government that there is no real appetite for putting GM foods back on the shelves. In a meeting held at DEFRA on Wednesday, chief executives at the top four multiples told DEFRA secretary...
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Chiefs: no GM appetite
Bosses at Tesco, Asda, Sainsbury and Safeway have told the government that there is no real appetite for putting GM foods back on the shelves. In a meeting held at DEFRA on Wednesday, chief executives at the top four multiples told DEFRA...
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Suck with Natalie
While the grocery industry is immersed in Safeway, obesity and the GM debate, the folk at Tesco's press office had something more important to discuss at their summer party in London last week: Tim Tams. The retailer has begun stocking...
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Safeway in defensive mode
Sean McAllister Safeway has admitted to shareholders that the situation surrounding a possible takeover was stopping it from "competing full-bloodedly" with other supermarkets and was creating enormous uncertainty for head office staff. ...
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Safeway moves to recruit more disabled people
Safeway is aiming to boost job opportunities for disabled people through a deal signed with recruitment agency Remploy. The company specialises in finding employment for disabled workers, a group which it claims represents up to 20% of the UK...
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Safeway sales dip
Safeway said the five-way bidding battle for its estate has “created an uncertain environment for our customers, staff and suppliers” with like-for-like sales down by 0.1% in the fourth quarter.The dip compared to an increase of 0.1% in the...
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Vitelma's no-cholesterol mayonnaise
Belgian company Vandemoortele claims its new Vitelma mayonnaise offers a low-fat, no cholesterol, dairy and egg-free option. Rolling out now, initially in Tesco and Morrisons stores, the newcomer is made with rapeseed oil, which is rich in...
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STUART PURDIE
trading manager (WINEs), MORRISONS Purdie has worked in the wine industry for 23 years. He managed stores for Peter Dominic for eight years and during its amalgamation with Bottoms Up. He began wine buying and moved to Morrisons as a wine buyer....
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TIM RANSCOMBE
CATEGORY BUYER FOR WINE, SAFEWAY Ranscombe has bought wine for Safeway for more than two years. Before that he worked for Sainsbury for 10 years in roles ranging from logistics to wine buying. He developed his interest in the wine category with...
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Morrisons is now the firm favourite to win the battle for Sa
But there was a sting in the tail, because the Commission also warned that reducing from five to four competitors locally could be a threat to the intensity of competition at a national level. And its document adds: "It has been put to us that, if...
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It was bold, brash and the early signs are that it worked. S
Running throughout May, the campaign's distinctive purple leaflets invited customers who shopped in Safeway stores or at their petrol station forecourts to text the amount they had spent at the store that day for a chance to win TVs, tickets to...
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Morrisons' lead eroded
Morrisons remains number one for the second week but rather than maintaining a healthy five percentage points lead over the second-placed retailer as it did last week, it is threatened by Safeway which has jumped up the chart from number four and is...
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Safeway trials furniture sales
Safeway is trialling the sale of furniture at its first third generation megastore in Reading.Pine dressers, sideboards, tables and leather sofas are on display in the new expanded homeware section. Store manager Gary Hunt said that...
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Commission publishes Safeway remedies statement
The Safeway auction entered its most critical phase today as the Competition Commission published its remedies statement. The10-page, 8,000-word statement identifies the issues that now concern the Commission and the ways in which they could...