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Unhappy with service
Sally Stringer Dave's C-store, Cheshunt?We're a small village store, so our sales of papers and magazines are pretty static because lots of people have regular orders. Although we have no choice but to use our newspaper...
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Wilkinson Sword
Wilkinson Sword is teaming up with book publisher Penguin to offer free summer reading in a £250,000 campaign.
The ‘summer read’
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Store visit - McLeish, Inverurie
Size of store: 1,800 sq ftEstablished: September 2006Total number of lines: 2,000 Turnover: £20,000 a weekWith its dark tiled floors, wooden fittings, subtle lighting and spacious aisles, this McLeish store would look more at...
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Retail surgery - summer products
Maximising store space is crucial during the summer months, so retailers must stock plenty of key drinks lines and dedicate sections for branded barbecue ranges and themed displays Dave ChewDave's C-store, CheshuntSays: The...
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Asda celebrates Grocer 33 win
Asda is running a series of adverts in today's national newspapers to celebrate its tenth win as the UK's cheapest supermarket. The full-page adverts feature the front pages of the biggest news stories from 1998 to 2007 to mark each year The...
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Morrisons recalls salad
Morrisons has recalled four own-label pre-packed salads because salmonella was found during routine testing.The affected products are Morrisons Bistro Style Salad 185g and twin packs of 2x110g with best before dates of 14 June, and Morrisons...
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Sainsbury's shares rise
Shares in Sainsbury's rose 8.5p to finish on 559.5p yesterday following stake-building rumours.Investors were speculating that Qatari-based investment fund Three Delta, which already owns a 17.4% stake in the supermarket group, had acquired...
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Rosé receives only 8% of searches at wine fair
Is our love affair with pink wine over? Just 8% of searches at last month's London International Wine Fair (LIWF) were for rosé and none of the attending supermarket buyers registered a single search for the pink stuff, research by...
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There's no V in Wyborowa
Pernod Ricard is banning the letter V as part of the biggest advertising drive for vodka brand Wyborowa since its UK launch in 2001.The company hopes to capitalise on the brand's Polish roots in the "there's no V in Wodka" campaign,...
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Threshers sold again
Off-licence chain Thresher Group has been sold for the second time in as many weeks.Private equity firm Vision Capital yesterday purchased a 75% stake in the group and acquired household goods retailer BrightHouse from a consortium led by...
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MSG health fears are without foundation
MSG health fears are without foundation Susan Scott International Glutamate Information Service Sir; Ken Brook-Chrispin, chairman and CEO of Seabrook Crisps, made...
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The Grocer 100 Index
Asda remains the UK's cheapest supermarket in The Grocer 100 price survey, and it's actually increasing its lead Asda is the UK's cheapest supermarket according to the latest Grocer 100 price survey, significantly increasing its...
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Tesco reveals plan to revamp 200 more One Stop c-stores
Tesco has thrown its full support behind its One Stop c-store chain, revealing plans to refurbish 40% of the estate and halve the number of stores set to convert to the Tesco Express format this year.One Stop chief executive David Turner...
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Price flash - 9th June 2007
The price of our fruit and veg rose for the second consecutive month in the latest survey. It is now 12% more expensive than five weeks ago, and 21.5% more than 10 weeks ago. But these swings are mostly seasonal. The basket is now 3% more expensive...
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Price Survey - 9th June 2007
Asda is this week's cheapest retailer as well as the winner of our Top Store award - a double whammy that has helped it scoop the coveted title of cheapest retailer for the tenth time in a row (see p26). But there will be no problem if Asda's top...
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our man from drip Don Pumsey - 9th June 2007
To Leeds, on the invitation of the crimson-topped Bond, Andy Bond, ahead of his eco-friendly jolly to Arkansas and the agm of the Bentonville basher. A generous gesture indeed: not only did the industry's own shrinking violet find time in a diary...
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What the papers said - 9th June 2007
? The paper went big on the story that drinks firms will no longer be allowed to put their logos on children's replica sports shirts. The decision threatens the £250m replica market and would bring an end to drinks companies sponsoring teams...
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Eat Natural makes 5-a-day fun for children
Eat Natural has thrown its nut and fruit bar expertise into the kids' arena with the launch of a range of snack bars 'stuffed with fruit'. Eat Natural Lunchies, which is now being rolled into Waitrose, is available in two recipes:...
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Sainsbury's shoppers worry most about carbon footprint
Sainsbury's shoppers are more concerned about the carbon footprint of the products they buy than other supermarket customers, according to research.A survey of 966 people by Ipsos Mori found that when asked which they considered more...