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Sir Terry Leahy's agenda
?Health and the environment will continue to be at the top of our agenda because they are both becoming increasingly important to our customers. On health we start the new year with our GDA nutritional labelling on more products and very soon we...
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This week a year ago The winner was...
Waitrose store manager Kate Corcoran won our Top Store award this time last year, after her Monmouth store in Wales dazzled our mystery shopper with excellent customer service and a clean and tidy shop. Corcoran then stated that 2006...
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In Brief: S&A agreement; Promising volumes; Fruit research boost
S&A agreement Soft fruit grower S&A Produce has agreed with union bosses to allow access to its workers and collective negotiation. The T&G hailed it as a victory in its long-running dispute over labour conditions with...
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Asda puts Akkerman back in the running
Plans to build a giant commodity cheese plant in Cumbria look to be gaining pace following intervention by Asda. The Partners in Cheese project, lead by Dutch entrepreneur Ronald Akkerman, seemed to be foundering last month because dairy...
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GDA alliance insists media campaign is not an attempt to derail traffic lights
The food and drink giants behind the £4m ad campaign promoting GDA front-of-pack labelling have rubbished allegations that they are attempting to derail the FSA's traffic-light system - or that GDAs are difficult to understand. The...
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In Brief: Property venture; Strike is called off; Asda sues Leighton
Property venture Tesco has entered into a property joint venture with British Airways Pension Fund to release £445m from its UK property portfolio. The deal includes 16 Tesco stores. Strike is called...
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Availability
Asda Ashton-under-Lyne, Manchester. 0 A full basket and impressive levels of customer service made Asda in Ashton-under-Lyne the clear winner of this week's Top Store Award. Our shopper also spotted a variety of tempting special...
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Availability
Asda Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey. 1 Asda provided everything on the list apart from single white grapefruit. Our shopper found the store clean and tidy but staff did not offer to pack goods. Only seven of the tills were open but...
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Directory of suppliers is now available
The Grocer Directory of Manufacturers & Suppliers 2007 is now available, offering access to top industry contacts. The directory includes 12,900 contacts across 8,658 companies, making it simple to find and target key people in the food...
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Baileys dodges bullet in Christmas price war
Retailers have dropped Baileys as their weapon of choice in the annual Christmas drinks discounting war. In the run-up to Christmas 2006 the Diageo-owned brand retained a price of £12.50 per litre for the whole period - amounting to £2.66...
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Sainsbury's brings IT to beef farmers
Sainsbury's is to give up to 500 of its beef farmers a computer each in a bid to boost their efficiency and cut costs. The retailer hailed it as the first move of its kind and the most tangible evidence yet of a supermarket bridging the...
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Bogof's week
This week came news that B&Q made candidates dance, sing and pull funny faces to secure a van driving job. You wouldn't see such frivolity at a supermarket, would you? Well, actually, yes. Suppliers to Asda were asked to dress up in costumes and...
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Gunnell to champion healthy British chicken
Former Olympic hurdler Sally Gunnell has been signed up as the face of British chicken in 2007. Her participation marks the start of a £1m campaign from British Chicken Marketing, which is looking to capitalise on the meat's health...
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JS chairman is knighted
Major figures in grocery were recognised in the Queen's New Year's Honours list. Philip Hampton, chairman of Sainsbury's since 2004, was knighted. Sir Philip received the honour for public service. Gavin Neath, general manager of...
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Local stores championed
Preparations for National Independents Week, from 4 June, are gathering pace. This week, Lesley and William Brown, who run Frankmarsh Stores in Barnstaple, North Devon, became the first independents to announce a daily programme for the...
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Co-op Group hails Christmas success
It was a bumper Christmas for The Co-operative Group - thanks to better availability and new products. In an exclusive interview with The Grocer, Guy McCracken, chief executive officer of food retail for the society, said total...
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The spirits of Christmas are reluctant to depart
The top five categories for branded promotional activity reflect the legacy of the festive season. The data was collected on 30-31 December and shows that deals on the usual Christmas goodies dominated events. The alcohol...
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Zero tolerance is a cultural shift
Sir; It's not just turkeys that should be foiled at Christmas. I read with interest 'Employee Scams Cost Stores Dear' (The Grocer 9 December 2006 ) as internal loss is close to my own heart. Shrinkage is not just for Christmas - it's a 365-day...
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Protect the future of dairy farming
Urban consumers have long seen farmers as a bunch of over-subsidised whingers so the distressing arithmetic of the British dairy industry is largely lost on them. First there is the fact that 1,000 dairy farms are going bust each year...
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Dautzenberg leaves Makro UK for Portugal
Managing director of Makro UK Philipp Dautzenberg has been replaced by Hannes Floto after leaving to become MD of Makro Portugal. Dautzenberg had been UK MD for three years and has worked at Makro and its German parent company, the Metro...