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Nisa-Today's ripe for tie-up with Landmark?
A merger between Nisa-Today's and buying group Landmark is a distinct possibility following the collapse of the Nisa/Costcutter deal and the retirement of Nisa-Today's chairman Dudley Ramsden, according to wholesale trade sources. Calls...
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M&S on a roll - without online
Marks & Spencer has shelved plans to get into online grocery as it believes it would make no money, despite rivals racing to offer bigger, better services. The retailer, which this week announced a 4.7% increase in food sales for the...
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Oh what a tangled web we weaved
With the all-important Christmas trading period looming, The Grocer 33's latest internet shopping exercise has painted a not so merry picture of the five major retailers' online operations. We asked our shoppers to order the same list...
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Star order
Tesco.com was the clear winner of this quarter's Star Order Award for online shopping excellence. While our mystery web shopper was already registered with the system, this was the first time that she had ever attempted to do an online...
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Polish vodka vies for super premium share
Pernod Ricard looks set to go head to head with drinks producer Moët Hennessy UK in the battle to establish the super premium vodka segment in the UK's off-trade. The French drinks giant is launching Wyborowa Exquisite in the UK, using...
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Price Survey
A change in country of origin has sparked a dramatic increase in the price of red seedless grapes this week. The average price of a 1kg punnet has risen by an average of 11.8% with Tesco sporting the most significant increase of the six other...
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Profile Revisited
It already faced Tesco. With Asda's arrival on the Northern Ireland scene, the Henderson Group faces another big, aggressive supermarket. And M&S also is doing well with its Simply Foods format. Yet Henderson, a wholesaler and retailer, is...
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Reader Survey
The wholesale sector is alive, kicking and growing, with key operators expecting sales and profit to be up this year compared to last, according to The Grocer's Big 30 poll this month. This is despite Asda meeting a vigorous response from...
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Top-Up shop
Who we visited. Costcutter, Lodway, Bristol, One stop, Station Road, Horsham. Budgens, Tolworth, Surrey Spar, Amersham Road, Bucks. Tesco Express, Wellingborough Road, Northamptonshire. How they...
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The tug of war for talent
Talent crisis. The term smacks of tabloid hype and doom-mongering. But we really are in the middle of a competitive catastrophe. We've all heard the stats about ground-level staff - 80% of companies claim insufficient training is leading...
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Wine awards slammed
Tesco has defended wine awards in the face of criticism from food and wine taster Martin Isark that they are nothing but meaningless, money-making schemes.Winemakers can pay up to £120 for entry to such competitions, knowing there is a...
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Volvic supports Africa with 1L=10L campaign
Volvic is investing £3m in a celebrity-backed campaign to provide millions of litres of water to Africa in what has been billed as the UK's first ethical initiative by a major water company.Details of the 1L = 10L For Africa push have...
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Arla replaces Hint Of with Half Pint format
Arla Foods is ditching its Cravendale Hint Of flavoured milk after two years and replacing it with a new half-pint brand.Arla originally launched Hint Of in a one-litre format, which it was forced to scrap after a year when sales fell...
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John Lewis plans expansion
John Lewis Partnership, the parent company of Waitrose, is planning to invest £350m in opening 10 new department stores.The retailer already operates 27 stores and last week announced plans to roll out a chain of exclusive in-store food...
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Hill Station shares suspended
Shares in ice cream manufacturer Hill Station were suspended yesterday after it announced it was in talks to avert a financial crisis.The company, which acquired rival ice cream firms Loseley Dairy Ice Cream and Granelli McDermott last...
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Sugar regime hits AB Foods
Associated British Foods has warned that profit at its European sugar businesses will continue to be hit by changes to the EU sugar regime.Full-year operating profit to 16 September at its primary food business, which includes its sugar...
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M&S food sales increase
Marks and Spencer has reported a 4.7% increase in second-quarter like-for-like food sales, and claims that its share of the food market has increased to 4%.Half-year group sales to 30 September rose 11% to £3.929bn on pre-tax profit up 32.2%...