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Pharmacies
The in-store pharmacy is rising in importance within supermarkets, particularly since changes to the rules on opening new ones came into force in April last year. This means that stores opening for more than 100 hours a week or which are...
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Retailers say... supermarkets are too powerful
Everyone, including planning authorities, is powerless to stop supermarkets expanding where, when and how they like and small shops will disappear as a result, say independent retailers.That's the message from The Grocer's latest...
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Price Survey
Tesco scored its first victory in The Grocer 33 this month, with Sainsbury displaced from its lead last week and Asda pushed into second place two weeks on the trot. Asda had come in cheapest in seven of the previous nine surveys, but...
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Top-Up shop
Who we visitedcostcutter, Eden Street, Kingston-upon-Thames, Surreylondis, Brighton Road, Horsham, West Sussexsainsbury's LOCAL, Ealing Broadway, West Londonscottish Co-op Lenzie, Kirkintilloch, East...
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Soundbites
?"Because The Simpsons is such a high profile brand, it is essential that we are aware that children and adults alike are taken in, show an interest in the products and are not disappointed. We take the initiative to make all our products...
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Supermarkets are too powerful, retailers say
Independent retailers believe that everyone, including the planning authorities, is powerless to stop supermarkets expanding where, when and how they like and that consequently small shops will disappear.That's the message from The Grocer's...
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Retail surgery - local produce
There is growing demand for locally grown food, but most independent retailers need advice on how and where to source local products - and how to market them successfully.Ash MaisuriaRetailerI do not stock any locally sourced...
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SABMiller makes Ecuador offer
Brewer SABMiller has offered to buy the shares that it does not already own in its Ecuadorian subsidiaries Compania de Cervezas Nacionales (CCN), Cerveceria Andina and privately owned Agrilsa Agricola for $88m (£47m).CCN and Cerveceria...
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Morrisons bid rumours resurface
Rumours have resurfaced that private equity group Kohlberg Kravis Roberts could be planning to make a bid for Morrisons.In July this year shares in the supermarket group rose after reports suggested that a consortium of private equity...
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Government campaign to fight binge drinking
A hard-hitting Government ad campaign to encourage young people to take care when drinking has been launched today.The £4m Know Your Limits campaign is aimed mainly at 18 to 24 year-olds, to highlight the negative consequences of drinking...
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IAWS Group acquires Otis Spunkmeyer
Irish food and agri-business IAWS Group has acquired US speciality baked good business Otis Spunkmeyer for approximately E340m (£229m). Otis Spunkmeyer supplies prepared products for fresh baking, as well as ovens, merchandising, display...
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Kwik Save buys Somerfield stores
Troubled discounter Kwik Save has acquired 45 stores from Somerfield for an undisclosed sum. The chain, which has been hit by a series of problems this year, said that it had secured additional investment to finance the deal. However,...
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World News - 14th October 2006
United States. Former president Bill Clinton has brokered a deal with industry to crack down on junk food sold in US schools. Under the agreement with Kraft Foods, Mars, Campbell Soup, Groupe Danone and PepsiCo, guideline levels...
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World News - 14th October 2006
China. Wal-Mart is close to securing a deal to buy Chinese hypermarket chain Trust-Mart for $1bn (£800m). Trust-Mart is China's second-largest hypermarket group with 100 stores. The deal would make Wal-Mart the largest foreign...
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Price comparison site 'will cut 20% off bills'
A grocery price comparison website that will "shake up the online shopping industry" is launching next week. The site, www.mysupermarket.co.uk, which goes live on Wednesday, is claimed to be the first independent website to allow...
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Kellogg chief to step down after 22 years
Alan Harris, chief marketing and customer officer and executive vice president of the US-based Kellogg Company, has said he will retire at the end of January 2007. Harris has worked for the Kellogg Company for 22 years, having...
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Government 'serious' about tackling crime
The government moved this week to reassure shopworkers and owners that it takes retail crime seriously, insisting that it is committed to helping crack the problem. Speaking at the British Retail Consortium's annual crime conference,...