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New season orange push
Outspan, the UK's leading importer of citrus fruit, has been celebrating its new season citrus with a promotional orange pack in all Morrisons stores. The new branded six-pack of oranges retails at £1.49 in Morrisons only and went on sale...
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Pot Noodle
You might not think that noodle pots are particularly macho, but recent innovations aimed at encouraging women to tuck in indicate that the category is becoming more female-friendly. The two main brands - Batchelors' Super Noodles and Unilever's...
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Price Survey
Asda is the UK's cheapest supermarket again this week at £38.26, while Tesco was once again in second place, this week with a basket price of £39.31, 2.7% higher than Asda. Sainsbury was third at £39.80, nudging Morrisons back to fourth place at...
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Talking shop
Supporting Britain's farmers has always been at the heart of Waitrose, and as a supermarket we have a duty and a desire to do this, says Peter Cooke, Waitrose vegetable buyer. As a buying team we work in close partnership with our farmer...
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Top-Up shop
Who we visited BudgeNs, Sycamore Road, Amersham, Bucks Esso on the run, A3, Coombe Lane, Surrey sainsbury's at jacksons, Bawtry Road, Rotherham, Yorkshire Spar, Manor Road, Hinchley Wood, Surrey tesco EXpress,...
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Buyers talk consolidation
The competitive arena that is grocery retail has been the backdrop for an extended game of musical chairs during the past few years. Ambitious store chains hungry for market share have devoured smaller ones, increasing their range - both of...
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Six of the Best - Frozen Foods
Despite the rigours of survival in a category that is in cut-throat competition with chilled and fresh options, frozen food suppliers are full of praise for many of the supermarket buyers they encounter. Besides the usual straight talking...
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Tunnel collapse hits John Laing
Chiltern Railways has blamed a half-year loss to 30 June of £2.4m on last July's tunnel collapse at the Tesco development at Gerrards Cross.The John Laing company said: “Tesco has accepted liability and we have now commenced a formal dispute...
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Carlsberg talks acquisitions
Nils Andersen, chief executive of Carlsberg, has said that he would increase the company's debt for the right acquisition.Andersen told The Times that although the brewer currently had no specific targets in mind, he would be “happy to...
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Northern Foods to close bakery
Northern Foods is closing its Trafford Park Bakery in Manchester with the loss of 690 jobs.The site produces a range of chilled savoury products and last year recorded pre-tax losses of more than £3m.Northern Foods said that employee...
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M&S boosted by ethical campaign
Marks and Spencer's 'Look Behind the Label' campaign is the most successful campaign in the retailer's history, analysts have said.Analysts from Citigroup said that the campaign, which includes fairtrade, sustainability and animal welfare,...
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Guinness brewery sold
Diageo has sold a former Guinness brewery in Park Royal, north west London, to property developer Brixton for £47.1m.Brixton said that it would convert the brewery into industrial units and warehousing.Tim Wheeler, chief executive of...
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World News - 19th August 2006
United States. Wal-Mart has blamed the $863m cost of exiting the German market last month and rising energy costs for its first profit decrease in ten years. The retail giant recorded second-quarter net profit of $2.08bn (£1.1bn),...
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JS aims to drive up online sales to £500m by 2008
Sainsbury's aims to more than double its online sales to £500m by 2008, as part of plans for its website to make a bigger contribution to its 'Making Sainsbury's Great Again' turnaround strategy.The increased sales from its current...
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Calls for action as suppliers sink
Industry experts have warned that the demise of UK food manufacturing will continue if the Competition Commission does not take action to stem the pressure that major retailers put on their suppliers. Speaking in a week in which two more...
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Ageism is rife in retail, says report
Half of all retailers set a maximum recruitment age, a quarter use age to select employees for compulsory redundancy and 10% specify age in recruitment advertising, according to a report published by the Department for Work and...