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this week a year ago The winner was...
The Asda store on Main Street in Coatbridge, Lanarkshire, won the Grocer 33 Top Store award this time last year. Manager Stephen Gallagher said that the store's high street location required his team to meet the needs of both...
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Let the other party feel they are ahead and you will be
Ask four different people the following question but change the time frame for each:What is the lead time to launch a new mineral water range?1. In days2. In weeks3. In months4. In yearsThe...
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Manufacturers slam alcohol pricing wars
This week the drinks industry came under fire again for stripping value from the drinks market. Jean-Manuel Spriet, chief executive of Pernod Ricard UK, reportedly accused rival wine producers of promoting misleading 'half-price' discount...
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New posts in Sainsbury's alcohol team
Sainsbury's has created two new roles in its beers, wines and spirits team to drive its long-term strategy and respond to changing customer needs. The first role, of beers, wines and spirits senior manager, has been filled by Warren...
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Race is on to win hearts in Alnwick
Three supermarket chains are competing to gain a foothold in a medieval market town named as the nicest place in Britain.Tesco, Sainsbury's and Lidl are all applying for planning permission to build stores in Alnwick, Northumberland....
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Asda customers want local food
Sir; I must say that I read with interest your article '61% not bothered about food miles'. As is the case with any survey, the answer depends on how you ask the question. There is no doubt that...
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Asda pushes Brown up to head ethical sourcing
Asda has promoted Dr Chris Brown to head of ethical and sustainable sourcing. Brown moves up from the role of agriculture development manager, a position he has held since joining Asda five years ago. A spokesman for Asda said that...
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Asda's lamb initiative
Asda says that it has saved money and 1.4 million road miles by siting abattoirs and collection centres for lambs together. Pembrokeshire had the first combined centre in the wake of the foot and mouth epidemic, but a new one has just opened...
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Asparagus trials show potential for growth
English asparagus may soon become more than just a seasonal treat, if research from the world's largest experimental plot yields results. The first year of trials had already unearthed some much sweeter varieties than those commonly used,...
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Availability
Asda Clayton Brook, Chorley, Lancashire1Although our mystery shopper at the Asda store in Clayton Brook, Chorley, managed to get almost all the items on her list, she said the store seemed to have stock problems. She noted: "A...
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Award win for skinny cheese in fat clothing
Scottish cheese experts have inadvertently given the thumbs up to a half-fat hard cheese. They awarded third prize to the diet cheese at the Royal Highland Show last month, after it was entered anonymously alongside full-fat competitors...
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Axe hanging over Roys' Bury outlet
Independent retailer Roys of Wroxham's store in Bury St Edmunds moved nearer to closure this week as the town council approved plans to bulldoze it. Officials have backed the move as part of a redevelopment scheme, in which a 60,000 sq ft...
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Fabulous Bakin' Boys push cakes upmarket
The Fabulous Bakin' Boys is launching an attack on the premium end of the cakes and biscuits category with a new sub-brand called Absolutely Fabulous.The handmade products, which use premium ingredients, have been developed to boost the...
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Bolland's baptism by fire
In less than a fortnight, the unfamiliar figure of Marc Bolland, former chief operating officer at Heineken, steps into the shoes of former Morrisons chief executive Bob Stott. His arrival signals the end of Sir Ken Morrison's executive reign...
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Three Barrels
The Grocer has teamed up with First Drinks Brands to offer seven lucky readers a case of Three Barrels Rare Old French Brandy.Independent drinks distributor First Drinks hopes to grow sales of the £33m brandy brand. The company says...
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Fish & chips get a VAT battering
Sir; "Take VAT off, and more people will be able to afford a nutritious product". Quite so. Nowhere is the abject nonsense of VAT exemplified more than in the treatment of one of our best- known...
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Irish minister slams Brazilian beef imports
Brazilian beef is back in the spotlight as European veterinary experts sieve evidence gathered on mission last month. Political pressure for a ban is mounting after EU farm lobby groups renewed calls for a level...
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Westerham beers listed by Waitrose
A Kent brewery is launching two of its bottled beers into selected Waitrose stores as part of the supermarket's locally produced initiative.The Westerham Brewery in Kent will supply 13 of Waitrose's stores in the south east with its 4%...
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Ferry links scupper French bid for Jersey supermarket
A new supermarket on Jersey will almost certainly be British after experts told the government there that it would not be worthwhile to subsidise improved transport links between the island and France. Consultants Oxera said that the...
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Multiples target forecourts in bid to increase store sites
Retailers are increasingly being driven to focus on forecourts as a means of bolstering their estates because of a lack of suitable convenience store sites, according to trade bodies and property agents. Ray Holloway, director of...