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Food hypersensitivity levels 'not increasing'
Five years of medical research look set to dismiss fears of increasing levels of food allergies among British children.Scientists at the David Hide Asthma and Allergy Research Centre on the Isle of Wight have found that the incidence of...
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Tesco trials natural gas fuel for trucks
Tesco is trialling a natural gas fuel system for conventional trucks that can reduce diesel consumption by up to 60% and cut carbon emissions. The retailer has retro-fitted the Dual Fuel system to a Mercedes-Axor truck and will test it...
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Muddy future for instant?
Sales of standard coffee may have been stagnant over the past year, but they are still significant. TNS data values the standard instant coffee market at £425m [52 w/e 18 June 2006], giving it a 32% share of the hot beverages...
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JS to sell winning Welsh lamb line
Sainsbury's is preparing to relaunch an award-winning line of Welsh lamb produced by farmers on the Dolaucothi Estate in Carmarthenshire. The lambs are reared on National Trust land and produce the only meat in the UK to bear the National...
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Q&A with Neil McCarthy Manager of the Week
Congratulations. How does it feel to win this week's award? It's amazing. Obviously we never know when mystery shoppers might come, so it proves that we are working hard and doing a good job every day for the customers.How long have you...
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Martin McColl rebrand on track
Martin McColl has rebranded half of its stores and is on track to complete the rebranding of all 1,300 of its fascias by October. The new fascias will include suppliers' logos, which will also be added to existing Martin's and McColl's...
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Sainsbury's store party
Sainsbury's has been welcomed to its new store in Crystal Palace, south east London, this week by local traders who threw a party to celebrate the boost to trade. Malcolm Felberg, vice chair of the neighbouring Phoenix Community Centre...
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Price Survey
Morrisons has overtaken Asda to become the cheapest supermarket this week. Morrisons' basket came in at £45.53, just pipping perennial price leader Asda and Sainsbury's, which has been cutting prices to regain market share. The spread on the...
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Reader Survey
Independent retailers are still struggling with payment processing issues costing time and money and leaving them open to fraud and late payments, according to The Grocer's latest reader panel survey. The poll of The Grocer Top 50...
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Top-Up shop
Who we visited Co-OP Market Street, Ashby De-La-Zouch, Leicestershire CostCutter Lodway, Pill, Bristol Keystore Lammermoor Road, Kirkintilloch, Glasgow MACE St Leonards Road, Horsham, West Sussex tesco express...
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Soundbites
?"Fairtrade's profile is on the crest of a wave. In recent years, consumers have been looking for a marque to reassure and give authenticity to what they buy. Fairtrade has stepped into this vacuum with a price-based message. Despite a...
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Speciality tea
Nowhere is there more activity within the hot beverages market than in speciality teas. New fruit, herbal and green teas are being launched at an astonishing rate and although sales growth is good it's from a very low base. According to...
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Retailers bemoan chip and PIN strife
Independent retailers are still struggling with payment processing issues costing time and money and leaving them open to fraud and late payments, according to The Grocer's latest reader panel survey.The poll of The Grocer Top 50 retailers...