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Grocery inquiry: take the ten-minute test
Your rival has cut the price of milk by 1p a pint. Do you:A Match his price cut;B Do nothing, in the belief your customers will remain loyal; C Cut the price of your milk by 2p a pint, then phone up your milk...
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Tesco knows how to spot a homegrown winner
Sir; I read with interest the experts' view on succession planning. There was one important ingredient missing: the genius of the outgoing monarch to spot early and nurture the future...
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Hot snacks
The hot snack section is experiencing a bit of a rejuvenation with exciting newcomers entering the arena. Far from just being about pot noodles, jacket potatoes and soups, more innovative ideas, including microwaveable baguettes and dim sum,...
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Shop Profile Hyperama
The wholesale sector is going through a tough time, but Midlands-based wholesaler Hyperama is battling through it and investing to improve its offer to customers.Hyperama was 23rd in our 2006 Big 30 wholesaler rankings with sales of...
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Vaseline rejuvenates old-fashioned image
Unilever UK Home & Personal Care is slapping on a £4m marketing campaign to back the relaunch of its Vaseline skincare and deodorant range in September. Improved formulations, updated packaging and a new product for feet and legs will get...
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spotlight on Merrion Row
Perhaps the most striking of the four pilots is the store run by franchisee Thomas Ennis on Merrion Row, in the heart of upmarket Dublin. As customers enter the store, they are confronted with a space-age fresh food fixture that seems to...
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Price Survey
Gaelle Walker The gap between Asda and Tesco's total basket prices has remained achingly wide this week. At £46.50 the cost of our 33 items at Tesco came to a whopping £3.17 more expensive than at Asda, a fact which is keeping...
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Profile Revisited
Fred Barnes, chief executive of 3663 First for Foodservice, is remarkably upbeat, given that 3663 lost a highly coveted MOD contract to DBC Foodservice earlier this month. 3663 is fifth in our Big 30 rankings with sales of £1.3bn and...
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Union slams retailers for raising the steaks
The beef industry has branded British retailers irresponsible for encouraging shoppers to buy steaks at a time of year when demand is traditionally high anyway. The NFU is calling on the multiples to rethink their pricing policy so...
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Reader Survey
There has been a noticeable increase in the number of wholesalers running their own retail fascia schemes, as independents look for tools to help them fend off the multiples and wholesalers look for ways to protect their customer base and...
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Sandwiches
Despite the raft of alternative offerings, sandwiches continue to form the main part of the majority of the nation's lunchboxes, featuring in almost 75%, according to TNS.Home-made sandwiches are holding their own against...
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Top-Up shop
Who we visitedBUDGENS Tolworth, Surreysouth west CO-OP Wyndham Way, Portishead COSTCUTTER Eden Street, KingstonTESCO EXPRESS Derby Road, DerbyTESCO METRO Mather Street, Salford How...
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Talking shop
Defra recently published figures showing that carbon dioxide emissions from the food sector had rocketed 6% in the last year. That means the food chain from farmers to retailers pumped out more than 18 million tonnes of greenhouse gas, with even...
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Spar shopenterprise
BWG Group, which operates the Mace and Spar franchises in the Irish Republic, has always been recognised as a market leader. And the launch last December of a pioneering new Spar format - complete with juice bar, coffee concession and...
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Which way are you turning?
The debate over traffic lights versus GDA labelling has turned into a war of words, with both sides standing firm and promoting their approach as the only way forward. In February, Kraft was one of five manufacturers that joined forces to...
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Reader survey - Retail fascia schemes
There has been a noticeable increase in the number of wholesalers running their own retail fascia schemes, as independents look for tools to help them fend off the multiples and wholesalers look for ways to protect their customer base and improve...
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Shop profile - Hyperama
The wholesale sector is going through a tough time, but Midlands-based wholesaler Hyperama is battling through it and investing to improve its offer to customers.Hyperama was 23rd in our 2006 Big 30 wholesaler rankings with sales of £104...
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Pot Noodle ad not racist
A Pot Noodle advert showing Welsh miners digging for the product in a 'Pot Noodle mine' is not racist, the Advertising Standards Agency has said.The ASA received 81 complaints from the public about the advert, claiming that is was racist and...