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Tesco Hove introduces cutting edge concepts
Tesco has installed electronic shelf-edge labelling throughout its latest concept store which opened on Monday.The £20m store, at Hove, East Sussex, showcases Tesco’s latest thinking on customer service, range and store security.The...
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Coverley must develop JS convenience offer
Sainsbury has moved John Coverley to fill the newly created post of head of convenience stores.His responsibilities will include developing the instore customer offer for Sainsbury’s Local and Central formats. He will also be in charge of...
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Costcutter set to expand licensing
Costcutter is planning for a major expansion of its licensing scheme to help new retailers enter the sector and to offer existing retailers a low-cost route to build their business.Addressing more than 150 retailers at Costcutter’s...
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Pressure fails to daunt Morrisons
Morrisons’ management team has demonstrated its strength, according to joint md Bob Stott, by the way it has kept up a record-breaking performance despite the demands of the Competition Commission inquiry into the proposed takeover of...
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How Sainsbury will deliver
Sainsbury has pledged to focus on growth and quality as it strives to rebuild its sales performance in what top bosses are now calling “the year of delivery”. Group chief executive Sir Peter Davis told suppliers at its annual conference that...
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Destination elsewhere
Some suppliers are so disillusioned by the UK multiples’ way of doing business that they are taking their products elsewhere. Kit Davies explores how easy it is to survive outside the loopShetland Smokehouse MD Dave Hammond is no...
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Unwins Wine expands marketing team
The Unwins Wine Group has expanded its marketing team with the appointment of Steve Alexander as retail marketing manager and Tom Driver as marketing analyst.
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Morrisons is pushed to extremes
The general level of availability in the yellow fats category matches exactly the overall level of availability recorded since The Grocer Stockwatch was launched in January. Promotional lines stand at 22% and non-promotional at 12%.However,...
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Fish get into the squash
Britvic is investing £1.4m in a promotion for its Robinsons squash brand based around the release of Disney/Pixar’s new animated film Finding Nemo.Consumers will get the chance to exchange four bottle caps and £5.99 for a lunch bag featuring...
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Tunes takes on fresh shapes
Masterfoods is aiming to breathe new life into Tunes lozenges brand by giving the brand its biggest ever overhaul, including making it sugar-free.The company has also taken a lead from other sectors of the confectionery market to put the...
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Future looks good with a laptop and a virtual store
Although he is dismissive about some of the “super salesmen” who try to sign up retailers to symbol groups, David Middleton’s infectious enthusiasm must help him bag a few new recruits.With a wealth of experience in retailing, and then 13...
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The great non-food gamble
Does Sainsbury’s new homeware range anchor a convincing non-food offer? Liz Hamson reportsLast week Sainsbury unveiled its new homeware range at its Chippenham store as it went into battle with John Lewis and Debenhams for a bigger...
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Views on membership of the Premier symbol group
John Drakopoulos, Poets Corner Food & Wine, Southend-on-Sea, Essex“What I like is still being an independent, but the sense of belonging to a group.”Joe Pestana, Select & Save, Stanford le Hope, Essex“I’ve just joined...
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Red meat self-help guide motors
A self-help guide incorporating a philosophy taken from the motor car industry could help cut costs in the red meat supply chain by 10%.The report, launched this week, is by the Food Chain Centre and the Red Meat Industry Forum, and...
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Tesco vows to keep up the pressure
Tesco achieved zero inflation in its prices in the 24 weeks to August 9 and there will be no let up in the downward pressure on prices, warned finance director Andrew Higginson.Speaking at the announcement of its interims last week,...
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soup from loyd
Loyd Grossman is looking to ambient soup as the next milestone for his grocery brand, in a move described as “the most significant” in its eight-year history by manufacturer Premier Foods. n Four traditional...
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men’s needs
n Vitabiotics has brought out a Wellman High Performance energy drink, which it claims is the first developed specifically to meet men’s nutritional needs.n The new line, which features...
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Sunday Mirror says...
Tina Weaver, editor of the Sunday Mirror, said: “We asked the Hillside Animal Sanctuary to investigate, following concerns raised about the welfare of chickens. Martin Coutts works part-time for the Sunday Mirror. He resigned from the Hillside...
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shingled pack
Glanbia has secured a contract with Waitrose to supply cutting edge packaging for the retailer’s sliced cheeses range.The new shingled pack formats contains 10 slices with a reclosable push-in lid and will be used on Waitrose’s Half Fat...
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Spotlight on Proudfoot
>>TESTING THE INDEPENDENT SECTOR on price and availability for The Grocer 33 basketProudfoot in Scalby Road not only scored full marks for choice, quality and service but proved it can go head-to-head with the multiples on price....