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2003-07-26T00:00:00Z

>>BEWARE ANTI-AGEISM LEGISLATION; SAFEWAY IS PROVING A DRAGWhen we last touched on the issue of ageism in grocery, we clearly hit a nerve with readers, as our coverage sparked a flurry of letters from those who felt they had failed to...
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2003-07-26T00:00:00Z

>>Britain’s top retailer continues to extend its lead over rivalsWhile everybody has rightly been focusing this week on the fact that Asda has finally overtaken Sainsbury to occupy the number two spot in the supermarket league table,...
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2003-07-26T00:00:00Z

>>A retailer running to stand still may yet catch upAmid all the flak that flew Sainsbury’s way this week, it was interesting to note that none of the chain’s many critics were able to offer any sensible suggestions as to what Sir...
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2003-07-26T00:00:00Z

sainsbury must beware the pitfalls of the middle groundI guess there was a certain amount of inevitability about this week’s announcement from Sainsbury that Sir Peter Davis was leaving early. And, after all the corporate shenanigans...
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2003-07-26T00:00:00Z

>>there’s never been a better time for M& S’ food businessIt’s crunch time for Stuart Rose and the new Marks and Spencer management team. Having rejected Philip Green’s latest indicative offer of £9.1bn for the business, they...
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2003-07-26T00:00:00Z

>>tesco becomes a force in china; we’ve not seen the last of greenIn recent years I have been fortunate enough to have visited China a couple of times. It’s an amazing place; a country that’s hustling, bustling, booming. And...
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2003-07-26T00:00:00Z

>>the grocer is passionate about supporting smaller suppliersThis week you can read the latest instalment in our ambitious project to track the progress of five small suppliers as they launch innovative products in one of the world’s...
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2003-07-26T00:00:00Z

It was once accepted that creating an offence to produce an arrest constituted dodgy evidence. But as the forces of evil are not obeying many ground rules, the officers of the law can sometimes be forgiven for using some imagination when on a...
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2003-07-26T00:00:00Z

The number of songbirds, native to Britain, including the linnet and the lark, are under threat. A census 10 years ago showed them to be relatively safe but the latest count has produced some alarming figures. The list of 10 endangered species has...
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2003-07-26T00:00:00Z

The battle to control the family purse has been waged by our major financial institutions for many years. Banks know that if they can sign on a student offering credit as bait, they will probably have a client for life. Building societies do...
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2003-07-26T00:00:00Z

The UK's million small businesses account for a multi-billion pound turnover and employ three million people. The Government will note their worth, especially when an election looms. But it is also aware that employees outnumber employers, and if...
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2003-07-26T00:00:00Z

The Amdis discount warehouse in Basingstoke this week hung up the closed sign as the Mintel research company published figures showing how purchasing power was drifting into the hands of the loners, over six million people who live without partners,...
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2003-07-26T00:00:00Z

The convenience sector now has a fully working association with aims, objectives, a secretariat and a wide enough remit to incorporate the owner of a single, independent shop, alongside multiple c-store operators as well as suppliers. Arriving at...
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2003-07-26T00:00:00Z

The millenium is the PR industry's dream come true. Not only will people throughout the world celebrate (for exactly what reason is not clear) but thousands of events will generate sales and profits. Good causes will not altogether counterbalance...
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2003-07-26T00:00:00Z

Although they may not have realised, the organisers of Britain's biennial orgy of food and drink have a formidable talent for timing. For when the International Food and Drink Exhibition (IFE97) opens at Earls Court tomorrow it will offer a massive...
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2003-07-26T00:00:00Z

In 1943, the chairman of IBM proclaimed: I think there is a world market for maybe five computers. In 1958, a grocers association meeting in Manchester was assured the share held by self-service stores would never top 30%. So much for...
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2003-07-26T00:00:00Z

Image and survival two words stamped indelibly into the mission statement of any private retailer's profit plan are back in the industry spotlight. For the second week running, the head of a leading group has warned that the great British public...
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2003-07-26T00:00:00Z

As the soothsayers struggle to out-do each other in their annual frenzy of crystal ball gazing, it is tempting to go in search of the outlandish when predicting the shape of things to come in 1997. But this year even the most imaginative...
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2003-07-26T00:00:00Z

STEVE SIMMANCE Fmcg offers a brilliant career but major employers have been lousy at publicising the fact. That's just one of the issues over which search and selection specialist Steve Simmance takes the industry to task. He is "genuinely...
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2003-07-26T00:00:00Z

It was easy to spot entourages from the major multiples amid the colour and general razzmatazz at IFE97 this week. With a few exceptions especially one Cheshunt-based group they generally wore the gloomiest faces among the packed aisles. Even...