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Northernmost
Budgens has opened its northernmost store in Lindrick, Nottinghamshire, taking the company's tally to 231 stores. cranswick sarnies Value added meats specialist Cranswick has moved into the sandwich market with the acquisition of North...
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Safeway thrives on off-fixtures
Morrisons and Tesco remain at the top of the retailers' chart with Morrisons pulling slightly further ahead. Tesco is being chased by Safeway, which has moved up from number five. The success of Safeway this week is due in part to the...
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Safeway Launches £2m TV Ad Campaign
Safeway has moved back onto TV screens with a £2m ad campaign it claims will take supermarket advertising into a “new dimension”.Safeway canned its talking toddler adsa along with its ABC loyalty card on the grounds cash was better spent on...
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Londis Deal With Moneybox
Londis has claimed an improved deal with cash machine provider Moneybox could help net each of its stores £11,000 extra profit per year.Moneybox has agreed to install its self-fill cash machine, which it believes is the smallest footprint...
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Spar Kick Starts Pub As Hub
Midlands Spar wholesaler AF Blakemore has recruited the first pubs to branch out into convenience retailing as part of its ‘pub as the hub’ initiative to encourage rural businesses to join Spar.Retail director Elwyn Davies said two pubs in...
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Kmart vague about monthly sales
Troubled US retailer Kmart said like-for-like sales rose in October compared to the previous month.The discount retailer's like-for-like sales declined 6.9 percent in September, the 12th consecutive monthly drop. Kmart Chief restructuring...
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Vanilla Coke hits Europe
Coca-Cola has rolled out its cola variant Vanilla Coke in Sweden and said it is to launch it in the UK, France and Germany within the next 12 months.The first cans of the sparkly drink, which has helped revive flagging sales since its US...
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CUB wins distribution deal for SKYY Vodka
Italian drinks group Campari has struck a deal with Carlton United Breweries for the distribution of its premium vodka brand SKYY.Under the deal CUB’s subsidiary – The Continental Spirits Company – will distribute SKYY throughout Australia...
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Tesco buys T&S Stores
Tesco has agreed to buy convenience store group T&S Stores for £377.3m to boost its presence in the convenience market.T&S's portfolio of stores includes more than 1,200 shops including 862 convenience stores under the One Stop and Day &...
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Stock failures revealed
Elaine Watson Tesco and Sainsbury are missing out on a major sales opportunity through poor product availability, according to new research by Taylor Nelson Sofres revealed at the Schroder Salomon Smith Barney Food Retailing conference. Data...
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Stock failures revealed
Tesco and Sainsbury are missing out on a major sales opportunity through poor product availability, according to new research by Taylor Nelson Sofres revealed at the Schroder Salomon Smith Barney Food Retailing conference.Data from TNS...
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Co-op closes Alldays deal
The Co-operative Group has bought convenience store operator Alldays for some £131m from receivers PricewaterhouseCoopers.Co-operative Group chief executive Martin Beaumont, said: “This deal establishes the Co-operative Group as the UK’s...
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Findus soup for freezers
Soup has found its way into UK freezer cabinets with the launch of an eight-strong range from Findus. The frozen food specialist is backing its new Soup a' Meals with a £4.5m marketing campaign during the next 12 months, including new...
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But the forecast said ...
Orders can be like buses. None, then three at once. Forecasts like bus and train timetables, are designed to help you organise your time and martial your resources most effectively. But as everyone who relies on public transport knows, sometimes...
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The total cakes market valued at a whopping £1.2bn is enjoyi
The muffins market, which has a value of £65m, is growing by 40% year-on-year [TNS 52 w/e July], cashing in on the trend for snack sizes. Sales are set to treble over the next three years according to Speedibake, which claims to be the largest...
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WKD was launched in March 1996 and the marketing team has gr
Karen Salters, Beverage Brands marketing manager, says the team, which reports directly to MD Joe Woods, is responsible for consumer and trade marketing for the WKD brand in the on and off-trade. Individuals within the team enjoy a close...
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Last year it was all about putting biscuits into tubes where
Mini formats and bags, which have been on the market for only about 18 months and are already worth about £100m, account for about 6.3% of the total biscuit market and are growing at 30% year-on-year [TNS 52w/e August 18]. Leading biscuit...
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Tetley keeps heart after ASA rebuke
Mary Carmichael Tetley has pledged to continue to promote tea's health benefits despite rulings this week by advertising watchdogs that its latest marketing campaign was "misleading". Marketing and development director Nick Kilby said he...
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Aldi/Lidl cocking a snook' at the Irish
Discount chains Aldi and Lidl give consumers in the Irish Republic very little option to buy Irish-produced goods, according to a survey by the independent grocers' group, RGDATA. It found that with Aldi, only 19% of products were of...
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Vodka boasts aphrodisiac properties
Large Distilleries has launched what it claims to be the first fizzy vodka from Scotland. Available in 100ml and 700ml bottles, Vodka 02 is made from grain spirit with extracts of exotic herbal aphrodisiacs' and is slightly sparkling. The...