All articles by Ronan Hegarty – Page 22
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News
McColl’s raises £35m to accelerate Morrisons Daily conversions
The convenience retailer said today it is aiming to have converted 350 stores to Morrisons Daily by November 2022
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Tim Fairs joins Bestway Wholesale from McColl’s
Fairs spent three-and-a-half years at McColl’s as customer director
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Comment & Opinion
Why convenience stores could win the food-to-go revival
Competition remains fierce and tough regulation looms. But ’food to go at home’ could prove lucrative for the most innovative retailers
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News
Poundland offers to pay for drivers to upgrade to HGV 1 licences
The discounter said getting the HGV 1 licence could cost up to £2,000
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Asda CEO Roger Burnley leaves business four months ahead of planned date
Mohsin and Zuber Issa will work with the Asda team on the execution of Asda’s strategic vision
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Analysis & Features
What Asda’s bulk buy move says about wholesale ambition
Asda is trialling bulk buys in 10 stores. With Tesco also evolving its own bulk buy concept, will shoppers be keen to fill their shelves?
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Morrisons edges out Sainsbury’s and Asda for Grocer 33 pricing win
At £60.38, Morrisons was just 20p cheaper than runner-up Sainsbury’s
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Bestway Wholesale gives symbols access to cash & carry depots
Move includes Costcutter and Best-one retailers and the wholesaler is also promising to honour rebate rewards
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Asda continues Grocer 33 price domination with £5 margin
Asda offered the lowest price on 22 of the 33 items on our shopping list this week
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Kepak promotes Adrian Lawlor to chief marketing officer role
Lawlor has worked for the Irish meat business since 2002 when he joined as a graduate
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Asda wins Grocer 33 pricing battle again with lowest price for 15 products
The Leeds-based retailer came in £5.67 cheaper than runner-up Tesco
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News
Sysco consolidates its five UK wholesalers under one group
Sysco Speciality Group will bring together Fresh Direct, M&J Seafood, Fresh Fayre, Wild Harvest and KFF
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Comment & Opinion
Sainsbury’s exit from wholesale is shocking – but may prove to be the right move
It’s back to the drawing board for SimplyFresh and other retailers that signed up to the supplied-by-Sainsbury’s model
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News
Sainsbury’s axes wholesale operations to focus on core business
News of the supermarket’s decision emerged today in a statement from SimplyFresh, with whom it kicked off a wholesale partnership in January 2020
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Waitrose Yateley: Grocer 33 store of the week
‘We’re doing all we can at store level to mitigate availability challenges. It’s the driver shortage and it’s not easy for any retailers at the moment’
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Waitrose top but availability is an issue for all retailers ahead of Euros final
The driver crisis, staff shortages and the final of Euro 2020 delivered a perfect storm for our retailers in this Sunday lunchtime shop
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Asda cheapest for organic food and drink in Organic Grocer 33 survey
It offered the lowest price for 19 products with 11 exclusively cheapest this week
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Asda on top again as it beats nearest rival by a fiver
At £55.07, Asda came in £4.82 cheaper than runner-up Tesco
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News
KFC’s Meghan Farren to join Asda as chief customer officer
Farren will join Asda in October and is replacing Anna-Maree Shaw, who left in January
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Asda comes out swinging with £6 margin on Morrisons in Grocer 33
Asda offered the lowest price for 20 items with 13 exclusively cheapest