All articles by Ronan Hegarty – Page 72
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NewsSunday Trading and living wage moves enrage indies
The Association of Convenience Stores has pledged to fight hard against the relaxation of Sunday Trading regulations…
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Comment & OpinionOsborne no longer in the mood to compromise over Sunday trading
The political football that is Sunday trading might finally be kicked into touch
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NewsNisa to hike prices and cut rebates as part of recovery plan
Nisa has written to members to inform them of proposed price increases and rebate reductions…
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NewsNisa posts £3m loss and admits 'over-optimism' on lost business
Buying group Nisa has recorded a £3m loss – the first in its history – for the year to April 2015…
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Comment & OpinionAttack on 'unhealthy' Morrisons is unjustified and completely misses the point
The Children’s Food Campaign complaint against Morrisons is a perfect example of a complaint for the sake of complaining
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NewsMorrisons rejects price cuts health criticism
Of the 200 products which formed the latest round of Morrisons’ price cuts at the beginning of June, frozen peas were the only fruit or vegetable
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NewsMorrisons price cuts deliver lowest total among the big four
Morrisons is over 5% cheaper than some of its big four rivals on the 200 plus lines selected in its latest price cuts…
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Analysis & FeaturesWaitrose Pick Your Own Offers hailed as 'groundbreaking'
Supermarket promotions were back in the headlines this week as Waitrose launched its Pick Your Own Offers initiative…
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Events & AwardsStore manager Richard Perry is toast of Sainsbury's
Richard Perry was toast of Sainsbury’s this week after being crowned Store Manager of the Year at the Grocer Gold Awards…
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NewsGrocer of the Year Lidl weighs up in-store changes
Lidl UK is determined to keep pressing the accelerator after being crowned Grocer of the Year at this week’s Grocer Gold A…
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NewsMarks & Spencer buys seven Co-op stores for Simply Food
The properties in Blandford Forum, Chepstow, Haslemere, Penrith, Rayleigh, Stockton Heath and Matlock range in size from 9,000-15,000 sq ft
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NewsMorrisons unveils first Potts price cuts
Morrisons said today that it has now made 1,665 cuts of an average of 16% since the beginning of last year
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NewsRenamed Bidvest Foodservice rolls out new company vision
Bidvest 3663 is changing its name to Bidvest Foodservice as part of a wider strategic programme of change…
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NewsCo-op trial boosts value and tertiary lines
New dump bins and outdoor posters advertising ‘Super Low Prices on over 100 of your everyday essentials’ have been introduced at around 25 smaller stores
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Comment & OpinionMorrisons enjoys a moment in the sun
They say one swallow does not a summer make. Apparently it was Aristotle who said it (thanks Wikipedia), but the point remains the same
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Grocer 33Tony Connolly, Morrisons Aylesbury: G33 store of the week
We have a really great, well-established team here in the business with some key employees in core positions…
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NewsMorrisons brings back staffed express checkouts
Morrisons said it was responding to customer feedback and cited figures from Kantar Worldpanel which gauge the average basket size in the UK at 11 items costing £15
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NewsMorrisons to change staff bonuses based on customer service
The retailer announced this week it had relaunched its staff bonus scheme with the aim of rewarding colleagues for better customer service
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NewsTesco posts worst results in its history with £6.38bn loss
However Tesco said its trading profits were in line with expectations at £1.4bn, while UK like-for-like sales volumes rose for first time in over four years
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Comment & OpinionWhich? thing to get angry about? We just don't know
We’ve had superheroes, supersizing, super-injunctions and this morning we had a new one to get our heads around – the super-complaint