All articles by Steve Farrell – Page 101
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NewsLidl opens largest distribution centre to date in Scotland
Around 600 employees have already relocated to the new £70m warehouse in Motherwell, North Lanarkshire…
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NewsPoundland adds ‘mini’ Pep&Co ranges to smaller stores
The mini shops in shops are being trialled from today in five stores
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NewsM&S announces string of senior new hires to boost food business
The new recruits will report to food commercial director George Wright
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NewsCalum Melville faces probe into Bargain World links
Scotland’s insolvency service is investigating whether Melville breached the terms of an undischarged bankruptcy
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NewsSupermarkets sourcing tea from ‘inhumane’ Assam plantations, finds Oxfam
Interviews with workers on 50 tea plantations in Assam, India, found most had no access to clean drinking water
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Comment & OpinionDo Poundland’s latest ‘shops in shops’ point to an identity crisis?
Poundland is looking to become a weekly grocery destination, but its name may work against it
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NewsLidl signals plans for online launch on ‘new platform’
Plans include developing a new platform to ‘drive online sales’
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NewsPoundland launches frozen and fresh food offering
The move is in partnership with Yorkshire-based fresh and frozen retailer Fultons Foods
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Range PreviewRange preview: Iceland Christmas 2019
Here’s our pick of the products Iceland will have in store this Christmas
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NewsFormer Tesco international CEO Trevor Masters to take over as Pepco MD
Masters has spent more than 30 years at Tesco, most recently as CEO of international operations
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NewsLidl to push Greater Manchester expansion with 10 new stores in three years
The plans include a new ‘flagship’ Manchester store at City Tower, Piccadilly Gardens, due to open on Thursday next week
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NewsIceland adds optional receipts to tills in move to save paper
Iceland shoppers now have the option of declining a receipt
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NewsAsda to launch new membership-free cash & carry operation
The first store will have separate branding to Asda and aims to be a cross between Costco and Walmart’s members’ warehouse
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NewsBargain World ceases trading after five months
The company’s two existing stores closed this week
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NewsWho is Ken Murphy? The new Tesco CEO replacing Dave Lewis
Formerly CCO of Walgreens Boots Alliance, the 52-year-old Irishman started working aged 15 in his dad’s shop
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Analysis & FeaturesIs the future for Poundland a multi-price model?
A multi-price model was blamed for Poundworld’s collapse last year. Now Poundland is moving in the same direction
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NewsSainsbury’s scraps plastic Nectar cards for new members
The move follows a trial of the new app in Wales and the Isle of Wight
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NewsPret extends coffee cup recycling scheme across the UK
Paper coffee cups from any high street shop will be accepted, to be turned into stationery and packaging…
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NewsNo more ‘naughty elf’ as Poundland rolls out ‘family friendly’ replacement
This Christmas, Poundland will sell a new ‘family-friendly’ version that won’t feature in a repeat of last year’s naughty …
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NewsConsumers confused over plastic recycling, research shows
67% claimed to recycle ‘all or almost all’ plastic – but only 38% said they knew what could and couldn’t be recycled