All Supermarkets articles – Page 375
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NewsTesco racks up ‘fans’ on Facebook...but they’re not all happy
Supermarket giant Tesco has proved an unlikely hit with the Facebook generation, after more than 260,000 people joined its social network in the past three months. ChannelAdvisor revealed Tesco had one of the fastest-growing retail...
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NewsAdams: ‘Kerrygold Softer still available’
Adams Foods has shrugged off claims made last week by Sainsbury's that its Kerrygold Softer Butter line has been discontinued. Last week, a shopper asked Sainsbury's via its Facebook page whether it intended to sell the "excellent...
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NewsHaldanes defies call to review its Co-op action
Arthur Harris, CEO of the collapsed supermarket chain Haldanes Stores Limited, has vowed to press ahead with a personal legal claim against The Co-operative Group. In a Statement of Administrators Proposals, made available at Companies...
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Peter Marks' very long game
Peter Marks, boss of The Co-operative Group, declared this morning that trading conditions were “the worst” he had seen “in over 40 years of retailing”.
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NewsFood sales slide at The Co-op as Marks laments ‘toughest market in 40 years’
The Co-operative Group has blamed intense competition, faltering consumer confidence and government spending cuts for a sharp fall in sales at its food business.
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It's cheese, James, but not as we know it
Few product launches whip up the media storm swirling around Alex James and his new line of cheeses, with surely only some of the attention due to his former life as bassist for Blur.
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M&S official fashion partner of The X Factor
Marks and Spencer is bidding to appeal to a wider audience in its role as official fashion partner of TV Show The X Factor. The retail giant has signed a deal with Syco TV, FremantleMedia Enterprises and ITV, to become the exclusive fashion...
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NewsMorrisons is hit by Twitter trickery in Tunbridge Wells
Morrisons was the unwitting victim of a Twitter hoax aimed at residents of Tunbridge Wells this week. CEO Dalton Philips has written to residents in the town after fake Twitter account @Morrisons_PLC taunted residents over a former…
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Production starts at Co-op’s milk group
The Co-operative's long-awaited milk group has finally launched. The Co-op's new dairy group is being operated by Robert Wiseman Dairies and comprises 230 British dairy farms, which supply liquid milk into the Co-op's stores. Each...
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NewsNorwich’s co-op wine shop
East of England Co-operative Society has opened its first wine merchants. Le Château, which opened last week in Norwich, is “a modern concept store coupled with the high-quality service of a traditional wine merchants”. As well as beers,…
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Co-op Group’s electrical offer gets a push
The Co-operative Group is placing small electrical goods alongside its food offer for the first time. Trials are being conducted at the retailer’s Leek, Holmfirth, Mablethorpe, Maryport and Irlams O’ Th’ Height stores. ‘Tech…
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NewsJames offers mainstream cheese range
In a departure from his artisan cheese credentials, Blur bassist Alex James has launched a mainstream range of cheeses exclusively into Asda stores. The Alex James Presents... range comprises four flavoured Cheddar wedges including one...
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NewsBag-in-box wines have shrunk in size and price
Wine suppliers and retailers are reducing the size of their wine boxes in a bid to hit lower price points. Value sales of Sainsbury's bag-in-box wines have increased 5% in the five weeks since the end of May, when it shifted all of its...
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NewsDon Simon’s Disney smoothies hit Asda
Don Simon is taking on Innocent with a new range of Disney-branded smoothies for kids. A Cars 2 tropical smoothie and a Disney Princess strawberry and raspberry smoothie launches next week in Asda and is due to roll out to other...
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NewsAsda wows with its Butcher’s Selection
Asda is set to roll out its Butcher's Selection range to meat joints after the initial launch in beef steaks led to a 50% spike in sales. Butcher's Selection steaks which are matured for 15 days and trimmed of excess fat were introduced...
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NewsSainsbury’s aims for simplicity with new Brand Match scheme
Sainsbury’s launched its own Brand Match initiative this week and had a swipe at rival schemes for being over-complicated. Brand Match, launched as a trial in Sainsbury’s 12 Northern Ireland stores, pledges to match Tesco and Asda on…
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Asda to take on 7,000 temps this Christmas
Asda is hoping to take on 7,000 extra seasonal staff for the Christmas period in a £5m recruitment drive that kicks off next month. It was looking for extra shop floor staff, home delivery workers and customer service personnel,...
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NewsWaitrose takes Duchy Originals to Spain
Waitrose has signed a deal to take Duchy Originals to the Continent. It will supply Spanish department store El Corte Inglés with the upmarket range, which Waitrose acquired in 2009.
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Herring roe is new beans on toast, says Waitrose
Beans on toast are taking a back seat as shoppers roll back the years with an old-fashioned alternative: herring roe. Sales of the fish at Waitrose are up 39% over the equivalent period last year.
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NewsClarke ponders Iceland move as Asda ups small store target
Andy Clarke has said Asda could move for some of Iceland’s estate – but appeared to rule out a swoop for the whole chain. “The estate does not fit our model,” Clarke said yesterday at a former Netto store now converted to the Asda fascia.