All Supermarkets articles – Page 388

  • OLD-SHIRE-GREEN-CHEESE
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    Welsh creamery will vote on strike action

    2011-01-08T00:00:00Z

    One of Tesco's Welsh-based cheese suppliers, South Caernarfon Creameries, could face employee strikes if a Unite ballot of worker-members is returned in ­favour of ­action. Unite has balloted its 70 members part of a 160-strong workforce...

  • ASDA
    News

    Asda vows to beat rivals by 10% in extended Price Guarantee

    2011-01-06T00:00:00Z

    Asda has dramatically bolstered last year’s Price Guarantee by pledging to beat its rivals’ prices by a full 10%.

  • ASDA
    News

    Asda ad for half-price toys slapped down

    2011-01-05T11:58:38.953Z

    The advertising watchdog has banned an advert for Asda’s recent half-price toy sale following a complaint by Sainsbury’s.

  • TESCO NEW
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    Tesco turns pawnbroker with cash-for-gold service

    2011-01-04T00:00:00Z

    Tesco is taking on the pawnbrokers after launching a gold-buying service that lets shoppers raise cash by selling their family jewellery.

  • WAITROSE
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    Prince hands Waitrose second warrant

    2010-12-21T12:09:07.523Z

    Waitrose is to be awarded a Royal Warrant from 1 January as grocer and wine and spirit merchant to Prince of Wales.

  • ITV-WEATHER-GIRL-BECKY
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    Co-op Group weather deal

    2010-12-18T00:00:00Z

    The Co-operative Group has secured a 12-month deal to sponsor ITV1's ­national weather from 1 January. The society said it planned to use the sponsorship the biggest in its history to raise awareness of what it offers and to encourage...

  • CO-OP-SHELF-STACKER
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    ‘Revolution’ for staff training at the Co-op

    2010-12-18T00:00:00Z

    The Co-operative Group has rolled out a new training programme for staff working at its food stores. Citrus (Communication, Induction, Training, Resource, Understanding and Support) was launched in early autumn and trialled at 81 stores....

  • BIN-WITH-WASTE
    News

    Tesco ups bogof dairy deals despite promise

    2010-12-18T00:00:00Z

    Tesco has increased the number of bogof deals it runs on dairy products by almost a third despite a pledge to cut down on such deals to tackle food waste. According to Assosia, the chain has run 404 bogof deals across the chilled dairy...

  • Comment & Opinion

    Saturday Essay: Pledge to keep employability on the agenda

    2010-12-18T00:00:00Z

    UK food and drink companies must work together to improve skills and employment in the sector, says Justin King

  • BUDGENS-CUTTING-RIBBON
    News

    Musgrave sells first Somerfield store two years after buying it

    2010-12-18T00:00:00Z

    Musgrave Retail Partners GB has finally sold its first former Somerfield store to an independent retailer. The wholesaler snapped up 13 stores from The Co-operative Group in January 2009 and planned to sell them to independents under the...

  • News

    ACS: Tesco should face scrutiny over Mills buy

    2010-12-18T00:00:00Z

    The ACS is calling on the competition authorities to closely scrutinise Tesco's acquisition of the CTN and c-store business of independent retailer Mills Group.

  • MILLS GROUP
    News

    Tesco grows One Stop with swoop for northeast indie Mills Group

    2010-12-16T00:00:00Z

    Tesco’s convenience chain, One Stop, has acquired northeast independent retailer Mills Group for an undisclosed sum.

  • WAITROSE
    News

    Waitrose to open store in home town of Bracknell

    2010-12-15T11:38:23.037Z

    Waitrose is to open its first store in Bracknell - almost 40 years after setting up its head office there.

  • TESCO NEW
    News

    Supplier alarm over whistleblowing line

    2010-12-13T00:00:00Z

    Suppliers are up in arms ­after Tesco rolled out a ­confidential whistleblower scheme calling on their staff to report any concerns they have over product quality or safety directly to the ­retailer.

  • TESCO-MILK-TANKER
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    Tesco promises milk price review for TSDG

    2010-12-11T00:00:00Z

    Tesco has committed to ­review the price it pays its dedicated dairy farmer group after an "exceptional" rise in on-farm costs. The price Tesco pays its Tesco Sustainable Dairy Group farmers for their milk is usually set bi-annually in...

  • ALEYNA-SUN-KISSED-TOMOATOES
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    Eurofoods launches range of Med mezze

    2010-12-11T00:00:00Z

    Eurofoods has launched a new Mediterranean mezze brand. Aleyna, available from Asda and Morrisons now, comprises jars of roasted red peppers, sun-kissed tomatoes, hot chillies, cherry peppers, capers, garlic, and marinated artichokes...

  • WAITROSE-STORE46
    News

    Waitrose 'still on a learning curve' with c-stores

    2010-12-11T00:00:00Z

    Waitrose has admitted it still has a lot to learn about the convenience market as it opened its 12th c-store in the Buckinghamshire town of Amersham last week.

  • MARY-BYRNE-X-FACTOR
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    X Factor Mary is bloodied but unbowed

    2010-12-11T00:00:00Z

    So, the dream is over and the plucky underdog has been kicked off The X Factor. That's Tesco, obviously, the little supermarket with the can-do attitude that dreamed of getting free publicity on every single episode of the karaoke...

  • News

    Baked beans debut in Fairtrade sector

    2010-12-11T00:00:00Z

    The ethical credentials of the classic English breakfast are set to receive a boost as Geo Organics launches the first Fairtrade baked beans.The beans, rolling into Waitrose now (rsp: 99p), ­resemble and taste like ­regular baked beans...

  • News

    Asda stores get electric car charge points

    2010-12-11T00:00:00Z

    Asda has fitted electric vehicle (EV) charging points at five of its London supermarkets as well as at its headquarters in Leeds.

    The points are already up and running at Asda stores in Dagenham, Wembley, Colindale, Kingston upon Thames…