All Supermarkets articles – Page 395
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NewsAsda celebrates its longest-serving staff
Asda claims to have the edge on rivals when it comes to staff loyalty. As more than 700 staff attended a celebration at Harewood House, Leeds, in recognition of their service, the retailer boasted it had one of the lowest turnover rates...
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NewsCampbell’s Condensed Soups return to shelves
Campbell’s Condensed canned soups will be back on shelf in the UK next week for the first time in more than three years. The range, which rolls out to Tesco from 1 August and other retailers later in the summer, will feature flavours from…
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NewsTesco unveils new book to help boost fruit sales
Tesco is hoping to nudge people to eat more fruit and boost its own fresh produce sales with a new book featuring recipes and buying tips. All You Want To Know About Fruit launches into Tesco superstores and Extra stores next week,...
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Comment & Opinion
Carrying the can
Today’s figures from Wrap represent the first time since records began that the number of single-use carrier bags being handed out has gone up instead of down.
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Comment & Opinion
Something wifi
Tesco is reported to be offering free wifi access in four of its stores, and is expected to roll the service out across its estate should the trial prove successful.
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NewsTesco to offer free Wifi
Tesco is following in the footsteps of coffee shops and hotels by offering customers free Wifi services in its stores.
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Asda offers back to basics mobile
Asda has become the latest supermarket to offer customers a new back to basics mobile phone.
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NewsPangasius lines removed from retailers’ shelves
Morrisons and Asda have withdrawn a number of pre-packed pangasius lines, it has emerged. Asda said it had withdrawn three pre-packed lines of pangasius after internal testing had found "issues with the quality of the fish". The lines...
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NewsWaitrose running late on web improvements
Waitrose has come in for more fierce criticism over its online delivery site, after it failed to deliver a series of planned updates to fix problems that have plagued the site since it launched four months ago.
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NewsNew Percy Fox role for marketer Owen
Diageo-owned distributor Percy Fox has promoted Jonathan Owen to the new role of head of customer marketing. Owen moves up from the role of business sector manager for Tesco and will be responsible for "providing vision and solutions to...
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Valassis slumps as Tesco changes tack
Sales have plunged 24% at coupon company Valassis after Tesco decided to destroy paper coupons after scanning them. Valassis had counted and verified the coupons before sending the information to Tesco's suppliers. But in June last year...
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Co-op’s Hive fails to drive enough buzz
The Co-operative Group has ditched Hive, its social networking site. The site, www.hive.coop, was launched in February 2010 for members to discuss campaigns, ethics, products, values and principles. But the society pulled the plug last...
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McKeon made a commercial director at Asda
Asda has promoted Adrian McKeon to commercial director for grocery. McKeon moves up from the role of category director for beers, wines and spirits a position he has held since January 2010. He is the former chief executive…
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Tesco calling card arrives at One Stop
The first Tesco-branded product has been made available at its c-store chain One Stop Tesco international calling cards. A spokesman described the cards, available in One Stop’s 521 stores, as a good fit for the chain. He added that…
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NewsWorld News: 23/07/2011
USA: Tesco is to launch a US version of Clubcard in a bid to turn around the performance of its embattled Fresh & Easy chain. It is launching a trial of a new card, Friends of Fresh & Easy, in seven stores in central...
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Grocer 33Waitrose, Cheltenham
The Grocer 33 is a weekly mystery shopping survey, tracking price, service and availability at the five leading grocery retailers: Asda, Morrisons, Sainsbury’s, Tesco and Waitrose. Each week the winning store manager is interviewed by The Grocer.
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Comment & Opinion
Tim Mason's two-way Main Street
Today the Financial Times talks to Fresh & Easy boss Tim Mason about his wider brief at Tesco since taking on the group deputy chief executive job earlier this year.
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NewsSainsbury’s adds non-food to smartphone shopping
Sainsbury’s shoppers can now buy the supermarket’s complete range of non-food via their smartphones. The retailer launched the mobile version of its general merchandise shopping website on Friday.
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NewsGreene King bolsters board with Sainsbury’s heavyweight Coupe
Sainsbury’s commercial director Mike Coupe has been appointed to the board of brewing company Greene King. Coupe, who is responsible for trading, marketing, IT and online at Sainsbury’s, becomes a non-executive director role at the Old Speckled Hen maker on 26 July.
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Comment & Opinion
How to win friends and influence people
Tesco today announced plans to launch a loyalty card in the US. The card will initially be available at seven stores in California.