All Supermarkets articles – Page 410
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NewsTesco’s latest venture delivers a taste of Italy
Tesco has ramped up its branded activity this week with the launch of a range of Italian products. The Parioli line-up, rolling out to stores now, includes pasta, cooking sauces, olive oil and tinned tomatoes, but industry insiders have…
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NewsSainsbury’s shoppers are urged to give a fair share
We've had the 'buy one, get one free' and even the 'buy one, get one free later'. Now Sainsbury's is trialling the 'buy one, give one free'. The retailer has united with FareShare, the food redistribution charity, to run a pilot scheme in...
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NewsWaitrose unveils mini Heston pudding for Christmas
Waitrose is hoping to replicate the massive success of last year’s Christmas pudding by Heston Blumenthal by launching a miniature version for the 2011 festive period.
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NewsSainsbury’s joins The Co-op in News of the World ad boycott
Sainsbury’s has joined The Co-operative Group in boycotting the News of the World following this week’s phone hacking allegations.
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Comment & Opinion
Weathering the Twitter storm
Tesco has lost at least one customer as a result of the News of the World scandal: Labour MP Chris Bryant won’t be shopping there this evening.
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Balancing hacked
Many of us will have woken up this morning to news of the latest depressing twist in the tragic story of Milly Dowler.
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NewsTwenty more Little Waitrose stores to spring up in London
Waitrose plans to open 20 new Little Waitrose stores in and around London over the next 18 months. The new smaller-format stores will boost its selling space by 100,000 sq ft by the end of 2012, the supermarket said, creating 1,000 jobs.
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Haldanes CEO says his Co-op Group claim runs to £7.2m
Haldanes has revealed its legal claim against The Co-operative Group amounts to £7.2m. CEO Arthur Harris revealed the figure exclusively to The Grocer following the collapse last week of Haldanes Stores and Ruston Retail.
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Disaster site: Waitrose’s online blunders elicit a second apology
Waitrose has apologised again to customers following further problems with its relaunched website.Users have complained the site is slow and difficult to navigate following its relaunch in March. In a statement issued this week, director...
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NewsAsda pricing expert lands ‘a bigger job’
Asda's marketing director Jon Owen, the man who was credited with masterminding Asda's game-changing Price Guarantee, has resigned after just 12 months in the job. Owen is to become director of Shop Direct Group's Very brand, which was...
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Jug It milk bag jugs get Tesco listing
Jug It, the reusable milk bag jug from Dairy Crest, has been listed in 270 Tesco stores following a 10-store trial.
The jugs along with Country Life milk bags started rolling out into Tesco stores at the end of June. Jug It is already… -
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Tesco brings healthy Goodness kids’ meals brand over from US
Tesco is rolling out a brand of kids’ foods originally developed for the US market and sold through the retailer’s Fresh & Easy stores.
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Sainsbury’s to team up with City & Guilds
Sainsbury's food colleges and bakery college have gained accreditation from City & Guilds the largest-ever accreditation in the training provider's history.The colleges, which opened last year, offer training to staff on meat, fish,...
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New code of practice for Tesco dairy farms
Tesco has introduced a new code of practice for its dairy group farmers ahead of a planned drive to communicate the group's work to consumers later this year.The code, which lays down new environmental, animal welfare and health...
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Comment & Opinion
Tesco has run rings round Premier’s flabby conglomerate strategy
Here’s a ‘Great Little Idea’ for you. Buy a bunch of tired old brands. Pay a premium for them. Add a ton of debt to the balance sheet.
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Save money on sourcing, Spar is told
Spar's outsourced procurement team has warned retailers they are paying over the odds by buying services and goods not for resale direct. Brightsourcing, founded by Somerfield's purchasing managers, was hired by Spar last year to improve...
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NewsTesco's Premier cull: the delisted products in full
Below is a full list of the products delisted by Tesco in its recent spat over pricing with Premier Foods. Read about how the spat occurred here, while Adam Leyland offers his take on how Tesco "ran rings" around Premier in his Editor's Comment.
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NewsAsda hands McKenna chief operating officer role
Asda chief financial officer Judith McKenna will step into the chief operating officer role unexpectedly vacated by Simon King last week. McKenna, who joined Asda over 15 years ago, will take over responsibility for all Asda’s retail operations, including its stores, distribution network and IT systems.
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NewsDelistings by Tesco push Premier into profit alert
A Grocer investigation into a pricing row that saw Tesco delist a quarter of its branded Premier Foods products prompted the supplier to issue a shock profit warning yesterday, admitting the dispute had cost it £10m.
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NewsTesco: supplier cull to benefit ‘power brands’
Tesco has revealed plans to slash its number of suppliers and replace their products with its own brands and "power brands" produced by its key strategic partners in its central European stores, and experts are predicting it could provide a model...