All Grocery articles – Page 471
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AnalysisSir Terry Leahy: Career highlights
Sir Terry Leahy is to take on the role of chairman at value retailer B&M Bargains, his first retail role since stepping down from Tesco. Having spent all his retail career at Tesco, here are his career highlights.
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NewsRetail like-for-likes edge up 0.4% in November
UK retail like-for-likes edged up 0.4% year on year in November signalling a nervous wait for retailers ahead of Christmas.
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AnalysisAlcohol multi-buys: What do retailers need to know?
The Government is investigating multi-buy promotions on alcohol as it looks to cut both crime rates and the level of health problems. Tiffany Holland reports.
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AnalysisAnalysis: What do the OFT promotion principles mean for retailers?
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has moved to curb misleading promotions with a new set of principles today. Retail Week takes a look at the implications.
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OpinionComment: Why did the OFT's decision on promotions take so long?
The OFT’s announcement that eight retailers have agreed to a set of principles over special offers and promotions is a welcome move.
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NewsSupermarkets take action to tackle price-cut concerns through OFT initiative
Tesco, Sainsbury’s and Morrisons are among a group of supermarkets that have committed themselves to tackling concerns over food and drink promotions through an initiative with the Office of Fair Trading (OFT).
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AnalysisSites: Waitrose Vs Sainsbury's
Dominic Monkhouse, managing director of PEER 1 Hosting, shares his view of good and bad apps.
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NewsWaitrose to extend Christmas opening hours
Waitrose will add 4,700 extra hours to its store opening times this Christmas and has upped the number of online delivery slots.
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AnalysisInternational analysis: Carrefour could lose out through franchise deal
Carrefour has reorganised its partnership in Indonesia with CT Corp into an exclusive franchise agreement.
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Poundland extends food offer
Variety single-price retailer Poundland has extended its food offer by adding 100 new grocery lines, increasing competition for the grocers.
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NewsNovember retail sales jump to highest level since June
November retail sales rose at their fastest pace since June this year, data from the CBI Distributive Trades Survey shows.
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NewsMorrisons wades into tax row
Morrisons finance chief Richard Pennycook and Sainsbury’s boss Justin King have waded into the escalating row over corporation tax rules for foreign multinationals.
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NewsLidl doubles size of premium range after sales rocket
Lidl has doubled the number of lines in its premium range after sales soared 200% last year.
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NewsAsda shoppers to spend less this Christmas
Almost half of mothers who shop at Asda will be spending less on Christmas this year, according to a customer survey.
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NewsAldi creates new store format for London push
Aldi is to open a string of small stores in “prominent” London locations as it looks to grab a slice of the increasingly competitive market.
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NewsGovernment to propose ban on multibuy alcohol deals
Government will this week propose a minimum price for alcohol and a ban on multibuy deals for beer and wine.
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OpinionBlog: Entering the Morrisons kitchen
Morrisons chief executive Dalton Philips was on good form this week touring journalists round its Camden store.
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NewsSainsbury's outperforms Big Four, Nielsen data shows
Sainsbury’s is the stand-out performer in the Big Four supermarkets winning 16% market share and generating a 7.4% sales jump in the 12 weeks to November 10, Nielsen data shows.
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Migros Ticaret reports sales increase
Grocer Migros Ticaret has reported sales of TRL1.83bn (£639m) for the three-month period ending September 30, a 13.1% increase on the same period last year. Gross profit rose by 15.2% to TRL468m (£163m).Sales benefited from store openings, as well as a focus on the private label category and fresh products.
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Spar unveils group turnover increase
Grocery retailer Spar has unveiled a 12.2% increase in group turnover to ZAR43.2bn (£3.1bn) and a 7.5% rise in trading profit to ZAR1.5bn (£107m), for its financial year ended September 30.Sales growth was helped by internal inflation of 6.1%.