All Grocery articles – Page 627
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NewsOwn-label goods are gaining market share
Supermarket own-label goods are gaining market share against branded competitors, according to Datamonitor.
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NewsTesco staff graduate on the job
Seventeen students have graduated after completing a two-year course “on the job” at Tesco.
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OpinionWill Aldi retreat under its stone?
Aldi UK and Ireland managing director Paul Foley shocked the grocery world by stepping down this week. Will his departure mean Aldi returns to its secretive roots?
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NewsTesco launches new Clubcard offer
Tesco has today launched a Double Points offer for its Clubcard customers, giving shoppers two points for every £1 they spend across the store and online.
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NewsGood weather hits John Lewis sales
John Lewis reported that good weather last weekend was bad for business and weekly sales at the eponymous department stores fell 5.3% year on year.
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NewsAsda home shopping centre
The grocer has opened its first home shopping centre, designed to extend retail capacity in its busiest locations.
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Auchan signs revolving credit facility
Food and general merchandise retailer Auchan has signed an €800m (£686m) revolving credit facility with a syndicate of international banks, according to local press.The transaction raised a total of €1.3bn (£1.1bn) in syndication and was subsequently increased from the launch amount of €400m (£343m).The transaction was led by Banco Santander, ...
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NewsGovernment proposal to ban bogofs splits grocers
Grocers are divided over the Government’s threat to ban buy one, get one free offers in an effort to reduce food waste.
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Former Tesco man bids to take on Whole Foods
Former Tesco trading manager Martyn Barrett is spearheading the launch of a convenience store cum farmers’ market that aims to rival Whole Foods.
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NewsTesco employs guerrilla marketing for Clubcard
Tesco has embarked on a guerrilla marketing campaign as it gears up for the second phase of the relaunch of its Clubcard.
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AnalysisOlder workers invaluable to retail
Not everyone has welcomed the Government’s plans to review the standard retirement age, but older workers are invaluable to retail. Here, Charlotte Hardie talks to some of the industry’s mature stars
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Tengelmann to overhaul Kaiser’s Tengelmann supermarket network
Retail conglomerate Tengelmann is preparing to overhaul its German Kaiser’s Tengelmann supermarket network and is considering selling some of the stores in order to lift the network’s profitability, according to local trade press.The chain consists of about 710 stores nationwide, but the review is expected to focus on trimming its ...
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NewsOriental wholesaler to launch stores
Oriental food and drink wholesaler Asiana is to roll out standalone stores after securing its first three shops.
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NewsAsda grows market share
Asda has said it is continuing to grow market share, driven by attracting more customers with its low prices and improving product quality.
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NewsAldi UK boss Paul Foley steps down
Aldi UK and Ireland managing director Paul Foley is to step down from the discount grocer with immediate effect.
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NewsMorrisons to create an extra 2,000 jobs
Supermarket group Morrisons is to create an additional 2,000 jobs in 2009 – 40% more than the 5,000 originally expected.
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NewsLidl to open Bolton store
Lidl has secured planning consent for a new store in Westhoughton, Bolton.
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OpinionThe right thing for M&S would be the wrong thing for high streets
The presence of an unmodernised Marks & Spencer store is a tell-tale sign of a high street which has seen better days.
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NewsBogofs could be banned
The supermarket buy-one, get-one free (bogof) offers could be banned under a Government plan to reduce Britain’s food waste.
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NewsAbel & Cole MD Duncan Gibson quits
Abel & Cole managing director Duncan Gibson has left the organic food home shopping retailer.