All Grocery articles – Page 651
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Tesco graduates 'among highest earners'
Graduate recruits at Tesco can expect to earn more than their counterparts in all but one other sector, according to the supermarket.
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Carrefour stalks Russia's Seventh Continent
French retail giant Carrefour has made a non-binding offer to buy Russian food retailer Seventh Continent.
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Analysis
John Lewis food halls: a new vintage at Bluewater
John Ryan visits the food hall at John Lewis's Oxford Street store to see its new wine bar and then travels to Bluewater to learn about plans for the second iteration of the format from John Lewis head of retail design Kim Morris.
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NewsCBI: Retail sales and employment fall in February
More than half of retailers reported lower sales in the year to early February and retail job cuts rose to a record rate in the same period, according to the CBI’s latest Distributive Trades Survey.
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Online retailers lead the way in customer service
Play.com and Amazon have topped a customer satisfaction poll to find which retailers hit the mark when it comes to customer service.
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Sainsbury's offers UK's first in-store polyclinic
Sainsbury’s has created the first supermarket polyclinic by opening a dental surgery at a store that already boasts several other health services.
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Grocers blamed for abandoned trolleys in UK waterways
Grocers have being urged to take more action to prevent supermarket trolleys being abandoned in canals and rivers.
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AnalysisTrevor Ashworth: Linking up the chain
The successful merger of the Co-operative with Somerfield will hinge, in part, on achieving an efficient supply chain. Charlotte Hardie meets the man tasked with the challenge
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Retailers renege on VAT cuts
Some retailers are not passing VAT cuts on to their customers, a Sunday Times investigation has found.
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Opinion
Brands and nostalgia: the new dynamic in food
Comfort eating has taken on a new meaning in these downbeat, recessionary times.
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John Lewis sales continue to suffer with poor weather
John Lewis sales fell for the fourth consecutive week, down 3.2 per cent in the week to February 14, as poor weather continued to hit trade.
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Grocers accused of misleading labelling
Retailers are selling meat products with misleading information about where they are sourced, according to the Conservative Party.
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Banks compete to sell former Baugur stake in Iceland
Icelandic bank Landsbanki is understood to have held a beauty parade of investment banks vying to run the sale of a stake in frozen food retailer Iceland.
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Asda eyes Irish web move to cash in on pound's slump
Grocery giant Asda is investigating opportunities for its online business to take advantage of the boom in cross-border shopping in Northern Ireland.
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Waitrose boss vows to trump M&S food sales
Waitrose boss Mark Price has thrown down the gauntlet to Marks & Spencer, vowing to overtake Sir Stuart Rose’s food business in terms of sales this year.
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Analysis
Sainsbury’s: Tomorrow’s store today
Sainsbury’s revamped Hayes branch in west London shows that a store of the future can be just that. John Ryan visits
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Thorntons: interim results
The chocolatier suffered a 39 per cent fall in interim profits to 7.3m on sales up 1.3 per cent to 128.4m, but trends have improved in the second half.
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Analysis
21 years of Tesco
When Retail Week was born, Tesco was not the grocery leader it is today. But it was well on its way to achieving that status. Having laid the foundations of its national store network, the retailer was expanding aggressively.
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Analysis
21 years of Sainsbury's
It’s been a turbulent 21 years for Sainsbury’s. The grocer has had its crown as the UK’s largest retailer stolen, it has survived boardroom bust-ups, it has been the subject of endless bid speculation – and yet it has risen each time from the ashes.
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Analysis
21 years of Marks & Spencer
From sky-high success to the depths of difficulty, from renaissance to renewed tumult, the 21 years of Retail Week’s life have been a rollercoaster ride for Marks & Spencer.Back in 1988 the retailer was doing what it had become famous for – clothing and feeding Britain. It was doing it ...