All Grocery articles – Page 678
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News
Food prices drive inflation in June
Soaring food and fuel prices pushed the benchmark Consumer Prices Index up 3.8 per cent in June compared with 3.3 per cent in May – almost double the Bank of England’s inflation target.
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Retailers fined over tobacco price fixing
Five retailers and a tobacco manufacturer have agreed to pay the biggest collective penalty ever imposed by the Office of Fair Trading after admitting their role in cigarette price fixing.
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Co-op poised to complete Somerfield takeover
The Co-operative Group is this week expected to complete its 1.6 billion takeover of rival chain Somerfield.
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Waitrose to spotlight promos in value push
Waitrose is to ramp up its in-store promotional displays in a bid to change shoppers’ perceptions that it is more expensive than its rivals.
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Opinion
Rose is still M&S’s best bet
Sir Stuart Rose may have been under pressure this week, but you’d never have known it.
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Asda non-food chief to leave
Asda non-food trading director Peter Pritchard is to leave the grocer, as chief executive Andy Bond reshuffles the management team.
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Analysis
Can M&S claw back food sales?
Marks & Spencer’s food offer has gone from hero to zero. Chief executive Sir Stuart Rose is determined to regain the initiative, but faces big problems. George MacDonald investigates
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Waitrose to spotlight promos in value push
Waitrose is to ramp up its in-store promotional displays in a bid to change shoppers’ perceptions that it is more expensive than its rivals.
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Tesco takes on Argos with first catalogue shop launch
Tesco has launched its first Argos-style shop-in-shop at its Homeplus store in Bristol, which opened this week.
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Iceland attacks ‘barmy’ CC’s Ombudsman fee
Iceland boss Malcolm Walker has hit out against the Competition Commission (CC) Ombudsman fee, arguing that there should be a sliding scale of payments according to a grocer’s turnover.
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Opinion
Everybody’s got their price
In a week when grocers launched even more price wars – the latest being Morrisons’ Price Crunch offer of a range of eight products for 50p each – it is clear that price is king.
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Opinion
US election will affect us all
Tesco’s recent AGM in Birmingham attracted its share of campaigners as usual, but the unusual antics of some were outweighed comfortably by the good sense of ordinary shareholders, many attending for the first time.
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Spar boycotts Vodafone products
Spar UK has joined other independent retailers and convenience store owners today in protesting over cuts in commission paid by the mobile phone operator Vodafone.
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Analysis
Mounting recession speculation sends retail stocks into tailspin
The pall of looming recession hung black over the City all week, pitching the entire market into steep decline.
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Iceland founder hits out at soaring shop crime
“We are plagued with a tidal wave of shoplifting. 50 per cent of the time it turns violent. Our store managers are physically attacked, spat at, assaulted – it’s out of control.”
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Shopper loyalty hits new low
UK consumers are more disloyal than ever, with 22 per cent saying they are dissatisfied with the store they shop most at and would prefer to shop somewhere else.
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Analysis
When Aldi came to town
Aldi is attracting middle-class shoppers with its low prices and no-frills approach. Liz Morrell reports from the front line on how it is winning hearts, minds – and wallets
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Sainsbury's e-tail service restored
Sainsbury's e-tail site is working again after being put out of action for much of the day because of supplier technical problems.
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Carrefour’s Dia to ramp up c-stores in Spain
Carrefour-owned Dia is poised to shake up the convenience store sector in Spain by rapidly expanding its Dia Market fascia.
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Spar targets emerging markets to beat crunch
Symbol group Spar International is attempting to defy the credit crunch with a strong global expansion campaign.