All Grocery articles – Page 702
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Opinion
The Retail Week – February 22, 2008
Just before Christmas, I received an e-mail from a very angry reader.
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News
Sainsbury family reduces stake
Members of the Sainsbury family have further reduced their holding in the eponymous grocer.
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John Lewis weekly sales 'toughest in recent memory'
Department store John Lewis suffered awful sales for the week ending February 16, as the retail slowdown finally caught up with one of the sector's best-performing chains.
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Grocery competition flourishing, Verdict finds
Competition in the grocery sector is flourishing, backing up a key finding of the Competition Commission’s inquiry, according to Verdict.
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Spain launches not-for-profit body to slash pesticide use
Spanish regional and central government has launched a not-for-profit organisation, which will work with the big four UK grocers to slash pesticide residues in fresh Andalucian produce.
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Opinion
Time to leave grocers alone
“If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. Our supermarket industry is hugely competitive. Tesco and their rivals slug it out to offer us the best deals. And with food prices soaring, every little helps.”
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Asda to tap power of Wal-Mart’s sourcing
Asda chief executive Andy Bond has vowed to use parent Wal-Mart’s global purchasing power to further reduce prices, after the UK grocer posted a robust performance last year.
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Waitrose takes on Sainsbury’s with price push
Waitrose is targeting Sainsbury’s with its price promotions in an effort to change customers’ perceptions and lift sales.
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Opinion
Paying lip service will not help grocers
Tesco will have been pleased with this week’s positive PR about its support for potential new rules to ban the sale of low-cost alcohol.
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Analysis
Hungry for more
Andy Clarke returned to his role as Asda retail director in 2005 after a four-year absence. Three years on, he tells James Thompson why he’s enjoying being back
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Analysis
A collective sigh of relief
The Competition Commission’s hotly anticipated remedies report may increase the red tape for grocers but, overall, the big four will be relaxed about its proposals. James Thompson reports
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Sainsbury's to pilot out-of-hours GP surgery
Sainsbury’s is set to become the UK’s first grocer to offer out-of-hours GP appointments in a Greater Manchester store from next month.
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Tesco set to double its in-store opticians
Tesco is to more than double its number of in-store opticians over the next 12 months.
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Opinion
Inquiry rulings are a fair deal
Retailers have little to fear from the Competition Commission’s latest recommendations
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Thorntons: The City View
The City gave Thorntons a thumbs-up after the chocolatier posted a tasty increase in first-half profits and sales.
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Competition probe and Asda success help quoted grocers
Food retailers staged a comeback after they emerged largely unscathed from the Competition Commission’s investigation into the grocery market. Good fourth-quarter figures from Asda helped, confirming that food retailers as a group have been doing well.
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Grocers go all out for Fairtrade Fortnight
The UK’s biggest grocers are touting their Fairtrade credentials ahead of the start of Fairtrade Fortnight next week.
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Competition test will allow Asda to double store openings
Asda expects to benefit from the Competition Commission’s proposed “competition test” for new supermarket openings, because it will mean it is able to double the number of shops it opens a year.
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Tesco calls for 'responsible pricing’ on alcohol
Tesco will call on the Prime Minister today to create new laws to ban the sale of cut-price alcohol.
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Whole Foods boss happy with London store’s performance
Whole Foods Market chairman and chief executive John Mackey has mounted a robust defence of the performance of its debut UK store in London.