All Grocery articles – Page 704
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Tesco to match discounters’ prices
Tesco will match the prices on more than 2,000 Aldi and Lidl product lines, a sign of the grocer’s concern over the rising popularity of its discount rivals.
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Tesco to match discounter's prices
Tesco will match the prices on over 2,000 Aldi and Lidl product lines in a sign of the grocer’s concern over the rising popularity of its discount rivals.
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Opinion
King might have to look overseas
Sainsbury’s will provide an update on its third quarter trading on January 10, but some in the sector are looking way beyond next week to gauge the power of its recovery.
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Prices of agricultural goods soar
The prices of agricultural goods have continued to rise in 2008, intensifying fears over food and biofuel inflation for UK consumers.
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Nisa-Today’s posts record sales
Symbol group Nisa-Today’s posted record sales through its Central Distribution Services (CDS) network in December with like-for-like retail growth of 5.1 per cent.
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Asda reignites supermarket price war with ad drive…
Asda is to spark another price war among the big four grocers with an ad campaign that launches today.
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Ocado to push into general merchandise
Ocado, the home shopping business in which retailer John Lewis is a stakeholder, is to push into new categories including babywear and flowers.
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Majestic recovers after tough November
Majestic Wine revealed a modest Christmas performance this morning, as its sales were hit by heavy discounting on alcohol by supermarkets.
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Waitrose to open first overseas stores in UAE
Waitrose is to expand abroad for the first time in April, after the supermarket chain signed a licensing agreement with Spinneys to open more than 20 stores in the United Arab Emirates by 2010.
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Asda breaks Christmas sales record
Asda revealed that sales on Christmas Eve were its highest to date, a third higher than its previous biggest Christmas Eve in 2004.
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Asda sales
Asda revealed sales on Christmas Eve were its largest ever, a third higher than its previous biggest Christmas Eve (2004). The grocer completed 21 million transactions in the week before Christmas, with the busiest day being Saturday December 22. Its busiest store (Boldon in the North East) served more than ...
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Christmas spending rises
Spending by UK shoppers in the run-up to Christmas rose 3.8 per cent on last year - the best festive performance for three years, according to one of the first estimates to be published.
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Opinion
Competition Commission inquiry will dominate 2008
The great British public have not yet started tucking into their Christmas turkey and finished buying their booze for New Year's Eve, but most of the grocery sector is already peering over the horizon into 2008.
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Analysis
Nisa Tomorrow
Adding members and fighting back against the supermarkets is top of Nisa Today’s chief executive Neil Turton’s agenda now that the in-fighting is over at the symbol group. James Thompson reports
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M&S stores to open at 6am for Sale
Marks & Spencer will open its doors at 6am on Thursday December 27 for the launch of its Sale, and the promotion will begin online at 12.01am on Christmas Day.
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Tchibo returns to profit as new Great Britain chief is appointed
Tchibo returns to profit as new Great Britain chief is appointed
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Aldi to stimulate growth in Ireland with €100m DC
Aldi plans to open a €100 million ( 71.3 million) regional distribution centre in the south of the Republic of Ireland in an effort to drive growth in the country.
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Julian Graves shakes up board
Julian Graves has reshuffled its board, as parent Baugur strives to reallocate the workload of senior executives and accelerate growth at the health food chain.
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Retailers’ wage rates surge past minimum
Two thirds of retailers are setting starting salaries significantly above the National Minimum Wage (NMW).
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Somerfield to carve a niche with focus on smaller stores
High street grocer Somerfield is to open more smaller stores as it seeks to distance itself further from big supermarkets.