All Grocery articles – Page 449
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Morrisons wades into tax row
Morrisons finance chief Richard Pennycook and Sainsbury’s boss Justin King have waded into the escalating row over corporation tax rules for foreign multinationals.
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Lidl doubles size of premium range after sales rocket
Lidl has doubled the number of lines in its premium range after sales soared 200% last year.
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Asda shoppers to spend less this Christmas
Almost half of mothers who shop at Asda will be spending less on Christmas this year, according to a customer survey.
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Aldi creates new store format for London push
Aldi is to open a string of small stores in “prominent” London locations as it looks to grab a slice of the increasingly competitive market.
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Government to propose ban on multibuy alcohol deals
Government will this week propose a minimum price for alcohol and a ban on multibuy deals for beer and wine.
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Opinion
Blog: Entering the Morrisons kitchen
Morrisons chief executive Dalton Philips was on good form this week touring journalists round its Camden store.
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Sainsbury's outperforms Big Four, Nielsen data shows
Sainsbury’s is the stand-out performer in the Big Four supermarkets winning 16% market share and generating a 7.4% sales jump in the 12 weeks to November 10, Nielsen data shows.
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Migros Ticaret reports sales increase
Grocer Migros Ticaret has reported sales of TRL1.83bn (£639m) for the three-month period ending September 30, a 13.1% increase on the same period last year. Gross profit rose by 15.2% to TRL468m (£163m).Sales benefited from store openings, as well as a focus on the private label category and fresh products.
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Spar unveils group turnover increase
Grocery retailer Spar has unveiled a 12.2% increase in group turnover to ZAR43.2bn (£3.1bn) and a 7.5% rise in trading profit to ZAR1.5bn (£107m), for its financial year ended September 30.Sales growth was helped by internal inflation of 6.1%.
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Discounter Lidl expected to open first stores in Serbia
Schwarz Group-owned discounter Lidl is expected to open its first 15 stores in Serbian cities over the next two years, Serbian trade minister Rasim Ljajic told a local newspaper.He also expects the opening of Serbia’s first Ikea store by the end of next year.The minister said it was important for ...
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Tesco puts its Christmas hat on
Tesco has embarked on some festive fun atop its stores this Christmas as its gears up for the big day.
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Morrisons extends shopping hours on December 23
Morrisons is to open for an extra hour on the crucial last Sunday before Christmas as it looks to take full advantage of its busiest day of the year.
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Sainsbury's opens 500th convenience store
Sainsbury’s today opened its 500th convenience store in Southsea, Hampshire, today and will create 10,000 job opportunities in its convenience business over the next three years
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Tesco launches online party food shop
Tesco has launched an online store for party food, called Easy Entertaining.
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Opinion
Blog: Morrisons takes on wine challenge with taste test tool
Wine buying, especially online, remains shrouded in mystery and many consumers still feel intimidated about making a purchase.
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Opinion
Nick Bubb's verdict: Tesco's online operation is a ray of sunshine
As Tesco addresses all the problems in the UK store business, one area that provides a ray of sunshine is the online grocery operation.
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Ahold reports sales increase
Sales at Ahold rose 10.8% to E7.6bn (£6.11bn) in the third quarter.Operating income was down 3.7% to E289m (£232.3m).The grocer’s net sales in the US rose 1.9% to $5.9bn (£3.71bn).
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Thorntons plots online push
Thorntons is gunning to make online a £10m division as the chocolatier seeks to bolster its multichannel business.
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Analysis
Analysis: 5 reasons retailers can be more optimistic on costs
Research released by Capital Economics today reveals retailers’ cost pressures could be easing and there is cause for optimism in 2013. Retail Week takes a look at five of its points.
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Tesco magazine is UK's most read publication
Tesco magazine has become the UK’s most read printed publication, overtaking The Sun.