All Grocery articles – Page 538
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News
Walmart's Jack Shewmaker dies
Jack Shewmaker, one of Walmart’s leading figures, has passed away.
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Opinion
Sainsbury's new entertainment site takes on iTunes
As part of its new online entertainment site Sainsbury’s is taking on iTunes and offering customers music and film downloads.
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News
OFT shelves price-fixing investigation
A multi-million pound investigation by the Office of Fair Trading into price-fixing allegations in the supermarket sector has been axed.
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News
Marks & Spencer celebrates achievement of 70 Plan A targets
Marks & Spencer has now achieved 70 of its 180 Plan A sustainability targets and expects to complete another 20 by April 2011.
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Majestic grabs share for first time in decade
Majestic Wine has grown market share for the first time in 10 years after reducing its minimum order requirement and one of its key competitors exiting the market.
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Tesco to take on Amazon with online marketplace
Grocer readies attack on etail giants with its own take on an online marketplace
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Analysis
Will the Emerald Isle sparkle again?
With EU pressure to accept a bailout, Ireland’s economy is a mess. Will its retailers recover, asks Charlotte Hardie and Greg Lawless
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News
Spar UK MD Jerry Marwood to step down in summer 2011
Spar UK managing director Jerry Marwood will step down from the symbol group in summer next year after more than a decade at the business.
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Delhaize Group Q3 sales increase 0.8% to £4.4bn
Delhaize Group has posted sales growth of 0.8% at identical exchange rates in the third quarter, the period between July and September. At actual exchange rates, sales increased by 8.6% to €5.3bn (£4.4bn) due to the strengthening of the US dollar by 10.8% against the euro compared with the third ...
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Dansk Supermarked sales up 3% to £4.93bn
Netto-owned Dansk Supermarked has reported sales up 3% to DKK43.2bn (£4.93bn) in the first nine months of 2010, up from DKK41.8bn (£4.77bn) during the same period last year. Net income was DKK1.36bn (£152.9m), a rise of 2% on last year. Dansk Supermarked majority owner A P Møller-Maersk said in a ...
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ICA Q3 sales rise by 0.2% to £2.1bn
Ahold-controlled Nordic retailer ICA has announced that net sales grew by 0.2% to SEK23.5bn (£2.1bn) in the third quarter to the end of September, while operating income grew 0.4% to SEK940m (£84.9m). Net income for the third quarter was up 9% to SEK644m (£58.2m).
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Retail sales edge up in October, says ONS
Retail sales edged up modestly in October, according to the Office of National Statistics.
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Holland & Barrett to launch 'buy one, get one for a cent' promotion in Ireland
Holland & Barrett is to launch a ‘buy one, get one for a cent’ promotion in Ireland as it seeks to drive sales in the tough market.
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Spar UK confirms Jerry Marwood to stand down
Spar UK has confirmed that UK managing director Jerry Marwood is to stand down after nearly nine years at the helm, as revealed by Retail Week on Tuesday.
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News
Spar UK MD to stand down
Jerry Marwood, UK managing director of symbol group Spar, is understood to be stepping down from the business, Retail Week has learnt.
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News
Asda Q3 like-for-likes up 1.3%
Asda has reported like-for-like sales excluding petrol up 1.3% in its third quarter, reversing the declining sales trend it suffered earlier in the year.
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News
Consumer Prices Index annual inflation rate rises to 3.2%
The annual rate of consumer price inflation rose to 3.2% in October from 3.1% in September, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) reported.
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News
The Co-op to open in The Strand
The Co-operative Group has signed a contract with The Crown Estate to open a store in The Strand, London.
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News
Asda to create 7,500 jobs next year
Supermarket giant Asda will be create 7,500 jobs in the UK next year, half of which will come from new store openings.
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News
Sainsbury's Christmas ad shows Jamie Oliver in fairytale festive party
Sainsbury’s will air its first Christmas ad this evening which will see celebrity chef Jamie Oliver deliver a fairytale Christmas.