All Grocery articles – Page 551
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News
Asda Income Tracker: Families suffer 2.5% fall in discretionary income in July
Families suffered a 2.5% decrease in discretionary income in July, according to the Asda Income Tracker.
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Tesco to open drive-through supermarket
Tesco will this week launch the UK’s first drive-through supermarket in Baldock in Hertfordshire.
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Nearly half of Woolworths’ stores still empty
Almost two years after Woolworths’ collapse, 40% of the variety group’s stores remain empty.
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New Marks & Spencer chairman to get £500,000
Marks & Spencer’s new chairman could be paid around 40% less than current chairman Sir Stuart Rose according to reports.
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Asda appoints Sam’s Club vice president as CMO
Asda has appointed Charles Redfield, senior vice president for food and beverage at Walmart-owned Sam’s Club, as its chief merchandising officer.
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Spar sponsors cookery TV series
Spar has sponsored a cookery series called Meals in Moments on Channel Five which will air from September.
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Morrisons joins value school uniform scrum
Morrisons has launched its first-ever school uniform range this month with a flat price of £2 for any item.
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Grocers face end to restrictive property deals
Grocers will face a clampdown on restrictive covenants under the Groceries Market Investigation (Controlled Land) Order 2010, which came into force last week.
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Opinion
Co-operation’s what you need
Collaboration across our industry is resulting in some extraordinary outcomes, writes Mark Price
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Waitrose weighs up convenience store sub-brand
Waitrose is considering creating a new fascia for its convenience stores as it gears up for expansion.
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M&S food sales impress as it takes bigger bite of the market
Marks & Spencer delivered strong food sales growth in the late summer, when it benefited from both shoppers treating themselves during the holiday period and its branded food roll-out.
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Analysis
Trading outlook: Who is right, the bulls or the bears?
With uncertainty rife as to retail’s prospects, who is right when it comes to the outlook - the doom-mongering bears or the optimistic bulls? Retail Week puts the arguments for and against
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Opinion
Focus on food will be key to Asda’s recovery
Spare a thought for Asda’s new chief executive Andy Clarke.
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Opinion
Low prices alone won’t help Asda’s recovery
Spare a thought for Asda’s new chief executive Andy Clarke. Struggling along without either a trading director or an operations chief, on Tuesday he was put in the awkward position of both parent company Walmart revealing another fall in Asda’s comp sales and Kantar showing it had lost further market ...
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Andy Clarke shifts focus to products as Asda’s sales decline again
New CEO looks to change strategy and customer perceptions as sales slip for second consecutive quarter
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Sales up in July, but food volumes down, ONS says
Retail sales rose 2.9% by value and 2.4% by volume in July compared with the same month last year, according to the Office for National Statistics.
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Ocado shares hit new low
Home shopping group Ocado’s shares hit a new low yesterday, and from today the stock can no longer be propped up by Goldman Sachs acting as a trading counterparty.
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Delhaize reports mixed H1 results
Grocer Delhaize Group posted mixed first-half results. In Belgium revenues grew 5.5% to €2.34bn (£1.91bn), supported by 4.7% like-for-like growth and new store openings. Alfa Beta in Greece put in another strong performance with a 7.3% increase in revenues to €765m (£627m) and gained further market share.Operations in Romania and ...
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Big C Q2 sales up 2.4%
Casino-owned Big C has announced that retail sales in the second quarter of 2010 were up 2.4% to Bt18.4bn (£370m) compared with the same period last year.Operating profit grew 12.7%, with net profit growing by 15.8% to reach Bt686m (£13.8m), compared with a net profit last year of Bt592m (£11.9m). ...
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Netto plans European expansion
After selling its UK business, Netto plans to aggressively expand in other European markets with a focus on Germany and Poland.The retailer plans to open 20 to 25 stores a year with money earned from the sale of Netto’s business in the UK, which was bought by Asda for €620m ...