All Grocery articles – Page 594

  • News

    Aldi records £39m profit in Australia

    2009-10-02T00:00:00Z

    Aldi’s discount store network in Australia delivered a profit of AUD72.6m (£39.19m) last year, on total Australian sales of AUD1.85bn (£998.6m).Aldi, which entered Australia in January 2001 and recently opened its 200th store there, has been profitable for the past three years. ”We have strong expansion plans for Australia ...

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    News

    Co-op says it holds the key to ‘democratic consumerism’, not Asda

    2009-10-01T16:04:00Z

    The Co-op has invited Asda to “come and see how it’s done” as it objects to its rival’s claims of leading the way in “democratic” business.

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    News

    Asda installs webcams as it aims for company transparency

    2009-10-01T13:12:00Z

    Asda has outlined a radical new strategy that it claims will make it the first genuinely transparent business that puts the customer at the heart of its decision-making process.

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    News

    Tesco retreats from Holmfirth superstore plan

    2009-10-01T09:28:00Z

    Plans for a Tesco superstore in the West Yorkshire town of Holmfirth, home of the BBC comedy series Last of the Summer Wine, have been axed after a campaign by residents and local independent retailers.

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    News

    Marks & Spencer second quarter beats expectations

    2009-09-30T08:31:00Z

    Marks & Spencer delivered a better than expected second quarter performance, as UK like-for-like sales declined by just 0.5%, continuing the improving trend seen over the last three quarters.

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    News

    Alcohol minimum price ‘would slash grocery bills’

    2009-09-29T08:39:00Z

    Scrapping cut-price supermarket alcohol would mean families paying less for their groceries, according to a report in the the journal Clinical Medicine.

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    News

    Tesco ‘in talks to sell £400m property portfolio’

    2009-09-28T17:21:00Z

    Tesco is reportedly in talks to sell a £400m portfolio of properties to a newly formed investment company seeking to take advantage of the opportunities of the recent falls in the value of UK commercial property.

  • Retailers like Tesco may be forced to pass on a new “shopping tax” to customers
    News

    Retailers to be hit by local car park tax

    2009-09-28T11:11:00Z

    Retailers may be forced to pass on a new “shopping tax” to customers under new plans by local authorities to charge for parking spaces.

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    Opinion

    Should Marks & Spencer be scared?

    2009-09-25T09:25:00Z

    Waitrose is making a major play for convenience, stepping into prime Marks & Spencer territory. Should Marks & Spencer be scared, or is it confident of its position?

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    News

    Online grocery shopping yet to catch on

    2009-09-25T08:27:00Z

    Many British adults have still to “click” with online grocery shopping in spite of its convenient image, according to new research.

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    Retail stock interest expected to continue

    2009-09-25T00:00:00Z

    Stores rebounded after the recent bout of profit taking and outperformed the market, but food retail stocks remained mired ahead of results from Tesco and Sainsbury’s.

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    News

    Threshers franchisees claim supply still lacking

    2009-09-25T00:00:00Z

    Franchisees of Threshers, the off-licence chain owned by First Quench Retailing, have claimed that the lack of supply continues to hamper their businesses.

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    News

    Tesco promotes fresh food chief Colin Holmes

    2009-09-25T00:00:00Z

    Tesco has promoted its fresh foods chief to the executive committee.

  • News

    Carrefour launches campaign

    2009-09-25T00:00:00Z

    Carrefour has launched a campaign highlighting six menu ideas at less than e1 (86p) per person.Produced by Publicis, the campaign will run on TV and in the grocer’s 1,200 French stores.The menus, made using Carrefour own-branded products, are intended “to reduce the daily food bill while purchasing power is at ...

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    Analysis

    A chain that won’t break

    2009-09-25T00:00:00Z

    After several years of investment and hard work, Sainsbury’s supply chain has overcome its availability problems. Charlotte Hardie reports

  • News

    Casino receives acquisition offer from Jumbo

    2009-09-25T00:00:00Z

    Supermarket Super de Boer, owned by French retail group Casino, has received an acquisition offer from family-owned Dutch grocer Jumbo worth €482m.The board of Super de Boer are assessing the offer, while Casino, which owns about 57% of Super de Boer’s shares, supports the offer.If completed, the deal would represent ...

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    News

    Waitrose chases convenience market and signs deal with Boots UK

    2009-09-24T10:00:00Z

    Waitrose is to make a major play for the convenience market, and has embarked on a partnership with Boots UK to sell select product ranges in each others’ stores.

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    Morrisons joins BRC

    2009-09-23T21:00:00Z

    Morrisons has become the final one of the UK’s top-ten food retailers to join the British Retail Consortium.

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    News

    CBI: UK economy to emerge from recession in Q3

    2009-09-23T08:47:00Z

    The UK economy is expected to emerge from recession through modest growth in the third and fourth quarters of this year, but constraints on demand will mean that growth in 2010 is fragile, according the CBI.

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    News

    Asda report: UK families £8 a week better off last month

    2009-09-22T15:42:00Z

    The average UK family was £8 a week better off last month compared to a year ago, thanks to inflation being at its lowest level since February 2005 and low interest rates on mortgages, according to data from Asda.