All Grocery articles – Page 605
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Asda launches first eco-friendly depot
Asda opened its first environmentally friendly depot this week in Didcot, Oxfordshire.
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Spar ads to revitalise own-label
Symbol group Spar UK has launched a £5m ad campaign to support the relaunch of its own-label range.
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M&S shareholders reject motion on Sir Stuart Rose’s chairmanship
Marks & Spencer shareholders have voted against a special resolution calling for executive chairman Sir Stuart Rose to step down 12 months early, in July 2010.
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Threshers sourcing chief exits
Struggling off-licence chain Threshers has suffered another blow after losing its long-serving head of global sourcing Jonathan Butt.
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Sainsbury’s extends carbon reduction scheme for farmers
Sainsbury’s has extended its carbon reduction scheme for farmers which supply the supermarket with beef, lamb, pork, poultry and eggs.
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June food price inflation lowest in 14 months
Food inflation was its lowest in 14 months in June, according to the British Retail Consortium Shop Price Index.
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IBM to run Carrefour's IT systems in France
International retail giant Carrefour has signed a €180m (£155m) agreement with IBM, that will see the technology services provider take over the transformation, management and maintenance of Carrefour’s IT infrastructure and applications in France.
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M&S shareholder revolt gains pace ahead of AGM
The row among Marks & Spencer shareholders has gathered momentum ahead of Wednesday’s AGM, with former chief executive Sir Richard Greenbury lambasting shareholders for their “vindictive” attitude towards executive chairman Sir Stuart Rose.
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Opinion
Can Aldi win the taste test?
Hard discounter Aldi has always claimed its quality is as good as the leading brand. Can it really pass the taste test? Or will its ABC1 customers start flocking back to the likes of Waitrose and Marks & Spencer when they have more money in their pockets?
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Analysis
Top 50 retailers: Retail’s premier league
It’s 18 months since Retail Week’s last look at the UK’s top retailers by sales and margins and much has changed in that time. Retail Knowledge Bank senior partner Robert Clark reports
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Tesco investors urged to oppose share option changes
Tesco shareholders are being urged to oppose changes to share option schemes at the grocer’s annual general meeting today.
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Wesfarmers sells shops and supermarkets
Wesfarmers has sold 45 of its Coles supermarkets and eight Liquorland shops to independent grocer FoodWorks.The deal will reduce Wesfarmers’ costs and allow it to invest in other Coles stores. FoodWorks, which now has 750 Australian stores, paid around Aus$35m (£17m).The shops sold generated a combined annual turnover of around ...
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Sobeys reveals net profit hike
Grocer Sobeys has revealed a net profit hike of 21.1 per cent to C$226m (£118m) in the year to May 2.Like-for-like sales increased 5.2 per cent while total sales climbed 7.2 per cent to C$14.76bn (£7.7bn) as a result of new stores and extensions, as well as sales and ...
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Gallery
Sainsbury’s at Gloucester Quays is more than just a green store
Another day, another eco-store. Except it isn’t. Sainsbury’s new Gloucester Quays store is good-looking too. John Ryan visits
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Credit insurance woe hits stock at Threshers
Threshers owner First Quench Retailing is understood to be sourcing stock from the grey market after its supply chain was interrupted by the reduction of credit insurance to some of its suppliers.
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East of England Co-op to sell non-food stores
The East of England Co-operative Society is to sell the majority of its non-food stores as it seeks to offload most of its department and home stores business to Vergo Retail.
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Colruyt’s pre-tax profits rise
Discount grocer Colruyt’s pre-tax profits rose 8 per cent to €549m (£467m) in the year to March 31, missing forecasts of €559m (£475m). Total sales increased 11.2 per cent to E6.3bn (£5.35bn), in line with forecasts.The retailer said: “Despite the economic crisis the Colruyt Group continues to invest in future ...
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Meijer to test a smaller format grocers in Chicago suburb
Meijer is to test a smaller format grocery-focused shop in the Chicago suburb of Niles.The 102,000 sq ft shop is about half the size of most Meijer supercentres and will open in the first quarter of 2010. Alongside grocery, it will also have a pharmacy and some general merchandise. The ...
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Asda trials system to hone merchandising
Asda has successfully completed testing and user acceptance of a store and merchandise planning system from Galleria Retail Technology Solutions.