All Somerfield articles – Page 5

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    Somerfield tests mobile scanning

    2008-04-16T10:45:00Z

    Somerfield is piloting a mobile scanning system from Datalogic Scanning with a view to rolling it out at its convenience-led stores.

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    Convenience sector is the long-term favourite

    2008-04-11T12:24:00Z

    Tesco is understood to want to open at least 150 Tesco Express stores in the next 12 months, as revealed in this week’s issue of Retail Week (April 11).

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    QS to open in supermarkets

    2008-04-10T15:26:00Z

    Value fashion retailer QS is to open concessions in grocery chains Somerfield and the Co-operative Group, as it restructures after the departure of its chief executive.

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    Somerfield sale could go ahead within a week

    2008-04-08T09:08:35Z

    The sale of convenience grocer Somerfield could be agreed as early as next week, it is understood.

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    Co-op needs to up Somerfield bid to seal deal

    2008-04-03T15:31:05Z

    The Co-operative Group will have to raise its offer to buy Somerfield, which could result in a Competition Commission inquiry.

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    Somerfield posts strong pre-Easter sales

    2008-03-27T09:40:47Z

    Local grocery chain Somerfield has revealed strong like-for-like sales for the 12 weeks to Easter, as it continues its extensive store refurbishment programme.

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    Tchenguiz and Apax divided over Somerfield sale

    2008-03-26T08:47:54Z

    Property tycoon Robert Tchenguiz and private equity group Apax are thought to be at loggerheads over the sale of grocery chain Somerfield, which has attracted only one bid, according to The Times .

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    Somerfield sale in jeopardy

    2008-03-20T08:55:04Z

    The planned 2 billion sale of Somerfield could be dropped after only one bid was tabled by the deadline at the end of last week.

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    Asda could carve up Somerfield

    2008-03-03T09:00:25Z

    Asda is sounding out potential partners for a carve up of 900-store local grocery chain Somerfield, according to the Daily Telegraph .

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    Somerfield returns to profit

    2008-02-26T08:53:47Z

    Up-for-sale grocer Somerfield made pre-tax profits of 26.4 million for the year to April 28 2007, after a loss of 118.1 million the previous year.

  • Opinion

    A case for the big two?

    2008-02-01T12:32:31Z

    Speculation was swirling around the grocery sector this week that Asda is poised to make a bid for local grocery chain Somerfield.

  • Analysis

    Field of dreams

    2008-01-24T16:06:42Z

    With his radical overhaul of Somerfield finally bearing fruit and a multibillion-pound sale in the pipeline, Paul Mason is on a high. James Thompson finds out why things are looking up for the grocer

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    Asda's interest in Somerfield hots up

    2008-01-22T08:55:16Z

    Asda is thought to have engaged investment bank Lazard to advise it on a potential 2.5 billion bid for Somerfield, according to The Times .

  • Opinion

    Somerfield bid will likely break it up

    2008-01-18T11:36:17Z

    One of retail’s worst kept secrets was made official this week, when the private equity owners of Somerfield and investment bank Citi revealed that the grocery chain was being touted around the supermarket industry.

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    Somerfield up for auction

    2008-01-17T10:11:13Z

    Citigroup has been appointed to sell convenience store chain Somerfield.

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    Somerfield to carve a niche with focus on smaller stores

    2007-12-20T10:25:41Z

    High street grocer Somerfield is to open more smaller stores as it seeks to distance itself further from big supermarkets.

  • Analysis

    No time to waste

    2007-11-28T16:51:30.780Z

    Lockdowns at Christmas may mean major work in retailers’ IT departments halts, but that doesn’t mean that the IT staff are left idle – far from it. Liz Morrell reports

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    Desperately seeking chairman

    2007-11-01T11:55:00Z

    Controversial store group Sports Direct has been having trouble finding a chairman, so Retail Week has turned headhunter in a bid to help out. George MacDonald compiles our shortlist of 10 candidates with the skills for the most challenging role in the industry. Over to you, Mr Ashley…