All Grocery articles – Page 508
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NewsGrocers ramp up use of coupons
The grocers have upped the ante on coupons with a swathe of new deals at category level.
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NewsIceland’s Walker posts record results
Frozen food retailer benefits as consumers change grocery spending habits.
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NewsAlliance Boots in talks with Musgrave about food tie-up
Alliance Boots is in discussions with food manufacturer Musgrave, supplier to Budgens, about stocking its food products in stores.
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NewsRetail sales values jumped 3.9% in May
Retail sales values, excluding fuel, jumped 3.9% year-on-year in May as Brits prepared to celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee.
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NewsWalgreens' share price falls on concern about Alliance Boots deal
Shares in Walgreens have fallen 10% since the merger with Alliance Boots was revealed on Tuesday.
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NewsMajestic Wine hires new commercial boss
Majestic Wine has appointed a new commercial director as it continues to defy market conditions to record sales increases.
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Carrefour to sell stake in joint venture with Marinopoulos Group
Carrefour is to sell its stake in its joint venture with Marinopoulos Group. The move will make Marinopoulos the exclusive franchisee of Carrefour in Greece, Cyprus, Bulgaria and the Balkans. Carrefour is likely to incur a charge of approximately E220m (£183.7m) relating to the discontinued activities. Marinopoulos reportedly plans to ...
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Woolworths to reduce number of self-checkouts
Woolworths plans to reduce the number of self-checkouts in city stores, ZDNet.com has reported.The retailer has already installed about 2,000 NCR Selfserv Checkouts throughout its store portfolio but is expected to remove them from inner-city locations. They will be replaced by a single-line queue.Woolworths said the change was “about customer ...
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OpinionComment: Sainsbury’s King gets top spot in Retail Week Power List
After several years of continuity at the top of Retail Week’s Power List, 2012 is the second year in a row we’ve had a change in the number one slot.
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NewsThe Co-operative completes roll out of replenishment system
The Co-operative Food has completed a major transformation of its store replenishment system to improve stock availability.
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NewsTesco and Morrisons continue to lose market share
Tesco and Morrisons lost share in the last quarter while Waitrose and the discounters continued to win shoppers, according to the latest data from Kantar Worldpanel.
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NewsTesco puts 'Every little helps' under review
Tesco has put its ‘Every little helps’ strapline under review, it is understood.
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NewsWaitrose signs deal to use voice-activated systems
Waitrose has signed a deal to use voice-activated technology in its warehouses.
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AnalysisReaction: Tesco reveals Japan exit strategy
Tesco revealed today it will exit Japan in two stages, the first of which involves selling 50% of the operation to Japan’s largest retailer Aeon for a “nominal sum”. The grocer will then form a joint venture with Aeon and will invest a further £40m into the business to finance further restructuring. Commentators believed the move made sense.
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AnalysisFive ways Majestic Wine is outstripping the grocers
Majestic Wine chief executive Steve Lewis believes the grocers’ 80% share of the wine market has peaked. The retailer reported a 14.5% uplift in full-year pre-tax profit today and Lewis believes there are significant market opportunities. Retail Week looks at reasons why he might be spot on.
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AnalysisMajestic Wine: What the analysts say
Majestic Wine reported a 14.5% uplift in pre-tax profit today while increasing its target for store numbers by 100 to 330 stores. The City reacted favourably.
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NewsMajestic Wine profits rocket 14.5%
Pre-tax profit at Majestic Wine rose 14.5% to £23.2m in the 53 weeks to April 2.