All Grocery articles – Page 683
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Waitrose ads celebrate homegrown ‘heroes’
Waitrose has this week launched the latest instalment of its national in-store Food Heroes campaign to raise the profile of specialist British food producers.
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Opinion
Damned if you do, damned if you don't
It’s hard to know who will get the most attention at Tesco’s AGM today. It could be the chicken campaigners, the Barack Obama-supported US union or the Unite protesters presenting chief executive Sir Terry Leahy with a “golden loo”.
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Carrefour to rebrand French stores
Carrefour Group is to convert all its supermarket formats in France to its Carrefour and Carrefour Market fascias.
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M&S shareholders urged to block Rose dual role
Marks & Spencer shareholders are again being urged to vote against chief executive Sir Stuart Rose’s promotion to chairman at next month’s AGM.
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Obama appeals to Leahy over union recognition
Tesco chief executive Sir Terry Leahy has been asked by Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama to meet with and engage with American trade unions.
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Qataris up Sainsbury's stake
Sainsbury’s shares soared last night on the news that the Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) increased its stake in the supermarket giant to about 25.3 per cent.
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Wal-Mart unveils Marketside web site
US grocery giant Wal-Mart has unveiled a web site for its new-launch smaller format stores, Marketside.
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Grocery market to head into decline, Nielsen claims
Grocery market growth has stalled and the sector is poised to slide into decline, according to information company AC Nielsen.
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M&S to anchor southeast Irish scheme
Marks & Spencer is to open its first store in the southeast of Ireland at the Showgrounds Shopping Centre in Clonmel Town.
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Baugur sells Booker stake as part of focus on retail
Icelandic investor Baugur has offloaded its 31.4 per cent stake in cash and carry business Booker as it concentrates on retail.
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Supermarkets enjoy healthy growth
The latest grocery market share figures show strong year-on-year sales growth in the grocery sector but food price inflation figures have been over-cooked, claimed TNS Worldpanel.
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B&Q and Morrisons are first retailers to be awarded Carbon Trust Standard
B&Q and Morrison’s are the two retailers among the first 12 companies to be awarded the new Carbon Trust Standard for tackling climate change.
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Sainsbury's non-food boss defects to Tesco
Sainsbury’s head of non-food Richard Jones is quitting the grocer to take a top job at competitor Tesco.
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Tesco under fire for planning application
Tesco is under fire after it was revealed that it used a local retailer to front a planning application for a development in Barnstaple, Devon.
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Russia’s X5 launches first Mercado Supercenter
Russia’s largest food retailer X5 has unveiled its first Mercado Supercenter store.
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Metro to axe raft of German Real stores to ramp up profit
German retail group Metro is to close or sell 27 of its underperforming Real hypermarkets in Germany by the end of next year to lift profitability.
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Tesco to roll out mobile till points in Express shops
Tesco is to introduce mobile checkouts to many of its Express formats after testing the devices at a handful of stores.
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Sainsbury’s: the city view
Sainsbury’s reported slowing sales growth in the past three months, but said performance was in line with expectations.
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Opinion
Price alone won’t save the day
Retailers must back up low prices with good quality if they want to attract today’s consumer
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Waitrose to sponsor Reading FC
Waitrose has signed up to sponsor Reading Football Club, marking the first time a food retailer in Britain has sponsored a major football club.