All Grocery articles – Page 800
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Schwarz tops grocery growth list
German discounter Schwarz Group was the world’s fastest-growing grocery chain last year.
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Russian plans for Media Markt
Metro is considering taking its Media Markt electricals chain to Russia, and views the country as one of its five biggest priorities over the next few years.
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Ahold’s Euronext spat
Ahold expressed disagreement with a Euronext decision to give the Dutch retailer a serious written warning regarding violations of Euronext rules on press releases. The warning related to difficulties that emerged at Ahold early last year.
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Grocery giants push for single global RFID tagging standard
Tesco, Wal-Mart, Kraft, Nestle and a raft of other companies have launched the EPCglobal standard, designed to speed up the development of RFID.
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Sainsbury’s counts the cost of IT strategy in poor sales report
Sainsbury’s fourth-quarter trading statement gives an inkling of how its business transformation programme has taken hold so far.
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Carrefour joins Intel to push for RFID standard
Intel has signed three of Europe’s largest retailers - Metro, Tesco and Carrefour - to help it push through the Electronic Product Code (EPC) standards at the heart of RFID tagging across the continent.
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Monster supermarket to anchor MK Dons ground
Milton Keynes Council has granted planning permission for what is thought to be Britain’s largest supermarket.
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Sainsbury’s chief fleshes out 10-year Accenture IT agenda
In an exclusive interview with Retail Week, Sainsbury’s chief information officer Maggie Miller explained the reasons behind the three-year extension of the retailer’s outsourcing deal with Accenture to 10 years.
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Tesco heads east with Japanese c-store takeover
Tesco has pushed into the Japanese market by acquiring convenience store retailer C Two-Network for£139 million.
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Asda helps fund Milton Keynes stadium
Asda is to develop another 9,300 sq m Asda Wal-Mart supercentre in Denbigh, Milton Keynes. A planning application has been lodged as part of the Stadium MK project, which will include a 30,000 seat stadium to house the Wimbledon soccer franchise, which is relocating to Milton Keynes. In ...
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Asda grows portfolio by 10 stores
Asda plans to add 10 stores to its existing UK portfolio this year, through a mixture of new site acquisitions and redevelopments. The development programme is valued at £360 million.