All Retail articles – Page 665

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    Budgens website offers on-line food tolerance database

    2002-12-02T00:00:00Z

    Budgens has relaunched its website www.budgens.co.uk with a fresh new look, in line with Budgens "Where freshness comes to life" instore branding, and becomes the first supermarket site to offer a detailed food intolerance database.

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    Safeway code

    2002-11-22T00:00:00Z

    Safeway has colour-coded its own-label bagged salad range into three separate taste categories,

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    Basingstoke's market first

    2002-11-18T00:00:00Z

    The town centre in Basingstoke last week opened its Market @ Festival Square as a new concept in UK shopping-centre fresh produce sales.

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    De Naeyer looks for retail support

    2002-11-10T00:00:00Z

    Marc De Naeyer of FTK Holland aks for more retail participation in the retail division of Freshfel, of which he is chairman.

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    Fry joins retail panel at Congress

    2002-11-10T00:00:00Z

    Peter Fry, head of produce at Tesco, sat on a high-powered retail panel at the Eurofruit Congress in Amsterdam.

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    Tesco sights on US

    2002-11-08T00:00:00Z

    Tesco is set to expand in the US, said a keynote speaker at the Eurofruit Congress.

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    Stores chase convenience market

    2002-10-30T00:00:00Z

    This week has seen two major acquisitions in the convenience store sector by Tesco and the Co-op.

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    Tesco top 10

    2002-10-30T00:00:00Z

    Ten Tesco customers and their partners will soon be jetting off to exotic destinations, thanks to the supermarket's recent banana bonanza.

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    Ramesys unveils unique NPD research

    2002-10-25T00:00:00Z

    The results of an extensive NPD research programme were the subject of a presentation by Ramesys md Martin Telfer, at this year's Institute of Grocery Distribution's (IGD) Annual Convention.

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    Retailers issue wage warning

    2002-10-24T00:00:00Z

    The British Retail Consortium has warned that the number of new jobs created by the sector would dry up if the next rise in the national minimum wage is too high.

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    M&S on right tracks

    2002-10-23T00:00:00Z

    Following the success of its eight food-only stores, Marks & Spencer is opening up to 40 more of the specialist shops at railway stations.

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    Safeway in focus

    2002-10-23T00:00:00Z

    Safeway, the UK's number four supermarket, has shown strong like-for-like sales growth in its reformatted stores.

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    M&S launches Chillevator

    2002-10-23T00:00:00Z

    Marks & Spencer has launched the Chillevator, a revolutionary portable fridge unit, built and designed specifically for merchandising strawberries. Jointly developed and trialled last winter by Lec Refrigeration, KG Fruit and M&S technologists, they have been installed at 98 stores.

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    Tesco's loyalty counterattack

    2002-10-22T00:00:00Z

    Leading UK supermarket Tesco has announced a new loyalty partnership as it seeks to contend with Sainsbury's recently launched joint loyalty deal.

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    Waitrose strengthens focus

    2002-10-18T00:00:00Z

    Waitrose outlines plans for increased collaboration and customer focus.

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    Shutler's shuffle

    2002-10-17T00:00:00Z

    Somerfield has named Andy Shutler as its new head of fresh produce and frozen food buying.

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    Sainsbury's fights hard

    2002-10-15T00:00:00Z

    The UK's second largest supermarket group has admitted it faces pressure from aspiring Asda in third place and has raised the stakes in a voucher war with market leader Tesco.

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    Somerfield shares slide as ceo goes

    2002-10-15T00:00:00Z

    UK supermarket Somerfield lost almost half its value on Monday when it issued a warning that profits for the year would be 35 per cent below expectation and ceo Alan Smith resigned.

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    Are shoppers losing heart?

    2002-10-11T00:00:00Z

    Are shoppers losing heart? The British Retail Consortium (BRC) aims to provide the answer at their second Economic Forum to be held in London on November 20.

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    Tesco takes top floral retail award

    2002-10-08T00:00:00Z

    Tesco has been recognised as the UK's leading retailer of cut flowers at the 2002 Retail Industry Awards.