All Supermarkets articles – Page 10
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Tesco makes U-turn over garden site
Tesco has backed out of plans to build a store on the site of a community garden in Brighton, East Sussex. Following a long-running battle with the community and local Green Party MP Caroline Lucas, Tesco community and government director...
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Go to Tesco, Daily Mail tells readers
The Daily Mail is under fire for excluding independent retailers from its free DVD offers.
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Co-op gets back on the acquisition trail
The Co-operative Group has revealed plans to open a further 300 food stores from early next year once the integration of Somerfield is complete.
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Sheringham Tesco goes to public vote
The long-running battle to keep a national supermarket chain out of the Norfolk town of Sheringham will take a new turn next month when residents vote on the future of the development.
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Waitrose damages newsagent’s trade
Waitrose is refusing to back down on its decision to sell newspapers and magazines in its new Cambridge convenience store, despite the protests of a neighbouring newsagent who claims his business is being "bled dry".
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Morrisons joins the convenience club
Supermarket chain Morrisons is to join its multiple rivals by opening smaller format stores in the convenience sector.
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A tough year ahead, predicts Co-op boss
Co-operative Group chief executive Peter Marks has warned that trading conditions are unlikely to improve for at least another 12 months.
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Dear Jac: Putting a spanner into Tesco’s works
Ian Layton, who runs Maple Street Stores in Bracebridge, Lincoln, has put together a letter intended primarily as information for local councillors in the hope that they'll want to put a spanner in Tesco's works
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Communities take a stand against Tesco
Scores of pro-community protesters besieged a new Tesco store in Norwich on its first day of opening following a bitter seven-year battle.
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Anti-Tesco protestors stand strong
Demonstrators have attempted to stop bulldozers moving in on the site of a community garden in Brighton, East Sussex, in protest at plans to build a Tesco store.
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Waitrose reveals its convenience model
Waitrose is the latest of the big supermarkets to enter the convenience market with the opening of the first example of its new store format.
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Head to head with Tesco Express
You can moan about the retail giants or, like Arul Masilamany, you can reign on their parade. Dave Visick visits an independent store with a mult next door.
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Price fears as Asda buys smaller outlets
Asda is to extend its national pricing policy to the 193 smaller outlets purchased last month from Netto a move which could drive margins down in some neighbourhoods and threaten the livelihoods of independent convenience store owners.
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Local council calls on Tesco to keep out
One of Britain's most passionate struggles against the growth of the multiple supermarket chains has received the backing of local councillors
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Tesco reveals massive expansion
Tesco has announced plans to open 2.4million sq ft of selling space - equivalent to 80 superstores - in Britain this year.
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Tesco self-scan ‘dehumanises’
A supplier of epos systems has urged convenience retailers to take advantage of their ability to offer customers meaningful interaction at the till. Phil Lee, business director of Torex P&C, told visitors to last week's Food and Drink...
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Midcounties Co-op shows strong growth
The Midcounties Co-operative has announced a 19% year-on-year increase in trading profit for the 12 months to January 23, 2010. Gross sales also grew 5.2% to £787m from the previous period’s figure of £748m. Food retail had a 7.3% like-for-like growth over the year.
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Sheringham says no to Tesco... again
The Norfolk town of Sheringham has taken its battle to keep out Tesco into its 14th year with its latest refusal of the multiple's planning application.
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Mega-shed will give Co-op stores a boost
The Co-operative Group's new 467,000sq ft distribution hub in Andover, Hampshire, promises to improve availability and service across its South of England store estate.
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Co-op offers its epos system to small stores
The Co-operative Group is making its in-house developed epos system available to purchase by other retailers.