All Supermarkets articles – Page 11
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News
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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News
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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News
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.
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News
Co-op thrives but warns of tough times
Co-operative Group chief executive Peter Marks has warned that the tough trading climate will persist into 2011.
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News
Stong Christmas for Heart of England Co-op
The Heart of England Co-operative Society reported strong trading figures for the Christmas period.
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News
Harefield retailers unite to fight new Tesco store
Despite a joint effort from Londis and Spar retailers to keep Tesco out of Harefield, London, the supermarket chain has re-applied for planning permission to build a new store in the area.
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News
2,000 hours to see off Tesco
A convenience store retailer who has spent more than 2,000 hours and thousands of pounds battling a Tesco development in Ottery St Mary, Devon, is about to find out if all his hard work has paid off.
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News
Tesco to take Express route for expansion
Tesco has suggested it is preparing a new assault on the convenience sector which would see it double its existing portfolio of small format Express stores.
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News
Blues for Tesco and Everton after stadium plan rejected
A £400m football stadium and retail park development in Liverpool has been refused permission on the grounds that it would have had harmful effects on the “vitality and viability” of the local community
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Features and analysis
Co-op invests in online security system
The Co-operative Group has invested more than £1million in a new internet-based security system.
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News
Co-op rebrand of Somerfield in full swing
Rebranding of the Somerfield store estate is now in full swing, the Co-operative Group has said
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News
Heart of England to adopt Co-operative branding
The Heart of England is the latest Society to adopt the Co-operative branding
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News
Tesco holds fire on Holmfirth store
Tesco has withrawn its application to build a 5,500sq m store in Holmfirth, Yorkshire, home of the long-running BBC series Last of the Summer Wine. The supermarket chain had applied to build the store on a site two miles outside of the...
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Midcounties Co-op shows growth
Midcounties Co-operative has recorded a 20% increase in trading profit to £12m for the first half of 2009.
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News
Waitrose steps up its push to convenience retailing
Waitrose's decision to open 300 small stores across the country has been welcomed by many in the convenience store industry, who feel it shows great faith in the sector's strength.
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Opinion
Waitrose wants a piece of the local action
Waitrose's decision to open 300 smaller stores is a classic good news/bad news scenario, says Convenience Store editor David Rees
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News
Raj rallies his town to take on Tesco
Londis retailer Raj Aggarwal is leading the fight to keep a Tesco One Stop store out of Wigston, Leicester, where he owns a store
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News
Tesco’s planning tactics under fire
Tesco has been found guilty of making misleading claims to support its planning application for a new supermarket in Essex, the second time in recent weeks that the retail giant's tactics have been questioned. In an earlier case, a letter of support...
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Blog
Editor’s comment: Does Tesco have any friends any more?
Does Tesco have any friends any more? Although the company is, on the whole, widely respected in the retail trade, it also has some very active opponents. The retail giant has increasingly come under...