All Supermarkets articles – Page 13
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Waitrose’s c-store plan
Waitrose has revealed that Trinity Square, Nottingham will be the home of its first convenience store. The 5,815sq ft outlet is due to open on December 11 opposite the city’s John Lewis department store. It will feature a self-service food...
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OFT to investigate Tesco acquisition
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) is to investigate Tesco’s take-over of an independent supermarket in Barnstaple, Devon. Brian Ford’s Discount store was bought by a property firm on behalf of Tesco in 2003. It was only in August that Tesco’s...
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Co-op joins the war against knife crime
The Heart of England Co-op has made a stand against knife crime by removing all kitchen knives from sale at its 33 food stores. The society has also enforced a strict Challenge 25 policy for knife sales at its eight non-food stores. Heart of England...
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Food sales on a high at Co-op
The Co-operative Group has reported a 43.5% rise in food sales for the first half of 2008. Food sales hit £2.4bn during the period, and trading profit rose by 67.7% (£126m). The results also showed that like-for-like sales for the first half of the...
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The Co-operative Group policies put to the vote
The Co-operative Group has invited its 85,000 employees and three million members to determine the group’s future community spending. The group has published a survey on its website which offers members and staff the opportunity to decide which...
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Tesco planning veto boosts small stores
Tesco’s proposed development in Sheringham, Norfolk, has been turned down – a decision which local MP Norman Lamb predicted would “send shockwaves through the planning system nationally”.
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Co-op gears up for TV
The Co-op is to stress its community roots with a new advertising campaign offering ‘a great deal locally’.
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Co-op in-store mini-banks go on trial
The Co-operative Group is planning to put banking operations in up to 250 of its UK stores. Services will vary, with some stores having a machine to withdraw cash and deposit cheques, while others will have staff available to advise on financial...
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Indies unfazed by Tesco local focus
Independent retailers say they are not threatened by Tesco’s goal of achieving sales of more than £500m from locally sourced products this year. The chain said that sales of locally produced items such as bread, meat and eggs had risen 40% this...
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Co-op clinches Somerfield deal
The Co-operative Group has agreed to buy the 880-strong store chain Somerfield for £1.56bn, cementing itself as Britain's fifth biggest supermarket chain and a superpower in the convenience sector.
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Waitrose set to take convenience route
The first Waitrose convenience store could be up and running within six months, C-Store has learned.
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ACS looks ahead as Tesco appeals
Tesco's decision to appeal against Competition Commission (CC) recommendations has been panned by retail trade associations.
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Waitrose ready to open neighbourhood stores
Waitrose is to launch a new format for villages and market towns, but denied it is planning a national c-store rollout.
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Co-op in £8m epos investment
The Co-operative Group is shelling out £8.3m on an epos system to create a single communication process for all its stores.
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Council may get Tesco handout
North Norfolk Council will receive £1.2m from Tesco if the supermarket's plans for a 1,500sq m store in Sheringham are given the go-ahead.
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Anger at Tesco build plan
Tesco has risked the wrath of transport officials, green campaigners, local residents and historians in Wiltshire, after revealing plans to build a 21-acre depot on a greenfield site near Stonehenge.
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More societies take on The Co-operative brand
The creation of a single 'super' co-op has inched another step closer, after two more independent societies said they would adopt 'The Co-operative' brand.
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Co-op Group could be bidder for Somerfield
The Co-operative Group could be a player in the bidding war for 955-strong store chain Somerfield, which put itself up for auction last week.
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Council says no to Tesco again
Campaigners have moved another step closer to victory in a 10-year battle against Tesco's plans to build a supermarket in the town of Sheringham, Norfolk.