All Supermarkets articles – Page 13
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It’s a fair Co-op guv
Co-operative stores in North Yorkshire are offering refreshments to police officers so they can spend time with customers. The scheme, dubbed “It’s a Fair Co-op of Tea, Guv,” is being rolled out across North Yorkshire and the city of York in support...
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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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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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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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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 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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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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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 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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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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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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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.