All Supermarkets articles – Page 15

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    Co-op sets store target

    2007-01-26T00:00:00Z

    United Co-operative bosses have set the society a target of 50 new stores for 2007.

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    Co-op shoots for the Stars

    2007-01-12T00:00:00Z

    Midcounties Co-op has doubled its store portfolio with the purchase of 150 Stars c-stores and newsagents from Stars News Shops Ltd.

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    Scottish Co-op buys award-winning stores

    2006-12-01T00:00:00Z

    Scottish Co-op has acquired the Rea's Select chain of Lanarkshire c-stores.

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    Tesco backs down in Cardiff

    2006-11-17T00:00:00Z

    Tesco has sensationally abandoned plans for a controversial Express store in Cardiff after months of protests by local retailers and residents.

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    Public says no to Tesco

    2006-10-20T00:00:00Z

    Cardiff retailers have joined with local residents and politicians to vent their anger over Tesco's plans for a Tesco Express store on the city's Birchgrove Road.

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    CC hears Tescopoly view

    2006-10-20T00:00:00Z

    Anti-supermarket campaigners behind the Tescopoly website have visited the Competition Commission as part of its formal investigation into the grocery channel.

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    Co-op adds to eco drive

    2006-10-20T00:00:00Z

    The Co-operative Group is giving its green credentials a boost as hosts to a new project designed to raise awareness of climate change.

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    Indies defeated in Tesco planning row

    2006-10-06T00:00:00Z

    Leading wholesaler Steve Parfett has suffered a shock defeat in his campaign against a retrospective planning application for a Tesco Extra store in Stockport.

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    Co-op buys top shop

    2006-09-22T00:00:00Z

    Convenience Store's Top Shop 2005 winners Craig Dike and Adam Vincent have sold their Budgens business in Stoke-sub-Hamdon in Somerset to the Co-op Group.

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    Co-op closure row

    2006-09-09T00:00:00Z

    The Co-operative Group is facing vociferous opposition as it attempts to dispose of around 100 of the stores it acquired when it bought the Alldays and Balfour chains.

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    Co-op changes its image

    2006-09-08T00:00:00Z

    Uniform fascias bearing a new brand identity - The co-operative - will be introduced to 150 Co-operative Group stores this year as part of a huge rebranding exercise

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    Sale hopes ended by Tesco rumours

    2006-08-25T00:00:00Z

    An independent retailer in Dorset has told C-Store how he is finding it impossible to sell his thriving business because of rumours that Tesco is opening nearby - despite the fact that the multiple has stated it is not planning to move into the area.

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    Cardiff retailer fears Tesco's second wave

    2006-08-25T00:00:00Z

    Cardiff retailer fears Tesco's second wave

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    Co-op depot to deliver

    2006-08-11T00:00:00Z

    The Co-operative Group has promised substantial improvements in availability following the official opening of its National Distribution Centre in Coventry.

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    Anger grows over secret Tesco deal

    2006-07-14T00:00:00Z

    Tesco's secret deal with a Norfolk council has angered retailers and environmental groups.

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    MP supports Tesco protest

    2006-06-30T00:00:00Z

    Cardiff-based retailer Bhoo Patel has collected 5,000 signatures for a petition against proposed Tesco Express developments in the Welsh capital.

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    Coast is clear for Southern Co-op

    2006-06-30T00:00:00Z

    Southern Co-operatives is set to launch a major new anti-crime initiative covering the Portsmouth area.

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    Cardiff group aims to stop Tesco blitz

    2006-06-16T00:00:00Z

    Cardiff-based independent retailer Bhoo Patel has formed an action group in a bid to stop a proposed Tesco Express opening near his store, as well as other planned developments by Tesco in the city.

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    Cardiff retailers fear local blitz from Tesco Express

    2006-06-02T00:00:00Z

    Independent retailers in Cardiff fear a blitz of Tesco Express developments in the city could have a devastating effect on their businesses.

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    Co-op hits 100 not out

    2006-06-02T00:00:00Z

    Southern Co-op has opened its 100th store, hot on the heels of completing the £2m integration programme of eight stores it acquired from Davids on the Isle of Wight in November last year.