All Supermarkets articles – Page 17

  • News

    New look for Co-operatives

    2005-09-09T00:00:00Z

    New branding for several Co-op stores is being unveiled this week as the first stage in a re-branding exercise across the entire movement.

  • News

    Co-op closure row

    2005-09-09T00:00:00Z

    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. The group would prefer to sell the unwanted stores as going concerns. But where th

  • Features and analysis

    Tesco’s own cop shop

    2005-08-26T00:00:00Z

    Police have set up home in a Tesco c-store’s back office in a bid to combat anti-social behaviour in Dorset.

  • News

    Merger plan for Co-ops

    2005-07-15T00:00:00Z

    The Oxford, Swindon & Gloucester Co-op (OS&G) and the West Midlands Co-op have announced plans to merge and become the fourth largest co-operative in the UK.

  • Features and analysis

    Co-op police unit trial fits the bill

    2005-07-15T00:00:00Z

    The number of Co-operative Group c-stores with integrated police offices could increase after the success of the first one, in south-east London.

  • News

    Tesco under attack again

    2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

    Tesco has once again come under attack over its growing presence in the grocery market, but this time some of its own shareholders have joined in.

  • News

    Irish move by Asda

    2005-06-17T00:00:00Z

    C-store retailers in Northern Ireland could soon be caught up in a price war after Asda agreed to buy 12 Safeway stores in the province from Morrisons.

  • News

    Anger over Tesco rates reduction

    2005-06-17T00:00:00Z

    A local authority in Norfolk has granted a Tesco superstore a 20% reduction in its business rates because it is having to compete with other stores owned by the multiple giant in the region.

  • News

    Co-op to axe 600 HQ jobs

    2005-06-17T00:00:00Z

    The Co-operative Group is to shed 600 jobs at its Manchester head office by next year.

  • News

    Surprise as McGettigan quits Co-op

    2005-05-20T00:00:00Z

    Eoin McGettigan has left his role as Co-operative Group food retail business chief executive after only three months.