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The Co-Operative – that good with food?

Looking back throughout the history of food retail and certainly in more recent times there has always been a laggard...

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Negative Q1 for Morrisons – What’s occurring at ground level?

After a negative Morrisons Q1 performance saw the first decline since 2005 and the tough comparatives such as the lack...

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Get your tin hats on! It’s Morrisons Q1 results. What’s happening on the ground?

The year end results were announced on the 8th March and we now know M reported record profits and sales...

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Tooley St Metro – a sign of Tesco things to come? What about the rest?

Since the profit warning and subsequent stock market clamour for news and thoughts on what Tesco would do to sort...

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Long time no speak..

Since the Tesco blogs, it’s been a bit quiet on here – my apologies for that. I’ve been taking care...

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‘Tes-go’ ‘big price flop’ – Forget the cliches, what are the real issues facing Tesco? – Part 2

Following on from the first part of this blog where I looked at parts of the Tesco business, whilst trying...

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‘Tes-go’ ‘big price flop’ – Forget the cliches, what are the real issues facing Tesco?

Think about the last time you were offered cashback at a checkout, does the cashier even ask anymore? Tesco removed...

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Sainsbury’s XL ‘big boxes’ – Food by no means secondary.

  Following on from the first blog where I focused on the non food side of the 97,000 sq ft store,...

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