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£3.7bn Booker-Tesco merger cleared by CMA

20-Dec-2017 By Nikkie Sutton

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has concluded that Tesco’s purchase of Booker does not raise competition concerns.

Tim Martin: small improvements and common sense

27-Apr-2010 By Tim Martin

The Wetherspoon boss says he is concentrating on small improvements and urges Government to take a common sense approach to pubs.

Pub host forces supermarket licence review

02-Mar-2010 By Lesley Foottit

A host has succeeded in getting licences of two Scottish supermarkets reviewed for selling alcohol so cheaply. Fife Licensing Board majority voted...

Supermarkets snap up pubs

20-Aug-2009 By Gemma McKenna

The trend for supermarkets snapping up pubs continues as Tesco plans to convert a Bristol venue while Aldi wants to demolish a pub in Cheshire....

Marc Allinson: Supermarkets rule the world, but only due to our apathy

25-Feb-2009

If you were to go back only 30 years, before the supermarkets grew to the colossal size that they are now, if you wanted groceries, you would go down...

Tesco struggling with underage policy

22-Apr-2008

An industry chief has urged Tesco to "get its house in order" after four out of 10 stores failed to comply with its policy to combat underage...

Mark Daniels: Tesco - not so super on underage sales

22-Apr-2008

Like many publicans, I've long lamented the fact that supermarkets are one of the major culprits behind the bad press the on-trade receives. So often...

'Tesco wants ministers to ban cheap alcohol'

21-Feb-2008

Supermarket giant Tesco will today break ranks and call on the government to ban the sale of cut-price alcohol. The move comes amid growing outcry...

Competition report is divorced from reality

08-Nov-2007

London Road in St Albans, Hertfordshire, leads travellers from the south to the heart of the city, with its magnificent Norman cathedral, and a Roman...

Opportunity knocks

18-Oct-2006

CASH & CARRY operators are being squeezed at both ends by the supermarkets - but pubs and other catering businesses could be the unlikely...

Supplier demand

21-Nov-2003

Are you working in partnership with your suppliers? By Peter Segal of srcg, a consultancy specialising in retail strategy, category development and...