"so they will have plenty when the switchover in May comes live. Later on, Sainsbury's and other supermarkets introduced the ""bag for life"". As of 2016, the UK Government introduced a tax on all carrier bags, which means that every consumer pays 5p for any carrier bag from any store. Reusable plastic bags do however have a very simple end of life disposal route. Most reusable plastic carrier bags are made from LDPE 4 (Low Density Poly-Ethylene) which is the easiest form of plastic to recycle currently in the UK (August 2018). These types of plastic carrier bag (along with"
"bags collections, cementing the brand’s evolution from an outdoor brand to an urban lifestyle brand. The company retained its image and reputation for quality and durability by also becoming the first bags brand to offer a lifetime warranty on its products (for legal reasons, the warranty is limited to 30 years). The evolution towards a bolder, more original style was also matched in the mid-1980s by increasingly ""provocative advertising campaigns"" featuring, e.g. the controversial comic-book character Andy Capp. Eastpak entered the luggage market in 1999 with the first wheeled trolley produced for the consumer market. The brand was acquired by"
"back for recycling, lessening the environmental impact. In contrast to most spartan carrier bags, bags for life tend to be colourful and sometimes show some aspect of the supermarket's advertising. Some supermarkets maintain the same design for years at a time, whereas some, like Waitrose, rotate the designs to tie in with either the season or the most recent advertising campaign. Waitrose was the first British Supermarket to launch Bag For Life in association with British Polythene Industries. It was the brainchild of Gini Ekstein, from British Polythene industries. Gini Ekstein with Paul Oustedal and Nick Jones, of Waitrose, launched"
"Cadbury's ""Gorilla"". As a result of the success of the campaign, several other companies followed suit with nostalgia-themed campaigns of their own, with mixed results. Particularly singled out for derision were campaigns by Persil and Sainsbury's, with Leon Jaume of WCRS commenting on the latter in ""Campaign"" magazine: ""This is meagre fare, frankly, and allows the blogsters to concentrate on the elephant on the bacon counter: that the ad doesn't so much nod to the recent Hovis epic as pick a fight with it, shouting: 'I've got decades of British history, me! Hear my tinkling piano track! Look at my"
"not included in these, but appeared in a 2008 Christmas advert. Asda returned to the former pocket tap adverts in March/April 2009, with the slogan ""Saving You Money Every Day."" Asda has been winner of ""The Grocer"" magazine ""Lowest Price Supermarket"" Award for the past 16 years, and uses this to promote itself across the UK. In August 2005, rival supermarket chain Tesco challenged Asda's ability to use the claim that it was the cheapest supermarket in the country, by complaining to the Advertising Standards Agency. The ASA upheld the complaint and ordered Asda to stop using it, citing that"
"it opened; fights broke out as stocks ran low. There were similar crowds at the new Nottingham store in November. In October 2014, The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) ruled that Poundworld's ""Everything £1"" slogan was misleading, as some items were priced at up to £8.99. Poundworld stated that the products in question were 'Manager Specials', and were only offered at Christmas and occasionally throughout the year. In 2012, the company was the subject of a BBC documentary series, ""Pound Shop Wars"", that focused on the competition between Poundworld and its rivals. After the initial hour-long pilot, the four-episode series was"
"Fine Fare Fine Fare was the name of a chain of supermarkets in the United Kingdom. It was famous for its Yellow Pack budget own-label range, a forerunner to today's own brand basic ranges. The company started as a single supermarket in Welwyn Garden City in 1951 as an offshoot of the Welwyn Department Store owned by Howardsgate Holdings, the company of Ebenezer Howard, the founder of the garden city movement. It was one of a series of convenience store chains established in the 1950s, the others being Premier and Victor Value. In 1959, it won a court case against"
"Cargo (store) Cargo was a British homewares retail chain, with 43 stores in London and south-east England. The company was established in London in 1876, by 20-year-old James Waller Carpenter, under the trading name of JW Carpenter Ltd. The group underwent several rebrands in the 1980s and 1990s, becoming Carpenter's In-House, Carpenter's and Carpenter's Cargo before becoming Cargo Homeshop in 1997. In May 2004, JW Carpenter was bought by Steinhoff, one of the world's largest furniture retailers, which owns UK high street brands Harveys Furniture and Bensons for Beds. In 2015 Steinhoff announced the chain would be merged with Bensons"
"have also arisen since the millennium. Tesco has been heavily criticised by the media in both the UK and Ireland among other places over its comparatively more ruthless and harsh business tactics compared to its rivals, all of whom stand charged, like Tesco, of bullying farmers to lower their prices to unsustainable levels. Waitrose was the only major supermarket to come out of this accusation relatively unscathed. Other less prominent disputes have occurred in Thailand, Ireland and Hungary. Tesco has been subject to several claims of apparently out-of-date food being 'back-labelled' to appear to still be in date, poor café"
"out of the 20 stores that were acquired, 14 were to close, and the remaining 6 most profitable outlets would remain as part of the group. In 2018, after Poundworld was shut down, Poundstretcher began to open former stores under the Bargain Buys brand name, which was previously used by the former company. It's unknown if the Bargain Buys name was sold to Poundstretcher, as nothing has been confirmed about this. In 2004, the chain had over 338 shops throughout the United Kingdom. Its slogan was ""Better than Ever"", although the stores were later marketed alongside ...instore, with the same"
"3 stores in the UK and was owned by Cash and Carry company Nurdin and Peacock with the aim of selling mainly to the general public than newsagents and convenient stores like their cash and carry depots do. Similar near by warehouse clubs were Makro (Opened in April 1982 ) and Costco which opened at around the same time as Cargo Club. Ultimately the idea failed to get enough members to pay an annual fee and the company lost money. Nurdin and Peacock were to sell their stores to Sainsbury's as Sava Centre stores but instead this store was sold"
"bags during checkout, along with Coles. It's been reported in the first 3 months following the ban, Australian's plastic bag use dropped by 80%, leading to 1.5 billion fewer bags going to landfill. In 1982, Woolworths acquired two Tasmanian grocery brands: Roelf Vos and Purity, which were converted into Woolworths in 2000. The biggest buyout from Woolworths came in 1985, after American supermarket giant Safeway had amalgamated with an independently owned Victorian supermarket in 1961; establishing the Safeway brand in Australia. Woolworths took over Safeway Australia in 1985, which had stores in Victoria and Queensland. All stores in Queensland were"
"(Asda, Tesco, Sainsbury's and Morrisons), Marks & Spencer, The Co-operative, Bargain Booze and Waitrose all apply the Challenge 25 policy. Some have further rules, such as requiring ID from all members of a group in order to proceed with the sale (leading to adults well over 25 sometimes being refused service when shopping with a younger partner, friend or child). Furthermore, some supermarkets have trialled a policy of asking all alcohol purchasers for ID irrespective of apparent age, which has led to senior citizens as old as 86 being refused service. In many of the large supermarket chains, including Marks"
"box"" logo on October 12, after less than a week in use. Marka Hansen, the executive who oversaw the logo change, resigned February 1, 2011. Banana Republic, a small safari-themed clothing retailer, was purchased by Gap in 1983 and was rebranded as an upscale clothing retailer in the late 1980s. Old Navy was launched in 1994 as a value chain with a specialty flair. Forth & Towne, the company's fourth traditional retail concept, was launched on August 24, 2005, featuring apparel targeted toward women 35 years and older. On February 26, 2007, after an 18-month trial period, it was discontinued,"
"new stores within three years. Its larger rival in the market was Poundland. A series on BBC One entitled ""Pound Shop Wars"", broadcast between 2012 and 2015, concerned Poundworld and its rivals. As well as all of its £1 lines, Poundworld introduced a range of multi-price products across its estate of stores in 2017 to offer customers 'More Choice, More Savings'. Suffering intense competition from the addition of multi-price products, combined with difficulties arising from the weak pound, Poundworld entered administration in June 2018. Closing sales began in stores late that month. In July 2018, Poundworld confirmed that all stores"
"of a Lidl supermarket in Berkhamsted. The public debate attracted attention from national media such as the ""Daily Mail"" and was featured on an edition of ITV London News. In 2018, the ""Gazette"" was reprimanded by the Independent Press Standards Organisation for a news item on its ""Hemel Today"" website which falsely reported that a former mayor of Dacorum Borough Council had committed suicide after suffering from the effects of the menopause. The story related to another woman of the same name, and the ""Gazette"" apologised to the former mayor. The ""Hemel Hempstead Gazette & Express"" is part of Premier"
"major supermarkets. Since the 1960s the co-op had been following retail trends after they had occurred, always having to catch up, in a way that it led the changes before World War II. Many leaders in the movement began to appreciate that this 'me too' approach to retailing was not working, for example expanding into hypermarkets after Tesco and Sainsburys had already developed a dominant position but without the resources to compete on price. As an attempt to differentiate itself from its larger competitors The Co-operative Bank had introduced an ethical policy in 1992 and this, along with its technical"
"compared to Dyer's campaign by the media. The campaign began in August 2000, when John Purnell, director of security for Tesco, the United Kingdom's largest supermarket chain, was telephoned by a newsagent in Bournemouth, Dorset, who had discovered a copy of an extortion letter left on his shop's photocopier. The letter demanded that Tesco give away Clubcards, modified for use in cash machines, in the ""Bournemouth Daily Echo"". Over the following days, Dorset Police received two other letters, threatening to send bombs to Tesco customers if the demands were not met. The police investigation into the campaign, codenamed Operation Hornbill,"
"for Safeway, than continuing the struggle to keep up with Tesco and Sainsbury's. Safeway was the first of the large supermarket groups to introduce a loyalty card, which it launched in 1995 and called ABC (Added Bonus Card). As this was initially only introduced into selected shops on a trial basis, however, Tesco is able to claim the title for the first nationwide introduction of a loyalty card, with Clubcard. Safeway, in 1999, started a rail container flow carrying goods to its far north shops, some as far as Inverness, Nairn, Elgin and Buckie. The train consisted of van wagons"
"providing free bags, stating that it had received about 500 formal customer complaints per year about the lack of free bags. Target and its sister chain Kmart Australia plan to withdraw single use plastic bags nationwide in 2019. Bunnings Warehouse has charged 10 cents for plastic bags since 2003, while IKEA stopped offering free bags in 2013. In 2017 the country's largest supermarket chains, Woolworths and Coles, announced that they would stop providing free plastic bags to customers nationwide in 2018, and would sell thicker plastic bags for 15 cents each. Withdrawing free bags is expected to save the retailers"
"Somerfield Somerfield (originally Gateway) was a chain of small to medium-sized supermarkets operating in the United Kingdom. The company also previously owned the Kwik Save chain of discount food stores. The company was taken over by the Co-operative Group on 2 March 2009 in a £1.57 billion deal, creating the UK's fifth-largest food retailer. The Somerfield name was replaced by the Co-operative brand in a rolling programme of store conversions ending in summer 2011. The company has its origins in a Bristol-based grocer known as J H Mills which was founded in 1875 and which developed a self-service supermarket chain"
"by the large furniture chain The Brick but the new owners allowed it to lapse through lack of use until it expired. In 1991, Lastman's son Blayne and business partner Marvin Kirsh re-launched the chain, over the objections of his father, who felt the economic climate was unsatisfactory. The store was soon memorable to most Southern Ontario television viewers who have seen its commercials. The ads feature Lastman in a cameo appearance, Blayne in a prison suit, and always ended with the line: ""Who's better than Bad Boy?... Nooobody!"" Lastman entered politics in 1969, when he ran for and was"
"Steve Smith who co-founded Poundland. This depicts the life of Steve Smith and his rise as market stall holder at Bilston Market to a multi-millionarire. Although the £1 price prevails throughout the stores, some branded products have been known to be offered cheaper at supermarket chains, such as a case reported by the ""Daily Mirror"" newspaper in November 2009, which compared Poundland prices for branded products with the same products offered at supermarket stores and found in some cases the supermarkets offered better value. In 2008, Poundland infuriated green campaigners by transporting Polo peppermints into the UK from Indonesia, rather"
"till became available. The policy applied across all 703 UK M&S stores and prompted a strong backlash by customers. A company spokesman subsequently apologised and stated that they will attempt to reassign staff whose beliefs may impact their work to different departments, such as clothing. Marks & Spencer introduced a hijab in its section of school uniforms in late 2018 and subsequently faced backlash and boycott from customers; the product is stocked for girls as young as three. Marks & Spencer Marks & Spencer Group plc (also known as M&S) is a major British multinational retailer headquartered in the City"
"opened as Poundstretcher after Instore plc was acquired by the Crown Crest Group. In September 2012, the group had 400 stores in the United Kingdom. In September 2009, Poundstretcher's new branding was revealed. A new logo and slogan was created, entitled; """"Poundstretcher: Look What's New Instore!"""" and; """"Welcome To The Original Value Store"""". Larger stores are now called Poundstretcher Extra. Since 2011, the slogan is """"every penny counts..."""" In May 2011, the company bought Alworths. On 6 February 2012, Poundstretcher acquired 20 stores from the UGO chain, after it was placed in administration. In September 2012, it was announced that"
"which now trades under a different name. Soon after opening a new store in Edinburgh in 2002, the managers faced an official complaint after staff tried to stop a homeless man selling the Big Issue magazine outside. In mid-2003 objections were made to a Harvey Nichols magazine advertisement that appeared in Vogue, ELLE and Harpers & Queen and on a poster. The complainants objected that the advertisement was irresponsible, because it showed unsafe driving and was offensive to people who had been, or who knew people who had been involved in road accidents. In September 2013, Harvey Nichols resumed the"
"to Power Supermarkets. During the 1970s the slogan used was ""Let's get it all together at Quinnsworth"". Power Supermarkets Ltd. became the parent company but used Quinnsworth as its marketing name. The company became a wholly owned subsidiary of Associated British Foods plc. Quinnsworth is remembered for its choice of store sites, its most memorable act was the addition of the phrase Yellow Pack to the retailing lexicon. Towards the end of Quinnsworth's life, Yellow Pack was replaced by K.V.I. label as the low-cost generic grocery brand, and a high quality generic line called Premium Choice modeled after Loblaws President's"
"Tesco's clubcard initiative as 'an electronic version of Green Shield Stamps'; the company was soon forced to backtrack, introducing its own Reward Card eighteen months later. For much of the 20th century, Sainsbury's had been the market leader in the supermarket sector in the United Kingdom, but in 1995, it lost its place as the country's largest retailer of groceries to Tesco. Some new ventures were successful, notably the launch of a retail bank, Sainsbury's Bank, in partnership with Bank of Scotland. In addition to Shaw's, Sainsbury's bought a minority stake in another supermarket group, Giant Food, based in Washington,"
"backed the management buyout of luggage brand Antler. In May 2013, Antler left its headquarters in Bury, Greater Manchester, to relocate in Central London. This relocation was followed by more changes in the subsequent years and most notably the relaunch of RevelationLondon, Antler sister's brand. Antler now operates from its offices in London, Chicago and China. Antler Luggage Antler is a British company that has been designing and manufacturing luggage since 1914. The company is headquartered in London, United Kingdom. In 1914, the son of a famous bicycle seat manufacturer, John Boultbee Brooks, decided to enter the passenger luggage market,"
"March 2016, DB Schenker was rebranded as DB Cargo throughout Europe. Since 1995, the amount of freight carried on the railways has increased sharply due to increased reliability and competition, as well as new international services. Major road haulage operations such as the Stobart Group and WH Malcolm move goods by rail, hauling supplies from Asda and Tesco. Morrisons also uses rail freight, as does Marks & Spencer and many more retailers. A symbolic loss to the rail freight industry in Great Britain was the custom of the Royal Mail, which from 2004 discontinued use of its 49-train fleet, and"
"were over 150 stores across the country during the business's peak. Following a number of acquisitions it become one of the biggest retail companies in the UK with flagship stores in London's Oxford Street, Cardiff, Scotland and north-east England. The company also sources clothes from Asia. Until 2004, the company ran a ""70% off everything"" promotion within its Officers Club branded stores. The promotion ceased after successful legal action by the Office of Fair Trading which had issued proceedings against the company in June 2002; there was evidence to suggest the supposed ""original price"" of garments was not genuine. In"
"Karrimor Karrimor is a British brand of backpacks, outdoor and sports equipment, and clothing. The company was founded as the Karrimor Bag Company in 1946. Financial difficulties led to the company entering receivership in March 2004, after which the trademark was acquired by Sports Direct and is now used for running products. Karrimor was founded and based in Lancashire, England, following World War II, with the company moving early on from Rawtenstall shop premises to nearby Clayton-le-Moors. Its history began in 1943, when Waterfoot bicycle shop owner Charles Parsons (1910–?) went blind from an accident that had occurred in 1939."
"either reused or recycled. Product packaging for own brand items has been reduced by 40% since 2006 (by weight). In line with regulations, the Co-op prints information on the recyclability of product packaging on the label. In 2014 over 80% of packaging (by weight – 45% by product line) was widely recyclable. In 2002 the Co-op launched its degradable carrier bags, however, these were later withdrawn in favour of recyclable and reusable bags. However, with the increasing prevalence of council refuse collection services across the UK which compost food and garden waste, the Co-op launched a new carrier bag in"