Without them, we'd be investing in something foolish like satellite radio or Web grocers.
Reusable shopping bags can be bought at most larger retailers like grocers and Walmart.
One allegedly sent a police officer to prison for not bowing to him in the grocers.
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At the same time, a growing number of grocers are providing both online shopping with home delivery.
Mr Henry's bill won support from shop-workers union Usdaw, the Scottish Grocers' Federation and the Co-operative Group.
Grocers prefer products they can depend on receiving day in and day out--not whenever Hughes can find them.
What should investors do with their investments in supermarkets and grocers in this kind of an inflationary environment?
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Some people criticized the boycott, saying it would hurt grocers and bakers and wouldn't achieve any real change.
One common misconception found online is that grocers will never prosecute those who consume products in their stores.
So grocers have to get their stuff from Croatia and Slovenia, pushing prices up another 20% or so.
The reason is that average inventory turns worsened for retailers last quarter (excluding grocers, drugstores and car dealers).
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The entrance of Sainsbury's into the Egyptian market last year alarmed both small grocers and competing Egyptian chains.
And the Scottish Grocers' Federation said it will mean longer transaction times at the till and confusion over pricing.
He said sales to offices and hotels are down but are being replaced by orders from grocers and universities.
Internet grocers are more popular in Britain, largely because many city-dwellers lack cars.
Grocers advertised this as sugar produced by freemen, though it later transpired that many slaves laboured in those canefields too.
Grocers are also loathe to discuss their prevention tactics since they typically serve as a learning tool for wannabe thieves.
National Supermarket Association represents independent supermarket owners, including many Dominican immigrants who started as small grocers in New York's Hispanic neighborhoods.
Grocers who emphasis attributes other than price, location or selection should have a very good strategy to back up the plan.
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In addition, the grocery-based model is not as threatening to grocers as the other retailers that are impacted by e-commerce sales.
Supermarket chain Morrisons, one of the UK's big four grocers, has reported another quarterly drop in sales, citing "fragile" consumer confidence.
Specifically, margin expansion, he notes, will become more limited and profits are likely to be crimped as grocers contend with higher inflation.
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Webvan Group, one of the new online grocers, will benefit from the problems of Peapod, an older firm and its chief rival.
They dominate grocers' and shopkeepers' shelves, giving it market leadership in several categories: soaps, detergents, color cosmetics, ice cream and packaged tea.
When a new supermarket enters an area, the watchdog found, although the number of small grocers fell, the number of bakers increased.
Grambling expects Whole Foods to see accelerating double-digit EBITDA growth versus moderating growth at traditional grocers and other supermarkets such as Kroger and Safeway.
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In a very interesting blog post yesterday, Dylan Collins tells a story that hints at such a possible future and should give grocers pause.
Grocers, on the other hand, sell perishable products that have to be kept frozen or cool and that must also be delivered at specific times.
Banking customers deposit money or withdraw cash at the grocery till, but everything else is handled by the call centres of the grocers' bank partners.
That's suddenly a whole bunch of business for the local grocers.
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