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Scottish fight heats up
Anne Bruce The top three supermarket groups in Scotland have declared war for market share as Asda catches up with Safeway and Tesco widens its lead at number one. Asda became joint number two in Scotland last month according to Taylor...
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BLOSSOM BOXED Blossom Hill is moving into the Bag in Box for
The brand claims the drink will stay fresh for up to six weeks once opened. Priced at £16.99 it will be available in Somerfield from mid August and in Sainsbury a month later. Distributor Percy Fox said wine boxes had suffered from a negative...
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Asda unveils new store in Scotland
Asda’s biggest supercentre in Scotland has opened at Livingston as part of a £75m investment in its Scottish stores.The Livingston supercentre includes a sports shop, DIY section, homewares and electrical department and a baby shop....
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Delivering the goods
Bringing the distribution operations together has yielded major savings, says Liam McLoughlin The revised Somerfield logistics operation created by the merger faced one overriding problem there were too many distribution centres. Consequently,...
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Jerry Marwood is back at Spar for the second time in six yea
The second is London. Spar should be much stronger in the capital, he believes. "In the rest of the country we're densely populated. We do not have a presence to speak of in the capital." And, thirdly, increasing profit is a priority, of course....
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Gaining an edge in the online shopping arena is pretty tough
That's why the brains behind Ocado, the online shopping outfit in which Waitrose has a stake, are so eager to point to the 99% accuracy on delivery times and less than 2% substitution rate on orders they recorded during trials of their service....
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Morrisons Tesco Safeway Sainsbury Co-op Safeway Asda Somerfield Wheatcroft Extra Congleton Newton Abbot ...
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At Sainsbury we are committed to British agriculture, and th
Whichever way it is viewed, I believe it brings real benefits, not only to our customers through a greater variety of foods, but it also helps rural economies thrive and gives smaller businesses access to more markets for their products....
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Morrisons keeps up the pace
Morrisons remains at the top of the retailer share chart for a fourth week running, with 35% share of promotional space, followed by Asda with 24% and Tesco with 16%. Safeway and Sainsbury follow, with Somerfield again finishing bottom of the...
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Keen industry watchers know that Asda has been going like th
Indeed, those reasons are valid and do play their part. Prices are coming down, thanks to our links with Wal-Mart's buying teams, and our ranges are widening daily. Yes, we're investing in building and refurbishing our stores. But the HR man in...
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It's official - Asda is the best
Helen Gregory It's official - a new survey proves Wal-Mart's little brother is the UK's favourite store for range, price, service and availability. The survey by ACNielsen Homescan quizzed consumers about where they liked to shop. Most...
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Training will help deli's premium pull
Sainsbury deli buyer Richard Pitcher insists customer service is crucial: "We are working to draw people to the counter by making pricing simple and providing more information about products. Keeping queues down by investing in colleague hours is...
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JS steps up Savacentre refits
Julian Hunt The rebirth of the Sainsbury's Savacentre brand has taken another step forward with the opening of two more stores. The first has opened in Wigan as part of a six-store trial of the new Savacentre format. Sainsbury will not...
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The Grocer 33 proves success of Asda EDLP strategy
Wal-Mart said The Grocer had proved Asda's EDLP strategy was working as it announced its second quarter results. Jay Fitzsimmons, Wal-Mart senior vice-president for finance, cited Asda as having received The Grocer 33 award for the lowest priced...
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Doubling up at Burton
Safeway is to double the size of its 4,000 sq ft Burton-on-Trent staff training centre. Safeway aims to build five new areas into the site by next spring - a fish counter, a bakery, a home entertainments area, a fresh meat department, and a mock...
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Aldi pushes suppliers to improve quality
Aldi is stepping up efforts to improve the quality of its product offering as it attempts to attract a more diverse customer base into its stores. Suppliers are being asked to provide better quality - although they still have to make tough deals...
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Asda has been voted the nation's favourite store for the sec
The ACNielsen Homescan survey of 6,630 households in May quizzed consumers about where they liked to shop and asked them to choose between Asda, the Co-operative Group, Kwik Save, Iceland, Marks and Spencer, Morrisons, Safeway, Sainsbury,...
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Somerfield pushes meat into fast lane
By Ed Bedington A major project to improve Somerfield's meat offering is currently being rolled out. The move to distribute centrally packed meat to all of the grocer's stores is being described as its biggest ever meat project, and the...
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Sainsbury's return to the Savacentre concept
The multiple has invested £13m in developing its first Savacentre in nine years, and the new store in Northfield, Birmingham, has the potential to become Sainsbury's 13th highest turnover generator. With half the space of a traditional...