Channels reports, insight and analysis – Page 157
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Analysis & Features
Prices head south for Christmas as booze promotions kick in
Supermarket prices remain on a downward trajectory as the annual round of festive booze promotions kicks in…
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Analysis & Features
Supermarkets make space for 12% hike in promotions
It’s taken shuffling of fixtures, but stores have made room for a massive 12% year-on-year hike in promotions….
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Analysis & Features
You don't twig it says c-store boss as 500th Local opens
On Wednesday morning, Sainsbury’s opened its newest convenience store, in Southsea, Portsmouth.
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Grocer 33
Sainsbury's Longwater
The Grocer 33 is a weekly mystery shopping survey, tracking price, service and availability at the five leading grocery retailers: Asda, Morrisons, Sainsbury’s, Tesco and Waitrose. Each week the winning store manager is interviewed by The Grocer.
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Comment & Opinion
Entrances can create a food retailer's point of difference
I am often asked; what is the difference between the top six food retailers and which of them is setting the trend?…
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Comment & Opinion
Convenience alone won't guarantee success for c-stores
It’s commonly assumed that Sainsbury’s is leading the pack thanks to its heavily Southern-based store estate….
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Analysis & Features
More crackers and turkeys in part two of our Christmas ad review
Sainsbury’s focuses on the little truisms we all encounter in the lead-up to Christmas day.
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Category Report
Simple! The mults bag fish up and make it easy
One of the main barriers to fish consumption is consumers not wanting to handle fish and not knowing how to cook it….
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Analysis & Features
Double-digit hikes as festive promo frenzy kicks off early
Nothing says “Christmas” like the proliferation of confectionery tins on shelf and the onslaught of seasonal deals….
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Comment & Opinion
Waitrose and Aldi are set for a Merry Christmas
With the shelves now full of seasonal product, how will the supermarkets do over Christmas 2012?…
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Analysis & Features
Cracker or turkey: how do this year's Christmas TV ads rate?
Love them or loathe them, Christmas television ads are as much a part of the annual festivities as turkey, tinsel and tears.
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Analysis & Features
Four of top five mults kept a lid on inflation in October
Fears of a return of food price inflation next year are mounting but, for now….
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Analysis & Features
Makro Mystery Tour is the key to Wilson's masterplan
Inspired by a bus tour of depots, Charles Wilson’s integration plans are compellingly simple
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Comment & Opinion
Will manufacturers finally see (traffic) light over labelling?
Recent developments over front-of-pack nutrition labelling have been incredible….
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Comment & Opinion
Arnie Welwyn with the Tesco in-crowd
In a scene more surreal than even his most far-fetched movies, Californian Governator Arnold Schwarzenegger was charm itself…
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Comment & Opinion
The craft beer hunt: don't wait for it to come to you
Sir: I couldn’t agree more with Andreas Falt that UK supermarkets are far too conservative in their approach to beer…
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Comment & Opinion
Second Opinion: Two cities nurturing indies
A visit to Amsterdam underlines how diminished our British cityscape has been by the unbridled spread of supermarkets…
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Comment & Opinion
Talking Shop: Obsess about detail, detail
There is a saying used by retailers and about retailers - “they know the price of everything but the value of nothing”…
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Analysis & Features
After Sainsbury's snub, what next for Red Tractor?
It’s not like there weren’t suspicions. Sainsbury’s growing embrace of Freedom Food had alerted producers…
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Grocer 33
Tesco, Handforth
The Grocer 33 is a weekly mystery shopping survey, tracking price, service and availability at the five leading grocery retailers: Asda, Morrisons, Sainsbury’s, Tesco and Waitrose. Each week the winning store manager is interviewed by The Grocer.