All articles by Gaelle Walker – Page 2

  • News

    Price Survey

    2006-11-18T00:00:00Z

    The retail cost of red seedless grapes has remained largely stable this week following the rise of 11.8% seen in last week's report. The only retailer to have increased the price of its 1kg punnet was Waitrose, which over the past seven...

  • News

    Non food

    2006-11-18T00:00:00Z

    You can have your toast and eat it. If you shop at Tesco, Asda and Sainsbury's that is - where the price of a two slice electrical toaster has fallen below the £5 mark. Competition between the major multiples in the cheap electric...

  • News

    Price Survey

    2006-11-11T00:00:00Z

    A change in country of origin has sparked a dramatic increase in the price of red seedless grapes this week. The average price of a 1kg punnet has risen by an average of 11.8% with Tesco sporting the most significant increase of the six other...

  • News

    Oh what a tangled web we weaved

    2006-11-11T00:00:00Z

    With the all-important Christmas trading period looming, The ­Grocer 33's latest internet shopping exercise has painted a not so merry picture of the five major retailers' online operations. We asked our shoppers to order the same list...

  • News

    Online failing todeliver

    2006-11-11T00:00:00Z

    Inaccurate, incomplete, out of stock and delivered at the wrong time. The Grocer 33's latest online shopping survey has painted a dismal picture of the five major online retailers' operations - just five weeks ahead of...

  • News

    Co-op boss retires from 'restructured' business

    2006-10-28T00:00:00Z

    Martin Beaumont is to retire as chief executive of the Co-operative Group in October 2007. Beaumont, 57, has been at the helm of the UK's largest co-operative society for the past five years. He said that, after a sustained period of...

  • Profiles

    Lowman succeeds Rae as c-stores' champion

    2006-10-07T00:00:00Z

    The Association of Convenience Stores has appointed James Lowman as its new chief executive, replacing David Rae who is set to retire from the role. Lowman will leave his current position as director of public affairs at the ACS on 1...

  • News

    Chain to recreate farmers' market

    2006-09-23T00:00:00Z

    A group of businessmen is set to launch a new chain of small supermarkets supplied directly by farmers and growers, The Grocer can reveal this week. The Farmers' City Market chain will be based initially across the south east, with the...

  • News

    This week's hot topic by Gaelle Walker

    2006-09-09T00:00:00Z

    Ask any child of primary school age to name some of the fruit and vegetables in season at the moment and you'd be pretty pressed to get an answer. With the flood of exotic and imported produce available on supermarket shelves 365 days a...

  • News

    Tesco is non food king

    2006-05-13T00:00:00Z

    Asda has lost its non food crown to Tesco, says Gaelle Walker.  Asda's nine-month reign as The Grocer 33's cheapest supermarket for non food has finally come to an end. The fourth report in our quarterly basket survey of 33 commonly...

  • News

    World's biggest Spar store opens in China

    2006-05-13T00:00:00Z

    It's as big as a large Tesco Extra and it sells Mongolian cows' milk. It's the world's largest Spar store - and it's just opened its doors in China. At 107,600 sq ft, the new store is more than 25 times the size of an average Spar...