more supermarket news & analysis – Page 1010
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Tesco slides three places
There has been a lot of movement in the fascia chart this week with Sainsbury continuing its rise up the chart knocking Tesco off the top spot. Tesco has slipped down to fourth spot with both Morrisons and Somerfield climbing ahead of Tesco on the...
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Freight expectations
Safeway is way down the track, but now the other multiples are shifting freight on to the railways. Simon Creasey reportsSafeway might be lagging behind its rivals in some areas but when it comes to its logistics and more specifically...
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Where the multiples are focusing their activity
>>Sainsbury extends stores and converts warehouse space…Asda remodels and opens standalone george…non-food takes 50% in tesco extraSainsbury - Sainsbury has been reshaping its stores as part of its business transformation...
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Tesco – we will not sacrifice food space
The multiple is looking to new space and the web for extra shelf room, says Liz HamsonTesco insists it can strengthen its grip on the non-food market without eating into grocery food space.Speaking at Citigroup Smith Barney’s...
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Irish oats alternative
Irish porridge producer Flahavan’s has brought its brand to the UK mainland with the launch of Microwaveable Quick Oats in Tesco stores.The product, in resealable drums, takes two minutes to microwave and comes complete with a measuring...
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Market is ripe for discounters
The EDLP tactics of Asda and Tesco may have opened rather than closed the doors to the hard discounters in the UK, retail experts have warned.Speakers at Citigroup Smith Barney’s annual food retailing conference highlighted the growing...
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Fly high with Freshorize
An aeroplane toilet has provided the inspiration for one of the most innovative grocery launches of the year.Freshorize is a three-in-one handwash product which combines soap, an air freshener and fragrant gel. Rolling out to Tesco...
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M&S set to take Gala all-English
Marks and Spencer is pledging to stock 100% English Gala by the 2005 season.The retailer claims to have grown volumes of the UK fruit from 40% to 95% in just two years, but is now aiming higher.Annitta Engel, top fruit technologist...
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Express shunts Bowl aside
Oriental Express has scored a David and Goliath-style victory over rival Masterfoods in the frozen arena.The niche player has frozen the food giant’s Uncle Ben’s Rice Bowl brand out of Sainsbury to secure an exclusive listing for its own...
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Tesco law must wait
Off-the-shelf legal services from the supermarkets are in the reform pipeline, but it’s a long one reports Liz HamsonIf the The Grocer’s latest consumer panel is anything to go by, he could well find it tricky to steer the...
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Asda gets new Levi’s
Asda will be the first UK retailer to stock the new Levi Strauss value brand of jeans.The Signature brand is due to launch in Asda in February with mens’ jeans appearing in 80 stores and womens’ in 20 stores.The brand made its world...
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Safeway pulls its deep cuts
TNS data suggests Safeway has dramatically reduced the number of deep cut promotions since January 2003 in a bid to make sales more profitable.The data, based on a weighted average of the prices paid for all products in 233 categories...
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Data ‘mega-crunch’ hailed by JS
Sainsbury claims to have leapfrogged Tesco with a new loyalty card data crunching service for suppliers.Sainsbury customer marketing director Andrew Ground claimed the system was more advanced and reactive than that used by Tesco with its...
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Sainsbury needs more loyalty
The warm weather in late summer has kept food sales buoyant with a top line growth across all of food, drink and non foods of 5.8% for the 12 weeks to October 4[Source: Scantrack].The recent ACNielsen Homescan figures also confirm that Tesco...
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Christmas showing
Tesco remains at the top of the retailer chart for the second week running while Sainsbury moves up one place to take the number two slot. Sainsbury is particularly strong on alcoholic drinks with a large number of price promotions featured...
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school meals don’t require perfection
from Helen Shiels, retail campaign manager, Rethink RubbishSir; I was interested to read your Saturday Essay by Susan Bromley of the Co-operative Group about its role in influencing healthier eating (The Grocer, October 11, p26)....
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Asda digs local produce
Sales of Welsh potatoes at Asda stores in Wales rose 40% this year on the back of its initiative to promote all things local. Pembrokeshire potatoes were sold at all of Asda’s 15 stores in Wales, backed by a promotional campaign celebrating...
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M&S recruits for Christmas
Marks and Spencer is to recruit 12,500 extra employees during the run-up to and over the busy Christmas period. An in-store poster campaign asks applicants to call their local M&S for a phone interview. This will include a multiple-choice...
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Hays trucks on for Waitrose
Waitrose has renewed two contracts for distribution of its ambient, fresh and frozen foods with logistics group Hays.The contracts – worth over £200m in total – will run for five years. Hays serves 43% of Waitrose stores for ambient...
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Small store MP lobby
An all-party parliamentary Small Shops Group has been formed to press home the concerns of the sector to MPs.Current issues include the impact of a Safeway takeover, the level of retail crime and violence and the mounting burden of red...