more supermarket news & analysis – Page 1037
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Poundland winning supplier confidence'
Drinks, snacks, confectionery and household goods suppliers are starting to sit up and take notice of Poundland as sales approach the £200m mark, its bosses have claimed. Poundland chairman and former Safeway chief executive Colin Smith said the...
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Asda rides a volatile week
Asda has knocked Morrisons off the top spot in a week when the retailer chart has proved to be a bumpy ride, with only one remaining in the same position as last week. Morrisons drops to second position and competition is close, with the top...
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Staring into the abyss
Steve Hemsley considers the job prospects for the 1,000 grocery managers who face redundancy as a result of the three big deals While Safeway shareholders face weeks of uncertainty as the bidding war for the chain intensifies, spare a thought...
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Licensing Inc gives kids' sector a buzz
Branded links with popular licences are driving growth The kids' sector is a major driver in the cereals market not least because of the potential for product licensing. A spokesman for Asda explains: "The main growth area within cereals...
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JS trials labelling for mixed pallets
Sainsbury is trialling a new pallet labelling initiative for mixed supplier pallets after complaints that its one supplier per pallet' initiative could increase costs. As part of an overhaul of its supply chain, Sainsbury had asked individual...
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The Saturday Essay - Jerry Marwood
I was interviewed last week by a journalist trying to get my thoughts on the current flurry of bid and counter-bid for Safeway. Buried among her questions were a couple about the fact that the Co-operative Group had started to claim it was the...
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Braithwaite at helm as Alldays team finalised
Rod Addy The team managing Alldays and its integration into the Co-operative Group has been finalised. Neil Braithwaite, Co-operative Group general manager for retail finance, has been appointed Alldays' chief executive designate....
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C-charge will cost JLP £200,000
London's congestion charge, which swings into action on February 17, will cost John Lewis at least £200,000 a year, the partnership has calculated. Of this, roughly £84,000 will be needed to service three Waitrose stores in the charging zone,...
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Bidding frenzy turns to a PR campaign
Elaine Watson Tesco and Morrisons have launched a charm offensive to persuade shareholders, suppliers and consumer groups they are the best bet for Safeway. The bidding frenzy surrounding the chain has fallen into a lull as potential...
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Asda's £27m store in Blackwood, Mid-Glamorgan, offers a perf
As the graph shows, Asda has a particularly strong fit to the catchment of the store, which opened in November last year. Only Kwik Save, with its strong Welsh heritage, has a better demographic fit to the catchment based on CACI's Acorn...
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Dundee set to close
The Co-operative Group has started talks with unions and staff over the possible closure of Alldays' Dundee distribution centre as plans to service Alldays' stores from its own depots take shape. As the first Alldays store in Scotland was...
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In the hot seat
I remember the first time I met Stuart Mitchell. It was a few years back, while Dino Adriano was in charge, and I was having lunch with a Sainsbury director who introduced me to Mitchell, who was also dining in the same restaurant. "That's somebody...
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Non-food key JS goal
Sainsbury is set to unveil a new strategy for general merchandise later this year.Stuart Mitchell, newly appointed MD of Sainsbury’s supermarkets business, said the chain had spent a lot of time and effort developing the right strategy for...
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Boots and Sainsbury end health trial
Boots and Sainsbury have scrapped their store-within-a-store trial after failing to agree on a deal for the roll-out of the offer.Since October 2001, Boots provided the health and beauty offer in nine of Sainsbury's stores. Now the...
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Confused? Don’t be ...
Keeping on top of the latest developments in the Safeway auction frenzy is not easy – neither is getting a handle on the possible implications for the grocery market.But help is at hand. The Grocer has teamed up with a host of industry...
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Press round-up ... Safeway
The Sunday Telegraph reported that it had obtained details of the OFT’s unexpected view that the boundaries may need to be redrawn for assessing if any Safeway stores should be sold to Asda, Morrisons, Sainsbury or Tesco.The paper said...
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Press round-up ... Safeway
Safeway’s trading statement tomrrow could prompt a formal bid from the retail entrepreneur Philip Green, The Independent said.But added that figures might have suffered while the five-way bid battle for the chain’s 480 stores rages on, with...
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Press round-up ... Safeway
Wal-Mart has approached several of Safeway’s large shareholders in an attempt to buy a stake in the supermarket group ahead of the Department of Trade and Industry ruling on bidders for the chain.According to the Sunday and Daily Telegraph...
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Press round-up ... Safeway
The Daily Telegraph reported that Safeway shares plunged 28.75p to 265.25p after Philip Green, the BHS and Arcadia owner, was the only suitor cleared to launch a takeover bid for Safeway.The paper said the City fears that Green, who prides...
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Press round-up ... Safeway
Retailers and consumer pressure groups all submitted formal submissions to the Office of Fair Trading on Friday, reported The Business. The Consumers’ Association threw its support behind Morrisons, arguing that a “fourth aggressive player in...