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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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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...
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Tesco in talks on cork recycling
Rosie Davenport Tesco is in talks with cork producers about setting up recycling initiatives at its stores. The chain, which earlier this year ditched cork in favour of screwcap closures across 5% of its range, said discussions were at a...
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Tesco's interest in Turkey is surprising
We all know Tesco has research teams out in Japan and China. We also know it's been sniffing around in the Baltic. But Turkey? When did that make the top of the shopping list? When Tesco revealed it was talking to regional Turkish chain Kipa...
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JS set for premium wine war
Sainsbury looks set to extend its own label war with rival Tescoto the wine fixture. The chain is considering plans to follow Tesco's lead and give its premium own label brand, Taste the Difference, a debut in wine. Director of wine Allan...
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The British Retail Consortium's latest Shop Price Index show
Sainsbury is set to announce a launch date for its new Nectar joint loyalty card scheme with Barclaycard, Debenhams and BP this month. Camelot has yet to churn any underperforming retailers as its retailer sales improvement programme has fallen…
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West Midlands Co-op puts Moss in driver's seat at Bloxwich
West Midlands Co-op has promoted Andy Moss to manager of its food store in Bloxwich. Moss has spent 10 years with the society, starting as a student before becoming duty manager at the Codsall store. He was previously deputy manager at the group's...
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McMahon appointment completes RHM senior management
RHM has recruited Ian McMahon as chief operating officer for customer solutions, one of its three operating divisions. It supplies chilled ready meals, cakes, desserts and preserves to top retailers such as Marks and Spencer, and burger buns to...
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WH Smith works with M&S for slicker food to go ops
Marks and Spencer and WH Smith have cut back on trials of M&S food to go at WHSmith branches to focus on making operations slicker.
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Morrisons dominates promotions with Somerfield at bottom of
Morrisons remains at the top of the retailer activity chart for a third week running, with 35.41% share of promotional space followed by Asda and Tesco respectively. Somerfield finished bottom of the table this week with a 4.53% share. Activity...
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Another step too far?
A sudden flurry of activity from food retailers with big plans for their online businesses is a good reminder that Tesco's rivals have not given up the fight just yet. And leading the charge this week is Iceland.co.uk with an interesting plan to...