more supermarket news & analysis – Page 1069
-
News
Somerfield strives for fresh values with logo
Somerfield is looking to communicate a fresh identity to consumers with a new corporate logo which made its debut this week. All stores will be rebadged with the new logo, which was unveiled at the Kingswood store in Bristol, but it will take at...
-
News
Sales at Tesco.com rose 50% to £356m in the year to February
Regulators in Brussels and the Ukraine have given the green light to Scottish & Newcastle's £1.2bn deal to buy Finnish brewer Hartwall. The deal must now be approved by S&N shareholders. Nestlé posted a 10.1% increase in sales for the first quarter...
-
News
Nestlé working hard in cereals; Cadbury pushes cakes, biscui
Though Morrisons remains at the top of the chart this week its domination has become less pronounced with the gap between numbers one and two being reduced by half with less than nine percentage points separating the two positions. Tesco moves up...
-
News
Late entry in ales
Marston's is hoping to repeat the success of its last two launches into the premium bottled ale market with a new brew, Late Hopped. Late Hopped is already lined up as Sainsbury's Beer of the Month in May, selling at a competitive £1.29. It will...
-
News
A ton of Taste the Difference
Sainsbury's move to up the stakes in the battle for own label dominance got under way in earnest this week. The Grocer last week revealed how Britain's second biggest multiple was stepping up its battle with Tesco by adding more than 100 products...
-
News
Supermarket deli counters may see themselves as generous wh
The Vom Fass store (which means from the barrel' in German) in London's exclusive Westbourne Grove takes pleasure in its other moniker as "a sweetshop for grownups", and aims to put the fun back into shopping. Based on the philosophy of try...
-
News
Co-operative Group signs Webb
The Co-operative Group has appointed Simon Webb to the new post of chief information officer. As a member of the executive team, he will coordinate the strategic direction of new technology across the group's family of businesses. Webb comes from...
-
News
The Meat and Livestock Commission has made 19 staff redundan
Poultry supplier Moy Park has applied to rejoin the RSPCA's Freedom Food animal welfare assurance scheme, with inspections of its 60 farms due to be completed shortly. It was caught using the assurance mark without permission on Tesco Finest...
-
News
Load of pop favourites
A massive open air concert in Hyde Park will be the climax of Safeway's six-week World Favourites promotion. The retailer is looking to top its Pavarotti in the Park event last year with a line up of Diana Ross, Rod Stewart, Gabrielle, Ronan...
-
News
Brands or own label, alcoholic drinks dominates the space
Morrisons has increased its lead in the fascia chart this week with a multitude of floor stacks and off fixture displays in store. Alcoholic drinks is particularly strong in Morrisons. Asda moves up one place to number two while Tesco takes the...
-
News
Retailers are keen to nuture the nation's love affair with
Combining the two seemed like a natural progression for the creative team at The Design Group who were charged with coming up with something different for the confectionery shelves. The team made up of the account handler, creative director,...
-
News
Square cans! This week Sainsbury announced that it was looki
I've read about the new cans in the papers and I'm worried because I don't think my can opener will cut round corners. There's no need to worry because they'll have ring pulls. I really like spaghetti hoops. Will they have to be made into squares...
-
News
Come on hear the noise says United
United Co-op is believed to be the first retailer in the country to trial white noise to deter burglars, introducing the system at four c-stores in south Manchester. White noise is created through an internal siren linked to the intruder alarm. The...
-
News
Sir Peter pours scorn on Asda's pretensions
Sainsbury chief executive Sir Peter Davis issued a blunt response to Asda's claim to be heading for the number two spot in UK grocery by the end of the year. Speaking at the opening of a refurbished Central store in Westminster on Monday, Sir...
-
News
John Dowd dies at 58
Morrisons former managing director John Dowd has died aged 58, shortly after standing down from the board due to ill health. The company announced on January 29 that he would be absent for a number of months while he had a series of operations....
-
News
Holsten's Fusion begins its evolution with Tesco listings an
Exclusive Tim Palmer Holsten is to launch its radical new Fusion brand to the trade within weeks, with the first bottles hitting shelves by May. The Grocer revealed the plans for the top secret project earlier this month. Now Holsten has given us...
-
News
Retailers in VAT cut plea
German retailers have called for the government to reduce VAT in a bid to boost flagging sales in the sector. Business has slowed in recent months, with some retailers reporting sales declines of up to 20% for January and February compared to the...
-
News
The co-operative created from the merger of The Milk Group a
AG Barr pre-tax profit in the year to January 26 fell 23% to £10.7m. Sales rose 4% from £112m to £116m in the same period. Nestlé and Fonterra Co-operative Group have launched Dairy Partners Americas, the alliance agreed in August last year. The...
-
News
Carrefour flexible thanks to Promodès
Carrefour has emerged from its megamerger with Promodès as a more flexible multi-format retailer with a leading position in the European grocery market, according to new research from IGD. The old Carrefour was primarily an international...