more supermarket news & analysis – Page 1077
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Here's a recipe: take old school Sainsbury, stir in years
The first thing to forget about Ross McLaren is the notion that he is “old school Sainsbury”. He isn’t. Sure, the president and ceo of the multiple’s New England subsidiary Shaw’s has spent the whole of his working life with the chain. But it’s his…
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SOBERANO RELAUNCHED
González Byass has relaunched its Spanish brandy Soberano as an aged Solera Reserva and appointed Winefare as its UK distributor. It has been listed by Safeway and retails at £10.99. Buyer Stewart Croucher said: "I selected this because it is the...
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Becks 24 x 275ml Price promotion £11.99 Floor sStack
Becks 24 x 275ml Price promotion £12.49 Floor stack Tesco Cadbury's Chocolate Mousse 4 x 55g Price promotion 79p Gondola end Safeway Cadbury's Dairy Milk 200g 50% ...
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Rosé sparkles for Codorníu
Spanish sparkling wine company Codorníu is in the pink with a new rosé cava. The wine made its debut in the run-up to Christmas with a listing in Morrisons where sales were above expectations, according to Codorníu's new managing director Bill...
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Pernod Ricard promises front line improvements for retailers
UK retailers are hoping for major improvements now Diageo and Pernod Ricard have received the green light to take over the Seagram spirits and wine business. Sainsbury's wine director, Allan Cheesman, said: "I would like to see a new focus on wine...
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Code comfort for the few
n For key players in the British grocery industry, 2001 could be dubbed the year of recovery. Tesco remained firmly at the top, but Sainsbury started to show real signs of renaissance and Iceland and Somerfield started to pull round. The toothless'...
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Stuart May
Head of category buying, grocery edibles/bakery, Co-op With many traditional ambient, edible grocery categories in gradual long-term decline, international cuisine presents a real opportunity for the Co-operative Group to develop meal solutions in...
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It's not what you might consider a traditional hypermarket,"
The store is in Plymstock, a suburb of Plymouth, in Devon, and is the first of what Safeway hopes will be many Megastore branded hypermarkets. Created by extending its existing store, the new format marks a radical departure for the multiple, both...
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Sainsbury has announced that Stuart Mitchell and Sara Weller
Organic chain Fresh & Wild has secured £3m private finance to add three more London stores to its portfolio of six in the next financial year. United Co-op has bought three stores, in Newcastle-under-Lyme and Kingsley in Cheshire and St...
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After Curry, Blair must act
It's customary, at this time, for media soothsayers to rub their crystal balls and sound off about the shape of things to come. Fuelled by liberal amounts of seasonal Tesco sherry, pompous business scribes proclaim that we are "standing on the...
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Tesco and Superquinn vow to freeze prices for euro arrival
Two chains in the Irish Republic have announced price freezes during the changeover to the euro in a bid to reassure customers, while retailers in Northern Ireland are worried about the potential for forged euro notes. Superquinn said its freeze...
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Asda still the best value multiple but isn't the best on ful
Sheila Eggleston Out of stocks have been the most disruptive feature in The Grocer 33 weekly shop in the past six months. Product delistings and promotional activity have been the main aggravating factors, and frozen food most badly hit. In the...
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Marcel HAYDEN
Trading controller, Somerfield The major growth area for frozen is ready meals, with oriental, Indian and traditional being the main drivers. Pizza growth has slowed over the past couple of years but, with the launch of Pizza Pleasure from Heinz...
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The Grocer 33 six month test again shows Asda is cheapest
Sheila Eggleston Asda has notched up another six months as the UK's cheapest supermarket. The Grocer 33's six-month review shows that Asda produced 12 of the cheapest full baskets between June and November 2001. Its nearest challenger was Tesco...
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Value and volume sales of tea fell following a period of pri
Tetley stepped up its campaign, including participation in Safeway price deals. This helped push value sales for Tetley up by 8% with sales in Safeway very strong. Whilst mainstream tea brands fell 6%, speciality teas such as green and organic...
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Mark Spowart
Asda beer buyer Beer sales in the multiples have remained healthy in 2001 and Asda's beer offering has dominated the marketplace with a focus on providing value for the leading and growing brands. Key brands in mainstream and premium lagers have...
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The Advertising Standards Authority has upheld Safeway's com
A Tesco Lotus supermarket in Bangkok was damaged when an anti-tank rocket hit a nearby building. Police are investigating the possibility the rocket was fired at Tesco Farmers are paying to promote milk throughout the festive season with a series...
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Waitrose in Wandsworth
The Arndale Centre in Wandsworth, south London, is undergoing redevelopment and rebranding as Southside by Portfolio Holdings. The £70m programme will involve rebuilding part of the complex. Waitrose is in discussions expected to be tied up...
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Supermarket power now restricts choice'
The dominance of the superstore multiples in the UK is "on the cusp of what most reasonable people would describe as unacceptable", according to wholesaler Steve Parfett. Speaking at the Federation of Wholesale Distributors' annual dinner, Parfett...
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Morrisons shows off full basket and pleasing lack of congest
The saga of the single full basket continues this week, with it being Morrisons' turn to be the only store to have everything on our list. Our shopper also praised the store for its wide aisles and lack of congestion. Out of stocks were mainly a...