more supermarket news & analysis – Page 1106
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A mixed picture
Sir; I would like to agree with the verdict of your "disappointed" mystery shopper who visited the first Asda Wal-Mart supercentre in Bristol (The Grocer, August 5, p4). I popped into the store on my way back home two weeks ago after a holiday in...
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TESCO IRISH CHARGE GOES UP
Tesco Ireland is to put a new delivery charge of I£1.50 on home deliveries. This is to be run on a trial basis in six of its stores. Until now, free delivery was offered with a minimum purchase of I£25. However the service was confined to those...
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Tesco speeds up in Taiwan
Tesco will open its first store in Taiwan six months earlier than originally planned, following the acquisition of a retail outlet in the country's largest shopping mall. The store was purchased from Dutch group Makro Asia, which is shifting its...
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The student pound: Degrees of spending
How they shop Helen Simm, 19, is a drama student at Middlesex University. She lives in self catering halls and shops at Sainsbury or Kwik Save. "There are 24 of us competing for freezer space, so storage is a problem. I buy fresh vegetables and...
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Sunday trading: Safeway denies Sunday lobbying
Independent retailers have again been warned that Sunday trading restrictions are under threat after it emerged Safeway held talks with the Home Office about relaxing the regulations on Christmas Eve this year. Federation of Wholesale Distributors...
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Waitrose@work: Big brand sites link
Waitrose's shopping-from-the-office arm Waitrose@work has signed up big brands BP Amoco, Walkers Snack Foods, Heinz and Sara Lee. The new partners will advertise waitrose@work on their intranet sites as a timesaving employee benefit. The Waitrose...
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News analysis: newstrade distribution
Bagging the mags Will the Tesco/WH Smith distribution deal prove bad news for many small retailers? John Wood reports This week the row over Tesco's national deal for magazine supplies intensified when the Newspaper Publishers' Association...
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Producing at a loss can't go on
Sir, In your recent dairy supplement (July 1) you state that when Asda (closely followed by the other multiples) cut the price of a four pint polybottle of milk from 89p to 83p it took a cut in margin. Once upon a time, 89p was a loss leader...
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Retail spotlight: We do it better
A Somerfield transformed into a Waitrose has seen a sharp upturn in its fortunes. Gillian Law went to see it Waitrose opened the first of its refurbished Somerfield stores in Sudbury in May. Manager Jim Woolf claims more shoppers now visit the...
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Two more Somerfield chiefs go
The plummeting fortunes of Somerfield's Kwik Save arm have claimed two more board room victims. Simon Hughes, who only took over as md of Kwik Save in April, and the group's high profile buying and supply chain director Ed Connolly both left the...
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How rewarding is the loyalty card?
What value do loyalty cards have for retailers? Do they really generate loyalty? Why do chains retain them when Asda, Morrisons and now Safeway do quite happily without? Sarah Dowding reports on the pros and cons of those bits of plastic The debate...
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Niche markets: Multicoloured choice at M&S
We are all looking for the next blockbuster after calabrese' Traditional English vegetables are being given a new look by Marks and Spencer through its Discoveries range. Purple cauliflower and bright green Romanesque with an almost crystalline...
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Supermarkets: Is Safeway now slowing down?
Safeway's strong sales performance is starting to show signs of slowdown, according to a top analyst. Reporting on the latest Superpanel data from Taylor Nelson Sofres, David McCarthy of Schroder Salomon Smith Barney says Safeway's market share...
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Major online exchanges
GlobalNetXchange was set up in February by Sears and Carrefour in partnership with software vendor Oracle. Sainsbury joined as a junior partner, along with Metro of Germany, in March. Both Sainsbury and Metro are understood to have committed to...
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THE ROLL OF HONOUR
National Westminster Cup VJ Hares & Son (Supreme Champion) Reserve Wensleydale Dairy Products The HT Webb Trophy Westland Kaasspecialiteiten (Supreme Continental) Viskase Trophy (Supreme ...
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Tesco caught up in Irish probe
Tesco has found itself at the centre of an Irish state probe into why a cap on superstore size was eased. The cap was imposed by environment minister Noel Dempsey two years ago, following a campaign by independent retailers' group RGDATA, public...
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Sentry set for sale
US supermarket chains Safeway and Albertson's are on the acquisition trail again, with Oklahoma based Fleming's 34 Sentry supermarkets a likely target. Fleming chairman Mark Hansen said a review of the "strategic alternatives" for Sentry and its...
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How to embarrass a Safeway squad
Safeway has admitted to a dirty tricks campaign orchestrated at area level against Asda's Admatch promotion as the supermarket price war hots up in Scotland. A source from Safeway in Bishopbriggs near Glasgow said: "Area management told us to...
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Share ware
Exchanges have the potential to achieve real breakthroughs in demand and supply side management says Spencer Marlow Many suppliers embraced the early private extranets of companies like Tesco and Wal-Mart and were looking forward to the promised...
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John Willie's set to become major player in bottled ale
Independent Manchester brewer JW Lees is making the most of its success last year in the Tesco Beer Challenge. Its John Willie's Manchester Champion Ale won the coveted prize of a 36 week exclusive national listing with the multiple. It is now...