more supermarket news & analysis – Page 224
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Grocer 33
Sainsbury’s Craigavon, Portadown, Northern Ireland: Grocer 33 store of the week
Winner: Sainsbury’s Craigavon, Portadown, Northern Ireland Store manager: Emer Compston Size: 27,000 sq ft Opened: 1998 Market share: 6.9% Nearest stores: Tesco – 0.2 miles, Asda – 2.4 miles, Morrisons – 63.0 miles, Waitrose – 122.4 miles Store data source: Analysis by CACI. Call the market planning ...
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Comment & Opinion
Supermarket price hikes could well be the next blow to Brits’ pockets
Just as the hike in National Insurance is confirmed, wallets are set to take yet another hammering – this time at the checkout.
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News
The Duppy Share teams up with rapper Kano for white rum launch
The grime artist had drawn from memories of a visit to his family’s home to create the spirit, said Duppy Share
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News
Morrisons warns of ‘industry-wide retail price inflation’ later this year
The pandemic, rising commodity costs, freight inflation and the shortage of HGV drivers across the UK were all putting pressure on prices, it said
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News
Co-op to open eighth university franchise store, in Aberdeen
It will bring the number of students served by Co-op to more than 150,000 across the UK
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News
Waitrose to sell John Lewis affordable fashion line
Around 700 new Anyday clothing products are set to be available from September 13
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News
Waitrose makes biggest-ever vegan and vegetarian own-label launch
The retailer is releasing two new own-label ranges, Plantlife and GoVeggie
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Range Preview
Range preview: Waitrose Plantlife and GoVeggie 2021
This week sees Waitrose launch its biggest-ever selection of meat-free products under two new own-label ranges, Plantlife and GoVeggie
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News
Vegan brand Bosh launches chilled ready meals into Morrisons
The ‘zero-prep’ meals would make it ‘easier than ever to eat greener’, said Bosh
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Comment & Opinion
How businesses can take advantage of the consumer trend towards local shopping
The pandemic has accelerated a drive towards supporting local businesses, says Harry Walker, industry head of grocery retail at Google
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News
City snapshot: Morrisons lays ground for takeover auction
Morrisons is in talks with the UK Takeover Panel in preparation for a bidding auction ahead of a shareholder vote in mid October.
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Comment & Opinion
Could the latest EU-UK stalemate signal a status quo for businesses?
The argument for the introduction of the latest set of checks appears weaker than the argument for delay
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News
Morrisons to donate gardening tools to schoolchildren in new campaign
The move comes as research found that some children aged six to 15 have a poor understanding of how fruit & vegetables are grown
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News
M&S slams government preparedness for new border checks
In a letter to its EU suppliers, the retailer said neither the UK government nor EU authorities were prepared for the high levels of bureaucracy when border checks begin on 1 October
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Analysis & Features
How can supermarkets lure shoppers back to ‘uninspiring’ meat aisles?
So-called ‘unconscious reducers’ are buying less meat due to lack of inspiration in the aisles. How can supermarkets get them more engaged?
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News
Vocation Brewery brings ‘more personality’ with brand overhaul
The redesign was designed to reflect ‘the maturity and growing confidence of the brand’
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News
Co-op to open up to 30 in-store concessions from The Original Factory Shop
More than 30 of the concessions, each about 2,300 sq ft in size and employing about 10 staff, are to open inside larger Co-op stores over the next 15 months
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News
Asda confirms plans for hundreds of convenience stores on EG forecourts
Twenty-eight ‘Asda on the Move’ stores are to open on EG Group forecourts this year, with a target of 200 by the end of next year and more in 2023
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Grocer 33
Waitrose Aylesbury: Grocer 33 store of the week
‘We were all affected by the pingdemic but nothing major here. My fantastic team were able to be really flexible and pulled together’
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Grocer 33
Waitrose prevails as availability limits supermarket service scores across the board
Waitrose in Aylesbury had high store standards but was dragged down by availability issues