more supermarket news & analysis – Page 431
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DRS problems could be solved by supermarket geniuses, say MPs
Environment Audit Committee warned of new legislation to combat the 700,000 plastic bottles that litter UK streets daily
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Morrisons raises price of four pints of milk by 10p
The supermarket has put up the cost of its standard own-label four-pinter and its flagship Milk for Farmers range
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Tesco to support producers via NFU's Fruit & Veg Pledge
Retailer joins Lidl, Aldi, and the Co-op in signing up to the pledge – designed to cultivate better relationships between retailers, intermediaries and growers
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Waitrose launches raft of new soya protein vegetarian dishes
Waitrose is increasing its shop space devoted to vegetarian foods by an average of 35%…
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Comment & Opinion
What's the most efficient store size?
Recent years have seen sales efficiencies fall for the big four due to increased competition and spend polarisation
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Tesco Clubcard data to be used in fat-busting Oxfordshire trial
Tesco stressed customer data would never be shared with doctors without customers’ permission
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Sainsbury's launches Tu Formal premium menswear collection
The supermarket’s menswear sales increased almost 13% in the year to September 2016
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Sainsbury's to open four more in-store Mini Habitats
The openings will mean Sainsbury’s has a total of 10 Mini Habitats across its network
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Tesco battles food waste with green satsumas and clementines
Te move was prompted by recent high temperatures in Spain where the fruit are grown, which has caused their skins to turn
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Sainsbury's attracts criticism for top-of-shelf stocking move
Supermarket said using top shelves provided better availability and drove “operational efficiencies in store”
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Comment & Opinion
The first cut isn’t always the deepest. Sometimes it’s the following ones that prove fatal
The latest news of job cuts at Sainsbury’s was perhaps to be expected after similar announcements from Tesco and Asda, but will they really deliver cost savings for the mults?
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Comment & Opinion
Asda gets into the Halloween spirit with dance party
Asda is once again the UK mult that makes the most effort for Halloween
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Sainsbury's to cut 2,000 jobs across stores and head office
Sainsbury’s has launched a 45-day consultation on what it branded a “difficult decision”
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Comment & Opinion
The Co-op isn’t ailing. But it needs to stretch its wings
A casual observer of today’s grocery market share figures from Kantar would conclude that the Co-op is struggling
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Soaring inflation adds £273m to business rates bill
The Retail Prices Index has rapidly increased from 2% last September
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Rising grocery prices to slow early next year
Kantar Worldpanel predicts supermarket price rises will peak later this year
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The Co-op adds swathe of wine SKUs in data-inspired refresh
Stores will be clustered with an “affluence overlay” to determine what is important to consumers…
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Analysis & Features
Sainsbury's expands one-hour Chop Chop service across central London
Express delivery will now be available to more than 1.7 million customers in zones one and two
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Comment & Opinion
Marks & Spencer delivery has hurdles to overcome
M&S’s long-anticipated venture into grocery ecommerce is under way and we put its new home delivery offering to the test