more supermarket news & analysis – Page 446
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Heck enters low-fat sausage market with Super Slim range
Sausages contain 27g of fat per 100g and went on sale into 500 Sainsbury’s on 28 June
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Community centres luring shoppers from 'out of town' stores
New report finds 78% of shoppers visited a community shopping centre at least one a week
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Tesco extends one-hour deliveries through Tesco Now app
Delivery is supplied by independent courier service Quiqup
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Sainsbury's launches edible flowers into fresh herbs fixture
The edible floral assortment is grown by local producers in the Vale of Evesham and includes varieties such as tagete marigold and viola
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Sainsbury's reveals plan to switch all sites to LED lighting
Under the supermarket’s Sustainability Plan, greenhouse gas emissions will be cut by more than 3.4% annually
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Warm June weather boosts supermarket sales growth to multi-year high
Warm weather in June helped the UK grocers to their largest monthly year-on-year rise in sales since July 2013, according to market share data from Nielsen, while Kantar Worldpanel finds the best supermarket growth since March 2012.
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Comment & Opinion
Uber-style surge pricing in supermarkets is uber-unlikely
The replacing of paper shelf-edge labels in some stores with electronic ones could mean prices go down rather than up
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Tesco buys extra 40 tonnes of British raspberries after bumper crop
In the past 12 months, Tesco has taken bumper crops of strawberries, carrots, cauliflowers, cherries, lettuce and celery
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Morrisons named on list of social mobility-friendly employers
At number nine, Morisons is the only food and drink business in the top 50…
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Suppliers report 'dramatic' improvements in GCA compliance
Christine Tacon agrees one year extension to her role as report shows huge progress across key areas prioritised by the Groceries Code Adjudicator
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Tesco announces 10% increase in hourly pay rate for staff
Hourly pay will reach £8.42 an hour by November 2018, but premiums will be cut further
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Nisa Retail frees up £120m with refinancing move
Deal comes amid rumours of a multimillion-pound takeover by Sainsbury’s
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Analysis & Features
Big brands count the cost as Sainsbury's declares war
Distinctive NPD preferred, with commodity brands facing the axe
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Tesco to merge grocery and GM for click & collect
The rollout comes amid a rationalisation of Tesco’s GM services
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Unite strike action threatens M&S deliveries at 100 sites
Twenty workers are due to strike for 12 days over claims of £8,000 pay discrepancy at delivery company Gist
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Comment & Opinion
Sainsbury's closes in on Nisa but will members say yes?
Sainsbury’s is now in a one-horse race to buy Nisa – but could still lose
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Tesco to axe Fairtrade for own label coffee
Move is yet another blow to the Fairtrade Foundation following a similar decision by Sainsbury’s earlier this month
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Tacon reads riot act to three mults over drop & drive
The unnamed trio have been accused by suppliers of unjustly deducting tens of millions for drop & drive discrepancies
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Big Interviews
Dave Curness, Store Manager of the Year
How many supermarkets do you know with an official Wet Squad? Sainsbury’s Redhill has one
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Tesco follows Sainsbury's with hikes to salmon prices
Tesco this week upped prices by 4% across 40 comparable SKUs