more supermarket news & analysis – Page 521
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News
Asda Price Guarantee placed under review
CEO Andy Clarke confirmed a decision on the scheme would come early next year
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As big four sales head south promos still going north
What’s the answer to plummeting sales? More promotions of course
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Grocer 33
Sainsbury's Shorehead, Huddersfield: G33 store of the week
”Armistice Day was one of my proudest days as a store manager”
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Morrisons removes kangaroo steaks from sale
The retailer insisted the kangaroo steaks were a limited-time promotion
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Minimum price absent from Asda banana move
It’s a shame that Asda has picked the lowest-hanging fruit when the trickier ones were still within reach
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Comment & Opinion
George Osborne's Sunday trading u-turn is a great relief!
George Osborne needs to realise the economic argument for longer opening hours is well past its sell-by date
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Comment & Opinion
Christmas data should work for you all year
The festive period is a great opportunity for casting a wide net for new and returning customers, says Google’s Martijn Berrtisen
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Comment & Opinion
The big four are flagging even before the Christmas race has started
Every percentage point the discounters gain has a positive impact on them and a negative impact on the rest of the field
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News
Waitrose hits 100 stores in London with new Nine Elms branch
Ton up for Waitrose in Greater London as Nine Elms set to open tomorrow
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Adjudicator's Tesco probe results delayed until New Year
Groceries Code Adjudicator Christine Tacon’s report into alleged breaches of the Groceries Supply Code of Practice (GSCOP) by Tesco will not be published until the New Year. Tacon had been expected to announce the findings of the report this month, but today she announced that the process had taken “slightly ...
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Asda sales fall in Q3 as conditions remain “tough” for Andy Clarke
Like-for-like sales at Asda have fallen by -4.5% in the third quarter as the supermarket price war, food price deflation and the continued growth of the discounters all took their toll.
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Aldi and Lidl reach combined 10% of UK grocery as sales surge
Kantar Worldpanel figures show Lidl enjoyed a 19% surge in sales year on year in the latest 12-week period
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Comment & Opinion
All consumers want is a convenient Christmas
Don’t just focus on price this Christmas - as more consumers shop online, convenience is just as important, argues James Brown of the Rubicon Project
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News
Supermarkets cutting price of Champagne to £10 and below
Tesco is currently offering the cheapest Champagne of any of the mults
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Comment & Opinion
Asda's To You move is an intriguing new twist on Doddle model
Asda’s new ToYou is an intriguing new twist on the Collect+/Doddle model
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News
Sainsbury's fall in profits illustrates severity of the task
The green shoots didn’t last long for Sainsbury’s as shares slump 7% after profits falter.
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Tesco Direct deliveries buckle under strain of Clubcard promotion
Tesco has been forced to shelved all Express next day deliveries and click and collect services as a result
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Asda suppliers 'facing Reset all over again'
Asda is launching a major range rationalisation as part of boss Andy Clarke’s Project Renewal
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Morrisons claims War on Waste cut out key waste efforts
Morrisons has hit back at criticism from Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall’s War on Waste documentary
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Analysis & Features
How the Christmas TV ad campaigns of the grocers rate
As the festive season kicks off in earnest, our experts rate the much-anticipated Christmas ads