more supermarket news & analysis – Page 538
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Procter & Gamble UK boss Irwin Lee to become Morrisons non-executive director
Morrisons has appointed Procter & Gamble UK boss Irwin Lee as a non-executive director to help turn around the company’s fortunes.
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Analysis & Features
Living wage dominates Sainsbury's AGM
No sooner had Mike Coupe said there was no way he could commit to a living wage at Sainsbury’s by next year’s AGM than George Osborne announced a new compulsory national pay scale for everybody over the age of 25.
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Fresh Three price cuts drive 10% growth across fruit and veg, says Co-op
The Co-operative Food claims its fruit and veg price cuts have driven almost 10% sales growth across its fresh produce range.
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M&S invests in every day prices in first quarter
Marks & Spencer dipped its toes in the UK supermarket price war during its first quarter in a bid to stay competitive in a challenging sector, according to CEO Mark Bolland.
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Asda the latest supermarket to cut milk prices
The supermarket reduced its one-pinters from 49p to 45p and two-pinters from 89p to 75p
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Tesco hands new UK CEO Matt Davies £3.6m of share options
Tesco has announced it has given new UK and Ireland CEO Matt Davies £3.6m of nil-cost share options to vest over the next three years
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Vanini premium chocolates land in Waitrose
Produced in Italy at ICAM’s Lake Como manufacturing facility, Vanini is made with cocoa beans grown in Bagua
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Simon Twigger lands new role as Poundland trading director
Poundland has snapped up Simon Twigger, the former boss of Sainsbury’s convenience stores. Twigger, who has been on gardening leave from Sainsbury’s for the past few months, will join the single price discounter as trading director in September. He left Sainsbury’s in the wake of the group’s ...
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Marks & Spencer fails to sustain fourth quarter sales momentum
Marks & Spencer’s first quarter trading has met the City’s modest expectations, but its overall like-for-like sales growth fell back to zero after a 0.7% rise in the fourth quarter.
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Tesco relists dropped Kingsmill lines
From last week, Kingsmill 50/50 and No Crusts have gone back on sale in what Kingsmill owner Allied Bakeries described as “the majority” of Tesco stores
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Fiona Dargie joins Acoura from Tesco
Dargie replaces Ashley Tait who left to start up her own compliance consultancy
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Profiles and QandAs
Asda CEO Andy Clarke answers your questions
Asda CEO Andy Clarke answers questions on marketing, store densities and those Kantar figures
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Asda phases out integrated Disney stores
Andy Clarke this week revealed the retailer had axed the format, but said licensing would continue to be important to the business
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Waitrose launches e-learning compliance game for its staff
Waitrose is introducing a new e-learning game to teach staff about laws around selling alcohol, tobacco
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Andy Clarke confident Asda will improve customer service
Asda CEO Andy Clarke is expecting the retailer’s customer service levels to improve in the next few months…
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Analysis & Features
Milk prices for one and two pints cut by Sainsbury's and Tesco
Aggressive price competition on four-pint bottles of milk has been a staple of the supermarket milk price war for years…
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Scottish Burger Company craft burgers listed by Scots Tescos
Ayshire-based firm The Scottish Burger Company has signed a £500k deal to supply Scottish Tesco stores…
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Morrisons Denton wins G33 battle with 'a whopper' of a store
Morrisons Denton achieved one of the highest scores of the year.
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M&S commissions study into protecting stores from climate change
The retailer said soaring temperatures and other extreme conditions caused by climate change represented a serious threat to sales
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Tesco expands food redistribution scheme
Tesco today launched a new phase of its Neighbourhood Food Collection