more supermarket news & analysis – Page 554
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Comment & Opinion
The Morrisons store of the future is a thing of the past
Dalton Philips and his concepts are departing at similar junctures, but he can’t be the only one to blame
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News
Won't be mist: Morrisons scraps unpopular innovation
“This move is about going back to basics” says group retail director Martyn Fletcher, after supermarket scraps veg misters that became synonymous with Dalton Philips’ reign
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News
Asda to digitise store coupons... with a little help from Sir Terry Leahy
Program will be run by Sir Terry Leahy-backed company, aims to eliminate fraud and be more convenient
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News
Rouble devaluation hits Metro's first quarter earnings
German retail giant Metro experienced a 2.2% fall in reported group sales as the sharp drop in the value of the Russian rouble hit its first quarter trading.
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News
Tesco returns to growth as overall grocery sales rise
Tesco’s sales were back in the black for the first time in a year, according to the latest grocery share figures from Kantar Worldpanel, as the overall market grew at its fastest rate since last summer.
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News
Bestway renames Co-op pharmacies
Chain of 780 properties to be named Well Pharmacy, comes with further £200m investment in the company
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News
Food sales record best month since February 2014, finds BRC-KPMG monitor
The raft of January price cuts across the supermarkets helped food sales record their best performance for a year, according to the BRC-KPMG retail sales monitor.
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News
M&S to transform superstore under 'Plan A' eco-friendly revamp
Newcastle branch of Marks & Spencers to receive plant wall, LED lighting, excess heat reclamation system
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News
Media Bites 9 February: Tesco, Rexam, Poundworld
The fallout from The Grocer Code Adjudicator’s decision to launch a formal investigation continued over the weekend.
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Comment & Opinion
Can the 'climate of fear' really change with new GCA powers?
The Tesco financial reporting misdemeanours have had fascinating repercussions…
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News
Kavanagh Group to open more Budgens stores in UK
Kavanagh Group, Ireland’s largest independent supermarket company, is to increase its UK store estate…
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News
Tim Steiner: Ocado better-placed than Tesco to face deflation
Ocado is in a “much better position” to weather the storm of deflation and gross margin attrition than Tesco…
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News
Waitrose strikes new fruit sourcing deal with Primafruit
Waitrose has signed an exclusive deal with fruit supplier Primafruit to manage the sourcing of all its imported fruit…
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News
Christophe Roussel & Mike McNamara bid farewell to Tesco
The shake-up of senior management at Tesco stepped up this week as the names of two senior executives leaving…
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News
Waitrose and John Lewis to get more cash machines
Independent ATM provider Cardtronics UK is ramping up its relationship with the John Lewis Partnership…
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News
Tacon 'will force suppliers to give evidence against Tesco'
Groceries Code Adjudicator Christine Tacon said this week she would not hesitate to force suppliers to give evidence again…
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Analysis & Features
Salary-linked pension schemes are too expensive for retailers in 2015
Under fire from new challengers like Aldi and Lidl, such gold plated pensions are simply too expensive to offer for retailers to offer in the current market.
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News
Graham’s The Family Dairy to supply Morrisons in Scotland
Graham’s The Family Dairy has agreed a deal to supply its branded milk and butter to 500 Morrisons stores.
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News
Asda to convert every superstore to "store of the future"
170 location rollout follows successful trials in Grantham and Coventry
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Grocer 33
Sainsbury's Hazel Grove cleans up in G33 battle
This week’s winner, Sainsbury’s Hazel Grove, impressed with high in-store standards and strong service…