more supermarket news & analysis – Page 561
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Community Shop opens social supermarket in south London
A group of leading supermarkets this week began selling their food at 70% discounts to feed the poor, in an initiative which could become a new model for tackling hunger across the UK
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Tesco launches home-pickling packs
Tesco is hoping to tap the pickling trend with a range of ‘Pickle Your Own’ boxes…
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Comment & Opinion
The Tesco leopard can change spots - but can it still hunt?
There are four rules to rebates,” an ex-buyer once told me. “1. Get a rebate. 2. If you have one increase it…
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Co-op and M&S named most ethical supermarkets
The UK supermarket sector has much work to do to improve its overall ethical and environmental performance, Ethical Consumer’s latest product guide to supermarkets has claimed.
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Tesco trials food-to-go Pickbox lunches at Canary Wharf store
Tesco has launched a new food-to-go concept to make lunchtime meal deals simpler and quicker…
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Analysis & Features
Market caution over Sainsbury's takeover rumours is understandable
One of the market’s unwritten rules is that any company subject to takeover rumours will get a nice share price boost.
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Asda Christmas shopping basket nearly £10 cheaper than Tesco's
Asda has trounced its nearest rival by almost a tenner in this year’s Christmas 33…
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Filco Supermarkets closes standalone RB's off-licence
Filco Supermarkets has axed its only standalone specialist off-licence…
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Tesco's rivals say they won't cut corners on staff levels
After Tesco boss Dave Lewis said the retailer would not be cutting any corners in the new year in terms of reducing…
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Retail footfall down 2.4% in November despite Black Friday
Not even Black Friday could prevent footfall levels plummeting in November as shoppers shunned high street trips in favour of online browsing last month.
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Big four slash booze brand prices lower than last Xmas
Supermarkets are offering shoppers a very merry Christmas this year – with many major drinks brands cheaper…
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Grocer 33
Sainsbury's Gloucester Quays: Store of the week
All our non-food ranges like cards, wrapping paper, decorations and Christmas trees…
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Comment & Opinion
A convenient truth
Last year, The Co-operative Group served up a turkey of a Christmas ad. The instantly forgettable ad featured a lady leisurely walking home through frantic crowds because she’d done all her Christmas shopping at The Co-op. A panel of experts for The Grocer scored it a lowly 13 out of ...
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Tesco shares plummet again following 'shock' profit warning
It’s getting harder to describe a Tesco profit warning as a “shock” these days – but the fourth warning this year…
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A lotta bottle: Tesco selling Methuselah of Champagne
Tesco is selling six-litre Methuselah bottles of Lanson White Label Champagne in four London stores.
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Comment & Opinion
Plugging the black hole(s)
The £263m accounting scandal might, in the long run, not prove to be the most important black hole CEO Dave Lewis has to fix if he…
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Co-op launches convenience-focused Christmas ad campaign
The Co-operative Group has launched its Christmas TV advertising campaign.
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Analysis & Features
Margin resets and junk status looming: analysts' views of Tesco
We look at analysts’ reaction to Tesco’s latest profits warning and where this leaves Dave Lewis’ plans to turn around the ailing grocery giant as we head into 2015.
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Tesco profits warning: what the analysts say
After Tesco revealed its annual profits would be no higher than £1.4bn, we round-up who is saying what
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Black Friday helps arrest food sales decline
Grocery sales benefitted from a small boost in November as shoppers flocked to supermarkets to grab a bargain on a record-breaking Black Friday, according to the latest BRC-KPMG Retail Sales Monitor released this morning.