more supermarket news & analysis – Page 572
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Sainsbury's Banbury wins G33 thanks to great availability
Sainsbury’s Banbury had the best availability this week – that’s what made the difference…
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News
Tesco shows signs of recovery as new hires impress investors
Has Tesco finally hit rock bottom? Although there will be plenty of bumps in the road still to come…
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Comment & Opinion
Dealing with discounters: a lesson from French supermarkets
The facts say it all. Hard discounters like Aldi and Lidl have seized more than 8% UK market share…
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News
Sainsbury’s to open Jessops concessions
Sainsbury’s has joined forces with Jessops in a deal that will see concessions for the photography chain open in Sainsbury’s stores.
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News
Price cuts keep food inflation at all-time low
Food inflation stayed at a record low this month, bringing relief to hard-pressed consumers.
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News
Steve Rowe of Marks & Spencer lifts The Grocer Cup 2014
Marks & Spencer’s executive director of food, Steve Rowe, is this year’s winner of The Grocer Cup.
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News
Co-op looks to bag up £750k for charity from Scottish charge
The Co-operative Group has pledged to donate profits from its entire bag range to charity when the 5p carrier bag charge comes into effect in Scotland later this month.
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Comment & Opinion
Are the Lib Dems 'the Morrisons' of politics?
The Liberal Democrats are the Morrisons of the UK political scene, a Lib Dem MP declared this week. But does his supermarket analogy ring true?
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News
Andrew Higginson warns the supermarkets: ‘refocus or die’
Supermarkets aren’t dead, but they need to refocus on the customer to revive the industry.
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Analysis & Features
UK bucks the trend in Europe as food becomes more affordable
The supermarket price war has been given the majority of credit for driving down the price of food – but it is not only in the UK that prices are going down.
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News
Higginson urges big four to ‘focus on their own stall’
The big four supermarkets have been “focusing on the wrong thing”, incoming Morrisons chairman Andrew Higginson has claimed.
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Analysis & Features
Tesco board changes hint at Dave Lewis' strategy refocus
Non-exec appointments are rarely considered particularly newsworthy, but everything Tesco does at the moment seems to grab the headlines.
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News
Lidl pokes fun at Morrisons' price-matching pledge
Lidl has poked fun at Morrisons’ price-matching pledge, announced to some fanfare on Thursday (2 October), with its latest stab at reactive advertising.
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News
Bestway completes Co-op Pharmacy acquisition
Bestway has completed its £620m acquisition of The Co-operative Pharmacy.
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News
Asda claims morale is high despite job cuts
Asda has insisted that staff morale remains high as its in-store restructure comes to a close…
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News
Walkers adds trio of gluten-free shortbread biscuits
Walkers Shortbread has entered the booming gluten-free market with three new products…
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News
Alf Turner Dragon's Fury sausage listed by Asda
Dragon’s Fury – a new spiced sausage from butcher Alf Turner & Sons – is to make its debut this month…
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News
New checkout system could end 'unexpected item' woes
The company that installed the UK’s first self-service checkout is working on a new camera-based system…
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News
Tesco gives its Chokablok ice cream 'venture brand' the chop
Tesco has axed Chokablok ice cream – one of its original venture brand launches…
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Comment & Opinion
Sainsbury's Brand Match 2.0 ignores the elephant in the room
Mike Coupe has promised no stone will be left unturned at the interims in November as he seeks to arrest an alarming deter…