more supermarket news & analysis – Page 593
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Morrisons cuts prices on 135 more products
Morrisons has kicked off a second round of price cuts, less than two months after lowering prices on 1,200 lines.
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Tesco opens Yammer network up to all its employees
Tesco plans to roll out its internal communication tool Yammer to all of its 320,000 UK staff…
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Richard Gray takes on retail improvement duties for Morrisons
Morrisons retail improvement director Richard Manners left the business this week, The Grocer has learned…
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Ostrich trialled by Tesco as interest grows in speciality meats
Ostrich is tipped to become a more common sight in British supermarkets as interest in the meat grows…
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Dragons' Den butcher listed in Sainsbury's
Sainsbury’s has listed two sausages created by Dragons’ Den contestant Alf Turner & Sons…
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Annabel Karmel licensed baking kits for kids listed by Tesco
Baking sets are rolling out now under the Annabel Karmel brand…
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Nick Rose hired by Blakemore Wholesale to grow Lifestyle Express
Blakemore Wholesale has hired a stores group director to bolster its retail portfolio for Lifestyle Express…
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Morrisons fresh produce managers get refresher training
Morrisons has held motivational away days for more than 500 fresh produce managers…
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Protein milk drink supplier Lacka listed in Tesco
Lacka Foods has launched seven milk-based protein drink brands in Tesco…
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Cornish new potatoes go into Tesco in South West
Tesco has rolled out seasonal Cornish new potatoes to 100 stores across Cornwall and the South West…
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Comment & Opinion
Front-line staff are precious assets
Next week BBC2 airs its new documentary Shopgirls, charting the rise of women in retail…
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Robo-froyo: Tesco Covent Garden installs Yoomoo serving robot
Fresh from launching trials of automatic tills, Tesco has gone one step further by piloting a yoghurt-serving robot…
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Comment & Opinion
Tiger the Tesco Kirkcaldy cat goes gentle into that good night
The tabby cat known to Kirkcaldy shoppers simply as ‘Tesco cat’ has moved on to the big scratching post in the sky…
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Comment & Opinion
Do supermarkets have any right to demand supplier loyalty?
What to do about the discounters? That is the question every grocery retailer is asking. (Or should be.)…
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New Grocer 33 store of the week methodology announced
The Grocer is unveiling a new and improved methodology for The Grocer 33 store of the week…
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Co-op store staff latest to raise fears over redundancies
The Co-operative Group is piloting new processes in its food stores that could lead to major redundancies…
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Analysis & Features
Sainsbury's and Netto: If you can't beat them, join them
The major grocery retailers have been scratching their heads for some time over what to do about the rise of the discounters. Sainsbury’s now thinks it has got the answer.
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Analysis & Features
Mike Snowdon: Grocer Gold Store Manager of the Year
Mike Snowdon is the first Waitrose boss to win the Store Manager of the Year competition at The Grocer Golds…
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Analysis & Features
Sainsbury's Tu clothing faces online challenge
Sainsbury’s Tu clothing faces online margin and profit challenge…
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Deals deepen as mults fight for share of World Cup spend
The latest figures from promotions specialists Assosia show the major multiples are competing hard across the board for that all-important World Cup spend.