more supermarket news & analysis – Page 637
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Tesco results: Progress in UK, but international picture worries
Progress on the home front, though slow, only partially offsets analysts’ concerns over Tesco’s international ventures.
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Tesco hits the accelerator on store revamps as sales drop
Tesco chief executive Philip Clarke has declared 2014 will be “the year of the hypermarket” as he revealed the retailer was planning a massive rollout of the pilots trialled in areas such as Watford.
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Sainsbury’s sales powered by own-label and convenience
Strong growth in own-label, convenience and online has helped Sainsbury’s record like-for-like sales growth of 1.4%, excluding fuel, for the first half of the year.
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Sainsbury’s to sponsor Sport Relief Games
Sainsbury’s has been named sponsor of the first Sport Relief Games, which will take place in March next year,
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Asda launches three-month delivery pass with special offer
Asda has cut the cost of online home delivery with a new £15 pass covering three months’ worth of deliveries.
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Waitrose ramps up 10% off deal for myWaitrose card holders
Waitrose has taken aim at Tesco in a new campaign to promote an extension of its 10% off deals for myWaitrose cardholders.
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Sainsbury’s online sales break the £1bn barrier
Online grocery sales at Sainsbury’s have broken the £1bn barrier.
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Profiles and QandAs
Aldi UK bosses on stellar results: 'Our formula is working'
As Aldi’s profits soared by a stunning 124%, The Grocer caught up with Aldi UK’s joint GMDs Roman Heini and Matthew Barnes to talk about saucy fish, its business model, the central London store trial, and why Asda can’t compete…
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Sainsbury's choir enters BBC2's Sing While You Work
A choir made up of Sainsbury’s workers will feature on the second series of BBC2’s Sing While You Work…
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Morrisons shifts ordering system from paper to tablet
Morrisons has completed the rollout of tablet order pads to staff.
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Tesco seeks 100 computer programmers for new technology hothouse
Tesco CEO Philip Clarke introduced the retailer’s new £119 computer tablet Hudl this week…
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Clydebank Co-op and KeyStore joint c-store opens for business
A jointly branded KeyStore and Clydebank Co-operative Society c-store has opened in Glasgow’s West End…
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Little Miracles drink listed by Sainsbury's
Natural energy drink brand Little Miracles has secured its first big four listing…
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Finlay replaces Sainsbury's tea contract with herbal & fruit
Finlay Beverages has secured a new supply deal with Sainsbury’s, two years after losing a 100-year-old tea contract with …
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Tesco's 'scale for good' slashes energy costs
Tesco has claimed massive reductions in its suuply chain energy footprint following a radical supply chain initiative…
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FSA hygiene inspections review sparks food safety fears
As Tesco is hit with £45,000 ‘Supermouse’ fine, FSA hygiene inspections review sparks food safety fears…
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Analysis & Features
The waste trail: a global scandal
Up to half the food the world produces may never reach the mouths it was intended for. What’s the solution?…
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JW Lees marks Asda listing with a 'Manc dance' in Covent Garden
How’s this for a celebration dance? Manchester brewer JW Lees bared its northern soul down south yesterday to mark its latest listing with Asda.
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Analysis & Features
As Anglia merges with Midlands has the co-op power shifted?
First Penrith and Scotmid, now Midlands and Anglia: whether defensive or opportunistic, more mergers are surely on the car…
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Tesco apologises for inflatable ‘gay best friend’ on website
One day after having to take a ‘psycho ward’ fancy dress costume off sale amid a public outcry, Tesco has been caught out by yet another rogue item on its Tesco Direct website – this time, an inflatable “gay best friend” doll.