more supermarket news & analysis – Page 642
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Analysis & FeaturesEye-tracking and football technology help retailers score
First there was eye-tracking. Now grocery is turning to technology used by football clubs to work out how people shop…
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Big InterviewsBarry Williams Big Interview: No Mod Cons
Asda’s merchandising modfather Barry Williams is bemused by the con-fusing promotions of rivals…
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Analysis & FeaturesThe Grocer’s 1950 article on Sainsbury’s Croydon: 'An impression of airiness'
Here is how The Grocer reported the opening of Sainsbury’s “self-service” store in Croydon on 8 July 1950 - a shop that reopened this week as a Sainsbury’s Local.
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NewsSainsbury’s opens new c-store on historic Croydon site
Sainsbury’s has reopened a store in Croydon that has an illustrious history - it was the retailer’s first store outside of London, and was a pioneering self-service outlet in the 1950s…
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Analysis & FeaturesHas Strawberrygate hulled the lengthy promos of old?
As Daphne Smallman, 76, discovered while shopping at Tesco in June 2011, some pleasures aren’t as simple as they first app…
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NewsAsda own-label beer proves big in Japan
An Asda own-label ale has become the second-best selling beer in a Japanese supermarket chain.
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NewsCo-op Group loses £559m as banking woes bite
The Co-operative Group’s food business has reported a 1.1% fall in half-year like-for-like food sales, but banking woes hit the society hard.
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NewsSainsbury’s grows market share as rest of big four contract
Sainsbury’s was the only supermarket among the big four to increase its market share in the past 12 weeks, according to the latest supermarket share data from Kantar Worldpanel.
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NewsMorrisons and Ocado offer cashback to Halifax customers
Halifax customers will start receiving cashback on their Morrisons and Ocado shops from September.
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NewsAsda extends Andrew Barton haircare range
Asda has extended its haircare portfolio by celebrity hairdresser Andrew Barton with two new lines.
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NewsShaken Udder rolls ambient lunchbox cartons into Sainsbury's
Shaken Udder has won its first listing for its new range of ambient milkshake cartons aimed at the kids’ lunchbox market…
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NewsWaitrose launches sweetcorn in husks for BBQs
Waitrose is offering a net of six sweetcorn cobs still in their husks to encourage consumers to cook them on the barbecue…
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NewsDavid McKnight named Tesco group sourcing director
Tesco has appointed David McKnight as group sourcing director for grocery as part of a reshuffle in the food buying team…
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NewsMcCain launches £35m push featuring scented barkers
McCain Foods is launching a £35m marketing drive that will include the roll-out of shelf-barkers smelling of baked potatoes.
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Comment & OpinionThink shelf-out if you want to stand out
Asda’s Stephen Smith has emphasised the need for retailers to communicate ‘brand personality’….
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Comment & OpinionTesco will benefit from a Chinese partner
Tesco is not going to give up on China. It can’t…
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NewsThe Co-op Group to make wine Truly Irresistible with new range
The Co-operative Group is taking premium own-label range Truly Irresistible into wine…
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NewsPippa effect in full swing for Waitrose Kitchen magazine
Panned for ditching Delia Smith and replacing her with Pippa Middleton, Waitrose appears to have had the last laugh…
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Analysis & FeaturesHow do symbol group own-label ranges stack up?
With the mults continuing to improve their own-label ranges, the pressure is on symbol groups to up the ante…
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NewsTesco strawberry fine: bad luck or well deserved?
Tesco can consider itself “unlucky” to have been caught out running a misleading promotion on strawberries in 2011…