more supermarket news & analysis – Page 644
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Sainsbury’s opens trainee manager scheme
Some 150 new placements have been made available on Sainsbury’s trainee manager scheme.
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Asda sales growth slows in second quarter
Asda’s like-for-like sales grew 0.7% in the second quarter, down from 1.3% in the first three months of the year, it said today.
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Analysis & Features
Tesco’s vision of big-scale retailing takes shape in Watford
As test runs go, it doesn’t get much higher-profile than Tesco’s unveiling of its new Tesco Extra format in Watford…
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Food sales lead the way in July as retail picks up
Food volume sales rose by 2.1% year on year in July – the biggest increase since April 2011, according to the Office for National Statistics.
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Analysis & Features
Can EasyJet founder make a discount grocery chain fly?
In an era of discounters, Sir Stelios thinks he has found a gap in the market for a store selling only ambient grocery…
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Tesco publishes hiring charter for Dagenham DC after Labour row
Tesco has published the recruitment charter for its Dagenham distribution centre, following a war of words with Labour’s shadow minister for immigration Chris Bryant.
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Tesco hits back at migrant worker claims as Labour backpedals
Tesco has rejected claims it moved a distribution centre as part of an effort to employ cheaper staff from Eastern Europe.
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Asda offers staff degree courses in retail and distribution
Asda staff will have the opportunity to gain a degree in Distribution or Retail Operations under a new programme in partnership with Middlesex University.
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Waitrose rolls out Beluga Noble vodka
Waitrose is increasing its listings of premium Russian vodka Beluga Noble by 150 stores…
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Tesco stocks Breathease cleaning range for allergy sufferers
A range of cleaning products designed for asthma and allergy suffers is launching into Tesco…
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Stonegate launches boiled egg snack pack in Waitrose
Egg supplier Stonegate is looking to capitalise on growing consumer interest in low-carb, high-protein snacks…
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Aldi trials new Has No gluten-free range
Aldi has launched a range of gluten-free own label products in the UK for the first time…
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Analysis & Features
Will GCA's 1% sales fine be a real deterrent to supermarkets?
Suppliers like Christine Tacon’s idea, of course, but the devil is in the detail…
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Asda plans to deliver George to 24 EU countries delayed
Asda has rolled out its George delivery service to only 10 of the 24 European countries it had planned by now…
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Analysis & Features
Why do short sellers like grocery?
Ocado, Sainsbury’s and Morrisons have all been heavily targeted by short selling hedge funds. Does this point to fundament…
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Tesco revamps Watford store: In pictures
Tesco has radically revamped its Extra store in Watford to provide a model of the future of hypermarket shopping. Take a photo tour.
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Tesco in talks to merge China operation with local retailer
Tesco today announced a major re-think of its international strategy, after revealing it was going into partnership in China with the country’s leading multi-format retailer.
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Tesco Watford video: Harris + Hoole boss tours new-look site
Tesco has unveiled its new-look store at Watford, bringing under one roof brands such as Giraffe and F&F. Harris + Hoole founder Nick Tolley gives a tour of the coffee shop.
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Tesco unveils new-look Watford store
Tesco will give shoppers a taste of the future of retail-park shopping with the official opening of its new-look Extra store in Watford on Monday 12 August.
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Asda opens first George clothing store in Asia
Asda’s clothing arm George has opened its first operation in Asia with a store in Singapore, as it eyes further international expansion.