more supermarket news & analysis – Page 649
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Tesco food appeal collects 3.5 million meals
Tesco shoppers donated 3.5 million meals over the course of the supermarket’s National Food Collection last week.
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Sainsbury’s raises staff discount for a week
Sainsbury’s staff are in for a summer treat this week after the retailer increased its staff discount from 10% to 15%.
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Promotions wearing thin as volume sales drop
Promotions are failing to bring the increase in sales they once did, as the volume of goods sold on deal fell last year, new research has suggested.
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Tesco leapfrogs HMV to be second largest UK entertainment retailer
Tesco has overtaken HMV has the UK’s second-largest entertainment products retailer.
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Retail units could revert to housing in latest high-street plan
Retail units in towns could be turned back into housing as part of the next phase of the government’s bid to save the high street.
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Sainsbury’s Boutique cosmetics range set for September launch
Sainsbury’s is launching a new own-label cosmetics range called Boutique in September.
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M&S first quarter fuelled by food as clothing sales fall again
Marks & Spencer has reported a 0.3% increase in first quarter like-for-like UK sales, driven by strong food sales growth.
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Morrisons gives price push to Norwegian cod
Morrisons has teamed up with Norwegian fish processors to offer a major promotion on fresh Norwegian cod…
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Farmed prawn cleanup to address HFW fears
Seven of the UK’s biggest grocery retailers have pledged to clean up the farmed prawn industry four months…
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Asda meat lines push Hilliard's Forza past £250m in sales
Continental lines and cocktail sausages have helped Asda’s own-label cooked meat supplier smash the £250m sales barrier…
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Asda staff share £61.7m windfall
There will be an extra spring in the steps of 19,040 Asda employees today as they collectively receive a £61.7m windfall from the maturation of Walmart’s employee share scheme.
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Mark Wilson joins Midcounties Co-op as food general manager
Midcounties Co-operative Society has named Mark Wilson as the new group general manager for its food business…
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Beanies flavoured coffee gets Sainsbury's listing
Beanies has secured its first supermarket listing and is launching products exclusively to Sainsbury’s.
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Rudgate gets Jorvik mini-kegs into Yorkshire Tesco stores
Yorkshire-based Rudgate Brewery is rolling out a five-litre keg of blonde ale to Tesco…
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Asda adds 495 new lines in major electronics revamp
Asda is revamping its electronics departments in a strategy to give more space to higher-growth categories…
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Asda appoints new optician provider for online orders
Asda is set to relaunch its online optician service next week after a change of provider….
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Comment & Opinion
Supermarkets will need 'rising tide' to feel economic benefit
Britain has stepped back from the precipice of a triple-dip recession to an economy some say is about to ‘take off’…
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Sainsbury's slashes Diageo promos in 'huge rift'
Sainsbury’s has dramatically reduced the number of Diageo promotions in its stores following a “huge rift” between the two…
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Comment & Opinion
Greg Wallace on Sainsbury's strawberry-gorging scientist
I miss fat Greg Wallace. The one who melted like the middle of a chocolate fondant when offered a pudding on MasterChef…
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Whole Foods' UK losses triple to £12m
Losses from the UK arm of Whole Foods Market have tripled to more than £12m.