more supermarket news & analysis – Page 664
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Analysis & Features
The 10 questions Morrisons CEO Dalton Philips needs to answer
Here are 10 questions the City will want answers to when under-fire CEO Dalton Philips announces Morrisons’ results next week
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News
Dunbia to provide Hereford beef for Co-op's premium range
The Co-operative Group and red meat supplier Dunbia have announced a partnership to use 100% British Hereford beef.
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News
Co-op offers retail apprenticeships to Pharmacy staff
The Co-operative Pharmacy is planning to offer apprenticeships in retail skills and customer service to its branch workers.
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Co-op savings scheme proves popular as stamp sales soar
The Co-operative Group, which launched its new ‘protected’ Christmas savings scheme trust fund in January, has seen sales of its savings stamps soar by a third.
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News
Horsemeat scandal hits Tesco and Ikea across social media
Ikea, Tesco and other big retailers have been mentioned in 171,440 comments on social media since the outbreak of the horsemeat scandal on 14 January.
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News
Tesco pledges to keep listening on Sherborne superstore
Tesco has pledged to continue consulting Dorset residents over plans to build a superstore in the market town of Sherborne despite fierce opposition.
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News
Retailers across Europe join animal welfare awards
UK supermarkets will face competition from European retailers in a leading animal welfare award, it was announced on Tuesday…
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News
Supermarkets respond to Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall ‘Fish Fight’ charges
Three supermarkets and a supplier condemned by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall for dealing in unsustainably farmed king prawns…
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Tesco's Price Promise takes on Sainsbury's Brand Match with nationwide rollout
Tesco’s Price Promise scheme looks to be set launched in England, Scotland and Wales from 11 March.
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Tesco to back biggest ever Diabetes awareness campaign
Tesco is to take part in the biggest ever awareness campaign about the risks of diabetes linked to lifestyle and obesity, after pledging to raise £10m for Diabetes UK.
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Analysis & Features
How supermarkets are snapping up the nation's pubs
Blackfield has a Tesco Express on one side of Hampton Lane and will soon have a Sainsbury’s Local on the other…
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News
Chilled food gains in-store space from ambient and frozen
Ambient and frozen foods are losing share of space to chilled in Britain’s supermarkets…
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Comment & Opinion
Which? survey shows shoppers need price clarity
The latest Which? supermarket satisfaction survey has shown the extent to which shoppers are focusing on quality and price…
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News
Divaa potatoes added to M&S Discovery range
A new potato variety to rival foodie favourite Maris Piper has launched exclusively into M&S…
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Analysis & Features
The new space race in grocery
Even as the growth in superstores slows down, grocery chains are jostling for position in the rush to occupy the ‘new’ ter…
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Analysis & Features
Horsemeat scandal has left legacy of consumer distrust
New research for The Grocer shows the food and drink industry has an enormous job on its hands…
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Analysis & Features
Asda sales results: Can it bounce back?
With Asda’s Q4 results presentation arriving smack bang in the middle of ‘Horsegate’, a roomful of journalists…
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News
Cowboys and Indians better than computer games, kids claim
Make-believe games such as Cowboys and Indians or Doctors and Nurses are still considered the most popular with children today, research from Sainsbury’s has revealed.
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News
Horsemeat: Tesco promises to source more UK meat in wake of scandal
Tesco boss Philip Clarke today admitted customers may be forced to pay more for products after he vowed the retail giant would source more of its meat from the UK, as a result of the horsemeat scandal.
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Tesco announces shake-up of its distribution network
Tesco has announced a major restructure of its distribution network in the UK, with the transfer of nearly 2,000 jobs resulting from the closure of sites in Harlow, Weybridge and Chesterfield and the opening of new RDCs in Reading and Dagenham.