more supermarket news & analysis – Page 670
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Horse meat scandal: who is saying what
A round-up of statements issued in response to the Food Standards Agency of Ireland finding horse DNA in a number of burger products sold in Ireland and the UK.
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Christmas sales soar at Ocado
Ocado enjoyed a cracker of a Christmas, witnessing a growth in orders, basket size and sales, its quarterly trading statement revealed today.
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400 jobs at risk after Waitrose ends distribution deal
Waitrose has decided to stop using a distribution centre in Leicestershire after building up capacity elsewhere.
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Tesco trials longer trailers to slash CO2 emissions
Tesco has rolled out 25 extra-long Gray & Adams refrigerated trailers in a Department for Transport-backed trial…
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Morrisons gets tough on suppliers as end of financial year looms
Morrisons has launched a fresh wave of tough negotiations with its suppliers as it looks to mitigate falling sales…
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Asda's traffic light avocado boxes indicate ripeness
Asda is rolling out ‘traffic light’ packaging for avocados….
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Poole's Pies secures £4m Tesco Finest frozen contract
Poole’s Pies has won a £4m contract to supply the Tesco Finest range….
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GMB union steps in after Asda terminates 70 workers' contracts
Workers union GMB has claimed a victory after persuading Asda to slash the proposed redundancies at its Sunderland DC…
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Asda shuffles top team as McKenna heads to Walmart
Asda COO Judith McKenna has been promoted to executive vice president, strategy and international development at Walmart International.
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Analysis & Features
Who won the battle for sales this Christmas? It depends...
Waitrose, Tesco and Sainsbury’s can all come up with figures to show…
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Supermarket prices fall 1% in month before Christmas
Average supermarket prices have fallen for a second…
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Tesco delivers a better than expected Christmas with sales up 1.8%
Tesco recorded a 1.8% rise in like-for-like UK sales over Christmas, with CEO Philip Clarke claiming its results, particularly in food, showed it was “back on form”.
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Record Christmas for Sainsbury's, but sales slow
Sainsbury’s has reported a record Christmas, but its like-for-like sales growth slows to 0.9%, excluding fuel.
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Sainsbury's leads big four in latest Kantar data
Sainsbury’s was the only supermarket out of the big four to increase its market share in the run up to Christmas, according to the latest Kantar Worldpanel.
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Waitrose ditches Delia, but Heston stays put
Waitrose is parting company with Delia Smith three years after the celebrity chef started working with the supermarket.
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Four million Sainsbury's shoppers use Nectar to bring down cost of Christmas
An estimated four million Sainsbury’s shoppers used their Nectar loyalty points to redeem a record amount in the run up to Christmas and New Year, the multiple revealed today.
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Morrisons promotes marketing boss to tackle "disappointing" festive trading
Morrisons has admitted to “disappointing” festive trading after reporting a 2.5% drop in like for like sales for the six weeks to 30 December.
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Marks, Potts and Shortt win New Year's Honours
High-profile industry figures rubbed shoulders with Olympians in this week’s New Year’s Honours List…
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Sainsbury's launches two healthy ranges
Sainsbury’s is rolling out two new healthy ready meal ranges this week…