more supermarket news & analysis – Page 673
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News
Delistings and poor wheat crop pile the pressure on Hovis
Premier Foods’ troubled Hovis brand has been delisted from smaller-format Asda…
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Tesco listing for Joseph Heler's Blue Cheshire
Joseph Heler is hoping more shoppers will add its Blue Cheshire to their cheeseboards this Christmas…
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Sainsbury's back in London Road... after 43 years
Sainsbury’s is returning to its roots – and reopening a store it closed 43 years ago…
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Paramount Foods folds as retailers secure own-label pizza supply
Supermarkets switched own-label pizza suppliers well before troubled Paramount Foods shut its doors this week…
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Small supermarkets lose £300,000 each through failed purchases
Small supermarkets are losing a staggering £295,000 a year per store to ‘failed purchases’…
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Festive ales sales cheered at Morrisons
Sales of Christmas-themed ales are up 60% at Morrisons compared with last year…
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Comment & Opinion
The savvy shopper is here to stay
In these difficult economic times, there is a tendency for food retailers to be all doom and gloom….
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Comment & Opinion
Great products are no longer enough
A new report on own-label growth in Europe has demonstrated the increasingly high priority multiples are placing……
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News
Tesco ups price of four pints of milk to £1.29
Tesco has increased the price of milk in its stores by 9.3%, moving from £1.18 for four pints to £1.29.
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Analysis & Features
Prices head south for Christmas as booze promotions kick in
Supermarket prices remain on a downward trajectory as the annual round of festive booze promotions kicks in…
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Grocer 33
Morrisons Stockport
The Grocer 33 is a weekly mystery shopping survey, tracking price, service and availability at the five leading grocery retailers: Asda, Morrisons, Sainsbury’s, Tesco and Waitrose. Each week the winning store manager is interviewed by The Grocer.
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Tesco trials interactive touchscreens for Christmas gifts
A giant 80-inch touch screen giving shoppers interactive access to more than 11,000 products is being trialed by Tesco…
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Analysis & Features
Supermarkets make space for 12% hike in promotions
It’s taken shuffling of fixtures, but stores have made room for a massive 12% year-on-year hike in promotions….
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Marks & Spencer tops trusted brands poll
Marks & Spencer has been named Britain’s most trusted brand in a survey that revealed Tesco as the second least trusted.
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Compulsory FSA hygiene ratings 'will cost retailers £3.5m'
Retailers have claimed the FSA plans to make its Food Hygiene Rating system mandatory will cost them £3.5m….
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Waitrose divvies up fresh produce supply for the first time
Waitrose is diversifying its potato and root veg supply base….
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Morrisons launch Tiger Pear range
The new season crop of limited edition Tiger Pears went into Morrisons stores this week….
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Spiridonov to run Tesco strategy as Fleming takes sabbatical
Tesco has appointed former McKinsey consultant Sergei Spiridonov as its new group strategy director….