more supermarket news & analysis – Page 679
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News
We Hae Meat wraps up two more Tesco listings
Scottish meat brand We Hae Meat has won two new Tesco listings following the launch of its sausages in stores this year…
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News
Supermarkets look to the big guns to lift sales of video games
Halo’s Master Chief is going head-to-head with Call of Duty’s Black Ops team next month - with retailers hoping they’re the ones who win out…
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News
Skylanders figurine is exclusive for Tesco
Tesco is selling an exclusive figure for the Skylanders Giants game launched yesterday…
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Comment & Opinion
Second Opinion: Two cities nurturing indies
A visit to Amsterdam underlines how diminished our British cityscape has been by the unbridled spread of supermarkets…
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News
ASA investigates as Asda ad spells out £15 cap to guarantee
Asda has played down the significance of amending its 10% Asda Price Guarantee press ads, which now feature a prominent asterix…
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Analysis & Features
After Sainsbury's snub, what next for Red Tractor?
It’s not like there weren’t suspicions. Sainsbury’s growing embrace of Freedom Food had alerted producers…
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Grocer 33
Tesco, Handforth
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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News
Asda encourages shoppers to try low and no-alcohol beers
Asda is launching a leaflet and in-store push encouraging shoppers to try low and no-alcohol beer.
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News
Tesco targets London with surprise return of organic veg boxes
Just days after William Jackson Food Group bought Abel & Cole, the veg box supplier faces a new, mighty competitor - Tesco
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Analysis & Features
Supermarkets missing out on the bigger ticket toy trick
Supermarkets are doing a roaring trade in pocket money toys but are failing to make the most of the opportunity…
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News
Asda lines up range of Halloween bakery treats
Howell House has secured a major deal to supply Asda with spooky Halloween treats.
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News
Sainsbury's dumps Red Tractor logo
The Red Tractor scheme has been dealt a massive blow, after Sainsbury’s said it would be removing the farm assurance logo from its products.
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Analysis & Features
United they stand: the state of the British co-operative
It won’t have escaped many people’s attention that 2012 is the UN International Year of Co-operatives. On 29 October, co-ops from across the globe will descend on Manchester…
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News
'Ugly fruit' to hit Co-operative Group stores
The Co-operative Food intends to sell ugly fruit and vegetables in a bid to support British farmers and growers affected by one of the worst summers on record.
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Analysis & Features
The Brooklyn co-op they all want to copy
A strange migration is taking place along the leafy avenues of the Park Slope neighbourhood of Brooklyn, New York.
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Analysis & Features
Green shoots of recovery: how a Yorkshire village saved its shop
It wasn’t long ago that independent greengrocers looked dead and buried.
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News
Sainsbury's launches new mobile shopping tool
Sainsbury’s is trialling a new service that allows shoppers to scan the goods they need to buy using their mobile.
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Analysis & Features
Promotions up across the board as block-booking is reduced
There has been a sharp increase in the number of featured space promotions…
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News
Posh pork scratchings win Waitrose listing for ex-employee Lock
A former Waitrose meat counter worker has succeeded in getting his premium pork crackling range listed nationally…
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News
Tesco milk labels sideline fat to focus on support for UK dairy
Tesco is giving its standard milk bottle labels a facelift - moving the fat content data from the front to allow more space…