more supermarket news & analysis – Page 684
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News
Carrefour sources croissants from Scottish supplier
Zut alors! French retail giant Carrefour has found a new croissant supplier - in Scotland…
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Grocer 33
Sainsbury's impresses on all fronts
Sainsbury’s has won our quarterly online Grocer 33 mystery shop, with an 8/10 score for its website, one up from last time…
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David Sands fascia to go by end of year
The David Sands fascia is set to disappear by the end of the year. The Co-operative Group, which acquired the Scottish…
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Price comparison site mySupermarket links to BBC Worldwide
Price comparison website mySupermarket has secured a new tie-up with BBC Worldwide…
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Grocer 33
Sainsbury's Jon Rudoe on winning our quarterly Online 33
I am very proud that we have won again - the teams work so hard to ensure our customers get a great shopping experience…
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Waitrose adds more single beer bottles as world beers polarise
Waitrose is adding a new own-label range to its offer following double-digit growth in single bottles…
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Comment & Opinion
Is online shopping penalising the poor?
We were struck by a comment from Morrisons CEO Dalton Philips at the group’s meeting for analysts…
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News
LED lighting slashes energy at eco Tesco Express
Tesco has unveiled its latest eco weapon – its first all-LED store (almost).
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Mults undercut Game on Nintendo’s long-awaited Wii U
Supermarkets have revealed their pre-order pricing of Nintendo’s upcoming Wii U console.
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Grocer 33
Tesco Guildford
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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Former FSA boss Tim Smith is new Tesco technical director
Tesco has unveiled the former boss of the Food Standards Agency, Tim Smith, as its new group technical director.
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Asda, Berry Bros, Iceland and JJ impersonated by fraudsters
Suppliers are being duped out of millions of pounds by fraudsters impersonating UK retailers and wholesalers - and the police are doing little to stamp it out.
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Now Heston adds Earl Grey to 'trendy tipple' gin
Heston Blumenthal has developed a new dry gin flavoured with Earl Grey tea and lemon for the new autumn/winter range at Waitrose.
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Waitrose profits rocket as Price points to margins
Waitrose MD Mark Price is expecting to deliver the highest operating margin of all the major food retailers this year.
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Sainsbury’s snipes at rivals with new Brand Match ad
Sainsbury’s is launching a new ad campaign today to push its Brand Match coupon-at-till scheme.
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M&S to help disabled candidates apply for jobs at Donington DC
Marks & Spencer is looking to encourage more disabled people to apply for jobs at its new e-commerce distribution centre in Castle Donington…
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Comment & Opinion
The Imbys... how refreshing
At long last the silent majority have made themselves heard, defying the noisy, usually well-heeled oppositionist cliques.
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Profiles and QandAs
Shopping for the iPad generation
Marks & Spencer says its new flagship store in Chester marks a new high in environmentally friendly and hi-tech retailing…
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News
Commercial experts from rivals join Co-op
The Co-operative Group has appointed a trio of commercial trading heads from its larger rivals…
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Analysis & Features
Retailers race to fill promotional space as summer events end
For months, retailers have been dedicating prime display areas to non-promotional activity to capitalise…