more supermarket news & analysis – Page 696
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Asda opens first George franchise in Jersey
Eager shoppers mobbed Asda’s first George clothes franchise when it opened this morning.
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Heston ad highlights Waitrose pig welfare claims
Waitrose will throw down the gauntlet to rivals over animal welfare in a new TV advert starring Heston Blumenthal.
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British blueberries make early bow at Sainsbury’s
Sainsbury’s has started selling British blueberries three months earlier than last year – and its work with British growers is set to yield the biggest blueberry crop yet.
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Comment & Opinion
Sayonara, Tsurakame
So much for a clean break. Tesco yesterday revealed the details of its long-awaited exit from Japan, first announced last summer.
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Jubilee knees-up is worth £200m to grocery trade
Grocery retailers got a £200m boost from the Jubilee, the latest data from Kantar Worldpanel shows.
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Comment & Opinion
In my day, lad...
Sir Ken Morrison last week used the AGM of the supermarket he founded to reflect on the good old days when Morrisons didn’t concern itself with fads like the internet.
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Morrisons boosts corporate assurance team
Morrisons has signed up Loblaw’s food safety chief Andrew Clappen to the new position of corporate technical services director.
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Morrisons 'looking at' Costcutter acquisition
Morrisons has held exploratory talks with Costcutter as it seeks to gain a proper foothold in the convenience market…
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Coat of Varnish for Ocado vans
Cycling world record holder and British Olympic medal hopeful Jess Varnish has created three colourful designs for Ocado’s delivery vans.
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City news 16 June 2012
The headlines were about Sainsbury’s beating Tesco this week, but investors took a different view, punishing Sainsbury’s instead.
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Relex says it can give Brits 99% availability
On-shelf availability in British supermarkets is unacceptably low, according to a demand forecasting company that opened for business in the UK this week.
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NECS takes on Tesco Express with Newcastle store
The Grocer’s newly-crowned Independent Retail Chain of the Year North East Convenience Stores was celebrating a double victory…
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'No conflict of interest' from sponsorship of King's son
Sainsbury’s board of directors has cleared a potential conflict of interest surrounding CEO Justin King and his 18-year-old son Jordan.
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More vitamin and mineral-rich dairy drinks for Tesco
Tesco’s push into functional dairy is gathering pace with the launch of two vitamin and mineral-enriched chilled liquid milks.
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Jimmy's high-welfare kiev wins over Tesco
Jimmy Doherty’s mission to get Tesco to switch to higher-welfare sourcing on key poultry and meat lines has had its first commercial success - Tesco’s new free-range chicken kiev is among the top 25% selling breaded poultry products in stores where it’s sold,
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Paton's swift staff training wins him manager award
After a tense afternoon of judging, the coveted store manager of the year award was scooped by George Paton of Sainsbury’s in Livingston.
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Analysis & Features
From hero to zero for Tesco as Morrisons wins service
Tesco has slumped to last place in this year’s G33 service awards while Morrisons has risen to first. Why the reversal in fortunes?
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Analysis & Features
How did availability become a problem again for the mults?
This year’s Grocer 33 figures show that availability is slipping at all of the major multiples. What can be done?