more supermarket news & analysis – Page 697
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Comment & Opinion
Problems with availability are getting worse
The annual Grocer 33 competition is best known as a price comparison tool. As we unveil this…
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Analysis & Features
Promotions fall as retailers take a bunt on the Jubilee
The number of deals in the major multiples has fallen sharply in the past month, as Jubilee fare elbowed its way into space…
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Analysis & Features
The Co-op's SMART move to improve availability
It’s SMART by name and smart by nature for The Co-operative Group’s Store Merchandising And Replenishment Transformation initiative.
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Analysis & Features
On price, it Asda be Asda for a 15th year
Every year the result is the same. And the winning retailer makes it look incredibly easy.
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Analysis & Features
Tesco initiatives having a 'transformative effect'
It may have been a year of missed financial targets for Tesco, but it’s had no such problems on the environmental front.
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Analysis & Features
Morrisons forges ahead despite trading blips
Morrisons hit its first bump in the road when its sales growth was slightly lower than the City expected over the Christmas period.
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Analysis & Features
Morrisons skills up its staff for a better future
Morrisons completes a hat-trick of wins as the industry’s best employer.
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Analysis & Features
Online satisfaction scores show Sainsbury's success
This award has been dominated in the past by Tesco and Ocado, but Sainsbury’s has made major strides on a number of fronts.
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Analysis & Features
Asda price helps retailer win the nation's heart
After snaring the title of Britain’s favourite supermarket for six years on the trot, Tesco was usurped by Asda last year for the first time since 2004.
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Analysis & Features
Gina the Cleaner clinches first unsung hero crown
They’re the hidden heroes of grocery, the unsung employees who work tirelessly behind the scenes to ensure everything runs smoothly front of house.
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News
Wrap hails use of smaller packs to cut waste
Supermarkets have made “great progress” encouraging consumers to waste less food by increasing availability of smaller pack sizes and improving labelling, according to a Wrap study.
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News
Sir Ken: Morrisons board risks repeating Safeway mistakes
Sir Ken Morrison has urged the supermarket he founded to refocus on its core business and accused its management of a “total bout of plagiarism”.
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Grocer 33
Morrisons Poynton
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 widens gap over rivals in price wars
Asda is Britain’s cheapest supermarket - for the 15th year in a row - after winning an incredible 37 weeks out of 50 in the Grocer 33.
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News
Tesco and Dobbies to open joint store
Tesco has unveiled plans for its first joint store with Dobbies, the garden centre business Tesco bought in 2008.
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News
Tesco tunes into web radio service WE7
Tesco has acquired a 91% stake in internet radio service WE7.
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News
Gina the Cleaner leads champs at Grocer Golds
Georgina Lester from Morrisons in Strood was crowned as The Grocer’s first Hidden Hero at last night’s glittering Gold Awards.
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News
UK’s promotions habit is worst in Europe
The level of grocery products sold on deal in the UK is the highest in Europe – at 55.6% – but sales volumes are still flat.
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News
Jubilee cheers retailers in rainy May
The Diamond Jubilee has given retailers a much-needed shot in the arm, with sales soaring by more than 12% compared to the equivalent period last year.
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News
Tesco pulls Habbo gift cards over X-rated chat claims
Tesco has stopped selling gift cards for teenagers’ online gaming community Habbo amid claims that pornographic chats were taking place on the site.