more supermarket news & analysis – Page 703
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Tesco rolls out Aasani brand
Tesco has introduced a new Asian food and drink brand that is not just undercutting the price of leading ethnic brands - but also ranges in its own-label offer.
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Grocer 33
Waitrose, Great Malvern
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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Adjudicator plan confirmed in Queen’s Speech
Legislation creating the long-awaited Grocery Code Adjudicator will be introduced this Parliament.
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Morrisons revamps ice-cream and frozen desserts ranges
Morrisons is this week relaunching its own-label ice cream and frozen desserts ranges.
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Walmart teams up with Avengers
Walmart is hoping to attract hordes of superhero fans into its stores with a new augmented reality app.
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Tesco turns to suppliers for help with in-store theatre
Tesco has called on suppliers to help it reinvigorate its UK stores and improve its event marketing and in-store theatre…
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Analysis & Features
Will the Olympic legacy be a logjam?
As Britian gears up for Olympic glory, we reveal deep-seated concerns over damaging disruption to the trade.
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Asda boosts cider range
A drop in promotional activity has been blamed for a 45 million-pint year-on-year slump in supermarket sales of Britain’s number one lager brand.
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Co-op offers British beers for Jubilee
The Co-op has jumped on the Jubilee wagon with two-limited edition British beers.
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Co-op acquisition healthy
Trading at David Sands was robust in the months before it was acquired by the Co-operative Group, accounts have revealed.
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Asda to follow up on virtual assistant holograms trial
Asda is considering unleashing an army of virtual store assistants on shoppers after trialling a hologram ‘colleague’…
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Exact is interim Ocado CFO
Ocado’s head of finance Richard Exact has taken over day-to-day CFO duties from Andrew Bracey, who left the online grocer last week.
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Coca-Cola rubbishes Monster takeover rumours
Coca-Cola has poured cold water on speculation it could be lining up a takeover of energy drinks producer Monster.
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Tiger Tiger launches Japanese range
Tiger Tiger has launched a Japanese food range into Tesco and Asda.
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Waitrose: brand matching pledge is ‘seminal moment’
Waitrose’s pledge to match Tesco prices on all branded grocery products is a “seminal moment”…
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Analysis & Features
No Wedding, lousy weather... Morrisons hits harder times
Kate and Wills flattered sales in 2011. The weather is appalling. But Morrisons’ fall in like-for-likes may also reflect its strategy.
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Comment & Opinion
People want more from a low-cost brand
This week has seen the rollout of the remaining grocery products in our new Everyday Value range, a key part of our plan to build a better Tesco with better quality ranges.
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Comment & Opinion
Morrisons out ot touch on GM
Morrisons’ rearguard decision to allow its farmers to use GM feed looks spectacularly ill-informed and dumb given Carrefour labels…
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Grocer 33
Morrisons, Gamston
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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Sainsbury's tries to boost retail's appeal
Sainsbury’s is trying to combat ‘retail career snobbery’ through a recruitment campaign aimed at young people.