more supermarket news & analysis – Page 711
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Comment & Opinion
Retailers need alternatives to price cuts
If the supermarket price wars have taught us one lesson, it is that low prices are no longer enough.
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Comment & Opinion
The key to success lies in the brand's 'beliefs'
The recent news that Asda will be ramping up its price cuts has serious implications for its image, not to…
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Grocer 33
Waitrose, Goldsworth Park
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
Morrisons toasts “best year yet” as profits rise 8%
Morrisons CEO Dalton Philips hailed the retailer’s “best year yet” as it posted an 8.4% rise in pre-tax profits to £947m for the year to 29 January.
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Analysis & Features
Cheap at twice the price
The packaging is awful. They look and taste terrible. They’re so unloved by the multiples that they hide them away on the bottom shelf where they sell for mere pennies.
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News
Waitrose grows but counts cost of spending spree
Waitrose grew like-for-like food sales by 3% in the past year, off the back of new own-label ranges including Love Life and Good to Go.
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News
Asda snaps up George supplier GAAT
Asda is buying GAAT, the largest supplier of clothing for its George fashion label.
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News
Tesco: '20,000 new jobs will make customer king again'
Tesco has vowed to create 20,000 new jobs in the UK over the next two years in a bid to improve customer service.
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News
Morrisons moves into fish processing with Grimsby factory
Morrisons is set to bolster its processing division with the addition of a major new fish factory to its portfolio.
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Analysis & Features
Loyalty: who's earned it?
The Grocer’s first ever study of supermarket shopper loyalty shows it takes much more than big stores, low prices and promotional muscle to create a loyal following.
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News
Co-op Group extended hours plan angers staff
The Co-operative Group is to extend its store opening hours next month, provoking outrage among staff.
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News
Asda takes its supplier scheme to NI
Asda has launched its ‘Supplier Development Academy’ concept in Northern Ireland after trials in Scotland boosted supplier sales.
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News
Union Market falls into administration
Union Market, the supermarket-cum-farmers market that opened in London’s trendy Fulham 18 months ago, has fallen into administration.
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News
Tesco calls back Wood to head up marketing
Tesco has turned to an fmcg marketing veteran amid accusations that it has been consistently outgunned by its rivals in recent months.
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News
Animée beer is slow to win over the ladies
Sales of Animée, the lager for ladies, have reached just £300,000 in its first four months on supermarket shelves.
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News
Maxxium aims to reinvigorate RTDs with Sourz spirits spin-off
Maxxium is introducing an RTD version of its fast-growing Sourz spirits brand.
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News
Emmi introduces the Flat White to retail
Emmi is set to capitalise on the latest trend sweeping coffee shops with the UK’s first chilled ready-to-drink Flat White.
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News
Popchips: UK launch for pressure-cooked spud snack to the stars
The fastest-growing bagged snack brand in the US is making its UK debut this week.
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News
Propercorn bags big listing with Waitrose
Gourmet popcorn brand Propercorn has secured a listing with Waitrose.
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News
More prices up than down before the Drop
As Tesco kicked off the fourth wave of its Price Drop campaign, an investigation by The Grocer has revealed that it has put up prices on three products for every two that it lowered in the past six weeks.