more supermarket news & analysis – Page 714
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Tesco hopes for Halo effect with femcare venture brand
Tesco has launched what industry observers believe is the retailer’s latest venture brand – a range of feminine hygiene products called Halo.
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Free food mag from The Co-op to push value message
The Co-operative Group is to launch a bi-monthly in-store magazine next month.
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King: 'Don’t blame us for high street decline'
Justin King has waded into the debate over the future of the British high street, blaming traditional retailers for failing to adapt to the changing needs of society.
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Morrisons’ web gambit helps it storm up hit list
As it gears up to begin selling online, Morrisons’ investment in its website and digital marketing is already proving a hit with customers.
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Ocado milks organic growth for impressive market share
Ocado has gained a 7% share of the organic grocery market, boosted by a tripling in Daylesford sales after the launch of its virtual farm shop on the website in September.
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Bristol says its goodbyes to Somerfield
The last Somerfield store in Bristol is to close next week, bringing an end to a 137-year association with the city.
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Ongoing strike hits Jet retailers' fuel supplies
Independent retailers operating under the Jet fascia are struggling to source fuel because of a long-running strike by tanker drivers over pay and conditions.
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M Kitchen moves into veggie meals market
Morrisons is launching a vegetarian ready meal range that will be the antidote to “bland” supermarket veggie fare, it claims.
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Sainsbury's rolls out 27-strong ethnic trial
Sainsbury’s is trialling a line-up of 27 ethnic products as it ramps up its world food offering.
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Supermarkets' taste for craft lager grows
Supermarkets are knocking on the doors of craft lager brewers as sales of speciality beer soar.
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Analysis & Features
Can Chokablok keep up the pace outside the freezer?
Tesco is driving its venture brand into new areas but it will face a tougher fight in the confectionery market than ice cream.
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Comment & Opinion
The downside of expansion
For all the talk of retailers switching their attention away from new build supermarkets to revamps, there’s still plenty of expansion in the pipeline this year.
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Grocer 33
Tesco Extra, Cardiff, Pengam Green
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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Waitrose hit by Facebook fury over broccoli link to biotech giant
Waitrose has found itself in the middle of a social media storm for selling a variety of broccoli linked to biotech company Monsanto.
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‘Custard apple’ is UK first for Asda
Asda is claiming a UK first with the launch of cherimoya – an exotic fruit the supermarket describes as having the flavour of toffee custard and the texture of sherbet.
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Watchdog throws out latest Tesco complaint in ad war with Asda
Asda has won the latest round of its tit-for-tat advertising war with Tesco.
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Morrisons gets in the mood with Valentine’s Day love rub
Music may be the food of love but Morrisons is hoping that actual food does the job too after developing a range of Valentine’s Day inspired treats.
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Six new Little Waitrose for central London
Waitrose has revealed plans to open six Little Waitrose stores in central London this year.
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Sainsbury’s to sponsor tree planting project
Sainsbury’s is backing the Woodland Trust’s Jubilee Woods project, which is aiming to plant six million native British trees to mark the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee.
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Cottage cheese category boosted as Asda launches new snack pot
Asda has launched an innovative new cottage cheese format aimed at shoppers looking for a healthy lunchtime snack.