more supermarket news & analysis – Page 719
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Morrisons reveals the plan behind M Savers
The Grocer can reveal the new look for Morrisons’ budget own-label range, which is set to hit shelves next month.
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The Co-op boss Marks turns rock drummer for charity
Peter Marks has joined the race for Christmas number one with a version of Take That’s Greatest Day to raise cash for youngsters with learning difficulties.
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Tesco axes two fake fish Quorn products
Quorn’s owner remains confident in its new range of fake fish products despite suffering two delistings at Tesco.
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Tesco tops up its City Kitchen offer with healthy Skinny One
Tesco is launching a low-calorie ready meal range called The Skinny One - in time to tackle the post-Christmas bulge.
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Analysis & Features
Wholesale change for Asda?
Asda is lavishing growing attention on its recently revamped foodservice supply website. Is it gearing up for an assault on the hospitality wholesale market?
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Analysis & Features
Brand matching continues to drive surge in promotions
Year-on-year, the number of deals offered by the supermarkets is up by nearly 20%, with Heinz and Kellogg’s more than doubling their deals.
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Grocer 33
Sainsbury's, Hereford
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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Morrisons and Asda 'likely to pull out' of the race for Iceland
Morrisons and Asda are unlikely to pursue their interest in Iceland Foods as the second round of the auction gets under way, according to a City source close to the deal.
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Comment & Opinion
My festive wish-list for how government could help suppliers
What I want for Christmas is for Whitehall to draw up a coherent obesity strategy
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Tesco trials screens ahead of ban on tobacco display
Tesco is gearing up for next year’s tobacco display ban by trialling screens across the front of tobacco kiosks.
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Slow start to winter leaves the mince pies stuck in Sainsbury’s
Sainsbury’s shoppers have shunned mince pies because of the unseasonal warm weather.
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Retro ain’t what it used to be: Arctic Roll listings crash
Birds Eye Arctic Roll – whose relaunch came to symbolise the creditcrunch- inspired retro food craze – has fallen on hard times, with only one of the big four retailers still listing the ice-cream logs.
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Co-op ups the ante on its petfood range
The Co-operative Group is relaunching its own-label petfood range and increasing the amount of space it gives to the category.
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Noble promises best in class with Posh Birds
Noble Foods is spreading its wings beyond the traditional hen egg with the launch of a new premium speciality egg brand called Posh Birds.
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Arla pulls first ‘master brand’ from shelves
Arla’s much-heralded ‘master brand’ strategy has been thrown into question after the company pulled its Arla Squeeze yoghurt brand less than a year after launch.
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Sainsbury’s lobster on festive order list
Sainsbury’s is selling dressed lobster through its dedicated Christmas ordering service for the first time this year and already anticipates it will be its second best-selling Christmas food item, after turkey
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Bradbury cooks up a Cheese Kitchen range
Continental cheese specialist Bradbury and Son is hoping to encourage more shoppers to use cheese in cooking with the launch of a new range of recipe-specific cookery cheeses
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Analysis & Features
Seasonal cuts kick of - but they’re not as good as 2010
The Christmas trading season has brought the usual price cuts in the supermarkets, but the discounts are not as big as last year.
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Tesco plumbs the depths with debut underground store
Tesco has gone underground with its first fully subterranean store.
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English Village hangs in balance after losing Asda salad business
English Village Salads has launched a consultation on its future following a “sustained period of reduced demand”.