more supermarket news & analysis – Page 762
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NewsGrocer 33: Sainsbury’s speed and stock success
This week's winner is Sainsbury's in Portsmouth, which offered a quick and pleasant shop with no items out-of-stock.
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NewsAsda staff clean up at women’s retail awards
Asda staff claimed a trio of trophies at the Specsavers Everywoman in Retail Awards.
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Comment & Opinion
Hanging baskets
Today the advertising regulator sided with Asda in the latest row over Tesco’s ‘real baskets’ campaign.
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NewsM&S green chief slams 'fire risk' eco-kettles
Marks & Spencer’s champion of green issues has branded the retailer’s eco kettles “bug-ugly” – and admitted he feared his cleaner could burn down his house by leaving the appliance switched on.
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NewsAsda complaint prompts ban on Tesco basket ad
The Advertising Standards Authority has banned a price comparison advert from Tesco - following a complaint from Asda.
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Tesco launches Korean franchise chain
Tesco is preparing to open a chain of franchise convenience stores in South Korea.
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NewsCo-op seeks seasonal trademark
The Co-operative Group looks set to push its seasonal credentials with a new campaign. The society has applied to trademark the phrase 'the co-operative taste the seasons'. A logo has also been submitted with a beige background and 'the...
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Store on stilts will rise above the flood plain
Construction of Tesco's sixth eco-store in Scotland is to start at the end of the year in Galston. The store will be built "on stilts" a method Tesco has used in the past to provide car parking at ground level and retail space above ...
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NewsRetailers face battle for warehouse space as construction halts
Competition for warehouse space is set to intensify as the shortage of land and available 'sheds' starts to hit home. The market spiked in the first half of 2010 when the food sector took advantage of cheap rents being offered by...
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You just won’t believe your mince pies, Santa
Christmas seems to have come earlier than ever this year, with some retailers kicking off the season's promotions just days after the August bank holiday. Packs of mince pies were on sale at selected Sainsbury's stores for 59p on 1...
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Tesco’s fresh foods departures continue
Paul Thomas has become the latest Tesco senior executive to move on from the fresh foods category, having spent just eight months in the role. Thomas, currently senior buying manager for potatoes, is going into corporate purchasing,...
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M&S takes wine crown for third year in a row
Marks & Spencer was crowned Supermarket of the Year for the third year running at the International Wine Challenge awards last week, the judges applauding its ability to source wines from "unfamiliar places".The retailer's "quirky...
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NewsGrocer 33: Asda back with sub £60 basket
Asda offered the cheapest basket this week and the only one to come in under £60. It also had the greatest number of exclusively cheapest items (11) nine more than the nearest rivals. Five Rollback deals including Quality Street and the mushrooms...
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NewsGrocer 33: Full basket gives Tesco the edge
This week's winner is Tesco in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire. It was the only store to provide a full basket and there was no wait at the tills. Other big plusses were that it was well presented and the staff were able to inform our mystery shopper...
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Retail Prices: Asda deals up by 20% as it puts alcohol in the spotlight
It may have stopped selling booze below cost, but this hasn’t stopped Asda running a fifth of its August promotions in the BWS aisle, reports Elinor Zuke
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NewsMorrisons in new online and c-store experiment
Morrisons this week unveiled its biggest change in strategy since taking over Safeway in 2004 if not since 1958 when it moved from market stall to town-centre store. The retailer is set to enter the hotly contested convenience market...
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Waitrose introduces green meat packaging
Waitrose has introduced a new range of eco packaging that which will replace traditional meat trays.
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Morrisons moves into convenience and online
Morrisons has unveiled sweeping changes to its strategy with its first move into convenience and plans to sell groceries online. Unveiling the retailer’s half-year results Morrisons CEO Dalton Philips also revealed it was planning a significant space review in its stores, editing the existing range in order to create more space ...
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NewsPhilips to set out Morrisons masterplan
Dalton Philips will this week outline his vision of the future for Morrisons.
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Tesco to extend F&F brand into range of homeware products
The first details have emerged of Tesco's plans to extend its F&F fashion brand into homeware.The retailer has drawn up new logos for the range, which will have a good, better, best hierarchy under F&F Home Basics, F&F Home...