more supermarket news & analysis – Page 763
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Creamfields festival in Tesco trademark scrap
The organisers of the Creamfields dance music festival, which took place last weekend, are embroiled in a trademark dispute with Tesco over its use of the Creamfields brand for own-label dairy lines.It has emerged that Cream Holdings,...
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NewsPicture This... Cravendale in the pink
Cravendale is supporting Asda's Tickled Pink Breast Cancer Awareness campaign with the launch of limited-edition pink milk cartons. One-litre cartons of Cravendale skimmed milk will be sold in 200 Asda stores between 6 September and 1 November, and...
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Abseil-utely fabulous
CSR sometimes occupies a strange nether-realm between hippy-drippy hug-a-dolphin stuff and cold-blooded PR.Tesco's head of being nice and not ruining the environment, Josh Hardie, was living the CSR dream for real last week by plunging...
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NewsWill profits be cannibalised in Tesco’s race for space?
As Tesco pumps up the pipeline, leaving even Sainsbury’s in its wake, how close is the market to saturation? Adam Leyland and Michelle Perrett report
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NewsWine aisle revamp cuts Sainsbury's volume sold on deal
Sainsbury's has slashed the amount of wine it sells on promotion and boosted sales following a major wine aisle revamp, The Grocer can reveal.
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NewsTabasco range turns up heat in branded chilled pizza sector
Tabasco has unveiled its new chilled pizza line-up, its first range of branded products outside the hot sauce category. The three-strong Tabasco Spicy Pizza range is in Tesco now with an rsp of £3.99 the same price as the Pizza...
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NewsGrocer 33: Asda snatches back top spot
Despite being the only retailer to offer no price-based promotions, Morrisons reclaimed first place this week with a basket costing £2.04 less than its closest rival's. Its Malibu rum was by far the cheapest, at £10.67, helped by an ongoing...
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Grocer 33: Service at Asda proves a winner
Helpful staff and an efficient checkout service helped Asda in Parkhead clinch the award for best overall service this week despite it not having the best availability.
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Retail Prices: Tesco responds with cut as Asda sticks to booze pledge
The picture may be mixed, and confused by differing strategies on alcohol, but overall the big four are keeping the lid on inflation, says Ronan Hegarty
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NewsFresh & Easy under fire in row over workers’ rights
Tesco’s American arm, Fresh & Easy, has been slammed in a report on exploitative working practices in the US.
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Tesco leaves rivals behind in the race for new floorspace
So much for static sales. Who says the market is saturated? Tesco, the UK's largest retailer, is growing its estate faster than any of its rivals and it's turned up the heat this year with a dramatic increase in new construction contracts and...
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Government is scaring shoppers, says Marks
The Co-operative Group's CEO Peter Marks has accused the government of needlessly denting consumer confidence and making the economy and trading conditions worse.Unveiling the society's half-year trading figures, which showed a 1% dip...
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NewsCan the Sam’s Club man put Asda’s food back on course?
Well versed in Walmart’s EDLP mantra, will Asda’s new CMO, Charles Redfield, be able to address Asda’s issues with food quality, asks Ronan Hegarty
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App success for Nectar and Sainsbury’s
Sainsbury's and Nectar's iPhone and iPod Touch apps have been downloaded more than 100,000 times in their first week.The apps, launched last Tuesday, reached numbers one and two on Apple's lifestyle download chart and made the top 10 in...
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NewsGrocer 33: Asda back on top after two-week absence
Asda snatched back its crown this week after a two-week absence from the top of the table. Its basket was £1.95 cheaper than Tesco's and it had the highest number of cheapest items (5). Asda also recorded the most promotions and was the only...
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NewsGrocer 33: Helpful staff secure win for Tesco
This week's winner is Tesco in Burnage, Manchester. One assistant showed our shopper to the avocados with a big smile while another left her home shopping trolley to take him to the Birds Eye curry. The only downside was the Tilda rice being out of...
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NewsWaitrose adds Amersham to c-store roster
Waitrose is pressing on with its convenience store expansion after today securing a site in Amersham, Buckinghamshire.
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NewsM&S salads panned in new salt report
Marks & Spencer salads have been slammed for their high salt content in a new report.
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Comment & OpinionWide of the Marks
Those following the ups and downs of The Co-op’s acquisition of Somerfield would not have been surprised by the society’s negative like-for-likes this morning.
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NewsWaitrose secures sixth c-store with Hornchurch opening
Waitrose has signed a deal to open its sixth convenience store in Hornchurch in November.