more supermarket news & analysis – Page 774
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Retail Prices: Asda starts to cut back on deals - but it’s not alone
The number of promotions has fallen month-on-month in each of the big four retailers – with the steepest cut not at Asda but Tesco. Elinor Zuke reports
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Grocer 33: Well-trained staff win title for Waitrose
Our shopper was effusive about the staff at Waitrose in Cheltenham this week, describing them as friendly and exceptionally well-informed.
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Tesco launches new Facebook application for online shopping
Facebook addicts can now order their groceries while staying in touch with friends and family.The new My Shopping Assistant application allows members of the social networking site to add items to their shopping list and plan meals while...
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Can The Co-op stem the leak in ex-Somerfield store sales?
Leaked figures show sales at Somerfield stores converted to the The Co-operative fascia have plummeted. Beth Phillips takes a look at the wider picture
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The penny drops: an interview with Asda's Rick Bendel
Asda’s chief marketing officer Rick Bendel is confident the retailer’s new Price Guarantee pledge can reverse its declining market share, he tells Adam Leyland
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The courage to go into cola
Richard Branson never quite cracked it, but Miranda Walker wasn’t going to let that put her off. Three years after launch, her Ubuntu Cola is going into Waitrose. Nick Hughes report
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Comment & Opinion
Never mind the politics, it's been a long week in grocery
Is a week a long time in politics? I’m not sure. As you read this you will know the result of the General Election, but by my best guestimate it’s taken David Cameron the best part of a year to squander a 14-point lead in the polls.
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Carroll handed deputy CEO role at Midlands Co-op
Midlands Co-operative Society has named Tony Carroll as its deputy chief executive.
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Tesco taps up Datson to replace Coles-bound Church
Trevor Datson has been appointed the new media director for Tesco, replacing Jon Church, who is joining Coles, the Australian retailer, in July.
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Early blow for Bolland as Dyson exits M&S
Marks & Spencer has been hit with the surprise departure of finance and operations director Ian Dyson – just two days into the Marc Bolland era.
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Price guarantee site is the first of five big initiatives for Asda
Asda's new online price guarantee tool will free it from defending its core low price message and mark the first of five major initiatives during 2010 to develop the supermarket as a "price-plus player", The Grocer can reveal.
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Walmart picks Scrase to lead direct sourcing arm
Asda commercial director of fresh food Nick Scrase has been promoted to MD of Walmart's direct sourcing business International Produce Limited (IPL).His appointment marks the expansion of the UK-based division beyond its fruit and veg...
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Prosperity Brownies hit Waitrose
West Sussex-based Prosperity Brownies has gained listings in Waitrose.The husband-and-wife company's Prosperity Brownies and Prosperity Jacks flapjacks (rsp: £1.80) will launch in Waitrose's nine Sussex branches from 17 May. Co-founder...
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M&S links retail and farmers’ milk prices
M&S has amended its dairy farmers' milk payment scheme to link the price they receive directly to the retail price of M&S milk for the first time. The new Milk Pledge Plus scheme builds on M&S's Milk Pledge scheme, launched...
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Editor's Comment: What effect will Asda's attempt at transparency have on the market?
Never knowingly undersold. It's worked for John Lewis for years. And now Asda underselling in another sense of the word, according to the latest stats is hoping its new Price Guarantee website will "end the phoney war" of prices and promotions....
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Supermarkets ‘stifle’ the demand for discounters
Fewer shoppers are doing their weekly shop at the discounters than a year ago, new research shown exclusively to The Grocer has revealed.A Him! survey of more than 2,000 discounter shoppers in March found that just 7% of shoppers at...
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Don Pumsey on Nick Cleggover, the Morrisons of politics
We can no longer ignore Cleggover. The sense of foreboding at DRIP is tangible. Mrs Rolfe the cleaner has adopted the foetus position in the corner by the credenza, nursing a bottle of Jamie's Pine Nut Pickling Sherry and sobbing into the...
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‘Kamikaze’ 24-pack booze deals blasted by suppliers
The World Cup might still be six weeks away, but Asda and Tesco have started luring drinkers into store early with a "kamikaze" price war on beer.
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Grocer 33: Sainsbury’s delivers the green beans
Sainsbury's in Drumchapel came top this week as it was the only retailer to stock own-label green beans after flight disruptions hit availability.
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Second Opinion: Tesco gets its way far too easily
Stokes Croft locals don’t want a new store but the council is being supine, says Joanna Blythman