more supermarket news & analysis – Page 782
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Tesco puts £100m into green tech
Tesco is to spend over £100m with UK green technology companies in the next 12 months, boosting the economy and safeguarding or creating thousands of jobs, it claims.
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Asda ramps up promotions in bid to leave the slow lane
Asda’s year-on-year increase in promotional activity has left rivals in its wake – but everyone’s levels are up on 2009, says Chloe Ryan
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Grocer 33: Tidy Waitrose secures top store triumph
No out of stocks, a short queue, a tidy shopfloor and efficient staff at Waitrose in Marlborough won our shopper over this week.
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NewsAsda ‘national’ fuel price varies by 3ppl
Asda’s single national fuel pricing policy is not as national as the supermarket implies, an investigation by The Grocer has found.
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Seven-day ordering and store rivalry lift availability at Asda
Asda is trialling seven-day ordering in a bid to further improve availability. The retailer currently places orders with suppliers five to six days a week but is hoping that by spreading orders over the weekend it will more "closely...
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NewsEditor's Comment: When Sir Terry goes, contrast the succession planning with Morrisons
What is it about Morrisons that, like the national football team, it can’t seem to find an English manager? To be fair, after Marc ‘Sven Goran’ Bolland, the Irish Dalton Philips is more of a Martin O’Neill than a Fabio Capello.
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Asda opens its first fish concession
Asda's first fish counter concession has outperformed the previous Asda offer, the supermarket has admitted.The Riddlers branded counter in Asda's Newton Abbot store opened eight weeks ago and is run by a local fish processor. "It is...
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NewsDragon wowed by Asda’s A-Bay plan
Asda is gearing up to launch its own answer to eBay in a bid to shift residual non-food stock to the grey market, The Grocer has learnt. Executive development director Doug Gurr is heading up plans to launch A-Bay an e-auction website...
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City heaps praise on Morrisons’ choice of new chief executive
Dalton Philips, the 41-year-old Irishman named as the surprise new chief executive of Morrisons this week, has been welcomed by the City and industry experts.As The Grocer went to press, shares at the retailer were up 30p following the...
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Tesco launches new PoS to show regional and local products
Tesco is flagging up its local and regional products in store. New PoS, branded with the slogan 'enjoy the taste of...', will tell customers where the product was made and feature information about its producer. The retailer...
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Tesco bids adieu to two fresh category directors
Tesco's fresh produce category is being shaken up as two leading figures responsible for spearheading its development move on.
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Retailers to trial quiet night delivery scheme
Curfews on store deliveries are to be lifted for retailers taking part in a government-backed trial of quiet deliveries.
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The Co-operative Group to sell EPoS system to other retailers
The Co-operative Group is selling its EPoS system to other retailers.In a first for the society, it is offering retailers the chance to buy its InControl-Evolution system, which is used in more than 3,000 stores to control EPoS and store...
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Focus On Packaging: Cartons muscle in on cans’ territory
Cartons are invading cans' territory. Sainsbury's Basics tomatoes are the latest canned product to make the switch. They follow products such as Sainsbury's premium tomatoes, Asda baked beans and Princes Tuna Bites.
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Grocer 33: Sainsbury’s friendly staff win the week
There wasn't much to separate Sainsbury's in Aylesbury and Asda's Chadderton branch this week, as both boasted efficient staff who asked our shoppers if they needed any further help, speedy checkout assistants and no out-of-stocks.
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NewsCardiff Tesco bans pyjama mums
A Tesco store in Cardiff has become embroiled in controversy after banning shoppers from wearing pyjamas to the store and insisting customers don footwear.
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NewsWaitrose tops Which? poll for happy shoppers
Waitrose has emerged top of the major retailers for customer satisfaction in a new survey by consumer body Which?.
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Tesco weighs up Christmas Eve night shift
Tesco is considering asking staff to work a night shift on Christmas Eve this year for the first time, The Grocer has learnt. Staff have raised concerns about the retailer's proposal to introduce a shift that runs from 10pm on Christmas...
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Markfield in showbiz first
Midlands Co-op shoppers could have been forgiven for thinking they'd stumbled into somewhere marginally glitzier last week.The society's Markfield branch sparkled with movie-making magic as the set for low-budget sci-fi short The Cull....
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Sainsbury’s makes it even easier to Be Good
Sainsbury's has relaunched its Be Good to Yourself range, with 30 new products, more contemporary packaging and improved recipes to "bring the brand into the next decade".The new products, which are being rolled out between now and...