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Somerfield reports sales growth of 3.7% for Christmas period
Somerfield has emerged as a surprise Christmas winner, posting like-for-like sales growth of 3.7% in the three weeks to 3 January. The figure, which is well ahead of Tesco's 2.5% growth, comes despite a smaller marketing budget than its...
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Do Sainsbury's directors have right experience?
Analysts have expressed concern that senior trading directors appointed as part of Sainsbury's head office shake-up, which could cause up to 250 job losses, lack commercial or trading experience.New directors Helen Buck and Luke Jensen come...
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Coming soon to a sat-nav near you: Asda logos
Motorists with sat-nav systems will soon find their maps dotted with bold green logos, after Asda paid to have all its stores marked on Navteq maps. Now, instead of a generic supermarket logo, all Asda stores will be clearly labelled with...
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NewsGrocer 33: Shoppers fill four baskets
A chatty checkout assistant, no out-of-stock items and plenty of tills open helped Morrisons' Banbury branch net our top store award this week. It was a close call, however, as four of the five retailers boasted no out of stocks
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NewsGrocer 33: Asda makes it a hat-trick at the top
Asda yet again provided the cheapest basket this week, securing itself the cheapest retailer title for the third week running thanks to a whopping 26 cheapest or joint-cheapest items.
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Sainsbury's streamlines structure in HQ cull
Sainsbury's is to restructure its business into three main streams – fresh food, grocery and non-food – as part of a reorganisation that will lead to the loss of around 200 jobs at its Holborn headquarters.
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Co-op secures sale of 90 Somerfield stores
Waitrose and Tesco are among a host of retailers that have snapped up stores from the Co-operative Group following its £1.57bn acquisition of Somerfield.
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NewsNow Booths gets in on the tertiary brand act
Upmarket northern supermarket chain Booths has taken a leaf out of Tesco’s book by launching a range of tertiary discount products. The ‘discounts brands’ range includes more than 170 lines, from Enliven shampoo to Bokomo cereal, and...
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Retailers to push up age challenge scheme to 25
UK retailers are being urged to increase the age at which alcohol buyers are asked for ID from 21 to 25.The Retail of Alcohol Standards Group (RASG) said the Challenge 21 initiative, which encourages shop staff to ask for ID from anyone who...
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Retailers accused of derailing pig welfare
Retailers have been accused of failing to support pig farmers and undermining efforts to improve welfare standards in a scathing new report.While the report, issued by the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs select committee this week,...
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Irish pork suppliers' fury at Tesco dioxin compensation claim
Tesco has angered pigmeat suppliers in the Irish Republic by demanding compensation for lost profit following the recent recall of pork contaminated with dioxin. Suppliers were told the retailer had calculated the lost profit from its "order...
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Blue Belle back in Asda for round two
The Blue Belle potato has returned to Asda stores this week for a second year, as part of the retailer’s Extra Special range. The variety, grown by Agrimarc, has a white skin flecked with purple. Available for a limited period, it is being...
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Other Movers 17/1/09
Andrew Kuyk has been appointed director of sustainability and competitiveness at the FDF and replaces Callton Young whose two-year secondment with the FDF has now finished. Sainsbury's spirits, Champagne, sparkling, fortified, and French...
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A run on hot cross buns
Just three weeks on from Christmas, supermarkets are already reporting a run on hot cross buns.Current sales were almost double those last year, said Morrisons, while Tesco said sales were up 17.6% year-on-year. “Shoppers are indulging...
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Sainsbury's bridges the availability gap
Sainsbury's availability levels were given a big boost over Christmas by a new system introduced late last year, The Grocer can reveal.In The Grocer 33 half-year review published last month, Sainsbury's had climbed from last place in the...
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Retailers fret as Government plans to raise business rates
The British Retail Consortium is calling on the Government to freeze business rates in 2009. What are the chances of it doing so, asks Nick Hughes
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Does every little help when it comes to ad campaigns?
Tesco's Real Basket Results ad campaign has infuriated rival Asda. But is it also in serious danger of confusing consumers, asks Chloe Smith
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NewsSecond Opinion: Tesco out of step with customers
And the multiple's move into discount tertiary ranges will not help, says Jonathan Pritchard
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NewsGrocer 33: No lowlights - Sainsbury's wins top spot
A full trolley, short queues, helpful staff and “no lowlights” helped Sainsbury's in Stirling net our top store award, finds Joanne Grew
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NewsAdvertising: Supermarkets splash out on Christmas ads
Supermarket advertising was one of the few sectors to grow in 2008. The trend continued in the lead-up to Christmas, finds Richard Hemming