more supermarket news & analysis – Page 968
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stores’ fair trade initiatives welcome
from Stuart Palmer, marketing director, TraidcraftSir; Thanks for highlighting the fact that the UK is now the world’s largest fair trade market (‘Tradecraft in Tesco attack’, The Grocer, February 19, p6). Traidcraft welcomes the...
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loyalty cards are double-edged sword
from Paul Taylor, managing director, Catalina MarketingSir; As MD of the company that helps Somerfield run its Saver Card scheme, I read with interest your piece on loyalty cards (The Grocer, February 19, p44). It is not the...
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Giving cabinet approval
Tchibo’s non-food units built into 120 Somerfield stores’ grocery aisles are profiting both parties. Rod Addy examines the mixWhen Somerfield announced the roll-out of its Tchibo concessions last October, there were a few raised...
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JS delays payment change
Sainsbury has sensationally postponed the introduction of new payment terms for 100 of its suppliers following a barrage of opposition to the changes.The retailer sparked an outcry last month when The Grocer revealed it had written to 1,900...
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Tesco ditches Romney Marsh
Tesco has shaken up its potato supply contracts, resulting in sizeable redundancies at one of its long-standing suppliers, which is now facing ruin.The Romney Marsh Potato Company said it had been forced to shed 81 of its 104 staff following...
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Sainsbury kids get active with Kelly Holmes
Double Olympic gold medallist Dame Kelly Holmes is to front Sainsbury’s Active Kids campaign.Dame Kelly will star in a TV advertisement for the initiative, which encourages fresh produce consumption and participation in sporting...
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Walking with Tesco
Meat processor St Merryn Foods and Tesco teamed up last week to convince farmers of the merits of supplying the UK’s number one retailer.At a ‘walk the chain’ event in South Wales, red meat producers heard how Tesco was developing its British...
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Asda and Tesco put up milk price
Asda and Tesco have increased the price of a pint of milk in their stores by 2p to 32p.Tesco made the first move, raising its price on Tuesday, with Asda following suit a day later.Both said at least some of the increase would be passed...
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Asda launches its first range of Fairtrade lines
Asda has launched its first range of Fairtrade products.Rolling out to coincide with Fairtrade Fortnight, which began this week, the nine-strong range includes tea bags, coffee, honey and four fresh fruits – pineapple, mango, grapes and...
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Tesco shelf-ready double whammy comes under fire
Tesco is coming under increased fire from suppliers for attempting to make them carry the cost of shelf-ready packaging.
The retailer is currently rolling wheeled merchandising units to its bread and beer fixtures (The Grocer, February 26, p12)…. -
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Supermarkets urged to add food miles on labels
Supermarkets are being urged to include food miles on all labels, including a mix of ingredients in ready meals, so that shoppers can buy the greenest products, according to researchers.Researchers from Essex University and City University...
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Top Sainsbury stakeholder reduces stake
The biggest stakeholder in supermarket group Sainsbury has sold shares in the group, making this the second occasion in seven days.
Judith Portrait, the trustee of several trusts set up by the Sainsbury family, sold a million shares in he… -
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Asda staff share £19m bonus
Asda has announced it will be sharing a £19m worth of an annual performance related bonus between staff. The record payout is £4m more than the previous year, and the scheme was introduced in 2000 after Asda became part of Wal-Mart....
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Tesco accused of misleading shoppers
Tesco is being accused of misleading customers over the nutritional and health benefits of a range of products thoughout its stores, according to a report in the Sunday Times.Trading standards are reported to have found more than 20 alleged...
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Sites quick to click
Major retailers were quick to remove Sudan 1 products from online shopping baskets.By last Monday Asda, Waitrose and Sainsbury had notices up on their consumer web sites offering more information on the crisis and affected items and by Tuesday...
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Somerfield in the doghouse
The average number of dog food products is 140 per store across the six major retailers. Alongside this wide choice, Stockwatch also found good levels of availability for non-promotional lines, with only 7% at risk of being out of stock during peak...
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It’s a belter of a job
In The Grocer’s latest Back to the Floor, Rod Addy goes to Asda in Crawley where he works at the sharp end, spending a day as a checkout operator in several of the store’s departmentsIt’s 9.45am on a rainy Friday morning and I buzz to...
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A smart shock to the systems
Mike McGee is on a crusade to sort out wholesale’s Luddites says Elaine WatsonEverybody knows that Tesco pays some 10-15% less for its goods than smaller retailers and wholesalers, says the boss of Smartertrader. But whingeing about...
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The label updates itself
Sainsbury is poised to give a wider roll-out to an on-pack freshness indicator in its fresh produce fixture.The RipeSense label responds to changes in the aroma given off by fruit as it ripens and changes colour.The technology was given a...
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Dungannon claws back JS business
Dungannon Meats Group has won £25m of business through new contracts, sweetening the pill of the loss of its UK fresh beef contract with Sainsbury last October.The multiple has granted Dungannon an extra £17m of lamb business, a further...