more supermarket news & analysis – Page 978
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Award for Vitacress
Grower and packer Vitacress Salads has won an industry award for the innovative organic farming methods it developed to produce baby salad leaves for M& S and Sainsbury. Vitacress scooped The Worshipful Company of Fruiterers’ Environmental...
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Tesco’s Wheway takes his expertise to Boots
Boots The Chemists has announced the appointment of Tesco’s Scott Wheway as retail director in charge of the operation of its 1,400 stores across the UK. Wheway has worked for Tesco for 20 years and for the past nine months has been chief...
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Whitbread quits Somerfield
The resignation of Robin Whitbread, Somerfield Group’s buying and marketing director and MD of Kwik Save, has sparked City speculation that he believed he was being sidelined.“I suspect he became disillusioned when he did not get the chief...
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Ireland’s multiples face prices probe
Multiples in the Irish Republic are to be quizzed by a parliamentary committee on why Irish grocery prices are among the highest in the EU. The market’s major players, Tesco, Dunnes, SuperValu, Aldi and Lidl, as well as a number of other...
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Carlos: ‘UK will beckon again’
Former Safeway boss Carlos Criado-Perez is interested in making a return to the UK retail scene – but not until he has helped to turn around a 600-store food chain in Spain.In an exclusive interview with The Grocer this week, Criado-Perez...
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Tesco offers free taxis
Tesco is trialling a free taxi service in London Transport zones one and two to help customers with heavy shopping.Shoppers can hail or book black cabs, operated by Radio Taxis, provided they can produce a Tesco receipt printed on the same day...
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Midlands Co-op acquires Metro
Midlands Co-op has boosted its food retail estate to 162 stores with the acquisition of The Grocer Top 50 member Metro Discount Stores. The eight-store Burton-based chain is the latest in a string of Nisa members to be swallowed up in recent...
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40% cuts in booze price frenzy
Hopes that value rather than volume would be the focus for Christmas alcohol sales have been dealt a blow as supermarkets begin an early discounting war by slashing prices by up to 40%.With two months still to go to Christmas, Asda and...
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‘A failure to understand what’s going on’ – FWD
Sainsbury’s acquisition of the Jacksons c-store chain has been cleared by the OFT, despite strong opposition from the independent sector.Delegations from the Association of Convenience Stores and the Federation of Wholesale Distributors met OFT...
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Look back with pride
As he gears up for a new challenge in Spain, Carlos Criado-Perez tells Julian Hunt what his fondest and proudest memories will be of his time at SafewayFormer Safeway chief executive Carlos Criado-Perez has been a busy man since he...
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Robin Whitbread resigns
Kwik Save MD and Somerfield’s group buying and marketing director Robin Whitbread has resigned with immediate effect. The Somerfield board has also announced that Katie Bickerstaffe has been appointed group retail director and will take on...
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Tesco trials free taxi service
Tesco is trialling a taxi service for the next four weeks, offering a free ride home to Tesco shoppers in central London.Tesco is working with London cab firm, Radio Taxis, to get the 20 Tesco-branded taxis and drivers up and running....
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Sainsbury’s Jackson purchase given go-ahead
The OFT has waved through Sainsbury’s acquisition of the Jacksons c-store chain, despite a concerted campaign of opposition from the independent sector.Delegations from both the Association of Convenience Stores and the Federation of...
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Sainsbury develops grow-your-own lettuce
Researchers at Sainsbury have developed the first supermarket lettuce designed to be grown on a kitchen windowsill, according to a report in today’s Guardian.The lettuce, crossed from endive, gem and curly-leafed strains, has taken two years...
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Restructuring ahead as Co-op’s Bowes departs
John Bowes, chief general manager for strategy at the Co-operative Group’s retail division, is leaving the business at the end of this month to pursue other interests.Bowes has been heavily involved in the refit programme for the Co-operative...
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We reflect society – Leahy
Supermarkets reflect rather than shape consumer desires, and if we don’t like what we see when we look at our reflection, it is no use blaming the mirror, food industry chiefs were told.Speaking at the IGD annual convention in London, Tesco...
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Tesco adopts more VMI
Tesco has rolled out projects for vendor managed inventory with 11 suppliers across categories that range from home entertainment to soft drinks.VMI suppliers raise their own purchase orders based on sales and stock data supplied by the...
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JS turns heat on suppliers
Sainsbury should get its own house in order rather than expecting suppliers to bail it out, said manufacturers after it emerged they had been sent letters demanding better terms.Speaking after Sainsbury unveiled a 1.1% decline in second-quarter...
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JS hits a record low market share
The strategic review undertaken by Sainsbury confirms how challenging and competitive food retailing has become in the past three years. The announcement coincides with the lowest ever market share for Sainsbury for total till (food and...