more supermarket news & analysis – Page 979
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Living it up as number two
Winner of The Grocer Cup for Outstanding Business Achievement, Tony DeNunzio might accept that Tesco is unbeatable. But he relishes strengthening his grip on the number two spot, and sees plenty of avenues for further growth at Asda. He talks to...
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What’s on tescoTV
The industry might still be assessing the merits of Tesco TV, but away from the fmcg sector it is attracting new money in an area with undreamt-of possibilities. Siân Harrington tunes inMrs Myers fudge shop, Barry’s Plumbing, National...
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The beginning of recovery. Perhaps
Justin King says this time it will be different. Will it really? Amy Balchin searches for evidenceIf you expected a bold change in strategy from Justin King this week you will have been sorely disappointed. “This time it will be...
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Wines post-merger are ‘leaner, fitter’
Claire Hu Morrisons claims the merging of its wine aisles with Safeway’s has been a hit with customers – despite culling more than a third of the range.Beers, Wines and Spirits director John Spurs told The Grocer that he found the Safeway...
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OS&G first for self-checkout
Oxford, Swindon & Gloucester Co-op will open the UK’s first supermarket to be serviced purely by self-checkout tills at Montpellier in Cheltenham next week.The store will also be fitted out with electronic shelf edge labels if a trial at the...
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Midlands Co-op buys Metro Stores
One of The Grocer’s Top 50 independent retailers, Metro Stores, has been bought by Midlands Co-opMetro Stores, operating in the Burton upon Trent area, comprise of eight convenience stores providing over 5000 sq ft of retail selling...
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Sainsbury reveals recovery plans
Sainsbury has said that second-half underlying profit would not be significantly different from the £125m to £135m range it forecast for the first six months, however, estimated exceptional costs for the company amount to £550m.These costs...
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Sainsbury is reshaping top supply chain team
Sainsbury has made sweeping changes to its trading and supply chain management just one month after announcing the departure of five senior managers. Laurence Clube, who is currently director of the household, food and drinks division, will manage...
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In Profile: Andrew Gidden, Sales & Trade Marketing General Manager, John West
What is your career background? I joined John West from RHM’s Manor Bakeries, where I looked after its business with Tesco for three years. I was director...
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Morrisons catches a cold
Retailers demonstrate different strategies on promotions as they gear up to meet the autumn and winter demand for cold and flu relief products. A typical multiple retailer will stock 43 different lines, with some 7% of them on promotion....
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Picking a plum job
If out of stocks are a headache for customers, they create a migraine for online pickers as deputy editor Siân Harrington found out. She spent the day as a Sainsbury picker in the first of a new series in which members of The Grocer team trade...
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Food comes out of the equation
Asda’s newest showcase for its non-food offer is a standalone 34,000 sq ft store on a retail park. Rod Addy goes shoppingWith new sites increasingly hard to come by, Asda is hoping to take the battle to Tesco in the one area it knows...
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Tesco thrives but traders still wary
For the past year, The Grocer has kept a watching brief on Tesco’s store in Hove to monitor the impact that the retail giant’s entry has on the local traders and what it means for the community. Amy Balchin gives the final verdictWhen...
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Pork space squeezed
English supermarkets are cutting back on the amount of space they give on their shelves to fresh British pork, according to September’s PorkWatch survey.Results suggest that of the leading three multiples, only Asda had given over more space to...
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Doubts over unit advice
There has been a mixed reaction to Waitrose’s decision to introduce sensible drinking advice on shelves from Monday.The new shelf barkers show recommended government limits (three to four units for men and two to three units for women) as well...
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High Noon for Waitrose and Sainsbury
Waitrose has teamed up with fine dining London Indian restaurant Quilon to launch a new range of chilled meals to rival Sainsbury’s Bombay Brasserie range.The range of seven offerings, produced by Noon Products, which also makes the Sainsbury’s...
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Heart of England Co-op gets new chief executive
The Heart of England Co-op has chosen Ali Kurji as chief executive, succeeding Richard Samson who left to take up the same role at Ipswich and Norwich Co-op.Kurji will be responsible for overseeing the society’s food retail stores, totalling 12...
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Dungannon loses JS beef
Sainsbury is cutting Dungannon Meats out of its fresh beef supply chain and will in future source all of its fresh beef from Anglo Beef Processors.The move, which follows a similar rationalisation exercise in Sainsbury’s milk supply chain, was...
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Waitrose roll-out
A new range of traditional French yogurts and desserts sold in re-usable ceramic pots is set to be launched in the UK.The premium-priced range from South of France producer La Fermière comprises five set yogurts – Lemon, Honey, Vanilla,...