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Morrisons is now the firm favourite to win the battle for Sa
But there was a sting in the tail, because the Commission also warned that reducing from five to four competitors locally could be a threat to the intensity of competition at a national level. And its document adds: "It has been put to us that, if...
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Safeway trials furniture sales
Safeway is trialling the sale of furniture at its first third generation megastore in Reading.Pine dressers, sideboards, tables and leather sofas are on display in the new expanded homeware section. Store manager Gary Hunt said that...
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Commission publishes Safeway remedies statement
The Safeway auction entered its most critical phase today as the Competition Commission published its remedies statement. The10-page, 8,000-word statement identifies the issues that now concern the Commission and the ways in which they could...
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Drinks in a party mood
Morrisons has continued its upward movement and takes the number one spot, standing a full five percentage points ahead of Asda which has moved two places to number two. Tesco remains stable at number three. The success of Asda and Morrisons is...
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Pugh succeeds Bray as Safeway marketing boss
Rod Addy Martin Pugh, Safeway's director of marketing operations, has been made marketing director, replacing Karen Bray who is leaving after two years in the post. Chief executive Carlos Criado-Perez said: "Karen leaves with our thanks for...
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Asda has this week been named as the country's favourite sup
Shoppers were asked to rank retailers as best or second best on five key attributes: price, range, quality, service and shelf stocks. They were asked to choose between Asda, the Co-op, Kwik Save, Iceland, Marks and Spencer, Morrisons, Safeway,...
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Safeway execs in line for compensation
Safeway’s executive directors look could receive in excess of £5.5m in compensation if the group is taken over this year.The supermarket group has revealed that chairman David Webster – who was paid £810,000 last year – would receive...
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raising the
availability stakes Congratulations to Asda and Morrisons for scooping the top accolades in our annual review of The Grocer 33 weekly shopping survey. You will notice from our reports that we are not just recognising which retailer is best...
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Label failures spotted
Safeway has admitted to campaigners against Scottish farmed salmon that it failed to label product properly. As of March 28, UK supermarkets are required by EU law to clearly identify whether or not the salmon products they sell are wild' or ...
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Safeway fosters niche
Rosie Davenport Safeway is upping the ante in the speciality beer sector by squeezing the shelf space given to standard lagers to make room for niche brews. Building on a review of its range last October, when it introduced 60 beers from...
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Brands are churning
Morrisons leaps to the top of the chart from fifth place, closely followed by Asda which moves up from fourth place to second and less than one percentage point stands between them. Tesco, Safeway and Sainsbury's all drop by two places. ...
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The hard line will stay
Liz Hamson Safeway's chief executive Carlos Criado-Perez defended the company's tough negotiating stance with suppliers this week as the group reported a £20m slump in pre-tax profit in its full-year results. In an exclusive interview with...
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I'm a firm believer that you can win when you're losing. Thi
It might seem a gross understatement to describe his position as "not ideal" in the week the group announced a pre-tax profit of £335m at the lower end of analyst forecasts and £20m down on last year. But Safeway has arguably been as much the...
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Asda shines in tough market
Anne Bruce Asda continues to clock up strong sales growth and grab market share from rivals, it emerged this week, while Safeway and Somerfield are struggling to make any headway in a tough sector. Wal-Mart said first quarter like-for-like...
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Safeway 'stable'
Safeway said that amid all the uncertainty surrounding its future and possible takeover sales were “stable” in first six weeks of its new year and fourth quarter. On a like-for-like basis, adjusting for the different timing of Easter, annual...
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Investors need reassurance
May is a busy month for food retailers, with Sainsbury, Safeway and Big Food Group all reporting annual results in the next three weeks and Morrisons holding its annual general meeting. Investors in Sainsbury and Big Food Group are looking for...
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Showing how it's done
"Don't focus so much on acquisition of new customers - keep the ones you have. If they're happy, they'll soon spread the word"Tucking into a typically large American breakfast at Safeway's US head office in Pleasanton, in the bay area of San...
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'Block big three' - Grimsey
Elaine Watson Big Food Group boss Bill Grimsey has joined forces with big guns in the c-store sector to urge regulators to block the big three supermarkets from bidding for Safeway. He said. "If there has to be a trade buyer, it should be...
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Christensen adds operations role
Rod Addy Safeway supply director Lawrence Christensen has added group retail operations to his responsibilities and assumed the newly created title of group operations director. Safeway said that Christensen's new role would take in some of...
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A hearing in public? how thrilling!
Given the highly competitive state of the grocery market, none of us expected to hear any major revelations from those involved in the Safeway auction when they gathered in London for this week's Competition Commission public hearing into the whole...