Archive of all Morrisons articles – Page 132

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    PRICE AND AVAILABILITY

    2002-06-22T00:00:00Z

    Midlands NE NW SW East Anglia Wales Scotland SE Tesco NE Co-op Morrisons Safeway ...

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    PRICE AND AVAILABILITY

    2002-06-22T00:00:00Z

    Midlands NE SW NW East Anglia Wales Scotland SE Somerfield Asda Co-op ...

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    Price and availability

    2002-06-22T00:00:00Z

    Midlands NE NW SW East Anglia Wales Scotland SE Co-op Somerfield United Co-op Asda ...

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    Safeway adopts EDLP strategy

    2002-06-22T00:00:00Z

    Anne Bruce Safeway is initiating a revolution in its pricing strategy, preparing to mark down prices across the board with a permanent price cuts mechanism. The every day low pricing tactic will run in tandem with its deep cut approach known...

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    Asda leapfrogs Safeway to No 2 spot,Coke thrives on multibuy

    2002-06-22T00:00:00Z

    Morrisons remains top of the stores chart although its lead has been cut once again, with Asda just a little over two percentage points behind in second place, and Safeway a further three percentage points behind in third place. Tesco, Sainsbury...

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    Morrisons lands Speke development

    2002-06-15T00:00:00Z

    Food retailer Morrisons has been selected as the developer of a new district shopping centre to serve Speke, south Liverpool. The development will include a food store covering more than 80,000 sq ft, around 68,000 sq ft of retail units and a...

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    Safeway closes in on Morrisons and own label categories shif

    2002-06-15T00:00:00Z

    Morrisons' lead on the chart has been reduced again with Safeway coming up from fifth position to stand just five percentage points behind at number two. Alcoholic drinks activity in Safeway is particularly strong with plenty of price promotions...

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    Morrisons is redeemed by its basket after a slow checkout

    2002-06-15T00:00:00Z

    The World Cup continued to play havoc with our shop, as anyone visiting stores after the England v Argentina match would have discovered. Our south-east shopper fared worst. The trip to the Co-op coincided with hordes of fans who were topping up...

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    meat marketing

    2002-06-08T00:00:00Z

    Closer co-operation needed between farmers, processors and retailers More scope to develop English regional brands Fresh initiatives to develop English regional brands of beef have been called for by Kevin Hawkins, Safeway's director of...

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    Tesco and Safeway take up Tia Lusso

    2002-06-08T00:00:00Z

    New cream liqueur Tia Lusso is off to a flying start, according to brand owner Allied Domecq. The brand was unveiled at the end of April and is already on Tesco and Safeway shelves. Marketing director Cathryn Sleight said it was now rolling out...

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    THE BEST approach

    2002-06-08T00:00:00Z

    n They don't have to be tastier. Profitable premium products pull for other, subtler reasons. Steve Hemsley analyses their potential Whether it's Tesco's traditional Scottish smoked salmon, Safeway's roasted red pepper and goats cheese tartlets, or...

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    TURBULENT YEARS

    2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

    When we launched The Grocer 33 shopping survey in 1997, we promised to track trends, price variations and availability across the regions. One of the first chains to spot its promotional potential was Morrisons which used it in a campaign to tell...

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    Drinks pile up on floor stacks for a World Cup and Jubilee j

    2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

    An increase in activity in Safeway and Asda has reduced Morrisons lead for the second week running from 13 percentage points to eight. There are no changes in position in the chart this week, with Safeway and Asda remaining in positions two and...

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    Expensive on space, heavy on wastage and a constant headache

    2002-05-25T00:00:00Z

    Certainly, its space has been eroded by new formats such as the serveovers with ready to go ethnic meals in Asda and Morrisons, rotisseries serving roasted poultry in Sainsbury, plus the extensive fresh food to go' counters in Safeway's larger new...

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    Brands display chart mobility but Coca-Cola hangs on to that

    2002-05-25T00:00:00Z

    Safeway has moved up the chart to second place, reducing Morrisons lead in the top spot to 13 percentage points and forcing Asda down to number three. The rest of the chart remains stable. Activity in Safeway focuses most heavily on the household...

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    Ian Deste has been replaced as marketing director of Coca-Co

    2002-05-25T00:00:00Z

    Morrisons sales during the first 15 weeks of its current year show an increase of 10.4% and are up like-for-like 6.5%. Receivers have sold the bakery division of Aberdeen-based McIntosh of Dyce to specialist pie and cake supplier Bell Bakers,...

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    Fresco turns into cafe bar

    2002-05-25T00:00:00Z

    Safeway has abandoned plans for a chain of Cafe Fresco restaurants and instead will convert the concept into a cafe bar after piloting a compact version in Welywn Garden City in Hertfordshire last December. The smaller cafe format is licensed, but...

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    Budweiser Ice 10 x 330ml Price promotion £6.99 Floor s

    2002-05-25T00:00:00Z

    Budweiser 24 x 330ml Price promotion £13.98 Side stack Asda Cadbury's Chocolate 200g 2 for £1.50 Side stack Asda Cadbury's Chocolate Football Price promotion £4.99 ...

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    Somerfield and Safeway in mega scrap

    2002-05-18T00:00:00Z

    Somerfield and Safeway are in a battle over the the use of the word megadeals to flag up promotions. Somerfield is attempting to trademark the word despite the fact Safeway uses the term in store and has used it on promotional literature. A...

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    the food chain

    2002-05-18T00:00:00Z

    Most serious attempt so far to solve supply chain problems Safeway builds regional with Northumbria line Safeway has launched another regional lamb promotion, aiming to match the success of its West Country brand which went into stores last month....