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Availability: Week of 19th July 2008
Asda Chelmsford, Essex 2 With aisle ends piled high with special offers and stocking trolleys parked in the vegetable section, the store had a cluttered feel to it. Checkout queues were long, while a...
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Bulk purchasing to the fore in beer and cider
The multibuy x-for-y promotion has become the favoured mechanic for driving higher sales of beer, lager and cider
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Asda has clung on to the title of cheapest retailer by the skin of a sun-dried tomato to secure a sixth straight week at the top of the charts. Despite offering unbeatable prices on seven items, Asda found itself in the unusual position...
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Supermarkets deny milking rising costs
Supermarkets have denied profiteering from a period of unprecedented food inflation despite passing on £200m more to consumers in price increases since 2005 than they inherited from suppliers. A new study, published exclusively in The...
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It was five out of five for Asda this week as it undercut its nearest rival by just 67p to scoop this week's cheapest retailer award - with the help of some pork chops. Despite increasing their price by £1.28 - the biggest hike of the...
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The price of sustainability
The annual jamboree that is the CIES World Food Business Summit is usually a pretty boisterous affair. Not this year. At last week's Growth and Sustainability-themed event in Munich, it was as though someone had been told they'd got a...
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Public switch as price of sunflower oil soars
The price of sunflower oil has risen a staggering 133% over the past year, forcing shoppers to switch to vegetable oil. A one-litre bottle of own-label sunflower oil now costs £1.35, up from 58p 12 months ago, according to new market...
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High oil costs fuel new collaboration scheme
With soaring fuel prices, the need to cut costs as well as carbon emissions has never been greater. Last week, The Grocer revealed details of a groundbreaking collaborative distribution scheme involving 37 retailers and suppliers,...
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Asda records highest price increases of big multiples
Asda may have won our cheapest retailer award for the 11th consecutive year but its prices have increased more than any other retailer over the past 12 months, according to exclusive data from The Grocer.The Grocer's extensive database,...
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Who we visited costcutter Finchley Road, London LONDIS Harrogate, North Yorkshire somerfield Stamford, Lincolnshire spar Milton of Campsie, East Dunbartonshire tesco express Aberdeen How...
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They are separated by the faintest of margins, but Asda has narrowly undercut Morrisons to record its fourth week as cheapest retailer. Asda's £52.32 basket was just 9p less than Morrisons' total, although they did not match as many...
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Feed costs set to push up organic milk price
The price of organic milk could rise by as much as 16p for four pints this year if production costs continue to soar, a new report has warned.Each 1ppl increase in the farmgate price would add 3.2p to the price of a typical price of a...
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Asda Bearsden, East Dunbartonshire 0 Our shopper was highly impressed by the standard of tidiness at this bright and spacious Asda. The aisles were free from shelf stackers and packing trolleys and staff were polite and quick to...
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Q&A with Andy Stanbridge Store manager of the week
Are there any perks to the events? Well they certainly increase footfall. We recently had the regional university fair and thousands of students descended on the store and blitzed our stock of sandwiches. But we know when the events are...
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Inflation soars to 12.6% with 11-year high prices
The spiralling cost of food appears to have beaten even the best efforts of the multiples to keep a lid on inflation, latest research from The Grocer has shown.The true rate of food inflation is a staggering 12.6%, far higher than the...
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The Grocer 33: Availability award 2008
It was another close call on stock availability, but Asda edged ahead of last year's champion Morrisons to add the prize for availability to its The Grocer 33 pricing gong. Although Morrisons achieved three more full baskets over the...
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Price Survey
It may be a new year for The Grocer 33 but the story remains the same.Asda has again produced the cheapest basket - undercutting second place Morrisons by more than £2 to secure its third consecutive win.Asda made a number of...
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Price Survey
No retailer came close to matching Asda's remarkable domination of our pricing survey this year. This was Asda's eleventh consecutive year as the UK's cheapest retailer, with its consistently low prices winning it 35 of the past 50...
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MacCaig becomes new Cafédirect CEO
Ribena marketing director Anne MacCaig has been named CEO of Fairtrade hot drinks company Cafédirect. MacCaig replaces Penny Newman who has been CEO of Cafédirect since 1998 and received an OBE for services to ethical business in this...
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Tesco is looking good in health and beauty
Health & beauty continues to be one of the most heavily promoted categories in the multiples, ranking fourth among the top five categories last weekend, with 14% of total offers. Tesco boasted the most promotions.