All articles by Ronan Hegarty – Page 7
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Waitrose surprise runner-up after Asda in April price comparison
Official figures out this week from the British Retail Consortium/NIQ showed food price inflation almost halved in March
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Waitrose offers top service for our Easter mystery shop
The Solihull store notched up 80 marks as it came out top for availability and joint top for shop floor service.
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Tesco cheapest for Easter shop thanks to Clubcard Prices
Clubcard holders saved more than a tenner this week, helping Tesco massively undercut its rivals
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Excellent Morrisons store team impress our mystery shopper
The retailer’s Chapel-en-le-Frith store was well ahead of the pack with a score of 84
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Tesco Clubcard prices just undercut Asda
Tesco’s shelf-edge prices were £5.76 higher than Asda’s, despite the smallest annual increase of any basket at just 2%
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Tesco cheapest thanks to Clubcard despite big Sainsbury’s discounts
Sainsbury’s was more than £8 pricier than Asda before Nectar Prices
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Waitrose wins Grocer 33 thanks to ‘friendly and helpful’ staff
Our shopper found the store easy to navigate with well-stocked and appealing counters
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Morrisons Stockport wins Grocer 33 in a poor week for service
The store notched up 72 points with a generally clean and tidy appearance
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Tesco’s Clubcard undercuts Asda – by just 1p
Inflation was just 0.4% when loyalty card pricing was factored in
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Clubcard Prices helps Tesco to undercut Asda
Tesco Clubcard holders would have received an instant discount of £5.85
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Smooth service wins Grocer 33 for Waitrose store in Preston
The retailer’s Walton-le-Dale store in Preston scored 68 to come in eight points clear of its nearest rival
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Waitrose Wilmslow comes out on top in a strong week for service
Our shopper enjoyed her visit which she called a “very pleasant Saturday morning shop”
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Nectar Prices sees Sainsbury’s come in cheapest by £2.32
Sainsbury’s was running Nectar Prices deals on a third of the items on our list, which added up to a £7.15 discount
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Analysis & Features
How the Big 30 Wholesalers fear more suppliers will walk on by
Smaller wholesalers fear more suppliers will follow Diageo in stopping deliveries if they don’t meet minimum order quantities
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Amazon and Tesco run Asda close for cheapest retailer
At £78.21, Asda came in 52p cheaper than Amazon and 4p cheaper than the Tesco basket with Clubcard Prices
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‘Smooth’ Morrisons comes out on top as online pureplays flop
Morrisons scored a stellar 93 for this London-based order, which our shopper hailed as a ‘very smooth process’
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News
Duty not included in Diageo’s £2m per year MOQ criteria
Given most of the products wholesalers order from Diageo are spirits, which will carry the highest level of duty, the final invoice value will need to be much higher than £2m
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Morrisons jumps to Grocer 33 winning spot with impressive store
Last time out, Morrisons mustered just 21 points, while this time it has claimed the store of the week title
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Lidl beats Aldi as discounters defeat loyalty prices
Lidl was slightly cheaper on the apple sauce and salami, largely due to variations in pack size
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Tesco on top in Grocer 33 as Morrisons store registers just 21 points
New Morrisons CEO Rami Baitiéh this week revealed seven examples of how he was looking to get the business back on track