Archive of all Sainsbury's articles – Page 131

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    Pre-paid card keeps student beer fund full

    2008-08-23T00:00:00Z

    Sainsbury’s is launching an innovative new Meal Ticket scheme designed to assure worried parents their kids are feeding themselves properly at university. Next month, it is bringing out a pre-paid card that parents can top up at their local store,...

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    Aldi celebrates 19.8% growth by joining BRC

    2008-08-23T00:00:00Z

    Aldi has joined the British Retail Consortium, as new figures confirm the growing success of discounters. The German discounter joined the likes of Tesco, Asda and Sainsbury’s while celebrating 19.8% sales growth in the past year, and a record 3%...

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    M&S brands cheaper than at Sainsbury’s, new survey finds

    2008-08-16T00:00:00Z

    M&S brands cheaper than at Sainsbury’s, new survey finds: The brands in Marks & Spencer’s branded goods trial are cheaper than at Sainsbury’s, a survey by analyst Blue Oar Securities has revealed. The survey, which Blue Oar admitted was “fairly crude”, looked at 40 brands and found that M&S had ...

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    A £5 family meal is no big deal, claims Tesco

    2008-08-16T00:00:00Z

    Tesco sought this week to undermine Sainsbury’s ‘Feed your family for a fiver’ meal deal claiming it could feed a family of four for less than a fiver a day – covering all three meals. In a bid to underscore its low-price credentials, Tesco said...

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    Sainsbury’s HR appeals total just 25

    2008-08-09T00:00:00Z

    Five hundred newly appointed HR managers began, this week, their new roles at Sainsbury’s, following its recent HR Change programme.  The retailer reduced the previous 850 personnel manager roles to 500 in a bid to change the administrative-heavy...

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    Sainsbury’s takes the axe to HR and training

    2008-08-02T00:00:00Z

    Sainsbury’s is shaking up its HR and training department both at head office and across its store network in a move that could lead to significant job losses. It is understood to be cutting the number of people in its Personnel and Training...

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    Promotrack: Own-label offers sizzle with barbecue appeal

    2008-08-02T00:00:00Z

    Asda and Sainsbury’s both pushed own-label meat, but there were a raft of other hot summer offers in store at the weekend

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    Promotrack: Confectionery and fizzy drinks rule in impulse

    2008-07-26T00:00:00Z

    Ambient confectionery topped the impulse promotion chart at Asda and Sainsbury’s, but their rivals had other priorities

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    Sainsbury’s pours its last drink online

    2008-07-19T00:00:00Z

    The retailer is abandoning its drinks website at the end of the month. Where did it go wrong, asks Graham Holter

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    In Brief: Wine website axed; Partnership rolls out; BRC Shop Price Index

    2008-07-12T00:00:00Z

    Wine website axed Sainsbury's is closing its dedicated wine website at the end of July. Although the site offered wines by the case, customers already ordered wine by the case from its grocery site,...

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    Duty managers go in Sainsbury's shake-up

    2008-07-05T00:00:00Z

    All duty managers at Sainsbury's supermarkets have been put on a 12-week redundancy plan and are having to reapply for their jobs as part of a radical overhaul of its management structure. The changes, which will result in some job...

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    Chef to target retailers over 'five freedoms'

    2008-07-05T00:00:00Z

    Asda, Sainsbury's and Morrisons could be next on Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall's hit list following his failed attempt to get Tesco to change its welfare standards for broiler standards.At last week's agm, Tesco shareholders...

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    Sainsbury's: website crash did not hurt us

    2008-06-28T00:00:00Z

    Sainsbury's saw a record number of orders - one every two seconds - placed for deliveries on the evening its website came back online last Thursday, it claims. The retailer was forced to shut down its online service last Tuesday and it...

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    Sainsbury's helps save bumblebees

    2008-06-28T00:00:00Z

    Sainsbury's has launched a free seed promotion to help shoppers create an attractive environment for bumblebees - and reverse the depletion of bumblebee populations. The supermarket is offering customers at selected stores a free pack of...

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    Sainsbury's trials high-welfare milk

    2008-06-21T00:00:00Z

    A new 'ethical' milk sourced from higher-welfare cows and packaged in a new recyclable pouch is being trialled in 35 Sainsbury's stores.Developed by the Contented Cow Company, Freedom Food-certified Precious Milk went into stores last...

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    Sainsbury's 'in real trouble' with website offline for days

    2008-06-21T00:00:00Z

    Sainsbury's website meltdown could lose it thousands of online customers in the next few months, The Grocer has learnt.The retailer claimed that a computer fault crashed its home delivery website, which has been suspended since Tuesday...

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    Sainsbury's shares fall

    2008-06-19T08:21:00Z

    Shares in Sainsbury's fell 10.5p to close on 325.5p yesterday as the chain's first-quarter sales failed to meet analyst expectations.Sainsbury's reported a 3.4% increase in first-quarter like-for-like sales, excluding fuel, but analysts had...

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    What the papers said

    2008-06-16T00:00:00Z

    ?Sainsbury's has started selling milk packaged in a recyclable plastic pouch in 35 of its stores to try to reduce packaging waste, according to The Times. The pouches, produced in partnership with Dairy Crest, are claimed to reduce milk...

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    Top-Up shop

    2008-06-14T00:00:00Z

    Who we visited costcutter Marlborough, WiltshireLONDIS Wandsworth, Londonsainsbury's local Farnham Common, Buckinghamshirescotmid Uphall, West Lothiantesco express Hazel Grove, Greater...

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    Top 6

    2008-06-14T00:00:00Z

    ?Sainsbury's Sainsbury's organic sales are growing ahead of the market. Sales of its own-label SO Organic range jumped 17% year-on-year to more than £310m last year, with growth continuing in double digits this year. Its new soup...