Sainsbury's - Latest News and Analysis – Page 135
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Does voodoo economics stack up for Sainsbury's?
All high finance involves some sorcery, but if billionaire property tycoon Robert Tchenguiz can bring about a £4bn cash payout to Sainsbury's shareholders, will it amount to a piece of accounting wizardry, or an act in black magic?
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Sainsbury's Carter takes helm at ECR
Diane Carter, Sainsbury's zone managing director for the east is to become ECR UK's new retail co-chair with immediate effect.Her remit at ECR UK, the retailer and manufacturer-led initiative managed by IGD, will be to drive...
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Opinion - "Why is Sainsbury's under pressure to return money to its shareholders while Tesco's appear happy?"
Not bad, the Tesco results, were they? A quick back-of-an-envelope calculation tells me that Tesco's £2.55bn profits in 2006 were almost 10 times the £267m reported by Sainsbury's last year. In fact, at £520m, the increase in Tesco's profits on 2006...
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Price Survey - 21st April 2007
Asda's low-priced fresh fruit has helped the store become the cheapest retailer for the tenth consecutive week. The £52.95 basket contained pears that were 28p cheaper than its nearest rivals - Sainsbury's and Tesco - and bananas that were 15p less...
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PayPoint gets phone loyalty scheme that Sainsbury's lost
A mobile phone-based loyalty scheme set for a nationwide launch in c-stores this summer was the subject of an aborted trial with Sainsbury's that started as long ago as 2005.Plans to roll out the Shop Scan Save loyalty scheme to PayPoint...
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Can 'The Best' cut it with the others?
With all eyes on the 'will they won't they' saga surrounding the possible bid for Sainsbury's, the industry's first look at Marc Bolland and his vision for Morrisons may have passed a few watchers by. So I'd like to examine what he said and the...
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Rafe winning Waitrose war - Q&A and Availability
The Sainsbury's store on Dorking high street, Surrey, has scooped the Top Store award this week, thanks to its excellent availability and hospitable and knowledgeable staff. Our shopper was well received by members of staff and described the...
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Opinion - "The dark horse in all this is Robert Tchenguiz. Will be bring about his op-cos and prop-cos?"
Though it went closer to the wire than I thought, I always felt the Sainsbury's consortium bid was a non-starter. It would take, say, a £150m price-cutting programme by Tesco to derail Sainsbury's profits, which are only just starting to recover. On...
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Bogof's week - 14th April 2007
Tesco Tel reportedly 'stunned' the audience at the World Retail Congress in Barcelona by revealing that the stores he most admired were Aldi, Ikea and Starbucks. Well, what did everyone expect? He was hardly going to plump for Sainsbury and...
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Top-Up shop
Who we visitedSainsbury's Local The Brecks, RotherhamWelcome Lenzie, Glasgowspar Starbeck Avenue, Newcastle-upon-TyneTesco express Elm Park, BristolBP Shop Dorking, SurreyHow they...
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Bigger dollops of Pudliszki for Poles
Heinz is rolling out the Pudliszki brand in the UK to give Polish consumers a taste of home. A limited number of Pudliszki products have been available at some Tesco, Asda and Sainsbury's stores, but the range has now been extended to...
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Top-Up shop
Who we visited Sainsbury's Local Birmingham, West Midlands Co-op Crieff, Perthshire Nisa Stockport, Greater Manchester Tesco express Amersham, Bucks Budgens Trowbridge, Wiltshire How they...
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Bogof's week
Another Comic Relief and another round of money-raising antics from the retailers. Stuart Rose was pelted with wet sponges by Sir Philip Green, while Justin King and Sainsbury's retail director Ken McMeikan had a kitchen showdown a la TV...
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Six of the Best Juice a Smoothie Buyers
Star buyer Stuart Owens Ambient and chilled juice buyer, WaitroseHe became a trainee buyer in 1990 at Sainsbury's. He progressed to a buying role in health and beauty, then household products. In 1998 he became a buyer for US...
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Bain back in frame to buy Sainsbury's
Interest in Sainsbury's grew this week as Bain Capital re-entered the frame.The private equity group is rumoured to be exploring the possibility of a bid for Sainsbury's with Apollo Management and New York-based property firm Vornado...
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Sainsbury's withdraws coleslaw
Sainsbury's has withdrawn some batches of its own-brand coleslaw because of incorrect labelling.The coleslaw contains milk, which is not declared on the label.The affected batches are Sainsbury's Coleslaw 150g and 300g tubs with use by...
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Waitrose/M&S top sustainable fish table
Waitrose and Marks & Spencer have topped the Marine Conservation Society's Sustainable Supermarket League Table, which examines the UK supermarkets' commitment to sourcing fish from responsibly managed fisheries.Tesco and Sainsbury's ranked...
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Will Sainsbury's star stop shining?
The British public has long enjoyed a fairly fulfilling love affair with the Sainsbury brand: through good times and bad, it has shown great loyalty and more recently Sainsbury's sales growth has been at the top end of the industry pecking...
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Sainsbury's recruits Icke to wine team
The Sainsbury's wine buying team has undergone a restructure following the appointment of Rachael Icke. She joins the supermarket from Constellation Brands Europe, where she was a senior national account manager with eight years'...
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Gangmaster probe launched by Tesco
Tesco, Sainsbury's and Asda have launched an investigation into the labour provided to one of its major vegetable suppliers, Bomfords. It follows a swoop by the Gangmaster Licensing Authority, which resulted in seven labour providers to...