Sainsbury's - Latest News and Analysis – Page 137
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M&S to assess Sainsbury's bid?
Speculation linking Marks & Spencer to a possible bid for Sainsbury's is continuing, with reports that the retailer has asked its banker to assess a bid. Last week reports in The Times suggested M&S executives had held internal meetings to...
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Top-Up shop
Who we visited. Tesco Express High Wycombe, Bucks. Welcome Ashby de la Zouch, Leicestershire. Sainsbury's local Cobham, Surrey. Londis Skipton Road, Harrogate. Spar Little Common, East Sussex. How they...
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Price Survey
The price gap narrowed again this week as Sainsbury's stole the top spot from Tesco, having been the second-cheapest for four weeks on the trot. Heavy promotional activity - including half-price Pringles - helped it to achieve £44.15 basket...
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Sainsbury's checked out by private equity cash
They're queuing up at Sainsbury's. It's suddenly on the shopping list of some of the biggest names in private equity with a price tag reportedly topping £11bn. First, last Friday, a CVC, KKR and Blackstone consortium was forced to reveal...
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Supplier jitters at Sainsbury's bid
A private equity takeover of Sainsbury's would spell disaster for the chain's suppliers, retail experts and manufacturers have warned. A price tag of £11bn has been placed on Sainsbury's following the disclosure last week that a CVC, KKR...
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Birds stay on shopping lists despite avian flu
Shoppers are showing little sign that they have been scared off by bird flu with only Tesco and Somerfield reporting a dip in poultry sales. Morrisons, Sainsbury's and Asda all said sales were unaffected. Sainsbury's added that calls to...
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The attractions - and distractions
The news is full of the tentative announcement regarding a joint approach from three private equity funds for Sainsbury's. Reports suggest the private equity funds see additional value in Sainsbury's through its property portfolio, at...
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Top-Up shop
Who we visited. Sainsbury's Local Chessington, Surrey. Your Local Co-op Elburton, Plymouth. Keystore Kirkintilloch, Glasgow. Londis Morpeth Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Spar Brockham, Surrey. How they...
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Fear of price-flexing if multiples enter Jersey
The entrance of Tesco, Sainsbury's or Asda to Jersey would not necessarily lead to falling grocery prices - because they could fix prices artifically high, business leaders on the island have warned. Entry by one of the big three is...
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Six of the Best: Yoghurt and pot desserts
After university, Emma Dunlop secured a work placement with Corus UK, which helped her get on Tesco's graduate scheme. Her first role with Tesco was as a frozen food buyer. She joined Sainsbury's eight months ago and has taken to the role with...
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This week a year ago the winner was...
This time a year ago the winner was another Sainsbury's store - this time in Macclesfield. The store not only provided everything on our shopper's list but provided great levels of customer service. Back then store manager Andy...
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Price Survey
This week Morrisons and Sainsbury's followed in Asda's footsteps by raising the price of Jacob's Creek Chardonnay by 33%. Last week Asda hiked the wine's price by the same amount, signalling the end of Christmas alcohol promotions. This...
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Letter of the week Pip Wood, director of communications, Sainsbury's
In response to Adam Leyland's column on front-of-pack labelling (The Grocer, 13 January, p3), Sainsbury's has been running the Food Standards Agency's traffic light system in the form of the 'Wheel of Health' for two years. We base our...
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In Brief: Huizeling tackles IT; WSTA recruits board; Sainsbury's NED; Kerry non-execs; Tookey gets UK
Huizeling tackles IT Jan Huizeling has been named as the new chief information officer of European logistics specialist Christian Salvesen. He replaces Tim Mills, who left the company in December. "My aim is to rejuvenate the IT...
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Retailers go it alone with produce drives
The government's 5-a-day campaign has lost out as supermarkets start the year with a blaze of fruit and veg promotions. Tesco and Sainsbury's are both pumping millions into free or cut-price produce, and Waitrose is also running a citrus...
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Morrisons in lead with price-cutting
Tesco, Sainsbury's and Asda have been making all the big noise about new year price reductions - but Morrisons has quietly been beating them all, according to exclusive data from The Grocer Price Index. Morrisons has cut the cost of our...
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Sainsbury's traffic lights are rewriting its NPD strategies
Traffic-light labelling is having such an impact on its customers' purchasing behaviour that Sainsbury's has changed its new product development strategy to reflect this, the retailer told The Grocer this week. The multiple has decided...
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'A nice surprise' as Morrisons' sharp offering delivers goods
It was a happy Christmas for Morrisons, Marks & Spencer and Sainsbury's as trading figures got the thumbs up from the City. Customer numbers and spend were up at Morrisons, said chief executive Marc Bolland as he announced like-for-like...
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"The hazard warning system runs contrary to the data inside it. Confused? Imagine what it's like for Jo Public"
I bought a bar of chocolate from Sainsbury's this week. It is looking at me lovingly as I write this. But I resist. New Year's resolutions and all that. No, I wanted to find out just how dangerous a bar of chocolate is. I had bought a Kit Kat a...
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Morrisons wraps in biodegradable
Morrisons has started packing some of its organic produce in biodegradable and compostable plastics film. It follows Sainsbury's decision to use green packaging for 500 lines including ready meals with the aim of saving 4,000 tonnes of...