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Sainsbury's hailed for seizing lead in health
Sainsbury's has snatched the moral high ground on healthy eating from its major rivals, analysts said this week. In a report on the retailer's medium-term prospects, Deutsche Bank analysts said that they believed recent public comments by...
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the wasteland
Reduce, reuse, recycle, urges the famous green mantra. Last week, Sainsbury's arguably went a step further when it announced it wanted to start "an environmental revolution" by eliminating, rather than reducing, plastic packaging from 500 lines....
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the Organic wars
It can be no coincidence that two major supermarkets simultaneously launched organic box schemes ahead of Organic Fortnight, which ends tomorrow. First Sainsbury's, then Tesco, announced that they would be trialling regional schemes - and now...
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JS distances itself from 'tosser' rant
Jamie Oliver could have irrevocably soured his relationship with Sainsbury's by criticising parents who buy junk food, experts have warned.Oliver criticises parents in his new C4 show, Jamie's Return to School Dinners, saying: "Now is...
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Shoppers hungry for choice drive record Waitrose sales
Waitrose is putting product choice back into the market where others are stripping it out, the boss of the supermarket said this week.Referring to the high-profile drive undertaken by rival Sainsbury's to streamline its ranges...
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Sainsbury's signs up Tesco property head
Gaelle WalkerSainsbury's has appointed current Tesco property services director Neil Sachdev to the newly created role of commercial director. Sachdev's appointment is the fourth senior defection from Tesco to Sainsbury's in the past two...
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Sainsbury's off to good start for organic drive
The data for this week's Promotrack article was collected between 1 and 3 September, which was the start of the Organic Fortnight, as stated in last week's issue of The Grocer.One retailer that has taken the fortnight to heart is...
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Asda set to challenge JS, Tesco with national online roll-out
Asda is launching an offensive on Sainsbury's and Tesco's online market share with plans to take its service national from next year. Asda.com is currently serviced by 80 stores across the country. However, this will be increased to 100...
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Mushroom supply hit
Sainsbury's has been hit by a problem with its mushroom supplies over the past ten days, leading to 'out of stock' messages at stores across the country. A spokeswoman said: "There has been a supplier problem caused by weather in...
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this week a year ago The winner was...
Sainsbury's in Ripon, North Yorkshire, won The Grocer 33 Top Store Award this time last year, when duty manager Diane Hayes received the award on behalf of store manager Nick Alcock. Alcock retired to be replaced by Malcom Mitchell, who...
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Sainsbury's £1bn target for Taste the Difference range
Sainsbury's aims to build its Taste the Difference label into a £1bn sub-brand by March 2009 as it increases its focus on own label across all categories. The move would mean that Taste the Difference would match the current value of...
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Top-Up shop
Who we visited BudgeNs, Sycamore Road, Amersham, Bucks Esso on the run, A3, Coombe Lane, Surrey sainsbury's at jacksons, Bawtry Road, Rotherham, Yorkshire Spar, Manor Road, Hinchley Wood, Surrey tesco EXpress,...
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Price Survey
Asda is the UK's cheapest supermarket again this week at £38.26, while Tesco was once again in second place, this week with a basket price of £39.31, 2.7% higher than Asda. Sainsbury was third at £39.80, nudging Morrisons back to fourth place at...
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Race is on to win hearts in Alnwick
Three supermarket chains are competing to gain a foothold in a medieval market town named as the nicest place in Britain.Tesco, Sainsbury's and Lidl are all applying for planning permission to build stores in Alnwick, Northumberland....
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New posts in Sainsbury's alcohol team
Sainsbury's has created two new roles in its beers, wines and spirits team to drive its long-term strategy and respond to changing customer needs. The first role, of beers, wines and spirits senior manager, has been filled by Warren...
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JS aims to drive up online sales to £500m by 2008
Sainsbury's aims to more than double its online sales to £500m by 2008, as part of plans for its website to make a bigger contribution to its 'Making Sainsbury's Great Again' turnaround strategy.The increased sales from its current...
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Price Survey
Morrisons has overtaken Asda to become the cheapest supermarket this week. Morrisons' basket came in at £45.53, just pipping perennial price leader Asda and Sainsbury's, which has been cutting prices to regain market share. The spread on the...
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Sainsbury's store party
Sainsbury's has been welcomed to its new store in Crystal Palace, south east London, this week by local traders who threw a party to celebrate the boost to trade. Malcolm Felberg, vice chair of the neighbouring Phoenix Community Centre...
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JS to sell winning Welsh lamb line
Sainsbury's is preparing to relaunch an award-winning line of Welsh lamb produced by farmers on the Dolaucothi Estate in Carmarthenshire. The lambs are reared on National Trust land and produce the only meat in the UK to bear the National...
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Mexican wave of tequila-like spirits aims for British shores
A raft of Mexican drinks brands are tackling the UK market in a bid to encourage greater off-trade demand for agave-based spirits. Fiona Bayley, spirits buyer for Sainsbury's, said the tequila market in the UK was a small sector, but the...