Sainsbury's news and analysis – Page 144
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Retailers maintain highstandards
Online services rise to the occasion with another good performance. Shame about Sainsbury’s shocking use of 14 bags
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A £5 family meal is no big deal, claims Tesco
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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M&S brands cheaper than at Sainsbury’s, new survey finds
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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Sainsbury’s HR appeals total just 25
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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Promotrack: Own-label offers sizzle with barbecue appeal
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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Sainsbury’s takes the axe to HR and training
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: Confectionery and fizzy drinks rule in impulse
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
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
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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Chef to target retailers over 'five freedoms'
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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Duty managers go in Sainsbury's shake-up
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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Sainsbury's helps save bumblebees
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: website crash did not hurt us
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 'in real trouble' with website offline for days
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 trials high-welfare milk
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 shares fall
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
?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
Who we visited costcutter Marlborough, WiltshireLONDIS Wandsworth, Londonsainsbury's local Farnham Common, Buckinghamshirescotmid Uphall, West Lothiantesco express Hazel Grove, Greater...
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A triumph for the underdog - Q&A and Availability
Sainsbury's Cwmbran branch in South Wales is smaller, older and less-suited to the working class town than the Asda across the road, but it is this week's Top Store thanks to getting the basics right. Our shopper was delighted by the warm and...