Archive of all Sainsbury's articles – Page 147
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Self-checkout
Self-checkout is the most exciting growth area in customer-facing retail IT, with the majority of the world&'s leading food retailers trialling or rolling out systems. Self-checkout pioneers include Tesco, Sainsbury, Asda, Auchan,...
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Sainsbury shows how to do it
Superbly attentive customer service, an absence of packing trolleys, impeccable merchandising and barely a wait at the checkout came together to deliver a class act at Sainsbury Whitley Bay In today&'s tough retail climate,...
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We're getting into a winning mood
All the evidence is that June has been a storming month for the industry in sales terms. The Waitrose numbers show an acceleration in trend, Tesco has mentioned it in passing and this week Sainsbury confirmed that since the Whitsun Bank...
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Football fever: what's in store?
Sainsbury Not surprisingly, Sainsbury, as official England supermarket, had a broad and well co-ordinated range of activity throughout the store, with lots of hanging banners communicating offers from tournament sponsors and...
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Sainsbury backtracks on relocation decision
Sainsbury has backtracked on a decision last year to centralise its convenience operations in the north east of England, with the relocation of its trading teams to its London headquarters. The national trading and marketing teams...
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retail spotlight
Two months ago Sainsbury opened its doors to its new-look store in Merton, south London.If ever there was a store in need of a makeover, it was this one. Originally built as a whopping 130,000 sq ft Sainsbury's Savacentre, it was in...
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retail spotlight
Two months ago Sainsbury opened its doors to its new-look store in Merton, south London.If ever there was a store in need of a makeover, it was this one. Originally built as a whopping 130,000 sq ft Sainsbury&'s Savacentre,...
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Sainsbury installs interactive screens
Sainsbury is introducing touch-screen facilities to allow customers more interactivity and the option to give instant feedback. It has added touch-screen displays at its in-store customer service desks that allow customers to rate the...
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The Food from Britain client development team Back row l-r: Richard Sainter, Tracy George, Sarah Hodgen, Elsie Fairbanks. Front row l-r: John Whitehead, Jane Wakeling
Who's in the team?FFB's client development team is headed by Jane Wakeling who joined six months ago from Sainsbury where she was a regional food and drink manager and dairy buyer. She has years of experience in the export and regional...
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The Food from Britain client development team Back row l-r: Richard Sainter, Tracy George, Sarah Hodgen, Elsie Fairbanks. Front row l-r: John Whitehead, Jane Wakeling
Who&'s in the team?FFB&'s client development team is headed by Jane Wakeling who joined six months ago from Sainsbury where she was a regional food and drink manager and dairy buyer. She has years of experience in the...
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On queue for great service!
Deciding the winner of this week's Top Store Award was a close call between Sainsbury's Kimberley store in Nottingham, and Tesco's Loundwater store in Buckinghamshire. As both stores provided full baskets and flawless customer service,...
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Customers should always come first
The trading environment remains very competitive for food retailers. But recent updates from Marks and Spencer, Sainsbury and Morrisons confirm that good execution of a customer-led strategy will grow market share and attract spend from new...
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Price Survey
Iceberg lettuce prices have plummeted at Asda, Sainsbury, Morrisons, Waitrose and Somerfield this week but the order of our top six supermarkets has remained unchanged. Asda is still The Grocer 33&'s cheapest supermarket for...
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JS creates premium non food sub-brand
Sainsbury is creating a new premium non food sub-brand which it hopes will improve the appeal of its offer and ensure it hits its financial targets for the category. 'Designed for Sainsbury&' will sit across all categories...
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Bogof's week
To the Sainsbury trade briefing where head honcho Justin King was first up. The room was packed to the rafters with suppliers, but you could have heard a pin drop when the floor was thrown open to questions. Is Sainsbury keeping its...
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Spring's here for Sainsbury
Midlands-based Springhead brewery is to supply Sainsbury with its pub-favourite premium blonde beer.Springhead has brewed Roaring Meg since the early Nineties and the brand is now sold at more than 300 pubs nationally, according...
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Suppliers told JS needs their help
Sainsbury told suppliers this week that it needed more money, compliance, ideas and new launches from them if it was to become a stronger retailer and achieve its three-year targets.&"We cannot rest on our laurels as customers...
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Vidal to head impulse unit at Sainsbury
Xavier Vidal has been appointed as business unit director for impulse grocery at Sainsbury.Vidal is promoted from the role of category manager for frozen foods, replacing Lawrence Clube.He joined Sainsbury last year from Tesco...