Sainsbury's - Latest News and Analysis – Page 153
-
News
Netto’s meal challenge
Discount supermarket chain Netto is challenging premium own label brands, such as Tesco Finest, Sainsbury’s Taste the Difference and Asda Extra Special, with a new own label range of chilled ready meals.The new six-strong range has been...
-
News
Fasten your seat belts...
...you’re in for a bumpy ride in 2005. Last year the industry was well and truly under the spotlight thanks to the Public Health White Paper, continued c-store consolidation and the troubles at Sainsbury and Marks & Spencer. And it can expect ...
-
News
Sainsbury London stores hit by stock errors
Sainsbury has suffered a further setback after many of its London stores ran out of fresh food this week due to a technical error. The supermarket group said fewer than 20 stores were affected but seven of its Local convenience stores had...
-
News
Sainsbury appoints new marketing head for c-stores
Richard Lancaster, trading director for Jacksons Stores, has been appointed as Trading and Marketing Director for Sainsbury’s Convenience Division. Lancaster will take overall accountability for trading and marketing for Jacksons, Bells,...
-
News
Farmers Alliance launch milk price talks with Sainsbury
The Fair Price for GM Free Milk Alliance – a broad coalition of farming and food organisations – met recently with senior Sainsbury representatives to demand policy changes to save small farms and sustainable agriculture in Britain.The...
-
News
The movers who are shaking up the industry as they pick up those top jobs
> > Review of 2004Justin King became chief executive at Sainsbury in March. Nine months, the first recorded loss and several profit warnings later, he is fighting to restore JS.After Roger Holmes’ departure from M& S,...
-
News
Hard times
2004 is a year Sainsbury will want to forget, with its first-ever loss and a failed £140m investment in IT. Can its new CEO turn its fortunes around? Elaine Watson reportsIf 1992 was an annus horribilis for the House of Windsor, 2004...
-
News
Supply chain woes go on
Sainsbury’s supply chain woes have continued to hamper availability in-store, according to The Grocer 33 data for the last six months.The chain, which has made a concerted effort to tackle problems with its new store replenishment system and...
-
News
Chain of disasters
Was Sainsbury’s automated fulfilment system flawed from the start or was it just badly executed?Tesco may have stolen a march on its rivals in the 1990s when it came to investing in its supply chain, conceded Sainsbury’s director of...
-
News
Blueberry sizes up
Sainsbury is stocking what it describes as a giant blueberry.The size of a grape, it is three times larger than the usual variety. Fruit buyer Craig Sibbitt said: “Blueberries have long been known as power packs of nutritional goodness, and...
-
News
Brewers blast big booze cuts
Brewers have accused Sainsbury of destabilising the beer market after slashing prices to as low as 33p a bottle to increase festive footfall – one of the cheapest deals available on leading brands.The supermarket ran a five-day promotion ending...
-
News
Retailers yet to back OTM beef
The big retailers are refusing to commit to stocking over 30-month beef when the OTM rule is abolished, probably some time next year.Tesco, Asda, Sainsbury, Morrisons and Somerfield all stopped short of pledging to sell products made from the...
-
News
Sainsbury debt drops closer to junk status
Sainsbury’s debt has been downgraded to within one notch of ‘junk’ status by Moody’s the ratings agency.The rating on £1.9bn of Sainsbury debt has been reduced by Moody’s from Baa2 to Baa3, and the agency stated that even this was a weak...
-
News
Tea towel and mince pie sales start festive season
Tea towel sales are booming this month as parents use them for headdresses for their kids’ Nativity plays, according to Sainsbury supermarket. The retailer has had to order extra supplies to fuel this demand during the festive season, which...
-
News
JS keeps up the variety show
Sainsbury is planning to launch new varieties into its fresh produce sections at least every two months for the foreseeable future according to its vegetable and salad buyers.Speaking exclusively to The Grocer, they said they were firmly...
-
News
Pink Lady in an instant
Sainsbury’s Pink Lady pre-packs and polybags will carry an instant-win on-pack promotion designed to drive sales in the run-up to Christmas. Created by Chingford Fruits, which ran a similar campaign on Sainsbury’s cherries earlier in the year,...
-
News
Safeway’s NPD director takes on Sainsbury Brand
Safeway new product development director, Judith Batchelar, will join Sainsbury as director of Sainsbury Brand early in the new year. Batchelar joined Safeway in 2001 and was responsible for growing the Safeway brand. In 2002 she headed its...
-
News
Sainsbury’s nightmare before Christmas
One in 10 cases arriving at Sainsbury’s automated distribution centres still doesn’t scan and delivery accuracy to stores remains dire as the critical Christmas period approaches.Although Sainsbury is addressing poor picking accuracy at...
-
News
Sainsbury buys its third c-store chain
Sainsbury has bought its third convenience store operator, Midlands-based JB Beaumont Ltd, which ranked 48 on The Grocer’s Top 50 list.JB Beaumont has six convenience stores across the East Midlands and its turnover for the year ended May 29...
-
News
Wheel turns at Sainsbury
A ‘Wheel of Health’ colour-coded labelling scheme will be introduced at Sainbury to help consumers make choices on healthy eating.The front-of-pack guide will be in the form of a wheel and mark levels of salt, fat, saturated fat, added sugar...