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Mobile top-up kiosk offer
Coin-counting machine specialist Coinstar is in talks with retailers to install 400 electronic top-up kiosks.The company, which has its coin counting machines at 80% of Sainsbury’s large stores and 95% of Asda’s estate, has developed...
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Prices crash at Sainsbury
New evidence has emerged to suggest Sainsbury is moving down prices as part of a plan to become more competitive with its bigger rivals. In the first check conducted as part of the newly-revamped Grocer 33 shopping survey, Sainsbury has scored...
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Headhunter hits back at Sainsbury
The row over Sir Ian Prosser’s appointment as chairman-elect of Sainsbury erupted again yesterday.Newspaper reports state that headhunter Whitehead Mann has accused the supermarket group of passing over all the blame for the failed...
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Life in the chain gang
Sainsbury’s Martin White is responsible for one of grocery’s most ambitious operational shake-ups. He talks with Elaine WatsonTrawl through the press cuttings on Sainsbury’s business transformation programme over the last 12 months...
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Cadog spreads
Welsh branded dairy range Cadog has now gained listings in almost all of the country’s major multiples.The products are available in Morrisons, Safeway, Sainsbury, Asda and Makro, and will also be in Tesco from mid-June.The range,...
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Backroom goes paperless
Sainsbury is embarking on a radical mission to drive efficiency in the last 50 yards of its supply chain in a bid to improve on-shelf availability.The Retek Store System, which will be piloted at the end of the year and rolled out across the...
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not the right place to sell soya milk
from Jenny Deeprose, Redhill, SurreySir; I could not believe my eyes, when looking at the label on a Sainsbury’s own brand, four pint semi-skimmed milk carton.I noticed an advert and money-off coupon for Alpro soya milk....
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Plenty of scope for the co-ops
Sainsbury is showing a slip in share to 15.9% after the modest rebound it achieved three months ago. At this time of year the seasonal non-food ranges of Asda and Tesco give added growth to stores sales which can be gauged by their average spend per...
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Six of the best juices and smoothies buyers
>>nominated this monthAMBIENT and CHILLED JUICE BUYER, WAITROSEOwens became a trainee buyer for Sainsbury in 1990. Having progressed to a buying role in the health and beauty category, he became a buyer for household products,...
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Friends reunited @ JS
Mike Coupe and Justin King have been reunited at Sainsbury, with former Iceland boss Coupe becoming trading director under recently appointed chief executive King.During earlier stages of their careers, the pair had worked together at Asda....
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Sainsbury on a mission?
Sainsbury has thrown down the gauntlet to its multiple rivals in the convenience sector with the appointment of former T& S chief executive Jim McCarthy as head of a convenience division.McCarthy was in charge of T& S during its growth from a...
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Stores ready for challenge
Keeping prices low is the key to heading off future threats. By Liz HamsonWhen Asda knocked Sainsbury off the number two spot in the supermarket league table last August, chief executive Tony DeNunzio’s delight was bitter sweet. With...
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Sainsbury agree new deal with Jamie
Sainsbury have signed a new deal with celebrity chef Jamie Oliver to continue as the front man for their forthcoming advertising campaigns.The 12-month deal will earn the chef £1.2m compared to the £900,000 he received for his last campaign....
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Customer loyalty
Asda has greater customer loyalty than Tesco or Sainsbury, according to new research from customer loyalty experts TARP. In an online survey of 1,200 consumers, 32% of Asda shoppers said they would always shop at Asda if possible. This compared to...
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Frozen food buying team boosted at JS
Sainsbury has made a series of buying appointments to its frozen food buying team as it seeks to develop its portfolio of products in the category.Tessa Jones has been made frozen food buying manager.She has worked for Sainsbury for...
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Sainsbury non food plans
Sainsbury has struck deals with three leading designers to create an exclusive new range of lifestyle products called ‘by’.Cookware designed by Terence Conran, cut flowers and planted arrangements from Orlando Hamilton and home accessories...
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Getting tough on RTDs
Asda and Somerfield are following in Sainsbury’s footsteps by revamping their RTD ranges. Less than a month after Sainsbury cut back on the number of lines it stocks (The Grocer, April 3, p68), rivals are also preparing to unveil plans to simplify...
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It’s a Sainsbury’s with Bells on
Bells and Sainsbury are aiming to develop 75-80 dual-branded c-stores by the end of 2005.Speaking at the opening of the first Sainsbury’s at Bells store in Peterlee, Co Durham, Bells Stores joint MD David Graham said the aim was to acquire...