Sainsbury's news and analysis – Page 158
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Price Survey
The price gap narrowed again this week as Sainsbury's stole the top spot from Tesco, having been the second-cheapest for four weeks on the trot. Heavy promotional activity - including half-price Pringles - helped it to achieve £44.15 basket...
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Top-Up shop
Who we visited. Tesco Express High Wycombe, Bucks. Welcome Ashby de la Zouch, Leicestershire. Sainsbury's local Cobham, Surrey. Londis Skipton Road, Harrogate. Spar Little Common, East Sussex. How they...
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This week a year ago the winner was...
This time a year ago the winner was another Sainsbury's store - this time in Macclesfield. The store not only provided everything on our shopper's list but provided great levels of customer service. Back then store manager Andy...
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Six of the Best: Yoghurt and pot desserts
After university, Emma Dunlop secured a work placement with Corus UK, which helped her get on Tesco's graduate scheme. Her first role with Tesco was as a frozen food buyer. She joined Sainsbury's eight months ago and has taken to the role with...
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Fear of price-flexing if multiples enter Jersey
The entrance of Tesco, Sainsbury's or Asda to Jersey would not necessarily lead to falling grocery prices - because they could fix prices artifically high, business leaders on the island have warned. Entry by one of the big three is...
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Top-Up shop
Who we visited. Sainsbury's Local Chessington, Surrey. Your Local Co-op Elburton, Plymouth. Keystore Kirkintilloch, Glasgow. Londis Morpeth Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Spar Brockham, Surrey. How they...
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Retailers go it alone with produce drives
The government's 5-a-day campaign has lost out as supermarkets start the year with a blaze of fruit and veg promotions. Tesco and Sainsbury's are both pumping millions into free or cut-price produce, and Waitrose is also running a citrus...
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In Brief: Huizeling tackles IT; WSTA recruits board; Sainsbury's NED; Kerry non-execs; Tookey gets UK
Huizeling tackles IT Jan Huizeling has been named as the new chief information officer of European logistics specialist Christian Salvesen. He replaces Tim Mills, who left the company in December. "My aim is to rejuvenate the IT...
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Letter of the week Pip Wood, director of communications, Sainsbury's
In response to Adam Leyland's column on front-of-pack labelling (The Grocer, 13 January, p3), Sainsbury's has been running the Food Standards Agency's traffic light system in the form of the 'Wheel of Health' for two years. We base our...
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Price Survey
This week Morrisons and Sainsbury's followed in Asda's footsteps by raising the price of Jacob's Creek Chardonnay by 33%. Last week Asda hiked the wine's price by the same amount, signalling the end of Christmas alcohol promotions. This...
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Morrisons wraps in biodegradable
Morrisons has started packing some of its organic produce in biodegradable and compostable plastics film. It follows Sainsbury's decision to use green packaging for 500 lines including ready meals with the aim of saving 4,000 tonnes of...
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"The hazard warning system runs contrary to the data inside it. Confused? Imagine what it's like for Jo Public"
I bought a bar of chocolate from Sainsbury's this week. It is looking at me lovingly as I write this. But I resist. New Year's resolutions and all that. No, I wanted to find out just how dangerous a bar of chocolate is. I had bought a Kit Kat a...
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'A nice surprise' as Morrisons' sharp offering delivers goods
It was a happy Christmas for Morrisons, Marks & Spencer and Sainsbury's as trading figures got the thumbs up from the City. Customer numbers and spend were up at Morrisons, said chief executive Marc Bolland as he announced like-for-like...
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Sainsbury's traffic lights are rewriting its NPD strategies
Traffic-light labelling is having such an impact on its customers' purchasing behaviour that Sainsbury's has changed its new product development strategy to reflect this, the retailer told The Grocer this week. The multiple has decided...
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Morrisons in lead with price-cutting
Tesco, Sainsbury's and Asda have been making all the big noise about new year price reductions - but Morrisons has quietly been beating them all, according to exclusive data from The Grocer Price Index. Morrisons has cut the cost of our...
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Sainsbury's brings IT to beef farmers
Sainsbury's is to give up to 500 of its beef farmers a computer each in a bid to boost their efficiency and cut costs. The retailer hailed it as the first move of its kind and the most tangible evidence yet of a supermarket bridging the...
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JS chairman is knighted
Major figures in grocery were recognised in the Queen's New Year's Honours list. Philip Hampton, chairman of Sainsbury's since 2004, was knighted. Sir Philip received the honour for public service. Gavin Neath, general manager of...
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Top-Up shop
Who we visited. Spar Crawley, West Sussex. Londis Cheadle, Stockport. Shell Buckland, Surrey Sainsbury's forecourt West Green, Crawley Tesco Express, Red Kiln Way, Horsham. How they...
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Buyer's View
There are two major trends - ethical products carrying the Fairtrade logo, and indulgent lines such as Taste The Difference Dark Drinking Chocolate. Consumption of instant coffee and standard normal tea is declining, with customers...
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Glass contamination prompts more product recalls
A further seven frozen ready meals have been withdrawn from Asda due to possible glass contamination. Last week, Asda withdrew 24 ready meals because the rice in the products could contain small fragments of glass. Sainsbury's and Birds Eye...