Sainsbury's news and analysis – Page 159
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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15 plastic bags ... for 32 items
Asda and Sainsbury's have come under attack from green groups over their excessive use of plastic bags in home deliveries.Environmentalists have accused the chains of using an unnecessarily large number of bags after The Grocer 33's...
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'Cultural change' for trading teams
Sainsbury's has kicked off a major operational overhaul of its trading teams in a bid to re-energise the business and meet its additional sales target of £3.5bn.The restructured trading department, which includes the realignment of 15...
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Resurgent Iceland distances itself from green initiatives
Being seen to be green may be top of the agenda for the likes of Tesco, M&S and Sainsbury's, but Iceland will not "jump on the eco bandwagon", according to chief executive Malcolm Walker. The focus was on quality and price, he said. "We...
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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...
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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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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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Dissenting voice is getting louder
Ican't help being amused and encouraged by the infighting that is afflicting the food industry.First it was Sainsbury, suspending its membership of the British Retail Consortium because its spokesman, Kevin Hawkins, seemed to be pushing...
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Marketing task for Evans at Ginsters
Ginsters has appointed Linda Evans as sales and marketing director.Evans joins Ginsters from Grampian Country Food Group, where she headed up the company's business unit for Sainsbury. She has wide experience in the food industry, having...
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rewarding the truly excellent
Sainsbury, Tesco and Waitrose shared the top honours in The Grocer's first Own Label Excellence Awards - winning three prizes apiece at our awards lunch hosted by broadcaster Richard Johnson at the Savoy in London this week - while Asda...
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McCarthy quits JS for top job at Poundland
Jim McCarthy, managing director of convenience at Sainsbury, is leaving the group in September to take up the role of chief executive officer of discount retailer Poundland. McCarthy was appointed to Sainsbury's operating board in June...