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    Six of the best speciality food and deli buyers

    2003-09-06T00:00:00Z

    >>nominated this monthBUYER, special selectionSAINSBURYDraycott’s responsibilities include herbs and spices, kosher and Irish ranges and special selection. She has held the role for two months having joined Sainsbury...

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    JS scores Northern Ireland first

    2003-08-30T00:00:00Z

    Sainsbury in Forestside, Belfast, claims the Star Performer title this week as the first store in Northern Ireland to check in a full basket. While Morrisons in Failsworth, Greater Manchester, delivered the cheapest full basket, at £38.92,...

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    In Profile: Q&A with Nitin Patel, Tesco's first buyer of Asian food

    2003-08-30T00:00:00Z

    Describe your career to date I started on the shop floor at Sainsbury, working my way up over 12 years to store manager. After that I spent five years in foodservice...

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    Sainsbury withdraws Somerfield interest

    2003-08-26T00:00:00Z

    Sainsbury has announced that it will no longer be considering buying the 171 Somerfield stores from Springwater.This follows the Competition Commission’s examination into the supermarket’s proposed bid. Sainsbury’s chief executive,...

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    Proof of subsidy, as if it were needed

    2003-08-23T00:00:00Z

    from J Spencer, Spencer of Wells, SomersetSIR; I read with interest your article about the increase in the price of Heinz baked beans, in which Sainsbury, Tesco and Waitrose had all raised their prices from 34p to 38p while Morrisons...

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    An electrical charge

    2003-08-23T00:00:00Z

    The new electrical waste regs are bedevilled by uncertainty over responsibilities says Elaine WatsonSorry for the disruption,” say signs pasted outside Sainsbury’s stores across the country. “We are making room for a whole new range...

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    Walkers gets top spot back

    2003-08-16T00:00:00Z

    Tesco comes out at the top of the chart this week with Sainsbury less than one percentage behind at number two.Activity in Tesco is focused upon gondola ends and is particularly strong in the alcoholic drinks and health and beauty...

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    Which way Safeway?

    2003-08-12T00:00:00Z

    The threat of legal challenge from Asda's US parent Wal-Mart could delay publication of the Competition Commission ruling on the takeover of Safeway. The Sunday Telegraph said the report is understood to recommend that Asda, Sainsbury and...

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    Safeway in the top spot

    2003-08-09T00:00:00Z

    Safeway leaps ahead this week to take the top spot in the chart, forcing Sainsbury down to number two. The multiple at the centre of takeover activity appears to be focusing on price promotions and buy-one-get-one free offers and is...

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    asda move signals a new era of change

    2003-08-09T00:00:00Z

    from Mark Dorgan, Management Group, PA Consulting GroupSir; Your report that Asda has moved ahead of Sainsbury to become the UK’s second largest supermarket behind Tesco (The Grocer, August 2), has raised a few questions in my mind. ...

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    Sainsbury checks in self-service tills

    2003-08-06T00:00:00Z

    Sainsbury is to start a nationwide roll-out of self-service counters, to enable customers to scan and pack their own items before paying through interactive touch screens. The supermarket group plans to introduce the technology at 14,400...

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    Walkers still tops chart

    2003-08-02T00:00:00Z

    Competition in the chart is extremely close this week with less than two percentage points separating the top five.Sainsbury moves up to the top of the chart just slightly ahead of Asda at number two. While Asda leans more towards price...

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    Double blow for JS

    2003-08-02T00:00:00Z

    Overtaken by Asda and with its Somerfield hopes dashed, what are the options now for Sainsbury? Elaine Watson reportsPlot the market share of Asda and Sainsbury on a graph since 1999 and it doesn’t take a genius to work out that their...

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    Asda hails food strength

    2003-08-02T00:00:00Z

    Asda boss Tony DeNunzio has rejected claims that non-food sales alone have swept it past Sainsbury to take the number two slot in UK grocery.Speaking as TNS till roll data revealed Asda had boosted its market share to 17% against Sainsbury’s...

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    Asda and Sainsbury slug it out

    2003-08-02T00:00:00Z

    Sainsbury is still holding onto second place in our TradeTrak survey, despite the latest TNS Superpanel data showing that Asda has overtaken JS and secured second place for the first time in the four weeks to July 20.The disparity is...

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    Under pressure

    2003-07-26T00:00:00Z

    Sainsbury’s bosses insist they will deliver says Sean McAllisterSainsbury’s annual general meeting proved to be a bit of an anti-climax this week. The national papers had undertaken a concerted attack on its strategy and performance...

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    Opinion

    2003-07-26T00:00:00Z

    There's often a mealy mouthed feel about accusations, denials, court proceedings, judgements, fines, public disdain and moral high ground taken by litigants and public observers. The York-Sainsbury case is a fine example. Suppliers invent an alcohol...

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    Opinion

    2003-07-26T00:00:00Z

    "To compete effectively you need the best people ­ and you can't say the best people are always male and white." That is how Sainsbury's corporate personnel director Judith Evans sums up the business case for diversity in the workplace. She...

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    Opinion

    2003-07-26T00:00:00Z

    The banner headlines said it all. When Sainsbury announced its profits warning last weekend, there was never a doubt the issue would make a rapid transfer from the business columns to the front pages of the broadsheets. And while the fortunes of...

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    Opinion

    2003-07-26T00:00:00Z

    We'll buy British ­ but not at any price. That was the message barely concealed between the lines of IGD president Tom Vyner's speech at the final flag-waving conference of the Strathclyde Food Project last week. You might say the Sainsbury deputy...