Sainsbury's - Latest News and Analysis – Page 173
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Tesco's chips are down and Sainsbury scoops the board
Sainsbury's Savacentre in Washington provided this week's only full basket with the multiple continuing its offer on Stella and Hardys to keep the bill down to £38.59. It took our shopper a while to get round the "very large store" before whizzing...
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Mimolette taking off
It's a new cheese on the UK scene but is rapidly carving a reputation for itself among lovers of sophisticated fare. Isigny-Sainte-Mère is the principal importer of mature Mimolette, launched in the UK a year ago and available in Sainsbury. It...
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Unilever and William Reed Exhibitions have joined the Associ
Marks and Spencer has extended its home delivery facility to 28 stores in central London. Customers buying over £50 of food can have it delivered free with a £4 charge for smaller baskets. Sainsbury has opened its third railway station Local...
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Sainsbury slides while Asda climbs on the back of frozen mul
Morrisons remains at the top of the chart for the second week although Asda, in second place, has closed the gap between them quite dramatically and stands just two percentage points behind. Activity in Asda is most strongly focused on price...
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Tesco ups ante with Finest
Tesco has extended its Finest brand into heath and beauty as it stretches the premium range better to rival Sainsbury's Taste the Difference. The first three Finest beauty products to go on sale were Silk Creme Bath, Smoothing Body Polish and...
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Mixed mission stores a turn off for some traditional shopper
Helen Gregory Sainsbury lost some of its traditional customers from the new-style mixed mission' stores after they were alienated by the focus on convenience and chilled food. Chief executive Sir Peter Davis admitted that although these Central...
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JS to help
more Welsh Sainsbury is looking for the next tranche of companies to join its supplier development programme in Wales. Trade development manager for Wales and the South West Rachael Turner said Sainsbury was targeting smaller companies. Under...
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Waitrose collects the top Brammy accolade
Sainsbury and Marks and Spencer battled it out at this year's Brammy Awards but Waitrose pipped them both to the title of best multiple retailer. The Brammys, which celebrates the contribution of retailers, manufacturers, caterers and the media to...
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Suppliers must support new lines from day one
Siân Harrington Brand manufacturers are losing sales by failing to support new products in store from the outset, according to research from Sainsbury obtained by The Grocer. By waiting until the main above-the-line ads kick in, typically between...
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Tesco is to open a standalone Express c-store in East Witter
Sainsbury is launching a car insurance product as it powers up its financial services to ward off competitors such as Tesco, Asda and Marks and Spencer. The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs committee has criticised DEFRA management as incapable...
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Ariel 1.1kg 3 for 2 Gondola end Morrisons
Ariel Tablets 32 Price promotion £2.41 Gondola end Sainsbury Carlsberg 4 x 500ml 2 for £5 Floor stack Morrisons Coca-Cola 2l 2 for £2.09 ...
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Normally we buy Sainsbury's own brand American long grain e
We like curry, so obviously we know of Patak's. I have often bought their raita and pickles and my husband has a jar of their hot lime pickle which he likes in sandwiches. I think of Patak's as a brand leader with a reputation for good Indian food....
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Multiples warned of deep cuts destruction to Stella
Tim Palmer Multiple buyers have been warned they will destroy the value of Britain's best selling alcoholic drink if they continue their ruthless price war on cases of Stella Artois. Both Sainsbury and Tesco have been using the brand to attract...
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Cadbury Schweppes has taken second place in the European che
Scottish convenience chain David Sands has opened its 15th store. The site, in Thornton, Fife, was acquired from an independent trader in June after a local press ad campaign for sites. Sainsbury has enlisted 230 village stores and sub post offices...
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Robin Whitbread takes Somerfield buying role
Former Sainsbury retail director Robin Whitbread has re-emerged in the trade as group buying director at Somerfield. He succeeds Keith Jackson, who has been charged with identifying new sales opportunities for the group in the role of new business...
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World Cup gives kick to beer/snacks
Retailers and manufacturers say the World Cup boosted sales beyond expectations. Sainsbury, the official supermarket for the English football team, said: "Before the World Cup had started, we had made more in sales of World Cup merchandise than we...
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Summer listings for Spirito
Bacardi-Martini has given the thumbs up to its latest new premium packaged spirit, Spirito, following an extensive test in Sainsbury. The launch of the Martini-based pair of products was revealed in The Grocer at the end of last year (November...
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Bogof's week
I'm sure I wasn't the only one to enjoy seeing the repeat this week of the infamous BBC tv programme where Sainsbury's Dino Adriano went back to the shopfloor. Who could forget the sight of Dino wrapped up in that extremely snug polyester uniform?...
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Bogof's week
Further proof of how competitive the multiples are came this week when Sainsbury and Tesco organised summer bashes for the same night, the same time and the same stretch of the Thames. Although one spin doctor admitted to me that the diary clash...
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Bogof's week
Hardened hack I may be, but even I was blushing this week when a Design Bridge trip to Sainsbury's backfired. Designers Peter and David had come up with arty two-tone judging cards to help a group of 12 elderly shoppers pick out examples of good...