Archive of all Sainsbury's articles – Page 175

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    summer not a turn-off

    2002-11-16T00:00:00Z

    michael simpson jones, chilled ready meals buyer, sainsbury "The core trend has not really changed in the past two years ­ consumers are looking for good tasting, good value for money products. But base sales in the summer were considerably...

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    Soft mango trials by JS

    2002-11-16T00:00:00Z

    Sainsbury is increasing its programme to develop supplies of a soft yellow-skinned mango with a pink blush called Kensington Pride and grown solely in Australia. The multiple is also conducting exclusive trials with supplier Minor, Weir and...

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    Tesco vegetarians' favourite this year

    2002-11-16T00:00:00Z

    Tesco beat Waitrose and Sainsbury to walk away with the best supermarket accolade at this year's Vegetarian Society awards. The awards were voted for by a panel including celebrity chefs Richard Cawley and Rose Elliot and singer Hazel O'Connor...

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    Gallo's in a box

    2002-11-16T00:00:00Z

    Ernest & Julio Gallo has launched its first wine in a box format. The company has put the Ruby Cabernet and Colombard varietals from its Rivercrest range in the 3-litre packs. They are in Sainsbury for £14.99. Beastly challenge Tesco...

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    JS simplifies its bacon fixture

    2002-11-16T00:00:00Z

    Kit Davies Sainsbury is in the process of completing a major overhaul of its bacon fixture to make shopping simpler and easier for consumers. The key to the new philosophy is the separation of smoked and unsmoked into two separate blocks....

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    Hit or Miss?

    2002-11-09T00:00:00Z

    >> How is one of last year's top launches faring?Nestlé’s Nesquik Fresh, launched in July 2003, signalled the brand’s first foray into fridges.And the milk drink got off to a good start with listings in Tesco, Sainsbury,...

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    GNX tool speeding NPD cycle

    2002-11-09T00:00:00Z

    Elaine Watson More than 300 suppliers are developing new own label products for Sainsbury through an online collaborative product development tool from e-marketplace GlobalNetXchange. The tool, which lets everyone involved in creating new...

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    Tesco's one stop shop

    2002-11-08T00:00:00Z

    Not for Tesco a slow and painful Sainsbury-style advent into convenience beset by planning battles and distribution problems. Instead it is grabbing a 5% slice of the convenience market in one go. All it needs is T&S’s shareholders to rubberstamp...

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    Wetherspoon to match supermarket prices

    2002-11-07T00:00:00Z

    Pub group Wetherspoon is to match or undercut prices at Sainsbury’s on products such as Guinness and Red Bull as part of its festive marketing campaign at its 616-strong estate.From Monday, November 11 the company will charge £1.69 for a...

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    MORRISONS is the THREAT TO TESCO

    2002-11-02T00:00:00Z

    from D Wakeling, Crabtree, Paston, Peterborough Sir; with reference to your Store Analysis report (October 12, p23) where you analysed why Morrisons would want to trade from Enfield when there were two Tesco stores and a Sainsbury within...

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    Sir Peter's eye on Curry work

    2002-11-02T00:00:00Z

    John Wood Sainsbury chief executive Sir Peter Davis will be a member of the nine-strong implementation group charged with delivering DEFRA's sustainable food and farming policy. DEFRA is expected to report its strategy in early December and...

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    Courvoisier wraps it up

    2002-11-02T00:00:00Z

    Courvoisier is being packaged in a gift box for added seasonal appeal. The pack features a 35cl bottle of Courvoisier VS Cognac with a brandy balloon glass and will be available in Sainsbury's, Asda and Makro for £9.99. The back of the pack...

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    A hit that's only faintly bruising

    2002-11-02T00:00:00Z

    A good performance by Safeway and Sainsbury helped to prevent our basket of shares from taking an alarming dip this month. However, even though many of our companies are outperforming the market, we took a loss of £37.Tesco dropped a few...

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    English apple push sees results

    2002-11-02T00:00:00Z

    Ed Bedington Sainsbury's campaign to boost English top fruit is beginning to show results in terms of market share, according to the multiple. Pear buyer Jay Norbury said the focus on English top fruit was producing results: "Market share...

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    Not for Tesco a slow and painful Sainsbury-style advent into

    2002-11-02T00:00:00Z

    Then it can get on with its plans to convert 450 prime sites to its lucrative Express format over the next three to four years. The masterplan is to use T&S's distribution network to serve the new standalone Express chain and around 400 residual One...

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    Birds Eye Chicken Lattice 2 for £2 Gondola end Asd

    2002-11-02T00:00:00Z

    Birds Eye Fish Fingers 240g Buy one get one free Gondola end Sainsbury Cadbury's Ice Creams 4 Buy one get one free Gondola end Sainsbury Cadbury's Mighty Mini Cooki's 75g ...

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    Stock failures revealed

    2002-10-29T00:00:00Z

    Elaine Watson Tesco and Sainsbury are missing out on a major sales opportunity through poor product availability, according to new research by Taylor Nelson Sofres revealed at the Schroder Salomon Smith Barney Food Retailing conference. Data...

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    Stock failures revealed

    2002-10-29T00:00:00Z

    Tesco and Sainsbury are missing out on a major sales opportunity through poor product availability, according to new research by Taylor Nelson Sofres revealed at the Schroder Salomon Smith Barney Food Retailing conference.Data from TNS...

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    Sir Peter defends margins claim

    2002-10-26T00:00:00Z

    John Wood Sainsbury chief executive Sir Peter Davis mounted a robust defence of his claim that his company will achieve industry leading margins at the Schroder Salomon Smith Barney Annual Food Retailing Conference. Sir Peter was challenged...

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    DEFRA hands new role to Davis

    2002-10-25T00:00:00Z

    Sainsbury chief executive Sir Peter Davis will be a member of the nine strong implementation group charged with delivering DEFRA’s sustainable food and farming policy.DEFRA is expected to report on its strategy in early December and the...