All Supermarkets articles – Page 336
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NewsAsda goes for Cornish Crystal spuds
Asda has introduced Cornish Crystal potatoes to its Extra Special range. The potatoes have a creamy, soft and tender flesh with a fluffy skin. Grown in Cornwall and supplied through QV Foods, they are harvested about two…
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NewsCollier’s takes to Twitter after Sainsbury’s axing
Collier's Powerful Welsh Cheddar hopes to mobilise shoppers to lobby more supermarkets into stocking the brand following its delisting by Sainsbury's last month. The Fayrefield Foods brand is using Facebook and Twitter to get consumers to...
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Analysis and Features
Sainsbury’s quietly takes the lead in promo activity
While Price Guarantees continue to be the focus of the big two, Sainsbury’s has gradually stepped up promotions.
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Comment and OpinionEditor's Comment: Riots aren't surprising. But riots about a Tesco Express in Stokes Croft?
I've predicted the possibility of riots before as ordinary workers are asked to pay the price for the appalling mismanagement of the economy by the banks, the Bank of England, and the government.
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NewsTesco’s Price Check becomes ‘just the difference’
Tesco has cut back its promise to refund double the difference on products bought for less at Asda. The retailer will now refund only the difference, having claimed shoppers were misusing the promotion in a bid to make money.
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NewsTesco and M&S targeted in Thanet Earth workers’ protest
Protestors dressed as vegetables will descend on Tesco and Marks & Spencer tomorrow in a bid to draw attention to working conditions at Thanet Earth. Officials from Unite vowed to “take the fight to the top of the food chain” to bring attention to what it claimed were “sweatshop” conditions ...
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Comment and Opinion
Going loco for local
It’s been a tough couple of weeks for Tesco. After those disappointing fourth-quarter results, its bank holiday began with the wrong sort of bang when a shiny new Express in Bristol was petrol-bombed by militants “dressed like ninjas”, according to one widely quoted bystander.
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NewsTrashed Tesco at centre of Bristol riot
A Tesco Express in Bristol was left badly damaged over the bank holiday weekend as police clashed with protestors opposed to the new store.
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NewsHaldanes snaps up Midlands bakery Woodhead
Haldanes has swooped to buy Scarborough-based Woodhead Bakery in a move that will bring production of its freshly baked items in-house. The retail chain also adds 11 stores to its footprint after taking over Woodhead, a family-run business that had slipped into administration.
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NewsMorrisons and Waitrose join heavyweight campaign to beat fish discards
A heavyweight coalition comprising some of the UK's biggest retailers and seafood suppliers has come together to push for a more sustainable seafood supply chain. Retailer members of the Sustainable Seafood Coalition include Morrisons, The Co-operative Group, Waitrose and Marks & Spencer.
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NewsMorrisons offers patriotic petrol with ‘Fuel Britannia’ stunt
Morrisons has knocked 6p off a litre of petrol or diesel for customers spending £40 or more at stores from this week until May 8. The Fuel Britannia deal would beat recent offers introduced by Sainsbury’s and The Co-operative Group, the retailer claimed.
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Comment and Opinion
Candid Clarke, Mk II
In recent weeks Tesco has been playing copycat with Asda over the latter’s price guarantee, with what you might politely call ‘mixed’ results. As well as being an avoidable PR own goal, Double the Difference also exposed Tesco to criticism that it has become uncharacteristically reactive of late.
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NewsClarke concedes ‘We must do better’ as Tesco falters in fourth quarter
Tesco has admitted it must do better in its home market after UK sales fell in the final three months of the year. Profits at the retail giant rose by more than 12% to a record £3.8bn in the year to 26 February. But Tesco again relied on its overseas business to drive much of the growth, with profits at its Asian business up 17%.
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NewsFamily fortunes dip again in March
Family spending power continued to decline last month, according to the Asda Income Tracker. The average family had discretionary income of £172 a week in March – down 5.6% on March 2010, or around £10 a week.
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NewsSainsbury’s switches sights to Paralympics
Sainsbury’s CEO Justin King tried his hand at sitting volleyball this week to mark the 500-day countdown to the London 2012 Paralympic Games. The retailer, which is sponsoring the games, launched the One Million Kids Challenge to…
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News
Co-op signs depots to FareShare supply
The Co-operative Group has joined forces with food redistribution charity FareShare. The society joined up after completing a successful pilot with FareShare's North East operations from its distribution centre in Birtley, County...
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NewsWaitrose bullish in the face of website snags
Waitrose's director of e-commerce has revealed that despite a barrage of complaints about its relaunched website, it is to push ahead with extra features such as brand reviews and recommendations.
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Analysis and FeaturesAsda’s baby brand grows up
Brands beware. Retailers are looking to steal your customers with revamped own-label lines. Rob Brown meets the team behind Asda’s Little Angels baby range to find out how fresh design and grand ambitions are converting shoppers to own label
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NewsAsda switches its cod and haddock to line-caught
Asda is hoping to boost he amount of chilled cod and haddock it sells by 10% after switching to 100% line-caught fish despite hiking the price by 12%. Asda changed all of its 11 chilled cod and haddock lines across its 292 fish counters…
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NewsAsda toasts its ASA victory with jump in guarantee shoppers
The number of customers using Asda's notorious Price Guarantee has increased fivefold to several hundred thousand since its relaunch in January, it claims. In the week the ASA threw out a Sainsbury's complaint against the guarantee and...