All Supermarkets articles – Page 351
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News
Netto ‘space opportunity’ fee stuns Asda suppliers
Asda has asked suppliers for payments of hundreds of thousands of pounds in negotiations linked to its acquisition of Netto.
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News‘Nowhere else to go’: Haldanes calls in administrators
Haldanes Stores has confirmed it is calling in administrators following advice from its lawyers and an insolvency practitioner. The move comes just weeks after it issued proceedings in the High Court against The Co-operative Group, and...
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Comment & Opinion
Ad of the Week: Easy does it for Air Nectar
After a decade-long drive downmarket, Sainsbury's has far more in common with EasyJet than it once did. Both share an orange livery based on the tans in The Only Way Is Essex. Both get upset if you urinate in the aisles. And now you can...
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Comment & Opinion
Mutiny-proofing
Where Tesco leads, others follow. Marks & Spencer might be a very different business but the high street giant has followed Tesco’s example with a shake-up of the pay for its top bosses.
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NewsTrust is key to ‘new retailing’ says Tesco boss Clarke
Philip Clarke has set out his vision of a “new retailing” based on consumer trust, where technology removes the boundaries between online and in-store shopping.
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Comment & Opinion
2011: a floorspace odyssey
Arthur C Clarke always said he was an optimist. Not for him the rainy, oppressive dystopia of 1984 or Bladerunner.
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NewsSainsbury’s targets Nectar holders with new car insurance plan
Sainsbury’s is targeting Nectar card holders in a drive to ramp up its car insurance business.
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NewsWaitrose unveils Love Life healthy range
Waitrose has launched its largest sub-brand range of products since the Essential range, dubbed Love Life. The 270-strong range of “nutritionally balanced” products will reach stores on 30 June.
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Comment & Opinion
Southern's cross to bear
There’s a piece in today’s Financial Times taking a look at how sale and leaseback deals have both helped and hindered UK businesses.
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News
New northern region MD for Sainsbury’s
Sainsbury's has appointed a new managing director for the north as the retailer bids to expand its store estate in the region. David Furness will take on the role at the end of August, heading Sainsbury's stores across the north of...
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NewsSainsbury’s new potatoes rival Jerseys
Sainsbury’s has launched a UK-grown baby new potato variety that’s similar to Jersey Royals but sold outside the traditional May season. Taste the Difference British Gems (rsp: £3) are grown in East Anglia and the West Country, and will…
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NewsOnline wine growth set to outstrip food – Tesco
Online sales of wine at Tesco are predicted to grow faster than the retailer's online grocery and non-food sales over the next four years. Tesco BWS director Dan Jago said the "elastic walls and shelves" of Tesco's online business ...
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Focus On Scotland: Thumbs down to salmond’s ‘Tesco tax’
Scotland can be a minefield for retailers more accustomed to operating south of the border. The Scottish government's new majority status is set to reignite the debate over minimum alcohol pricing, for instance.
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Krispy Kreme set to double UK presence
Krispy Kreme is set to open 10 new stores a year over the next five years doubling its UK presence.The doughnut maker entered the UK market in 2003 and now has 47 branches as well as concessions in 200 Tesco stores. It reported a 12.6%...
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NewsSainsbury’s passes M&S as master of British NPD
Sainsbury's launched the most new 'British' products in 2010, overtaking M&S, a new report has found. The supermarket launched 102 products that specifically included the word British in the on-pack description, compared with 51 at...
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NewsHip tea brand brings out flavas to impress the kids
Trendy tea brand Charbrew hopes to woo younger consumers back to the tea aisle with funky flavours such as Strawberry & Cream. From July, 300 Sainsbury's stores will carry its Tropical Rooibos and Strawberry & Cream teas
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Waitrose ahead of Ocado when online shoppers plan purchases
Online shoppers are more likely to visit Waitrose.com than dedicated online retailer Ocado when thinking about ordering groceries, new research by Verdict has revealed. The research was compiled from an Ipsos MORI poll of 3,000 adults,...
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NewsSainsbury’s pipped by Tesco in grapple over British apples
Tesco has lauded its British credentials after overtaking Sainsbury's as the UK's biggest seller of homegrown apples and pears. Tesco has sold 31,408 tonnes of its British-grown fruit this season 35.4% more than in 2009-2010, while...
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Comment & Opinion
Tesco's money-go-round
At the start of his reign Philip Clarke said Tesco would not be going all “touchy-feely” on us. But he did promise a change in tone, including a vow to make the leadership of the business more transparent than it had been.
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NewsDemonstrators descend on Sainsbury’s in row over family credentials
Sainsbury’s has been accused of double standards over its Feed Your Family campaign in a row over workers’ rights. More than 100 DHL staff are expected to stage a protest outside Sainsbury’s London HQ this morning over changes to shift patterns.