All Supermarkets articles – Page 354
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Analysis & FeaturesRetail royalty
Mary ‘Queen of Shops’ Portas has big news – soon she’ll be striding down Downing Street to dish out some of her trademark no-nonsense advice. And Tesco had better watch out.
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News
Hogg gets sales and marketing job at Denhay
Richard Hogg is the new sales and marketing director for Denhay Farms. He has more than 25 years' experience in sales and marketing, working for companies including Milk Link, Duchy Originals, Sainsbury's, Tate & Lyle and Dairy Crest....
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News
Focus On Personal Care: Innovations
Sainsbury's has teamed up with Balinese spa chain Mandara to launch an exclusive bath and beauty line. According to beauty category manager Rhian Bartlett, the premium own label will provide "affordable home luxury" but will not carry the Sainsbury's name.
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NewsRoll reversal leaves Asda with red faces
They say the first casualty of conflict is the truth. Things get confused when the flak starts flying and meaningful communication becomes impossible. It's called the 'fog of war'. So as Asda's scrap with Tesco over prices gets bloodier...
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NewsEx-John Lewis man Weston takes M&S strategy role
Marc Bolland has made another high-profile appointment to his senior team at Marks & Spencer. Former John Lewis strategist Robert Weston comes on board in the new role of brand director for foods.
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NewsMeat and fish added to Asda Chosen by You
Asda is expanding its new Chosen By You mid-tier range into meat and fish in a move it hopes will generate an additional £20m in annual sales.
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Comment & Opinion
Sainsbury's family values
Last week The Grocer revealed Sainsbury’s was leading all other supermarkets in the promotional stakes.
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NewsSainsbury’s: £50 to feed your family for a week
Sainsbury’s has launched a major advertising campaign telling shoppers they can feed a family of four for an entire week for just £50. Three-page colour adverts today appear in papers including The Daily Telegraph and The Times, in a renewed bid by the supermarket to push its value credentials.
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NewsSainsbury’s gears up to launch mobile coupons
Sainsbury's is hoping to become the first supermarket retailer to offer consumers money-saving vouchers via their mobile phones. Speaking exclusively to The Grocer, group development director Darren Shapland revealed that Sainsbury's was...
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Focus On Soft Drinks: Go green with do-it-yourself fizzy drinks
You could say 2010 was the second coming of SodaStream. The fizzy drinks machines, invented in 1903, saw a massive 536% sales increase on the back of distribution gains in Asda and Sainsbury's, secured following a major brand relaunch.
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Focus On Wine & Champagne: Innovations
Waitrose this month started stocking Cienna Rosso (rsp: £9.99), a sparkling red wine with an abv of 7.5%. The cienna grape was created by crossing sumoll, from Spain, with cabernet sauvignon, resulting in a wine with a "creamy palate with plenty of acidity and juicy flavours".
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NewsClink launches online so indies get a taste of ‘buying like Tesco’
A new online wine buying club has launched that is designed to help independents, wine merchants and parts of the on-trade "buy like Tesco". The Clink Buying Club, part of London-based distributor Clink Wines, is free for users to...
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NewsHaldanes’ new bakery to supply retail estate
Fast-growing supermarket chain Haldanes has become vertically integrated after snapping up a bakery. The chain, which was formed in November 2009 but already has more than 50 stores, acquired Woodhead Bakery and 11 of its 29 retail...
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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 & 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 & 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 & 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.