All The Co-op articles – Page 107
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Major players feeling the pressure
By Julian Hunt Further evidence of the pressure under which many of the smaller players in the multiple sector are operating comes in this month's TradeTrak market share figures. In particular, our data for Iceland and the Somerfield group show...
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Waitrose news
New stores on the way Waitrose is opening five new stores this year after a period of consolidation in 2001 while it integrated a clutch of Somerfield stores into the estate. The new sites will bring store numbers up to 141. The store…
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Somerfield fascia will come under scrutiny
Somerfield is strengthening the ties between its two retail operations, despite the decision this week to set up a separate business unit to manage its Somerfield fascia stores. Somerfield chief executive Alan Smith said the group had been...
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Somerfield tests a loyalty card scheme offering instant resu
Somerfield is introducing Saver Cards into select stores on a trial basis. The cards will be introduced in 33 stores on March 13 and data will be assessed over the following few months. Somerfield associate marketing director Martin Sutherland...
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Anti-salt drive undermined
As Asda and the Co-operative Group continue to campaign to cut the amount of salt in processed food on health grounds, the Salt Manufacturers' Association has questioned the science behind their arguement. On Salt Action day this week, the Co-op...
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Somerfield's a right card with students
Good old Somerfield has come top in the taste stakes again with its latest wheeze. The chain's Headington store in Oxford has given out thousands of saucy door hangers to student halls of residence in a bid to do a little local marketing. The...
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So Good's Fresh soya milk was the first to hit the chiller c
Sales Information Resources values the So Good soya brand at £2.9m across multiples & Co-ops for the year ending December 2, 2001. It says the shelf stable milk category weighs in at £157.5m, with the soya sector worth £20.3m, up 39% on last...
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The Co-operative Group has achieved Investors in People stat
Chocolate retailer and manufacturer Thorntons posted a 4.1% rise in like-for-like sales in the 28 weeks to January 12. Total sales were up 3% to £102.4m. Northern c-store chain Mills Group posted a 13.5% rise in like-for-like sales in the four...
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Somerfield to unveil new logo
All of Somerfield's stores will be rebadged with a new logo, although the process could take several years. Chief executive Alan Smith said the company was finalising a new corporate logo likely to be unveiled on a new store in about three months,...
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Kwik Save to get more non food lines
Somerfield is planning to expand the non food offer within its Kwik Save stores following successful trials. The non food initiative has been tested in 25 stores in Wales and the North West of England since September. Kwik Save commercial director...
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Tesco has bought United Co-op's Hindley superstore near Wiga
Boots said early results of its standalone operations at six Sainsbury supermarkets were encouraging as it delivered better-than-expected sales figures for autumn and Christmas. Independent cashpoint provider Moneybox is to put its cashpoints on...
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NORPAK ADDS TRAMPING'
United Co-op subsidiary Norpak says the doubling of its coldstore capacity to 14,000 pallets is now starting to pay dividends. Over the Christmas period it found additional capacity was badly needed. Managing director Gerry Finnerty says...
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comparing Co-op's shopping basket
Sir; In your last issue of The Grocer you summarised the result of different shops on The Grocer 33. You claimed the Co-op has had the cheapest basket on one occasion, but I find this an unfair comparison. In the few months that I have read the...
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Stuart May
Head of category buying, grocery edibles/bakery, Co-op With many traditional ambient, edible grocery categories in gradual long-term decline, international cuisine presents a real opportunity for the Co-operative Group to develop meal solutions in...
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Marcel HAYDEN
Trading controller, Somerfield The major growth area for frozen is ready meals, with oriental, Indian and traditional being the main drivers. Pizza growth has slowed over the past couple of years but, with the launch of Pizza Pleasure from Heinz...
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Code comfort for the few
n For key players in the British grocery industry, 2001 could be dubbed the year of recovery. Tesco remained firmly at the top, but Sainsbury started to show real signs of renaissance and Iceland and Somerfield started to pull round. The toothless'...
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Sainsbury has announced that Stuart Mitchell and Sara Weller
Organic chain Fresh & Wild has secured £3m private finance to add three more London stores to its portfolio of six in the next financial year. United Co-op has bought three stores, in Newcastle-under-Lyme and Kingsley in Cheshire and St...
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C-stores' delight as multiples decide to close for Christmas
Independent retailers will have the grocery retail market almost to themselves on Christmas Day following the multiples' decision to close on December 25. The only stores trading in the multiple arena will be a handful of Somerfield stores in...
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Co-ops' buying power boosted as United comes on board the CR
The food buying power of the entire co-operative movement is set to be concentrated in a single buying group. United Co-op, the second largest co-operative society in the UK, has announced that it has applied to join CRTG, the £4.5bn food buying...
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Posh 'n' Becks in another Somerfield
Regular readers of this page will know that Posh and Becks are big fans of the Somerfield store in Alderley Edge, Cheshire. So a picture of them in one of the multiple's stores should not be too surprising. But wait a minute. This is the...