Bruno Monteyne news and analysis – Page 5
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NewsTesco discounter 'Jack's' could launch 'within weeks'
Reports suggest as many as 60 stores could open as early as September
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Analysis & FeaturesThe last mile: how third-party couriers are changing grocery
In the past three years alone the number of third party logistics operators launching in UK grocery is in double figures
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Comment & OpinionOcado ends with a lot of zeroes now
The online supermarket is now worth more than Marks & Spencer’s and deserves to be considered among the UK’s greatest technology companies
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Analysis & FeaturesOcado Kroger partnership: analysts’ reaction
After this morning’s announcement of a partnership between Ocado and retail giant Kroger to build “multiple CFCs across the US”, here’s the reaction from city analysts.
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Analysis & FeaturesSainsbury’s & Asda mega merger: what we know and what it means
The market is still coming to terms with the Tesco-Booker deal and now this: a £51bn-sales combination play between Sainsbury’s and Asda has been confirmed. So what will it mean? And how on earth would it get competition clearance? Here’s an updated analysis from The Grocer following the announcement earlier this week
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NewsMcKenna insists Walmart is committed to UK despite Asda sale
‘We no longer feel the need to own a business outright in order to enjoy a benefit’
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NewsSainsbury's and Asda call for 'fast track' CMA probe
Sainsbury’s CEO Mike Coupe said this morning the companies would call for a CMA probe to go straight to a Phase 2 stage
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Analysis & FeaturesProposed Sainsbury's-Asda merger: analysts' reaction
Shockwaves were sent through the industry this weekend after it emerged a merger between Sainsbury’s and Asda was on the cards. Here’s how leading analysts have reacted to the news
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NewsTesco progress surprises market
Tesco beat expectations on almost every measure as it announced its final annual results before the £3.7bn Booker acquisit…
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NewsTesco's profits jump: what the analysts say
Tesco’s profits jump: here is how analysts and other experts reacted to the results
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NewsTesco 'to trial discounter brand in mothballed stores'
The plans are said to be being spearheaded by Tesco retail director Lawrence Harvey, a former Aldi exec who has been given a large team to take on his former company and Lidl
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Analysis & FeaturesCan Tesco-Booker beat the discounters at their own game?
The Sunday Times has claimed Tesco is planning its own limited range discount operation, carrying about 3,000 products
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NewsTesco discount chain: analysts react to latest developments
How the City responded to news of Tesco’s discounter plans in an attempt to level the playing field with Aldi and Lidl
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NewsSandell threatens to derail Tesco-Booker at the 11th hour
Sandell Asset Management said it would vote against the proposed £3.7bn takeover because it was based on too low an offer
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NewsCity snapshot: Tesco plots launch of discount chain to rival Aldi and Lidl
Tesco is hatching a secret plan to launch a new discount chain in an attempt to level the playing field with Aldi and Lidl, it is understood. Plus, Heineken full-year organic revenues increase 5% to €21.9bn as momentum from the first half continued into the second and its flagship brand put in one of its best performances for year; and Nestle acquires a majority stake in Terrafertil, a company selling natural, organic, plant-based foods and healthy snacks.
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NewsAnalyst reaction to Tesco appointment of Charles Wilson
Booker boss Charles Wilson will be appointed CEO of its retail and wholesale operations in the UK and Republic of Ireland
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NewsLidl wins Christmas but the surprise package is... Asda
Tesco had been tipped to ‘win’ Christmas, but it was hit by sluggish general merchandise sales and a hit from the collapse of wholesaler Palmer & Harvey
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NewsAldi UK sales up by 15% in December as shoppers switch from 'expensive' rivals
A surge in demand for its premium range helped the discounter to a record Christmas period
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NewsCity snapshot: Record Christmas for Aldi as shoppers switch from 'expensive' rivals
A surge in demand for its premium range has helped Aldi to a record Christmas as year-on-year UK sales shot up by more than 15% during December.
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NewsAsda has massively cut price gap with discounters says Bernstein
‘On their (limited) range of Farm Stores products, similar to Tesco’s Farms, they are actually 5% cheaper than Lidl’