Mike Watkins news, comment and analysis – Page 18
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Asda adds to share with 400,000 new shoppers
More than 400,000 new shoppers visited Asda in the past three months, new figures from Nielsen reveal, as the supermarket giant continues to grow its share of the UK grocery market.
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Sales of budget own-label products were up 33% for the 12 weeks to 27 December, as shoppers tried to slash their food bills with cheap groceries, new research from analyst Nielsen reveals. The dramatic increase in budget own-label lines is...
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Supermarket sales growth slows in September, says Nielsen
Year-on-year growth at the UK’s leading supermarkets slipped by almost 1% over the last month, according to new data from market analyst Nielsen.
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Soaring inflation ‘set to cool down’
Food inflation skyrocketed in July, according to the latest data from The Grocer Price Index (GPI), but analysts predict prices will stabilise in October. July’s grocery prices were a hefty 4% higher than in June with a trolley of 100 goods from the...
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The food shock: learning to live with rising prices
As everyday commodity prices rocket, shoppers are finding ways to tick off their weekly shopping list ever more economically Shoppers need to reduce their household expenditure and are now looking closely at where savings can be made on...
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A store every weekfrom Aldi
Aldi is to spend £1.5bn in the next five years, building a new store a week and recruiting 1,500 staff to cope with its ambitious expansion, MD Paul Foley has told The Grocer. And, in a warning that will send a chill through the big four...
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Asda records highest price increases of big multiples
Asda may have won our cheapest retailer award for the 11th consecutive year but its prices have increased more than any other retailer over the past 12 months, according to exclusive data from The Grocer.The Grocer's extensive database,...
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Is slowdown in food inflation just a blip?
Never let the facts get in the way of a good story. The old journalistic adage has never been so true. Despite evidence that food prices stopped rising in March for the first time in six months ('Retailers put a lid on it', The Grocer pp 4-5,...
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Retailers put alid on it
The UN may have warned this week that rocketing food prices could prompt worldwide political unrest but UK supermarkets are finally keeping a lid on food inflation, The Grocer can exclusively reveal.The UN's emergency relief coordinator...
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Tesco growth lagging but it will fight back say analysts
Tesco and Sainsbury's have underperformed the total grocery market for the second consecutive month, while Morrisons and Asda have built on sales momentum, according to the latest TNS Worldpanel figures.The total grocery market grew 5.9%...
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Stellar growth by Morrisons keeps up pressure on rivals
Morrisons' extraordinary growth spurt has accelerated, with TNS Worldpanel data showing its sales increased 11.3% in the 12 weeks to 27 January.The chain, which had registered growth of 9.3% in the 12 weeks to 30 December, has also...
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Multiples gear up for £77bn non-food heist
Multiple retailers are set for a fresh assault on non food, as the range on offer meant out-of-town hypermarkets were now "destination stores in their own right for non-food goods".With sales in out-of-town megastores (up 6.4%)...
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Morrisons' sales soar 9% over festive period
Morrisons was the grocery sector's big winner this Christmas, clocking up sales growth of 9.3% in the 12 weeks to 30 December, according to TNS Worldpanel data. The retailer put in a stellar performance - vastly better than the 4.9%...
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Did the tills ring out for Christmas?
So, was it a Christmas cracker for grocery retailers? Or did the credit crunch leave them nursing a hangover? No-one has yet posted their full Christmas trading figures, but the picture emerging is one of a merry Christmas for most -...
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Experts meet for debate over non food
Gain an insight into the fast-changing retail scene at The Grocer's Non-Food in Grocery Conference on 23 January. The one-day event at London Marriott Hotel, Kensington, will look at business strategies for food and non food. It promises to be...
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Asda's 9% growth fastest of big four
Sales growth rates at Asda and Sainsbury's are at their highest levels for three years, according to TNS Worldpanel.Asda's 9% sales growth was the fastest of the big four, closely followed by Sainsbury's and Tesco's, which both grew by...
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Single society spectre as giants talk merger
The Co-operative Group and United Co-operatives are poised to merge in a deal that would create the UK's fifth-largest grocery retailer by market share. The UK's two largest co-operative societies revealed this week they were in talks...
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survival of the fittest
It may seem like a forced analogy but there's a lot to be learnt from one of nature's perfect organisations - the pride. Lions are ruthless, organised, work as a team and are willing to take risks - and so should you be. That was the...
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Ball games boost hot summer sales
Supermarket sales in June were kept buoyant by warm summer weather and the spending attraction of major sporting events. Since the beginning of April, total till sales have increased by 5%, with sales at the grocery multiples showing 8% growth...
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Sporting stuff for sales in the heat
After the frenetic promotional activity of June and early July, food retail sales are returning to a semblance of normality as we enter the summer holiday period. Top-line retail sales growth for the grocery multiples in the 12 weeks to...