Morrisons news and analysis – Page 143
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New quartet shakes up brands
Morrisons has pulled further ahead of the other retailers in the chart this week and now stands six percentage points ahead of Tesco which has moved up to number two. Sainsbury has shown improvement, moving up from fifth place to number four...
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Safeway puts shelf edge labels on trial
Safeway has confirmed it is trialling electronic shelf edge labels in stores in St Albans and Woose Hill, Wokingham. Supply operations director Mark Aylwin said ESL represented a "massive opportunity" for the company, both from a pricing and a...
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Safeway and Sainsbury close in
There are no changes in the retailer chart this week with Morrisons still at number one. The top three, Morrisons, Asda and Tesco, have, however, lost ground in the number of percentage points held with Safeway and Sainsbury both improving on...
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Scottish fight heats up
Anne Bruce The top three supermarket groups in Scotland have declared war for market share as Asda catches up with Safeway and Tesco widens its lead at number one. Asda became joint number two in Scotland last month according to Taylor...
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Asda has been voted the nation's favourite store for the sec
The ACNielsen Homescan survey of 6,630 households in May quizzed consumers about where they liked to shop and asked them to choose between Asda, the Co-operative Group, Kwik Save, Iceland, Marks and Spencer, Morrisons, Safeway, Sainsbury,...
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Doubling up at Burton
Safeway is to double the size of its 4,000 sq ft Burton-on-Trent staff training centre. Safeway aims to build five new areas into the site by next spring - a fish counter, a bakery, a home entertainments area, a fresh meat department, and a mock...
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Morrisons keeps up the pace
Morrisons remains at the top of the retailer share chart for a fourth week running, with 35% share of promotional space, followed by Asda with 24% and Tesco with 16%. Safeway and Sainsbury follow, with Somerfield again finishing bottom of the...
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Morrisons dominates promotions with Somerfield at bottom of
Morrisons remains at the top of the retailer activity chart for a third week running, with 35.41% share of promotional space followed by Asda and Tesco respectively. Somerfield finished bottom of the table this week with a 4.53% share. Activity...
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Safeway and BP plan more fore play
Safeway is bringing "retailtainment" to its BP forecourt estate as it resumes the roll out of the mini petrol station supermarkets. It is planning to open 50 new forecourt stores over the next two years, with an extended fresh food offer, instore...
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Tesco falls to the Co-op after coming a cropper on spuds
The United Co-op's refurbished store at Wollaton in Nottingham had this week's cheapest basket at £40.05, beating off competition from Somerfield in Norfolk and Safeway in Glasgow. Our shopper found the busy Co-op clean and tidy, with smartly...
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Sainsbury slides while Asda climbs on the back of frozen mul
Morrisons remains at the top of the chart for the second week although Asda, in second place, has closed the gap between them quite dramatically and stands just two percentage points behind. Activity in Asda is most strongly focused on price...
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Mr Morrison regrets he's unable to pack any more
Tesco at Coatbridge, in Strathclyde, beat off competition from Asda, Morrisons and Safeway to claim this week's cheapest full basket at £37.09. The Tesco team north of the border clocked up full marks on their operational duties, and provided the...
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Morrisons profits from multibuys, Coke emerges as a cereal k
Morrisons once again reclaims the number one spot in the fascia chart with 30% of the observed activity compared with 24% last week. The increased share has forced Asda down to second position. Morrisons now stands 11 percentage points ahead and...
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Safeway sharpens the UK spirits market with Spain's Larios g
Safeway is firing some competition into the spirits market, claiming to be the first major British retailer to stock Larios gin. The brand, Spain's biggest selling gin, joins the multiple's line up now in what the retailer describes as an...
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Alcoholic drinks refuses to budge as categories jostle for p
Asda jumps from third place to the top of the chart this week with a lead of six percentage points, forcing Morrisons into second place. Safeway has dropped one position to number three. Alcoholic drinks is the strongest category within Asda and...
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Safeway sets out its stall in the convenience arena
Anne Bruce Safeway has become the latest supermarket to set its sights on the convenience market, with plans to launch a chain of c-stores across the country. The first two sites, in prime locations in Edinburgh and Glasgow town centres, will...
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Govt backs Safeway/Unilever RFID trial
The government is sponsoring a £5.5m Safeway and Unilever joint trial of radio frequency identification tagging as an anti-crime initiative. Safeway supply and logistics director Mark Aylwin said: "Unilever responded to an advert from the Home...