Morrisons news and analysis – Page 146
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Taking the floor: The man who launched Safeway's loyalty car
Roger Ramsden, Safeway's marketing director and temporary manager of Safeway High Wycombe, stops by a display of cakes to tidy some apricot tarts that are sitting askew. Unfortunately the packaging is slippery and the more he tries to straighten...
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Multiples: Waitrose boss spells out future plans
Sales at Waitrose are on course to smash through the £2bn barrier this year. And md David Felwick said he was confident the chain would not be hit as Sainsbury, Safeway and Marks and Spencer try to rebuild their food businesses. "It is interesting...
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The Morrisons are identical twins with the same pricing down
After last week's out of stock débâcle, thankfully only two stores failed to provide full baskets this week. Tesco, Roborough, had no Home Fries or milk, while chicken and Jacob's Creek wine was missing from Somerfield, Alton. Our shopper at Asda,...
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Multiples: London revamps signal Safeway drive to recover
Safeway is revamping its London stores in a bid to win more customers, which chief executive Carlos Criado-Perez says will pave the way to recovery in the next six months. He said improvement would eventually come through concentrating on its deep...
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Loyalty cards: Safeway will suffer says JS marketer
Sainsbury has held high level discussions about whether to drop its Reward Card scheme, we can reveal. The chain's new marketing director, Sara Weller, admitted it had done a "full and proper review" of its loyalty scheme in the 18 months before...
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The Grocer Focus on Northern Ireland: Retailers
We've done good say the multiples Shoppers are voting with their feet and converting to supermarkets in droves, according to the three major multiples that dictate the scene in Northern Ireland Tesco, Sainsbury and Safeway. Tesco seems to have...
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Bradford HQ for Morrisons
Morrisons is spending millions on a new head office to be built near its Bradford roots. The company currently spreads its head office staff amongst two sites in the city and at its Wakefield distribution centre. Morrisons would not reveal how...
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talking point: Freshening up Safeway
How does Carlos Criado-Perez plan to revitalise Safeway? The chief executive agreed to take questions exclusively from Julian Hunt You have been making plenty of changes since taking charge at Safeway, what's been the main challenge? I think...
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Better accessories' for Safeway
Exclusive Julian Hunt Safeway is to dramatically increase the range of services offered in its superstores. The company's chief executive, Carlos Criado-Perez, said: "In our superstores we will be looking at accessory businesses' that are very...
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IGD Grocery Retailing 2000: Multiples set to go down high ri
The multiples will take bigger risks to boost sales over the next five years as market growth continues to slow down, according to an influential study. IGD's Grocery Retailing 2000 report predicts Tesco, Asda, Sainsbury and Safeway will account...
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Mergers: THE MATING GAME
With all this talk of another European mega alliance in the air, who would make a good partner for Tesco, Sainsbury or Safeway? Gerald J Corbae and Anita Balchandani of Roland Berger get into blind date mood with the hard facts The food...
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Safeway service fails to please
Sir; What is it with Safeway? Don't they want to keep their customers? When I read in The Grocer about Safeway preaching how crucial an issue availability is for them even to the point of charging their suppliers to help keep their shelves...
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Major supermarket chains rally behind new code for fair prac
Clive Beddall Six top multiples are responding to a plea from agriculture minister Nick Brown and introducing an industry code of best practice for doing business with farmers and small producers. Asda, Morrisons, Safeway, Sainsbury, Somerfield...
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SUSHI AT SAFEWAY
Safeway has launched a range of co-branded sushi ready meals with supplier Sakura. The initiative takes place in 31 stores and includes six ready meals, with two vegetarian options, and a Sakura Introduction Set. Prices range from £1.49 to £4.99....
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Milk price fixing' issue
UK multiples say they could face the wrath of government competition officials if they step in to help British dairy farmers by fixing the price of milk. Safeway and Waitrose say they would keep their prices stable in the wake of a demonstration in...
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Expansive Morrisons says it's fit for streetfighting
Morrisons has called on the Competition Commission to change the focus of its investigation and concentrate on liberalising the planning laws so the industry can be opened up to greater competition. Managing director John Dowd said the company was...
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RETURN FROM CUBA
A lager originally brewed by Bacardi in Cuba is returning to the UK market. Hatuey Beer is now brewed in the US and Puerto Rico and is being imported to the UK by the Cuban Beer Company. The brand has, in the past, been listed by Safeway and ...
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Marie Melnyk
Deputy md, Morrisons Melnyk began her career stacking shelves. In 1981 she became fresh produce buyer and was appointed produce director six years later. She became trading director in 1988 and in 1993 joined the main board with responsibility...
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Safeway looks east for new wines
In its efforts to provide more points of interest on its wine shelves, Safeway has looked east for its latest collection of new wines. These come from Georgia, the Ukraine and Rumania, which join styles the multiple already stocks from Bulgaria,...