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Morrisons news and analysis – Page 147
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Scanning technology: Safeway tests new Shop & Go
Secret trials of a revamped self-scanning system and new customer service card have begun at Safeway stores in Maldon and Bath. The new system is an upgrade of Shop & Go, which is in 180 of its stores. Next week the trial rolls out to Reigate ...
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Sunday trading: Safeway denies Sunday lobbying
Independent retailers have again been warned that Sunday trading restrictions are under threat after it emerged Safeway held talks with the Home Office about relaxing the regulations on Christmas Eve this year. Federation of Wholesale Distributors...
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Supermarkets: Is Safeway now slowing down?
Safeway's strong sales performance is starting to show signs of slowdown, according to a top analyst. Reporting on the latest Superpanel data from Taylor Nelson Sofres, David McCarthy of Schroder Salomon Smith Barney says Safeway's market share...
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How rewarding is the loyalty card?
What value do loyalty cards have for retailers? Do they really generate loyalty? Why do chains retain them when Asda, Morrisons and now Safeway do quite happily without? Sarah Dowding reports on the pros and cons of those bits of plastic The debate...
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Sentry set for sale
US supermarket chains Safeway and Albertson's are on the acquisition trail again, with Oklahoma based Fleming's 34 Sentry supermarkets a likely target. Fleming chairman Mark Hansen said a review of the "strategic alternatives" for Sentry and its...
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How to embarrass a Safeway squad
Safeway has admitted to a dirty tricks campaign orchestrated at area level against Asda's Admatch promotion as the supermarket price war hots up in Scotland. A source from Safeway in Bishopbriggs near Glasgow said: "Area management told us to...
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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...