Morrisons news and analysis – Page 153

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    Morrisons is buoyed by alcoholic cheer and takes the chart b

    2002-03-16T00:00:00Z

    The fascia chart has a new leader with Morrisons storming to the top and particularly active in the alcoholic drinks category with a wide range of floor stacks and off fixture displays for beers and lagers. Safeway, Tesco and Somerfield all remain...

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    Consumers flocking to lamb at pork's expense

    2002-03-16T00:00:00Z

    Safeway turned its Woking store café into a fine-dining restaurant for a night as part of a promotion for lamb. Supplier HM Bennett and Safeway management said they were pleased with customer response to the event. HM Bennett senior sales manager...

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    Lager, beer and cider give drinks an appetite for the main c

    2002-03-09T00:00:00Z

    The fascia chart continues to be dominated by Asda which again holds the number one spot. Safeway is closing the gap on Asda, however, rising to number two just five percentage points behind. The resurgence of Safeway has pushed Sainsbury down...

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    MANAGEMENT TEAM BUY BUKO

    2002-03-09T00:00:00Z

    One of the UK's leading shopping trolley manufacturers has been saved from receivership by a new Bank of Scotland funded management team. Buko, which claims to have a 40% share of the UK's shopping trolley market and supplies Sainsbury, Safeway and...

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    Cadbury's Creme Egg x12 Price promotion £3.49 Gondola

    2002-03-02T00:00:00Z

    Cadbury's Dairy Milk Bar 1kg Price promotion £3.98 Side stack Asda Cadbury's Heroes 1.5kg Price promotion £2.99 Gondola end Safeway Cadbury's Ice Cream Bars 3/4 packs ...

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    Stubbs plans to build enthusiasm for wine in Safeway

    2002-03-02T00:00:00Z

    Safeway has recruited former Seagram wine director Matthew Stubbs as wine buying manager. He will report to commercial manager for beers, wine and spirits Tom Brooks. Stubbs will be responsible for the overall direction of the Safeway wine range. ...

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    MPs put local sourcing claims on trial

    2002-03-02T00:00:00Z

    MPs have slammed representatives from the major supermarkets for claiming they take local sourcing seriously. Sainsbury, Tesco, Asda, Safeway, the Co-operative Group and Netto were witnesses as the Environment, Food & Rural Affairs Select...

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    Easter and Mother's Day bring in the good times for confecti

    2002-02-23T00:00:00Z

    There is little change in the fascia chart this week, with all but Tesco and Morrisons remaining in the same position. Asda still retains the number one position but Sainsbury has moved a little closer and less than one percentage point separates...

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    free and

    2002-02-23T00:00:00Z

    flying The free magazines of supermarket chains Safeway, Asda and Somerfield all increased circulation, with Safeway taking the lead with 1,804,990 copies according to the latest ABCs. Of the paid for titles, Sainsbury's: The Magazine sold a...

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    Safeway will open its second hypermarket in Milton Keynes in

    2002-02-23T00:00:00Z

    Five market traders have lost their High Court battle for the right to trade in imperial measures. Upmarket European off licence chain Vom Fass will open a concession in Selfridges and a store Putney this year in addition to its pilot store in...

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    It's the great alcohol cover-up for Scottish Safeways

    2002-02-09T00:00:00Z

    Scottish Courage is turning an eyesore into an opportunity with the introduction of customised covers for beer aisles in 41 Scottish Safeway superstores. They are used at times when the store is open but it is illegal to sell alcohol. This applies...

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    Safeway sponsors Scots football team

    2002-02-09T00:00:00Z

    Safeway is flying the Scottish flag with a £5.1m four-year deal to sponsor the Scottish national football team. The deal also covers the women's team and the under 21s and represents Safeway's first stab at sports related sponsorship activities....

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    Considering Safeway ceo Carlos Criado-Perez's recently confe

    2002-02-02T00:00:00Z

    I'm calling from the WI and wondered whether Carlos would be willing to take part in our latest calendar? No, I'm afraid that's not something he would want to do. He's very popular with our members who love his latin looks and think he would...

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    Champagne goes for gold

    2002-02-02T00:00:00Z

    A champagne created to commemorate the Queen's golden jubilee this year will be listed by Safeway from next month. It has been produced by Medot in Pargny-les-Reims and the label, which has been designed to mark the occasion, features the official...

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    Smaller packs at Safeway

    2002-02-02T00:00:00Z

    Safeway is thinking small with the addition of a new range of 25cl wine bottles from a leading South African producer. It is introducing Vinfruco's Arniston Bay to the format and is hoping to tap into the undeveloped potential of the smaller packs....

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    Zipfer into Tesco

    2002-02-02T00:00:00Z

    Scottish Courage has won widespread listings for Austrian premium lager Zipfer less than a year after launching it in the UK. Tesco is the latest multiple to list it and it is already stocked by Sainsbury, Safeway, Asda, Morrisons, Booker and...

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    Many consumers still baffled by basic nutritional labelling

    2002-01-26T00:00:00Z

    Safeway this week revived the long running debate on effective food labelling with a survey which suggests most consumers still do not understand basic nutritional information on food. It questioned 994 men and women aged 25 to 64 for the Eat Smart...

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    Asda, Morrisons the real winners

    2002-01-19T00:00:00Z

    BY THE GROCER NEWS TEAM Publication of the first of our TradeTrak market share figures, produced by ACNielsen, coincides with the release of Christmas trading statements by many of the retailers included in our table. Our data is for the 12-week...

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    Compact Cafe Fresco tried

    2002-01-19T00:00:00Z

    Safeway is trialling a scaled down Cafe Fresco instore restaurant at Welling Garden City in Hertfordshire. The new compact version, which opened in December, is a move away from the ambitious high volume foodie restaurant which launched last April ...

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    SAFEWAY: GONZALES WORKS WONDERS

    2002-01-19T00:00:00Z

    It might have been the stuff of nightmares but Safeway's stock strategy behind high:low pricing has proved a winner says Sarah Hardcastle S afeway's high:low promotions strategy, known in the company as Gonzales, has been hugely instrumental in...