All Product prices articles – Page 147
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High oil costs fuel new collaboration scheme
With soaring fuel prices, the need to cut costs as well as carbon emissions has never been greater. Last week, The Grocer revealed details of a groundbreaking collaborative distribution scheme involving 37 retailers and suppliers,...
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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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Who we visited costcutter Finchley Road, London LONDIS Harrogate, North Yorkshire somerfield Stamford, Lincolnshire spar Milton of Campsie, East Dunbartonshire tesco express Aberdeen How...
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Price Survey
They are separated by the faintest of margins, but Asda has narrowly undercut Morrisons to record its fourth week as cheapest retailer. Asda's £52.32 basket was just 9p less than Morrisons' total, although they did not match as many...
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Feed costs set to push up organic milk price
The price of organic milk could rise by as much as 16p for four pints this year if production costs continue to soar, a new report has warned.Each 1ppl increase in the farmgate price would add 3.2p to the price of a typical price of a...
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Availability
Asda Bearsden, East Dunbartonshire 0 Our shopper was highly impressed by the standard of tidiness at this bright and spacious Asda. The aisles were free from shelf stackers and packing trolleys and staff were polite and quick to...
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Q&A with Andy Stanbridge Store manager of the week
Are there any perks to the events? Well they certainly increase footfall. We recently had the regional university fair and thousands of students descended on the store and blitzed our stock of sandwiches. But we know when the events are...
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Inflation soars to 12.6% with 11-year high prices
The spiralling cost of food appears to have beaten even the best efforts of the multiples to keep a lid on inflation, latest research from The Grocer has shown.The true rate of food inflation is a staggering 12.6%, far higher than the...
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The Grocer 33: Availability award 2008
It was another close call on stock availability, but Asda edged ahead of last year's champion Morrisons to add the prize for availability to its The Grocer 33 pricing gong. Although Morrisons achieved three more full baskets over the...
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Price Survey
It may be a new year for The Grocer 33 but the story remains the same.Asda has again produced the cheapest basket - undercutting second place Morrisons by more than £2 to secure its third consecutive win.Asda made a number of...
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Price Survey
No retailer came close to matching Asda's remarkable domination of our pricing survey this year. This was Asda's eleventh consecutive year as the UK's cheapest retailer, with its consistently low prices winning it 35 of the past 50...
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MacCaig becomes new Cafédirect CEO
Ribena marketing director Anne MacCaig has been named CEO of Fairtrade hot drinks company Cafédirect. MacCaig replaces Penny Newman who has been CEO of Cafédirect since 1998 and received an OBE for services to ethical business in this...
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Tesco is looking good in health and beauty
Health & beauty continues to be one of the most heavily promoted categories in the multiples, ranking fourth among the top five categories last weekend, with 14% of total offers. Tesco boasted the most promotions.
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Price Survey - 7th June 2008
Asda emerged victorious after another tussle with Morrisons to produce the cheapest basket. Just 36p separated their totals, but Morrisons - which entered the price war this week by slashing 2,000 prices - was undercut by Asda on 14 items. Asda's...
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Price Survey - 31st May 2008
Asda has wrested the cheapest retailer title back from Morrisons as milk and bananas bore sweeping price changes this week. Asda sparked the banana price war last week by reducing them from 77p to 72p. The rest of the big four followed suit, but on...
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Sainsbury's spurs rivals to bring the bogof back
Sainsbury's decision to buck the trend with bogofs appears to have led to a flurry of me-too activity among its rivals. The mechanic accounted for a whopping 65% of Sainsbury's featured space promotions last weekend.
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Wall's proves a chilling opponent in ice creams
Wall's ice creams and lollies accounted for more than half of the top five ice cream chart for promotional offers last weekend, taking 53% of activity - 31 points ahead of closest rival Nestlé.Unilever's extensive range under the Wall's...
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Price Survey - 10th May 2008
Asda undercut the competition on a host of items to retain the cheapest retailer title this week, but Tesco was only a whisper behind. Nine of the items on the list were cheapest at Asda, which provided a £49.16 basket - just 29p less than Tesco's....
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Price Survey
Morrisons has scuppered Asda's plans to record a fourth week as cheapest retailer, but only 49p separated the pair and the contest was settled on just one key item.Morrisons made no price hikes or cuts that affected this week's list, but...
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Price Survey
Another batch of unbeatable prices has widened the gap between Asda and its rivals as it marks its third consecutive week as cheapest retailer.Once again Tesco came closest to matching its total - but Asda's winning basket was a...