All Product prices articles – Page 159
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Crossing the road to another Co-op will cost you 70p more
The Co-operative Group is charging customers inconsistent prices for brands, The Grocer can reveal. A snapshot study by The Grocer found prices for brands varied by as much as 20% in society-owned stores, including shops on the same street in a...
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Promotrack: Rocketing prices spark fall in rice promotions
Previous promo champion Uncle Ben’s loses its crown to Tilda as historic high prices and supply restrictions take their toll
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Availability: Week of 16th August 2008
Asda Bishopbriggs, Glasgow 0 Good availability, pleasant staff and a clean and tidy store helped Asda net this week’s Top Store award. Our shopper was impressed by the store’s customer service team, who she...
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Price Survey: Week of 16 August 2008
Competition for the title of cheapest retailer was as fierce as ever this week, but Tesco kept Morrisons at bay again to claim top spot for a second week running. The race could not have been much closer as Tesco beat its nearest rival to the post...
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Top-Up shop: 16 August 2008
Every week The Grocer’s mystery shoppers also visit convenience stores to check out the price of 10 commonly bought fast-moving food items across all grocery categories
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A sharp Glaswegian act
Fantastic service, a full basket and plenty of parking space available helped the Asda in Bishopbriggs, Glasgow, land this week’s Top Store award, despite some fierce competition
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Promotrack: Promotions of cereals go snap, crackle and crunch
The overall number of cereal promotions has fallen in the past couple of years but Kellogg’s is keeping up its impressive lead.
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Asda pays First Milk 3ppl more
Asda pays First Milk 3ppl more: Asda has increased the amount it pays First Milk for cheese by £300 per tonne. The supermarket said the 3ppl increase reflected farmers’ increased costs and would help ensure producers continued to make cheese. “In the current market, it is...
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Promotrack: Own-label offers sizzle with barbecue appeal
Asda and Sainsbury’s both pushed own-label meat, but there were a raft of other hot summer offers in store at the weekend
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Asda Hellesdon, Norwich 1 This staff at this Asda Supercentre led by example, helping our shopper to locate items and gladly offering to check stocking information. The store provided a host of special...
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Tesco gets on the board
After six weeks out in the cold, Tesco has finally pulled a winning performance out of the hat. The staff at the recently redesigned Falkirk store in Scotland really know how to impress
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Promotrack: Confectionery and fizzy drinks rule in impulse
Ambient confectionery topped the impulse promotion chart at Asda and Sainsbury’s, but their rivals had other priorities
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Price Survey
Morrisons’ reign as cheapest retailer was short lived as Asda kept a lid on prices to regain top spot. Despite not engaging in any major price cutting, Asda’s ability to maintain pricing levels meant that at £49.44 its basket of goods edged out...
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Top-Up shop
Every week The Grocer’s mystery shoppers also visit convenience stores to check out the price of 10 commonly bought fast-moving food items across all grocery categories
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Availability: Week of 19th July 2008
Asda Chelmsford, Essex 2 With aisle ends piled high with special offers and stocking trolleys parked in the vegetable section, the store had a cluttered feel to it. Checkout queues were long, while a...
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Price Survey: Week of 19th Juy 2008
Morrisons made it a double success this week as it undercut Asda by a mere penny to break its rival’s seven-week stranglehold at the top of the price chart. Despite offering the cheapest price on just four items, a 60p saving over Asda on fresh...
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Top-Up shop: Week of 19 July 2008
Every week The Grocer’s mystery shoppers also visit convenience stores to check out the price of 10 commonly bought fast-moving food items across all grocery categories
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Multiples focus efforts on seasonal favourites
Analysis of weekend activity shows the retailers putting summer indulgence to the fore in promotional activity
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Bulk purchasing to the fore in beer and cider
The multibuy x-for-y promotion has become the favoured mechanic for driving higher sales of beer, lager and cider
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Supermarkets deny milking rising costs
Supermarkets have denied profiteering from a period of unprecedented food inflation despite passing on £200m more to consumers in price increases since 2005 than they inherited from suppliers. A new study, published exclusively in The...