All articles by Ronan Hegarty – Page 2
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Nectar Prices sees Sainsbury’s come in cheapest by £2.32
Sainsbury’s was running Nectar Prices deals on a third of the items on our list, which added up to a £7.15 discount
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Analysis and Features
How the Big 30 Wholesalers fear more suppliers will walk on by
Smaller wholesalers fear more suppliers will follow Diageo in stopping deliveries if they don’t meet minimum order quantities
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Amazon and Tesco run Asda close for cheapest retailer
At £78.21, Asda came in 52p cheaper than Amazon and 4p cheaper than the Tesco basket with Clubcard Prices
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‘Smooth’ Morrisons comes out on top as online pureplays flop
Morrisons scored a stellar 93 for this London-based order, which our shopper hailed as a ‘very smooth process’
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News
Duty not included in Diageo’s £2m per year MOQ criteria
Given most of the products wholesalers order from Diageo are spirits, which will carry the highest level of duty, the final invoice value will need to be much higher than £2m
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Morrisons jumps to Grocer 33 winning spot with impressive store
Last time out, Morrisons mustered just 21 points, while this time it has claimed the store of the week title
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Lidl beats Aldi as discounters defeat loyalty prices
Lidl was slightly cheaper on the apple sauce and salami, largely due to variations in pack size
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Tesco on top in Grocer 33 as Morrisons store registers just 21 points
New Morrisons CEO Rami Baitiéh this week revealed seven examples of how he was looking to get the business back on track
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Loyalty schemes undercut Asda’s cheap shelf prices
Nectar and Clubcard members would have found their baskets cheaper than Asda this week
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Comment and Opinion
Will Rami Baitiéh’s seven-point plan transform Morrisons?
Rami Baitiéh used his first press conference as Morrisons CEO to tease out ‘the first few pages of the new chapter’ at the retailer
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Waitrose impresses our mystery shopper with plenty of promotional offers
Our mystery shopper was able to pick up 30 of the 33 items on our list at the High Wycombe store
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Tesco Clubcard Prices trump Asda’s shelf-edge prices again
Asda offered the lowest price for 21 items and was exclusively cheapest for a dozen - but Tesco’s Clubcard provided a hefty overall discount
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News
Co-op targets eight million members by 2030
Co-op said it currently has five million active members and that it saw a 21% increase in the number of members shopping it its stores during December
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News
Diageo angers wholesalers with removal of direct supply
The spirits giant is turning off direct supply to wholesalers if they do not order £2m of stock per year
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New Morrisons Brentford store impresses our mystery shopper
Our shopper was hugely impressed by the ‘great’ store
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Tesco’s Clubcard Prices undercut Asda again
Asda, which this month launched a price-matching scheme against both Aldi and Lidl, was cheapest based on its shelf-edge prices
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News
Co-op ends rewards benefits to put focus on Member Prices
The society said it was making the changes in response to feedback from members on what they wanted most
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Waitrose wins as standards struggle across the board
All of the stores visited this week struggled with standards and availability
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Asda price match move makes it cheapest as inflation falls to 2.9%
The Leeds-based supermarket last week became the first operator to price match both Aldi and Lidl
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Comment and Opinion
A 2024 outlook – supermarket and fmcg priorities for the year ahead
There are plenty of hurdles ahead for the supermarket fmcg sector, but what are the main barriers to success in 2024?