All articles by Ronan Hegarty – Page 3
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Grocer 33Asda offers lowest price for 18 of the Grocer 33 products winning cheapest supermarket
Asda has continued its strong start to the latest Grocer 33 year by undercutting rivals for the fourth time in the first five weeks
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NewsEPR: £2bn packaging recycling scheme fees revealed by government
The government has published the final recycling packaging fees for its controversial extended producer responsibility scheme
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Grocer 33Aldi marks clean sweep in ‘Super’ Grocer 33 wins against Lidl
The victory gives Aldi a clean sweep in its head to head with arch-rival Lidl for the current Grocer 33 year
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NewsMedia Bites 4 June: BAT, Amazon, HelloFresh, Remy Cointreau, Diageo and Oreos
A quiet morning in terms of major grocery news which may come as a relief to many in the industry given the drama of recent weeks
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Grocer 33Tesco cheapest by 19p to stop Asda’s winning streak in Grocer 33
Key to Tesco’s success was a hefty discount of £7.59 for its Clubcard members
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Grocer 33Asda notches 20th win in Grocer 33 price competition
Asda was offering the lowest price for 19 items, with 15 of these exclusively cheapest
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NewsMedia Bites 21 May: inflation, cyberattacks, Greggs, Cranswick, Spanish supermarkets
Attention is focused on the impact of the recent cyberattack at M&S, amid concern regarding the news of inflation starting to soar again
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Grocer 33Asda keeps up pressure on Tesco & co with 19th Grocer 33 win
At £76.00, Asda was 2.6% (or £2) cheaper than Tesco, a long way short of the 5%-10% target set out by Allan Leighton earlier this year in a reset
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Comment & OpinionTime for a new wholesale powerhouse
The deal is fascinating and not just because it is the first major bit of consolidation at the top end of the UK wholesale market
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NewsUnited Wholesale Scotland moves south with Time Wholesale acquisition
United Wholesale Scotland will take over the business in July
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Grocer 33Huge Nectar discount makes Sainsbury’s cheapest in price comparison survey
Sainsbury’s bagged its second Grocer 33 pricing win in the past five weeks
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NewsCo-op opens ‘access to cash’ banking hub inside store
Co-op said the move was part of its focus on creating added services in its stores and social value
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Grocer 33Waitrose Otley: Grocer 33 store of the week
‘Easter has been great. I think we’ve had the best displays I’ve seen across the shop for such a long time’
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Grocer 33Asda cheapest as guest M&S/Ocado trails regular pack
Asda bagged a second Grocer 33 win in the space of three weeks
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NewsMedia Bites 25 April: Unilever, Ben & Jerry’s, The Original Factory Shop, Post Office, retail crime
There was a lot of coverage this morning and overnight surrounding Unilever’s first quarter trading update with sales down 0.9% to £12.7bn although underlying sales were up 3%
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NewsJJ Foodservice introduces deal-enabling self-service kiosks
JJ has installed touchscreens in all 12 branches, which it said gave walk-in customers ‘faster service and better prices at the touch of a screen’
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Grocer 33Morrisons doesn’t need 8p veg promo to be cheapest in Easter-themed shop
On the half leg of lamb Morrisons was cheapest by at least £2 over rivals
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Comment & OpinionAre lower prices enough to revive Co-op Wholesale?
Co-op confirmed its wholesale revenue for the year to 4 January fell 5.5% to £1.4bn, while it made a loss of £1m compared with a £14m profit the previous year
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NewsThe Sidemen launch Sides ice cream range into Brakes
The Sidemen have more than 22 million followers on YouTube
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NewsCo-op invests £800k in lowering own-label wholesale prices
Co-op said it had reduced the wholesale price of its key own brand range by an average of 3%