All articles by Ronan Hegarty – Page 3
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NewsMedia Bites 2 April: Trump tariffs, Asda, inflation, Wild, Tobacco, 7-Eleven
Much of today’s press focus is on Donald Trump and speciifcally the US president’s so-called ’Liberation Day’ tarrifs
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NewsBrakes launches ‘Ways to Save’ cashback campaign
The ‘Ways to Save’ initiative kicks off with what the foodservice giant says is its most comprehensive cashback offer to date
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NewsJW Filshill appoints new regional development manager
Balfour will initially service Filshill’s KeyStore symbol estate across Ayrshire, Stranraer and Dumfries
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NewsCo-op joins Aldi price matching fray with 100-plus offers
The move will see Co-op matching Aldi prices on over 100 everyday essentials, including fresh fruit, milk, eggs and bread
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Grocer 33Asda cheapest in Grocer 33 without opening war chest
Asda was not reliant on Rollbacks for victory, but margin is still well short of promised 5%-10%
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Grocer 33Clubcard Prices savings help Tesco to Grocer 33 pricing win
At £68.44, the UK’s biggest supermarket came in just 95p cheaper than Asda
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NewsUnitas offers More rewards for ‘most engaged’ members
Unitas said the new plan would enable wholesalers to ‘more than recoup their annual membership fee from the additional revenue stream’
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NewsCo-op store staff vote in favour of ‘positive’ 5% pay rise
Co-op confirmed the award, which was accepted following a ballot of Usdaw members, represents an increase of almost 27% since 2022
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Grocer 33Sainsbury’s keeps lid on inflation to come in as cheapest supermarket
Sainsbury’s was cheapest for 11 products and exclusively so for six items
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RankingsBig 30 wholesaler report 2025: an inconvenient truth
A year on from Diageo’s decision to limit direct supply to its biggest customers, wholesalers are facing up to shrinking sales to indie convenience stores and looming consolidation across the sector
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Grocer 33Sainsbury’s takes the win as cheapest supermarket in close battle for big four
Sainsbury’s offered the biggest savings via promotions this week
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Grocer 33Tesco records first Grocer 33 price comparison victory of 2025
This week was an online Super 33 shop, featuring Amazon and Ocado
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Grocer 33Asda gains early payback for new rollback campaign in price comparison survey
Asda reintroduced the rollback at the end of January, with 4,000 products lowered in price
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NewsBooker launches rapid delivery service for symbol retailers
Booker has been piloting the system in Budgens Abridge, near Romford in Essex, and is set to add a further three pilot stores over the next two months
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Grocer 33Aldi takes third ‘Super 33’ price comparison win in a row
Aldi’s £54.82 total was 39p cheaper year on year, and offered the lowest price for 23 items
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NewsMedia Bites 4 February: tariffs, self-checkouts, Asda, Diageo, Unilever, WH Smith
The news this morning continues to be dominated by the two Ts – Trump and tariffs
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Grocer 33Asda cheapest in Grocer 33 and that’s before renewed Rollback
Asda took the win despite the basket being 2.7% more expensive than in January 2024
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Grocer 33Morrisons offers most promotions to win cheapest supermarket of the week
Morrisons has bagged its second Grocer 33 pricing victory in just three weeks
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NewsMedia Bites 22 January: Waitrose, CMA, BrewDog, Premier Foods
Today’s press continued to be dominated by coverage of the early stages on the latest Donald Trump US presidency and the speculation around what impact he will have on the global economy
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Analysis & FeaturesChristmas 2024: what were the highs and hiccups for supermarkets?
Supermarkets took the cheap veg battle to a new low of 8p this Christmas. How did it pan out and what else did they try?