All articles by Ronan Hegarty – Page 4
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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?
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Grocer 33Tesco takes first store of the week title since November
The supermarket’s Andover store brought home the bacon this week with an impressive 81 points
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Grocer 33Morrisons’ More Card finally earns a winning basket
At £75.54, Morrisons was £2.87 cheaper than this week’s runner-up Tesco
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NewsMedia Bites 8 January: Asda woes, Ocado and M&S buzz, inflation and McDonald’s
The newspapers are chiefly concerned with the supermarkets festive performance
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NewsTesco takes top spot as bubbly boosts Christmas spending to record levels
Tesco was a clear success story, with all supermarket shoppers trading up sales of branded goods up 4.2% while premium own-label lines jumped by 14.6%
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NewsNisa Retail’s Peter Batt and Ayaz Alam to exit the business
The Grocer understands the moves were confirmed in an email to Nisa staff this afternoon
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NewsIceland launches joint venture to sell products in Nordics
Joint venture will also explore the potential for opening retail stores once the products have gained a foothold in the market
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NewsMedia Bites 19 December: Guinness, Sainsbury’s, Imperial Brands and UK strawberries
Its quiet out there in media land as we get closer to Christmas and supermarkets continue tit-for-tat price cutting on festive vegetables
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NewsParfetts founder Alan Parfett passes away age 95
Steeped in the grocery industry all his life, Parfett grew up alongside his three siblings in a small grocery store in Strand on the Green in Chiswick
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Grocer 33Tesco offers cheapest budget Christmas 33 basket at £108.39
The UK’s biggest grocer had its Clubcard Prices initiative to thank for the victory
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Grocer 33Waitrose takes another Grocer 33 win as rivals score poorly
Its Meanwood store in Leeds was really the only strong performer this week
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NewsCo-op extends £400m credit facility for further five years
The society’s CFO Rachel Izzard said that support from its lender banks was a reflection of the strength of its balance sheet