All Sainsbury's Local articles – Page 6
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Analysis and FeaturesGreencore's growth: it's all about sandwiches
In the second in our series of articles on top performing grocery stocks in 2014, Greencore has proved that Horsegate is a distant memory
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Comment and OpinionClick & collect on the road to domination
The age of click & collect is well and truly upon us, and it seems almost every week there’s a new development.
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NewsSainsbury's to rack up double century of c-stores in London
Sainsbury’s is set to open its 200th Sainsbury’s Local convenience store in London next week…
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NewsTesco moves next door to Sainsbury's in new battle at Waterloo
Tesco has received approval to open a new Express store next door to one of its main rivals…
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Analysis and FeaturesAn inconvenient truth: is convenience really growing?
The convenience sector is booming. Or is it? When you interrogate the numbers a little harder a different picture emerges…
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Category ReportFocus on Bread
‘Demonised’ white loaves face a struggle but it’s a different matter for healthier, tastier and more convenient breads…
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NewsCo-op targets Tesco Express/Sainsbury's Local with price cuts
The Co-operative Group is investing £100m in price cuts in a bid to better compete on price with multiple convenience riva…
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Analysis and FeaturesMorrisons proves slow to shift the focus of its promotions
Just over a month ago, Morrisons finally woke up to the threat of the discounters…
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NewsAsda to trial smartphone scan-and-go shopping in York store
Asda will launch a long-awaited smartphone scan-and-go trial at its York superstore in May, The Grocer can reveal…
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Analysis and FeaturesShoppers spread the wealth as discounters and M&S gain
It was the most promiscuous Christmas ever, with many shoppers visiting every supermarket, discounter and c-store…
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NewsWH Smith seeks retailers for smaller-format Local franchise
WH Smith is holding an event next week to drum up support for its WH Smith Local franchise…
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NewsSainsbury's Locals outperforming c-store market says Mike Coupe
Like-for-like sales in Sainsbury’s c-stores are “growing ahead of the overall convenience market”…
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NewsSainsbury’s sales powered by own-label and convenience
Strong growth in own-label, convenience and online has helped Sainsbury’s record like-for-like sales growth of 1.4%, excluding fuel, for the first half of the year.
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NewsSainsbury's hires Conversocial to help manage its social media
Sainsbury’s has become the latest supermarket to hire Conversocial to help manage its social media response to crises…
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Analysis and FeaturesThe Grocer’s 1950 article on Sainsbury’s Croydon: 'An impression of airiness'
Here is how The Grocer reported the opening of Sainsbury’s “self-service” store in Croydon on 8 July 1950 - a shop that reopened this week as a Sainsbury’s Local.
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NewsSainsbury’s opens new c-store on historic Croydon site
Sainsbury’s has reopened a store in Croydon that has an illustrious history - it was the retailer’s first store outside of London, and was a pioneering self-service outlet in the 1950s…
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NewsSainsbury's opens Thameside DC to support c-store growth
Sainsbury’s has opened a new 250,000 sq ft distribution centre in London to support the growth of its c-store business…
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Analysis and FeaturesSainsbury’s in 2012: What did it do?
For Sainsbury’s, 2012 was a year of steady growth, Jubilee and Paralympics sponsorship, and the onward march of convenience.
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NewsCut-price rivals (and rain) hit soft drinks at independents
Independent retailers have borne the brunt of a flattening soft drinks market – with sales plummeting by double digits ove…
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Analysis and FeaturesHow supermarkets are snapping up the nation's pubs
Blackfield has a Tesco Express on one side of Hampton Lane and will soon have a Sainsbury’s Local on the other…