Sainsbury's news and analysis – Page 122
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NewsThe Sainsbury's coupon offering 1p off your next shop
The popularity of coupons is soaring, with a record 61% of consumers claiming to use the money saving device, up from 52% a year ago, according to a survey by coupon company Valassis. And coupon usage was just as high among shoppers in...
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Shapland exit triggers reshuffle at Sainsbury’s
Sainsbury's commercial director Mike Coupe is being tipped as the most likely successor to CEO Justin King following the shock departure this week of group development director Darren Shapland.Shapland revealed he was leaving the...
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NewsA million more shoppers a week drive surge in Sainsbury’s profits
Sainsbury’s has unveiled surging profits for the past year after seeing a million extra customers a week pass through its tills. Pre-tax profits at the supermarket giant grew by 12.8% to £827m in the year to 19 March.
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NewsShapland stuns Sainsbury’s with shock summer exit
Darren Shapland, Sainsbury’s influential group development director, is to leave the retailer this summer. Shapland, who has worked at Sainsbury’s since August 2005, will leave on 13 July, to “pursue a number of personal interests”.
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Hogg gets sales and marketing job at Denhay
Richard Hogg is the new sales and marketing director for Denhay Farms. He has more than 25 years' experience in sales and marketing, working for companies including Milk Link, Duchy Originals, Sainsbury's, Tate & Lyle and Dairy Crest....
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Focus On Personal Care: Innovations
Sainsbury's has teamed up with Balinese spa chain Mandara to launch an exclusive bath and beauty line. According to beauty category manager Rhian Bartlett, the premium own label will provide "affordable home luxury" but will not carry the Sainsbury's name.
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Comment & Opinion
Sainsbury's family values
Last week The Grocer revealed Sainsbury’s was leading all other supermarkets in the promotional stakes.
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NewsSainsbury’s: £50 to feed your family for a week
Sainsbury’s has launched a major advertising campaign telling shoppers they can feed a family of four for an entire week for just £50. Three-page colour adverts today appear in papers including The Daily Telegraph and The Times, in a renewed bid by the supermarket to push its value credentials.
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NewsSainsbury’s gears up to launch mobile coupons
Sainsbury's is hoping to become the first supermarket retailer to offer consumers money-saving vouchers via their mobile phones. Speaking exclusively to The Grocer, group development director Darren Shapland revealed that Sainsbury's was...
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Focus On Soft Drinks: Go green with do-it-yourself fizzy drinks
You could say 2010 was the second coming of SodaStream. The fizzy drinks machines, invented in 1903, saw a massive 536% sales increase on the back of distribution gains in Asda and Sainsbury's, secured following a major brand relaunch.
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NewsCollier’s takes to Twitter after Sainsbury’s axing
Collier's Powerful Welsh Cheddar hopes to mobilise shoppers to lobby more supermarkets into stocking the brand following its delisting by Sainsbury's last month. The Fayrefield Foods brand is using Facebook and Twitter to get consumers to...
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Analysis & Features
Sainsbury’s quietly takes the lead in promo activity
While Price Guarantees continue to be the focus of the big two, Sainsbury’s has gradually stepped up promotions.
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NewsMorrisons offers patriotic petrol with ‘Fuel Britannia’ stunt
Morrisons has knocked 6p off a litre of petrol or diesel for customers spending £40 or more at stores from this week until May 8. The Fuel Britannia deal would beat recent offers introduced by Sainsbury’s and The Co-operative Group, the retailer claimed.
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NewsSainsbury’s switches sights to Paralympics
Sainsbury’s CEO Justin King tried his hand at sitting volleyball this week to mark the 500-day countdown to the London 2012 Paralympic Games. The retailer, which is sponsoring the games, launched the One Million Kids Challenge to…
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NewsAsda toasts its ASA victory with jump in guarantee shoppers
The number of customers using Asda's notorious Price Guarantee has increased fivefold to several hundred thousand since its relaunch in January, it claims. In the week the ASA threw out a Sainsbury's complaint against the guarantee and...
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NewsSainsbury's sets out ‘biggest-ever’ own-label revamp
Sainsbury’s has embarked on “the single biggest own-label development we’ve ever done as a business”, according to group commercial director Mike Coupe. All the retailer’s standard own label products will be revamped to feature the new By Sainsbury’s label over the next 12 months.
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NewsSainsbury’s calls on 1 Million Kids to get into Paralympic sport
Sainsbury’s has unveiled a new scheme, dubbed the 1 Million Kids Challenge, designed to get more youngsters involved in disabled sport.
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NewsSainsbury’s gets all-clear on animal testing
Sainsbury’s own-label toiletries are to carry the logo of the British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection. Up to 200 products will display the ‘leaping bunny’ logo, the international certification that helps consumers identify cosmetics and toiletries that do not use ingredients tested on animals.
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Undercover exposé of Sainsbury’s van safety
Sainsbury's home delivery operation has been severely criticised in terms of road safety after a reporter worked under cover as a driver for four months. Tim Blakemore, managing editor of Commercial Vehicle Engineer, worked as a driver...
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Collier’s cheese delisting sparks fear of wider cull
Collier’s Powerful Welsh Cheddar has become the first victim of a branded Cheddar category range review by Sainsbury’s.
The retailer this week confirmed that it had stopped stocking Collier’s supplied by Fayrefield Foods with effect…