Sainsbury's news and analysis – Page 132

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    Sainsbury’s creates new roles in non-food revamp

    2009-10-03T00:00:00Z

    Sainsbury’s has revamped its non-food management team in preparation for a massive sales push.

    The retailer, which launched a non-food website this July featuring 4,000 lines, hopes to grow its total floor space by 5% by the end of the…

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    Sainsbury’s group for UK cheese

    2009-10-03T00:00:00Z

    Sainsbury's has become the first major multiple to establish a dedicated group of farmers to supply its British cheese.

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    Asda goes for a purple revamp in bid for Extra Special impact

    2009-10-03T00:00:00Z

    Asda has transformed its Extra Special packaging with a look that closely resembles Sainsbury's Taste the Difference range, The Grocer has learnt.The retailer decided to revamp the premium range after customers claimed its ivory colour...

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    Other Movers 3/10/09

    2009-10-03T00:00:00Z

    Reckitt Benckiser has named Richard Cousins, group CEO of catering giant Compass Group, as a non-executive director. He replaces David Tyler, who last month was announced as the new chairman of Sainsbury's.

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    Can Sainsbury’s meal deal stand out from the crowd?

    2009-09-26T00:00:00Z

    Sainsbury's Feed Your Family for a Fiver led the way on meal offers. So why is the chain playing catch-up with a ready meal deal? Joanne Grew investigates

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    Grocer 33: Asda reclaims the top spot from Tesco

    2009-09-26T00:00:00Z

    Asda has shot back to the top of the rankings after emerging as the second-most expensive retailer for ethical products last week. But it was no easy victory, as Sainsbury's basket cost just 7p more.

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    Sainsbury’s set to launch new meal deal in time for Christmas

    2009-09-19T00:00:00Z

    Sainsbury's is gearing up to launch a Feed Your Family for a Tenner meal deal, The Grocer has learned.The offer follows the success of its Feed Your Family for a Fiver launch in March 2008, and is thought to mirror the concept quite...

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    Around the Papers 14/9/09

    2009-09-14T13:07:54.920Z

    New Sainsbury's chair; Cadbury bid rumbles on; product placement gets go-ahead

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    Sainsbury’s takes up TV star’s store host tip

    2009-09-12T00:00:00Z

    Barbara Bentley, the plucky saleswoman who starred in the TV show I'm Running Sainsbury's, will see her vision for the supermarket rolled out across all 500 stores from 1 December with the introduction of store hosts. The hosts will have...

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    Sainsbury’s takes its fresh coffee Fairtrade

    2009-09-12T00:00:00Z

    Sainsbury's has switched all its own-brand roast and ground coffee to Fairtrade, after doing the same with bananas, sugar and own-brand Red Label tea. The move would more than double the market for Fairtrade roast and ground coffee in...

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    Grocer 33: 'Lovely store' matched by helpful staff

    2009-09-12T00:00:00Z

    Sainsbury's in Stirling offered the best shop this week. It was the only retailer to provide a full basket and our shopper described it as "a lovely store with staff to match".

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    Curley’s staff join Belfast Sainsbury’s

    2009-09-05T00:00:00Z

    Sainsbury's opened its largest supermarket in Northern Ireland this week, a 69,000 sq ft store at the Kennedy Centre in west Belfast. The superstore is on the site of a former Curley's supermarket, and many of the 250 Curley's staff have...

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    Picture This... Sailor Jerry comes up trumps

    2009-08-29T00:00:00Z

    Sailor Jerry golden rum won a listing with Tesco last week its fourth big retailer account in as many months after Waitrose snapped it up in May, followed by Sainsbury's and Asda.

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    Makro’s first own-brand cider arrives

    2009-08-29T00:00:00Z

    As the Pimm's and Sainsbury's copyright row rumbles on, Makro has taken on Bulmers and Magners by launching Felsgold, its own-brand pour-over-ice cider. However, the cash & carry retailer was quick to point out that Felsgold's pack...

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    There is another whey

    2009-08-29T00:00:00Z

    Blur's Alex James spends rather more time making cheese than playing the guitar and has now gained listings in Sainsbury's, as he tells Ronan Hegarty

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    Other Movers 29/8/09

    2009-08-29T00:00:00Z

    Former Sainsbury's non-food trading director Keith Evans is the new CEO of British Retail Consortium Trading. Evans was most recently at DSGi, where he held senior positions including commercial director for Currys.

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    Sainsbury’s expands placement schemes

    2009-08-22T00:00:00Z

    Sainsbury's increased the number of places available on its graduate programme by 30% as it began recruitment this week for 2010. The retailer has 85 positions available, up from the 2009 intake of 65. It is also tripling the number of...

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    Nectar says it won’t offer double points

    2009-08-22T00:00:00Z

    Nectar, the loyalty scheme used by Sainsbury's, has ruled out any retaliatory increase of its own following the launch of Tesco's double-points Clubcard 2. While he said Tesco's new offer, as predicted in The Grocer last week, was "a...

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    Quality Test: Own-label plain naan bread

    2009-08-22T00:00:00Z

    A good naan should be crisp on the outside, soft inside, and pleasantly yet subtly seasoned. Sainsbury's tried a different approach, with a soggy and artificial offering. It didn't work.

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    Top fruit quality boosted by new Mansfield depot

    2009-08-22T00:00:00Z

    Sainsbury's and Waitrose's apples and pears will have improved environmental credentials after a leading supplier to the stores completed an £8.5m storage and grading facility.FW Mansfield & Son's one hectare complex in Chartham,...