Sainsbury's news and analysis – Page 144
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Shloer Bucks Fizz
Sparkling juice drink Shloer has secured three significant listings within the grocery channel.Shloer Bucks Fizz will be stocked as a permanent listing in Sainsbury's, within the seasonal aisle in Tesco's and within Somerfield. To...
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Peanut cross-contamination sparks recall
Sainsbury's and Marks & Spencer have withdrawn dozens of quiches, savoury tarts and ready meals from sale due to possible peanut cross-contamination. Sainsbury's was forced to recall 26 quiche and savoury tart products and one ready meal...
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Poundland plans major expansion
Discounter Poundland is set to embark on an aggressive expansion programme, with plans to sell more top grocery brands and - for the first time - healthy foods.The nationwide chain, which is headed by ex-Sainsbury's Convenience boss Jim...
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Barge over, you lorries
There is a legendary quote in the supermarket trade: "I've seen everything at Sainsbury's, just not at the same time or the same place."It is credited to Sainsbury's former supply chain director Lawrence Christensen and repeated to me by...
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Milk output could rise 8% with new system
A new cattle-feeding system could improve milk output by 8%, according to a group of farming leaders and animal nutritionists.The Forum for Food Production has called on retail buyers from Tesco, Sainsbury's, Morrisons and Waitrose to...
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Sainsbury's under fire for lamb pricing policy
Sainsbury's has come under attack for vaunting the provenance of its regional lamb while selling it at the same price as standard meat. Following the launch of West Country lamb in south west stores earlier this year, it has...
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Sainsbury's delists Prince Charles
Sainsbury's has reportedly delisted HRH Prince Charles' Highgrove Home Farm and Soil Association director Patrick Holden as organic vegetable suppliers.Both Prince Charles and Holden were delisted as organic carrot suppliers for Sainsbury's...
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Sainsbury's rolls out Bumblebee scheme
Sainsbury's has told all its fresh produce growers in the UK to adopt new wildlife-boosting conservation measures.As part of Operation Bumblebee, farmers have been asked to sow wild flowers on field margins to encourage bees, insects and...
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britain's favourite supermarket Tesco: Dominates in range, service and stock
For the second year running, Tesco has taken the shoppers' votes for Britain's favourite supermarket. In a repeat of last year's result Tesco pipped Asda and Sainsbury's. And although its nearest rivals have closed the gap slightly, they...
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Sainsbury's kicks off with win - Q&A and Availability
The slate has been wiped clean and Asda's and Morrisons' accolades in last week's The Grocer 33 annual review are yesterday's news as we start a new Grocer 33 year. As the following pages report, availability and customer service has been rather...
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grocer of the year Sainsbury's wins nod of industry approval
It's the ultimate compliment you can pay a supermarket. Make a very public play to buy it at a vastly inflated premium to the share price, then admit you plan to keep the CEO and carry on with the executive board's strategy. In rejecting...
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Sainsbury's shares rise
Shares in Sainsbury's rose 8.5p to finish on 559.5p yesterday following stake-building rumours.Investors were speculating that Qatari-based investment fund Three Delta, which already owns a 17.4% stake in the supermarket group, had acquired...
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Birch recruited by Sainsbury's
Sainsbury's has appointed a new head of asset management, with responsibility for getting the best value out of its property portfolio.Matthew Birch joins Sainsbury's after five years as property director for Tchibo, where he grew store...
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Sainsbury's shoppers worry most about carbon footprint
Sainsbury's shoppers are more concerned about the carbon footprint of the products they buy than other supermarket customers, according to research.A survey of 966 people by Ipsos Mori found that when asked which they considered more...
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Sainsbury's grows its freehold estate
Sainsbury's has secured the freehold rights to one of its supermarkets this week in a further rebuff to property entrepreneur Robert Tchenguiz's attempts to split the company into an opco/propco operation.Last month it rejected the 5%...
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Sainsbury's says waterbed effect theory is 'contrived'
Sainsbury's has rubbished the Association of Convenience Stores claims of a 'waterbed effect' in its latest submission to the Competition Commission's grocery inquiry.The ACS argues that smaller buyers such as wholesalers and small...
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Price Survey - 2nd June 2007
Tesco has only just stopped Sainsbury's from becoming our cheapest retailer for the second week in a row. Tesco's £38.74 basket was only 4p less than Sainsbury's but it did itself a huge favour with the beef steak mince that was £1.58 less than last...
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Multiples squirm in dock
Heads have rolled, staff retrained and investigations launched following a BBC Whistleblower documentary - but Tesco and Sainsbury's were insisting this week that the shocking practices were isolated incidents. Falsified records, serious breaches of...
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Price Survey - 26th May 2007
Sainsbury's has become our cheapest retailer after weeks of striving to match the prices of its nearest rivals. It's the luck of the draw as to whether we choose items the retailer has put on special offer - this was evidently Sainsbury's week. Its...