Sainsbury's news and analysis – Page 145
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Company Profile - Rude Health
Established: 2005Products: Mueslis, porridges and gojisListings: Tesco and Sainsbury'sTwo years ago, four friends were sitting around a breakfast table pondering the state of the British cereal industry. Why was it, they...
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Supermarkets accused of breaching hygiene rules
A BBC programme has accused Sainsbury's and Tesco of breaching health and safety legislation.The programme, Whistleblower, which will be shown on BBC1 tonight, claims counter staff at two branches of Tesco and Sainsbury's falsifed food...
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Why FSA's fishy findings could cost the industry
The shocking thing about the FSA's findings is not the deception itself - there's clearly money to be made from passing cheaper fish off as its more expensive wild cousin. But rather that established major retailers, including Asda, Sainsbury's...
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New funds to drive growth of price comparison website
Price comparison website Mysupermarket.co.uk is set to bring in revenue for the first time - and is gearing up for a European roll-out next year.The site, which compares prices at Tesco, Asda, Sainsbury's and Ocado, and is claimed to...
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Sainsbury's determined to drive up c-stores total to 426
Sainsbury's plans to grow its c-store estate by nearly a third by 2010.Chief executive Justin King said the company was looking to "extend the reach of the Sainsbury's brand" in convenience by opening 100 new stores across the country by...
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Sainsbury's probed on 'wild' fish from farms
The Marine Stewardship Council has launched an investigation after it emerged fish sold by Sainsbury's as MSC wild salmon was farmed.The case has been referred by MSC chief executive Rupert Howes to the scheme's auditor, Accreditation...
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Opinion - "By starting the process, the FSA has given everyone the best possible chance of getting it right"
Can you 'taste the difference' between wild salmon and farmed? Sainsbury's clearly can't - and neither can buyers at the Harrods food halls, no less. Both were caught selling farmed fish as wild in an FSA-backed sting last week involving Trading...
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In Brief: Technical direction; Daly new JML MD; AgroFair sales trio; Chairing the West; Specialising in NPD
Technical direction The British Retail Consortium has appointed former Sainsbury's technical director Dr Geoff Spriegel as its new director of standards and technical services. His role is to enhance the BRC's existing range of Global Standards as...
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What the papers said
?Under the headline "Not such a goody bag" the Mirror was first to stick the boot in following the revelation that the £5 Anya Hindmarch bags that caused a consumer frenzy at Sainsbury's stores across the country were made in China, a...
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Organic ranging trial success for Sainsbury's
Sainsbury's has hailed its two-week old experiment ranging organic with conventional lines a success.Russell Crowe, head of fresh produce, said the retailer's move to range organic fruit and veg alongside conventionally-grown equivalent...
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Supermarkets sell farmed fish as 'wild'
Sainsbury's and Harrods have been caught out selling farmed fish as wild by an FSA survey that has uncovered widespread inaccuracies in the labelling of seafood.Analysis of fish labelled as 'wild salmon' at both retailers showed the...
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Morrisons is green as 'it keeps us in the black'
Retailer green initiatives are 10-a-penny these days. There's Plan A from Marks & Spencer. Tesco has made a £500m green pledge. Now Asda is in a war on packaging, and Sainsbury's has its designer reusable bags.One supermarket conspicuous...
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Six of the Best: frozen food buyers
Star buyer: Helena Watson Frozen desserts and ice cream buyer, Sainsbury'sWatson has been in her role for almost two years but has previously traded in petfood, soft drinks and fresh and processed fish products. Before joining...
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Berryworld gets kids skipping for free fruit
Berryworld is to give away £40,000-worth of blueberries to kids in a link-up with Sainsbury's.Millions of schoolchildren will be offered the chance to join skipping classes, for which their reward will be a 60g punnet, equal to a serving...
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Sainsbury's to rebrand Jacksons, Bells stores
Sainsbury's is to convert its Jacksons and Bells convenience stores to Sainsbury's Locals within a year in a bid to cut costs and boost sales.Lawrence Christensen, Sainsbury's head of convenience, said the shake-up would create a more...
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Asda's 9% growth fastest of big four
Sales growth rates at Asda and Sainsbury's are at their highest levels for three years, according to TNS Worldpanel.Asda's 9% sales growth was the fastest of the big four, closely followed by Sainsbury's and Tesco's, which both grew by...
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In Brief: Own-label shines; Mallya buys Scotch; 30-mile credentials
Own-label shines Sainsbury's, Tesco and Morrisons were the biggest winners at The Grocer Own Label Excellence Awards, picking up 13 of the 20 gongs between them. Mallya buys Scotch Indian...
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"Meat consumes 100 times more water, 10 times more land and 10 times more fuel than plants"
It's hysterical. Every day, at the moment, there's a new 'green' story. If it's not a major multiple's daft new reusable bag stunt (apparently Justin King told Richard Desmond he needed to stand in line like everyone else if he wanted one), it's...
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Sainsbury’s to hold on to property
Sainsbury’s will reportedly reject proposals from two high-profile shareholders to split the supermarket group into two separate companies.Sainsbury’s largest shareholder, Qatar-based investment group Delta Two, which holds a 17.4% stake,...
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Time to go green (...and yellow)
Morrisons finally got its ecological act together this week and outlined its environmental commitments in its first-ever corporate responsibility report.Until now, it had been letting rivals Tesco, Asda, Sainsbury's and Marks & Spencer...