Sainsbury's news and analysis – Page 147
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Price Survey - 17th November 2007
Sainsbury's was a challenger for the cheapest retailer title this week, but its price cuts were still not enough to stop Asda securing its seventh victory in a row with a £38.74 basket. Tesco and Morrisons have been tussling for the second-cheapest...
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Climbing the ladder - Andy Davis
What was your first-ever job? I worked in a butchers while I was at school Give us a quick run-down on your career to date. After I finished college I was a trainee manager at Sainsbury's and then progressed to senior manager of a department. I left...
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"CEO Justin King will be rallying the troops this week. But store managers will miss the plasma TVs they almost owned"
Simple journalist that I am I've never quite understood why the Qataris were prepared to pay a 36% premium to the share price for Sainsbury's, and a 32 times multiple on the supermarket's improving but still modest profits of £380m after...
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A very warm Welsh welcome - Q&A and Availability
Most bigger supermarkets struggle to recreate the sort of welcoming atmosphere that corner shops offer. Not Sainsbury's in Roath, Cardiff, however. It not only managed this feat but provided the only full basket this week, earning it our Top Store...
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King faces shaky comparisons
Unflattering comparatives revealed by The Grocer show that Sainsbury's has a tough task ahead to continue its recovery after the Delta Two débâcle, says Mark Choueke Doing nothing is no longer an option”. That was the warning Deutsche Bank...
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Bernard Matthews workers plan strike
Some 1,300 workers at turkey supplier Bernard Matthews are planning to strike next week in a dispute over pay.Union T&G warned turkey supplies to Sainsbury's, Tesco and Morrisons could be threatened in the run up to Christmas unless the...
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The beginning ofthe end?
Convenience chains could become a target again for the major multiples after the Competition Commission found Tesco's and Sainsbury's move into c-stores had done independent retailers no harm. The commission's surprise verdict in the...
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Supply Something New goes abroad
Supply Something New, Sainsbury's Dragons' Den-style drive to find new products, is going global. The scheme, designed to boost the amount of British local produce in stores, is being taken to Australia, France and Germany. Head...
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Flavoured water withdrawn
Tesco, Sainsbury's and the Co-op have recalled bottles of flavoured still water due to mould contamination.Sainsbury's recalled six varieties of its own-label flavoured water, Tesco five and the Co-op three. The water was supplied by Cott...
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Sainsbury's hits out at Tesco swingometer ad
Sainsbury's has launched a stinging attack of Tesco's £4m 'swingometer' price comparison campaign, describing it as "inaccurate" and misleading. During the campaign, which ran from July to September, Tesco boasted that 4,251 products...
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Letter of the week - A takeover won't stifle Sainsbury's
Sainsbury's CEO Justin King's claim that a proposed £10.6bn takeover of the company by Delta Two would not hamper Sainsbury's ability to perform well in a competitive market is broadly right ('Buying power leads to better prices? I don't buy that...
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Nectar gets firepower to analyse 10 million
Sainsbury's loyalty card is set to "leapfrog" Tesco's by analysing the shopping habits of millions more consumers than its rival, according to the man who used to run Clubcard.This summer Peter Gleason left Dunnhumby, the company that...
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What the papers said - 13th October 2007
Members of the Sainsbury family will block the Qatari bid for the supermarket unless a deal is struck with the group's pension fund trustees. The Telegraph reported the family fear Sir Philip Hampton, the retailer's chairman, plans to recommend a...
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Retailers rally to boost British light lamb sales
Hill farmers have welcomed a strategy by Sainsbury's to boost lamb consumption, but called on retailers to take further steps to clear the glut of light lamb - smaller animals that are usually exportedSainsbury's is introducing two ...
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Sainsbury's widens by-the-case choices
Sainsbury's is the latest supermarket to push wine-by-the-case sales as part of a revamped online offer.Last month Asda indicated it s plan to mirror the success of Majestic Wine Warehouses by looking at by-the-case...
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The grocer cup's first convenience champ
"Chuffed to bits," was how Spar UK MD Jerry Marwood said he felt as he picked up The Grocer Cup for Outstanding Business Achievement. He beat off stiff competition for the award, voted for by readers of The Grocer, from the likes of Sainsbury's...
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Letter of the week - 'Like comparing Prada to Primark'
I was astounded by your observation that "the price of Waitrose's own-label baked beans had increased from 29p to 35p - more than double the price of Asda, Morrisons, Sainsbury's and Tesco versions. [The Grocer 33 Price Survey, The Grocer, 29...
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Tesco's Harding to lead c-stores at Sainsbury's
Sainsbury's is bringing in Tesco's rising star Dido Harding to take its convenience division on to the "next level".Harding will become convenience director, taking over the work Lawrence Christensen has been doing since June...
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Travelex kiosks for Sainsbury's
Sainsbury's is to introduce Travelex bureau de change kiosks in 100 stores by the end of 2009.The initiative follows the successful trial of a travel money kiosk at Sainsbury's store in Cromwell Road, London, in March. Now plans are...
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Superior migrant workers for Sainsbury's
Sainsbury's has said it will hire more migrant workers because they have a “superior” work ethic.In evidence at a parliamentary enquiry on the impact of immigration, the retailer said migrant workers were more likely to work flexible hours...