Sainsbury's news and analysis – Page 155
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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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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...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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"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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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...