Sainsbury's news and analysis – Page 166
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Tea towel and mince pie sales start festive season
Tea towel sales are booming this month as parents use them for headdresses for their kids’ Nativity plays, according to Sainsbury supermarket. The retailer has had to order extra supplies to fuel this demand during the festive season, which...
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JS keeps up the variety show
Sainsbury is planning to launch new varieties into its fresh produce sections at least every two months for the foreseeable future according to its vegetable and salad buyers.Speaking exclusively to The Grocer, they said they were firmly...
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Pink Lady in an instant
Sainsbury’s Pink Lady pre-packs and polybags will carry an instant-win on-pack promotion designed to drive sales in the run-up to Christmas. Created by Chingford Fruits, which ran a similar campaign on Sainsbury’s cherries earlier in the year,...
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Safeway’s NPD director takes on Sainsbury Brand
Safeway new product development director, Judith Batchelar, will join Sainsbury as director of Sainsbury Brand early in the new year. Batchelar joined Safeway in 2001 and was responsible for growing the Safeway brand. In 2002 she headed its...
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Sainsbury’s nightmare before Christmas
One in 10 cases arriving at Sainsbury’s automated distribution centres still doesn’t scan and delivery accuracy to stores remains dire as the critical Christmas period approaches.Although Sainsbury is addressing poor picking accuracy at...
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Sainsbury buys its third c-store chain
Sainsbury has bought its third convenience store operator, Midlands-based JB Beaumont Ltd, which ranked 48 on The Grocer’s Top 50 list.JB Beaumont has six convenience stores across the East Midlands and its turnover for the year ended May 29...
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Wheel turns at Sainsbury
A ‘Wheel of Health’ colour-coded labelling scheme will be introduced at Sainbury to help consumers make choices on healthy eating.The front-of-pack guide will be in the form of a wheel and mark levels of salt, fat, saturated fat, added sugar...
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Sainsbury: can it be resuscitated?
Sales at Sainsbury, once Britain’s proudest supermarket, are flatlining. There are signs that chief executive Justin King is breathing new life into the business. But is he applying the right treatment to restart its pulse? The City gives its...
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OFT must probe differences in terms
from John Bowden, Wholesale Confectionery & Tobacco AllianceSir; The Alliance is concerned at the latest developments in the Office of Fair Trading’s analysis of the Sainsbury/Jacksons purchase (The Grocer, November 6, p4). It...
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JS flags up buying British policy
Sainsbury is to relaunch its fresh produce packaging to highlight its pro-British buying policy.The labelling will incorporate information about where the food was grown, which the multiple said would make it easier for shoppers to distinguish...
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Sainsbury closes Oxford Street store
Sainsbury is selling its Oxford Street store in London less than two years after taking up the leases.The 4,600 sq ft store will close as part of a programme to shut 12 under-performing smaller stores, and the Oxford Street stores is...
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Tesco’s McMeikan to be retail director at JS
Tesco’s Ken McMeikan has been appointed retail director for Sainsbury and will join the operating board in early 2005. McMeikan has worked at Tesco for the last 14 years and was in line to take on the role of chief executive of its Japanese...
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labour’s pandering to deep pockets
from Steve Parfett, chairman, Landmark Cash and CarrySir; Last week’s decision on Sainsbury’s acquisition of Jacksons demonstrates once again the short-term nature of all New Labour’s policy-making. Much like the pension issue,...
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No, the OFT just can’t see it
Elaine WatsonA new report into Sainsbury’s acquisition of Jacksons from the OFT betrays the regulator’s “astonishing lack of understanding” of the food retail market, independent retailers have claimed.The eight-page report, which explains...
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Expansive work for Blueheath
Former Sainsbury buyer Nayla Chohan has been appointed to Blueheath’s buying department as part of the wholesaler’s expansion programme.Chohan will be responsible for buying crisps and snacks, grocery, non-food and drop-shipment. Previously,...
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Asda’s pre-tax profit rockets 10% to £671m
Asda’s profits in 2003 were almost three times what its nearest rival Sainsbury is predicted to make this year.Figures filed at Companies House reveal Asda’s sales rose 9.3% to £14.433bn in the year to December 31, 2003. Pre-tax profit was up...
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‘A failure to understand what’s going on’ – FWD
Sainsbury’s acquisition of the Jacksons c-store chain has been cleared by the OFT, despite strong opposition from the independent sector.Delegations from the Association of Convenience Stores and the Federation of Wholesale Distributors met OFT...
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Award for Vitacress
Grower and packer Vitacress Salads has won an industry award for the innovative organic farming methods it developed to produce baby salad leaves for M& S and Sainsbury. Vitacress scooped The Worshipful Company of Fruiterers’ Environmental...
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Sainsbury’s Jackson purchase given go-ahead
The OFT has waved through Sainsbury’s acquisition of the Jacksons c-store chain, despite a concerted campaign of opposition from the independent sector.Delegations from both the Association of Convenience Stores and the Federation of...
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Sainsbury develops grow-your-own lettuce
Researchers at Sainsbury have developed the first supermarket lettuce designed to be grown on a kitchen windowsill, according to a report in today’s Guardian.The lettuce, crossed from endive, gem and curly-leafed strains, has taken two years...