Sainsbury's news and analysis – Page 176

News
Asda hails food strength

2003-08-02T00:00:00Z

Asda boss Tony DeNunzio has rejected claims that non-food sales alone have swept it past Sainsbury to take the number two slot in UK grocery.Speaking as TNS till roll data revealed Asda had boosted its market share to 17% against Sainsbury’s...
News
Asda and Sainsbury slug it out

2003-08-02T00:00:00Z

Sainsbury is still holding onto second place in our TradeTrak survey, despite the latest TNS Superpanel data showing that Asda has overtaken JS and secured second place for the first time in the four weeks to July 20.The disparity is...
News
Under pressure

2003-07-26T00:00:00Z

Sainsbury’s bosses insist they will deliver says Sean McAllisterSainsbury’s annual general meeting proved to be a bit of an anti-climax this week. The national papers had undertaken a concerted attack on its strategy and performance...
News
Opinion

2003-07-26T00:00:00Z

There's often a mealy mouthed feel about accusations, denials, court proceedings, judgements, fines, public disdain and moral high ground taken by litigants and public observers. The York-Sainsbury case is a fine example. Suppliers invent an alcohol...
News
Opinion

2003-07-26T00:00:00Z

"To compete effectively you need the best people and you can't say the best people are always male and white." That is how Sainsbury's corporate personnel director Judith Evans sums up the business case for diversity in the workplace. She...
News
Opinion

2003-07-26T00:00:00Z

The banner headlines said it all. When Sainsbury announced its profits warning last weekend, there was never a doubt the issue would make a rapid transfer from the business columns to the front pages of the broadsheets. And while the fortunes of...
News
Opinion

2003-07-26T00:00:00Z

We'll buy British but not at any price. That was the message barely concealed between the lines of IGD president Tom Vyner's speech at the final flag-waving conference of the Strathclyde Food Project last week. You might say the Sainsbury deputy...
News
Opinion

2003-07-26T00:00:00Z

The club warehouse system has resurfaced in a different form. Will it be first of many? When Sainsbury bought the three Cargo Clubs from Nurdin & Peacock it believed planning and trading permissions would be adjusted to allow supermarket trading....
News
Opinion

2003-07-26T00:00:00Z

Anyone who believed the General Election campaign would be conducted in an intelligent manner should have been among the shoppers at Sainsbury's supermarket at London's Nine Elms on Thursday. The farce began when entourages from our two major...
News
Opinion

2003-07-26T00:00:00Z

Sainsbury's bid to convince shareholders, City analysts and sceptical financial writers that it is making progress in the battle to regain the marketing high ground from Tesco was reflected on two fronts this week. The multiple sent more than a...
News
Opinion

2003-07-26T00:00:00Z

>>what’s tempted King to go to JS? And does the uk need to farm?When we caught up with Justin King this week, he was being suitably discreet about what he said – which was very little – as he sailed out of M& S to start his...
News
Opinion

2003-07-26T00:00:00Z

>>sainsbury must be clear about its convenience strategyAnother day, another retailer. As mentioned in this column just two weeks ago, The Grocer’s Top 50 ranking of independent retailers is proving a useful shopping list for...
News
Opinion

2003-07-26T00:00:00Z

>>Britain’s top retailer continues to extend its lead over rivalsWhile everybody has rightly been focusing this week on the fact that Asda has finally overtaken Sainsbury to occupy the number two spot in the supermarket league table,...
News
Opinion

2003-07-26T00:00:00Z

>>A retailer running to stand still may yet catch upAmid all the flak that flew Sainsbury’s way this week, it was interesting to note that none of the chain’s many critics were able to offer any sensible suggestions as to what Sir...
News
Opinion

2003-07-26T00:00:00Z

sainsbury must beware the pitfalls of the middle groundI guess there was a certain amount of inevitability about this week’s announcement from Sainsbury that Sir Peter Davis was leaving early. And, after all the corporate shenanigans...
News
No one in the JS wings yet

2003-07-26T00:00:00Z

Sainsbury has denied that it has chosen a successor to Sir Peter Davis as group chief executive when he steps up to become chairman in March 2004. Speaking at its agm, current chairman Sir George Bull said there was no preliminary list of...
News
Sainsbury: ‘not satisfied by sales performance’

2003-07-23T00:00:00Z

Sainsbury has posted a 0.3% rise in first quarter like-for-like sales and blamed its transformation programme both in-store and within the supply chain for “disruption to the execution of our customer offer”.UK like-for-like sales including...
News
JS sets out top fruit ambitions

2003-07-22T00:00:00Z

Sainsbury is aiming to take the top spot from Tesco when it comes to English top fruit. Marcus Hoggarth, senior buyer for apples and pears, said the multiple was aiming for significant growth: "I'd like to see us stuff Tesco and get the number one...
News
Steve's touch for the locals

2003-07-19T00:00:00Z

A new specialist meat counter, a partnership between a local butcher and multiple retailer, has been launched. Sainsbury and West Country-based master butcher Steve Turton are now offering customers to the retailer's Torquay and Exeter stores the...
News
Steve's touch for the locals

2003-07-19T00:00:00Z

A new specialist meat counter, a partnership between a local butcher and multiple retailer, has been launched. Sainsbury and West Country-based master butcher Steve Turton are now offering customers to the retailer's Torquay and Exeter stores...