Sainsbury's news and analysis – Page 183
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Whitehead gets Italian job
Western Wines has appointed an Italian agency executive to develop its Italian range of wines which accounts for a quarter of the business. Claire Whitehead joins from Sainsbury where she was wine marketing manager from January 2000. "I am...
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In love with milk...and vindicated at Droitwich
New business continues to flow in. In 12 months, the company has pulled off a coup by striking a supply deal with Sainsbury, the only multiple not on its books, and picked up a clutch of new contracts to supply the middle ground milk market through...
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Multiples Look To More New Product Development
The major supermarkets believe that new products have stimulated the market and would like to see even more being done to reinvigorate the sector.Christopher Sellars, trading manager for yellow fats at Sainsbury, says: "The butter market will...
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New quartet shakes up brands
Morrisons has pulled further ahead of the other retailers in the chart this week and now stands six percentage points ahead of Tesco which has moved up to number two. Sainsbury has shown improvement, moving up from fifth place to number four...
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A case of the blues...which means NPD, and hands on fun
But retailer behaviour is also crucial. Glanbia supplies to most of the major multiples in the UK, including Asda, Safeway, Somerfield, Kwik Save, Iceland, Sainsbury and Marks & Spencer. Development work at its groundbreaking Malpas Centre of Cheese...
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ÂAnd where the rest fell down
Asda Date of shopping trip: 30.08.02 Time taken in store: 47 minsHulme Time of shopping trip: 12:25 Time taken at checkout: 7 mins ...
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Nectar prompts City scepticism
Sainsbury is believed to be gearing up for a September 16 launch of the Nectar loyalty card, developed with partners BP, Debenhams and Barclaycard. It will also be keeping up its BOGOF activity throughout the launch period and is expected to...
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Sainsbury reckons its improved supplier relations will put i
Supply chain manager Andrew Coe acknowledges that collaboration wasn't a word it knew a few years ago: "We were arrogant, but we've moved on since then." Sainsbury grew market share in the beers, wines and spirits category and aims to build on...
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This year Sainsbury was named as the leading food retailer i
Alison Austin, head of sustainability and food safety, says: "We have pursued sustainable development principles in our environment programme for several years and this is bearing fruit in some of our products. For example, we have worked with, and...
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Sainsbury takes to the college campus
Congratulations to Sainsbury for its solution for parents worried that their offspring won't be eating properly when they attend college. The Sainsbury's to You online service offers parents the chance to have food delivered directly to their...
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n JS builds links
Sainsbury is forging stronger links with the dairy industry. The retailer has founded the Sainsbury's Dairy Communications Forum involving Express Dairies, Express Milk Partnership and other farmers' and consultative groups. As part of the...
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Safeway and Sainsbury close in
There are no changes in the retailer chart this week with Morrisons still at number one. The top three, Morrisons, Asda and Tesco, have, however, lost ground in the number of percentage points held with Safeway and Sainsbury both improving on...
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BLOSSOM BOXED Blossom Hill is moving into the Bag in Box for
The brand claims the drink will stay fresh for up to six weeks once opened. Priced at £16.99 it will be available in Somerfield from mid August and in Sainsbury a month later. Distributor Percy Fox said wine boxes had suffered from a negative...
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Morrisons keeps up the pace
Morrisons remains at the top of the retailer share chart for a fourth week running, with 35% share of promotional space, followed by Asda with 24% and Tesco with 16%. Safeway and Sainsbury follow, with Somerfield again finishing bottom of the...
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JS steps up Savacentre refits
Julian Hunt The rebirth of the Sainsbury's Savacentre brand has taken another step forward with the opening of two more stores. The first has opened in Wigan as part of a six-store trial of the new Savacentre format. Sainsbury will not...
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JS set for premium wine war
Sainsbury looks set to extend its own label war with rival Tescoto the wine fixture. The chain is considering plans to follow Tesco's lead and give its premium own label brand, Taste the Difference, a debut in wine. Director of wine Allan...
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Training will help deli's premium pull
Sainsbury deli buyer Richard Pitcher insists customer service is crucial: "We are working to draw people to the counter by making pricing simple and providing more information about products. Keeping queues down by investing in colleague hours is...
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Sainsbury's return to the Savacentre concept
The multiple has invested £13m in developing its first Savacentre in nine years, and the new store in Northfield, Birmingham, has the potential to become Sainsbury's 13th highest turnover generator. With half the space of a traditional...