Sainsbury's news and analysis – Page 184
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CSR in the DNA at M&S
Marks and Spencer has topped the first Business in the Community Corporate Responsibility Index. The 122 companies participating were ranked in four key impact areas environment, marketplace, workplace and community. Sainsbury, Safeway,...
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Executive moves at Sainsbury
Sainsbury has said that Sir George Bull has agreed to continue as chairman until March 28 2004.Sir Peter Davis has also agreed to extend his time with the group and will assume the role of Chairman on March 29 2004.Sainsbury is to...
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UK majors circle over Ahold
Tesco and Sainsbury may be potential buyers for assets of Dutch retailer Ahold after “significant accounting irregularities” were uncovered and chief executive officer Cees van der Hoeven and chief financial officer Michael Meurs...
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UK majors circle over Ahold
Sean McAllister Tesco and Sainsbury may be potential buyers for assets of Dutch retailer Ahold after "significant accounting irregularities" were uncovered and chief executive officer Cees van der Hoeven and chief financial officer Michael Meurs...
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Alliance meets JS needs
Five of the best known tomato growers have set up new marketing company Fresh Link Marketing to exclusively serve Sainsbury, although individually they will continue to supply other retailers. Wight Salads, the Jersey Produce Marketing...
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Beyond the gate
Tesco and Sainsbury left suppliers at IGD's Factory Gate, Open Book and Beyond conference in no doubt that they plan to continue their factory gate pricing strategies and that the new focus would now be on beyond'. Tesco's primary distribution...
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Safeway bills soaring
The final bill for those involved in the battle for Safeway could top a massive £150m. Research by The Grocer suggests Tesco, Asda and Sainsbury and Philip Green could each face bills of up to £40m, mainly from the professional advisors working...
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Tesco revives Duo box concept
Rosie Davenport Tesco is hoping to refuel interest in a forgotten wine packaging innovation by giving the two wines in one box concept a new outing. It is following in rival Sainsbury's footsteps by teaming up with Darlington Wines to...
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savacentre opens
Sainsbury has opened its 19th Savacentre store, on East Prescot Road, Knotty Ash, Liverpool, following an investment of £7.2m. It will be followed by one in Stoke on Trent, opening on March 18, then Bolton and Grimsby on March 27. exel...
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BP's c-store ambitions
Siân Harrington BP has set its sights on Tesco and Sainsbury in convenience as its begins a strategy to persuade consumers it is the c-store of choice. Retail director Graham Sims said the oil giant was leading the convenience revolution in...
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Cereals is one of those product areas that any store manager
In the cereals category this week the two highest promoters were Sainsbury and Safeway, with a promoted to non-promoted sku ratio of 28%. The average ratio is just 18%. The results are interesting for a number of reasons. The average out of...
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JS raises its game
A cost-savings project carried out by Sainsbury and business improvement company Cobalt was highly commended at the national 2003 Management Consultancy Awards. The three-year cost savings project, started in 1999, was expected to deliver...
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Sainsbury takes a leap
Morrisons remains top of the fascia chart for promotions. A combination of price promotions and multi-buy offers across all categories helped Morrisons to open up a big gap between itself and its competitors last week. This week the gap has...
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Sainsbury opens 50th local store
Sainsbury opened a landmark 50th Local store, in Castle Street, Liverpool this week, targeted at commuters and office workers.Ian Elkins, Sainsbury’s regional operations director, said: “Since we opened the first Sainsbury’s Local, we have...
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Biodiesel at Tesco
Tesco will become the second supermarket to sell biodiesel a blend of low sulphur diesel and rapeseed oil on its forecourts. The new fuel, first trialed by Sainsbury at its Greenwich store in January, will go on sale at Tesco's Hatfield store at...
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Waitrose would be the winner
Waitrose and Marks and Spencer will be the winners in a Safeway sale, with Somerfield, Sainsbury,Big Food Group and the Co-operative Group likely losers. That was the consensus of opiinion at the seminar.If Sainsbury lost, it would be exposed as...
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Asda launches range for kids
Asda is set to follow its rivals in launching a 90-product children’s range, More for Kids.Due on shelves on February 17, the range arrives two years after Sainsbury launched its 170-strong Blue Parrot Café range and six months after Tesco...
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In the hot seat
I remember the first time I met Stuart Mitchell. It was a few years back, while Dino Adriano was in charge, and I was having lunch with a Sainsbury director who introduced me to Mitchell, who was also dining in the same restaurant. "That's somebody...
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JS trials labelling for mixed pallets
Sainsbury is trialling a new pallet labelling initiative for mixed supplier pallets after complaints that its one supplier per pallet' initiative could increase costs. As part of an overhaul of its supply chain, Sainsbury had asked individual...
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Non-food key JS goal
Sainsbury is set to unveil a new strategy for general merchandise later this year.Stuart Mitchell, newly appointed MD of Sainsbury’s supermarkets business, said the chain had spent a lot of time and effort developing the right strategy for...