Sainsbury's news and analysis – Page 186

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    Wetherspoon to match supermarket prices

    2002-11-07T00:00:00Z

    Pub group Wetherspoon is to match or undercut prices at Sainsbury’s on products such as Guinness and Red Bull as part of its festive marketing campaign at its 616-strong estate.From Monday, November 11 the company will charge £1.69 for a...

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    MORRISONS is the THREAT TO TESCO

    2002-11-02T00:00:00Z

    from D Wakeling, Crabtree, Paston, Peterborough Sir; with reference to your Store Analysis report (October 12, p23) where you analysed why Morrisons would want to trade from Enfield when there were two Tesco stores and a Sainsbury within...

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    Sir Peter's eye on Curry work

    2002-11-02T00:00:00Z

    John Wood Sainsbury chief executive Sir Peter Davis will be a member of the nine-strong implementation group charged with delivering DEFRA's sustainable food and farming policy. DEFRA is expected to report its strategy in early December and...

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    Courvoisier wraps it up

    2002-11-02T00:00:00Z

    Courvoisier is being packaged in a gift box for added seasonal appeal. The pack features a 35cl bottle of Courvoisier VS Cognac with a brandy balloon glass and will be available in Sainsbury's, Asda and Makro for £9.99. The back of the pack...

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    A hit that's only faintly bruising

    2002-11-02T00:00:00Z

    A good performance by Safeway and Sainsbury helped to prevent our basket of shares from taking an alarming dip this month. However, even though many of our companies are outperforming the market, we took a loss of £37.Tesco dropped a few...

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    English apple push sees results

    2002-11-02T00:00:00Z

    Ed Bedington Sainsbury's campaign to boost English top fruit is beginning to show results in terms of market share, according to the multiple. Pear buyer Jay Norbury said the focus on English top fruit was producing results: "Market share...

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    Not for Tesco a slow and painful Sainsbury-style advent into

    2002-11-02T00:00:00Z

    Then it can get on with its plans to convert 450 prime sites to its lucrative Express format over the next three to four years. The masterplan is to use T&S's distribution network to serve the new standalone Express chain and around 400 residual One...

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    Birds Eye Chicken Lattice 2 for £2 Gondola end Asd

    2002-11-02T00:00:00Z

    Birds Eye Fish Fingers 240g Buy one get one free Gondola end Sainsbury Cadbury's Ice Creams 4 Buy one get one free Gondola end Sainsbury Cadbury's Mighty Mini Cooki's 75g ...

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    Stock failures revealed

    2002-10-29T00:00:00Z

    Elaine Watson Tesco and Sainsbury are missing out on a major sales opportunity through poor product availability, according to new research by Taylor Nelson Sofres revealed at the Schroder Salomon Smith Barney Food Retailing conference. Data...

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    Stock failures revealed

    2002-10-29T00:00:00Z

    Tesco and Sainsbury are missing out on a major sales opportunity through poor product availability, according to new research by Taylor Nelson Sofres revealed at the Schroder Salomon Smith Barney Food Retailing conference.Data from TNS...

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    Sir Peter defends margins claim

    2002-10-26T00:00:00Z

    John Wood Sainsbury chief executive Sir Peter Davis mounted a robust defence of his claim that his company will achieve industry leading margins at the Schroder Salomon Smith Barney Annual Food Retailing Conference. Sir Peter was challenged...

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    DEFRA hands new role to Davis

    2002-10-25T00:00:00Z

    Sainsbury chief executive Sir Peter Davis will be a member of the nine strong implementation group charged with delivering DEFRA’s sustainable food and farming policy.DEFRA is expected to report on its strategy in early December and the...

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    Usdaw recruiting

    2002-10-19T00:00:00Z

    Sainsbury and Morrisons have been targeted by shopworkers' union Usdaw for a recruitment campaign. Usdaw broke through the 100,000 members barrier at Tesco last week and has plans to grow membership. Both Sainsbury and Morrisons claim to...

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    Tesco top for flowers

    2002-10-19T00:00:00Z

    Judges have voted Tesco Fresh Flower Retailer of the Year at the 2002 Retail Industry Awards. Tesco was up against Sainsbury and Marks and Spencer for the award, which was sponsored by the Flower Council of Holland. The judging panel...

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    Source tags eyed by Waitrose

    2002-10-19T00:00:00Z

    Anne Bruce Waitrose has become the latest UK supermarket to develop source tagging capabilities as momentum builds behind the technology. Marks and Spencer, Safeway, Asda, Tesco and Sainsbury are also conducting analysis and trials of the...

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    Sainsbury re-opens Cardiff store

    2002-10-18T00:00:00Z

    Sainsbury has re-opened its newly refurbished and extended store in Cardiff following a £7.8m make-over.The Colchester Avenue store is the first Sainsbury’s in Wales to stock Jeff & Co clothing and there is a new homeshop section with...

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    Restaurant shelf life

    2002-10-14T00:00:00Z

    Pizza Express has a big slice of the retail market but its success is proving hard for shareholders to swallow. Sales of its pizzas in Sainsbury have grown to 140,000 a week – well up on the chain’s original estimates of just 40,000 – but it has not...

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    Nectar is not the only sweet offering in JS

    2002-10-12T00:00:00Z

    Sainsbury in Durham produced not only the cheapest basket but attentive staff and a massive promotion of the new Nectar loyalty card. It was Hardys wine, which it sold at 81p less than Asda, that brought in Sainsbury's basket at 11p cheaper....

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    Hit or miss? Persil Black Velvet

    2002-10-12T00:00:00Z

    Brand owner Lever Faberge does not seem enthusiastic about the peformance of Persil Black Velvet, but perhaps it should be, because at least one of the major multiles has been impressed enough to launch a me-too version.A Sainsbury spokesman...

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    Sainsbury rounds up square tins

    2002-10-07T00:00:00Z

    Sainsbury has begun testing shoppers’ attitude to square-shaped cans with its own label tomato soup the first product to be trialled at its Reading store.The retailer said that it can fit 20% more square cans on its shelves and it would...