Sainsbury's news and analysis – Page 195
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Coin machines give shoppers the charitable option
Supermarket coin exchange service Coinstar has linked up with leading UK charities to give shoppers an option of donating loose change. A Coins that Count' service now allows customers at Asda, Sainsbury and Tesco to pay in money to causes...
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IGD workshops guide young managers through the big issues
IGD is to help 46 junior managers at Sainsbury to widen their horizons from the day to day running of the grocery industry through its Foundation Certificate in Management programme. Sainsbury has enrolled the delegates on the Manchester...
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Sainsbury and Asda angrily hit out at Tesco Best Value' cla
Asda and Sainsbury are both threatening to report Tesco to the Advertising Standards Authority over its claims to be the Best Value Supermarket'. Tesco is standing by claims made in its latest ad campaign that it is on average 8% cheaper than...
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There's no more fat to trim' warns FDF as JS cuts £100m
If Sainsbury's £100m price cuts announced last week are trumped by retaliatory price slashing from the competition, suppliers will not be able to foot the bill, warned the Food and Drink Federation. A spokeswoman said: "If retailers are looking to...
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JS pours scorn on Tesco price boast
Clive Beddall Sainsbury has slammed Tesco's research findings which claim it enjoys a price advantage over competitors as "fanciful" In a bluntly worded statement as The Grocer went to Press, the Stamford Street multiple said: "Nobody believes...
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heads need banging together
Sir Peter Davis wants to see fresh debate about food chain issues unhindered by relentless competitive jostling, as he tells Clive Beddall Sainsbury chief executive Sir Peter Davis blames the major multiples' "dog eat dog" attitude for his...
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Multiples threaten hard times with c-store expansion plans
The independent c-store sector is facing a fresh onslaught from the major multiples and oil giants, with BP, Sainsbury, Tesco and Marks and Spencer announcing new developments. BP has indicated it is ready to set up standalone stores as part of its...
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Birds Eye Chicken O's Buy one get one free Gondola en
Birds Eye Bigtime Codcakes 4s Price promotion 98p Gondola end Asda Birds Eye Frozen Beef Curry Price promotion 99p Gondola end Tesco Birds Eye Mega Burgers 320g ...
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TESCO RULES AT THE TOP END
Tesco is fast becoming the supermarket of choice for higher ticket food items for special occasions, an area of the market traditionally dominated by M&S and Sainsbury, according to new Mintel research. In a survey of 2,000 shoppers polled in the...
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Co-op/council alliance launches Store to Door
Oxford, Swindon & Gloucester Co-op has teamed up with social services at Oxfordshire County Council to launch a new home shopping service for the elderly and housebound. The society beat off competition from Tesco, Sainsbury and Iceland to win the...
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Safeway has given its own label spirits a facelift and will
Wildhurst Vineyards of California has appointed Laytons as its exclusive UK agent. A novel collaboration between English and French winemaker, Cuvée des Anglais 2000 has won a national listing in Sainsbury. Absolut vodka is sponsoring an...
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McHugh goes from JS e-commerce
Sainsbury has lost its group e-commerce head Patrick McHugh, instrumental in the company's involvement in the B2B exchange, GNX. The news of his departure in June not announced by Sainsbury until now comes hot on the heels of the resignation of...
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Sainsbury has relaunched its corporate web site at www.j-sai
Ahold's Scandinavian subsidiary ICA plans to double its presence in Latvia within two years by opening 25 new stores. US multiple Target has brought a lawsuit against rival Kmart accusing it of false advertising, unlawful and deceptive trade...
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Sainsbury: SIXTY STORES TO GET HOME SHOP
Sainsbury aims to put its expanded cookware range into 60 stores in the next two years. The Home Shop is now in 22 stores and will go into Harrogate and Burton-on-Trent next month; the range is usually introduced when shops are "reinvigorated"....
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Sainsbury: Taste Network axed, then Angela Megson moves on
Sainsbury has suffered its second blow in the e-commerce arena with the resignation of home shopping supremo Angela Megson. The chain has just pulled the plug on its digital tv channel the Taste Network a joint venture with Carlton Communications...
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Sainsbury: Parrot talk with Oliver
Sainsbury is to add a further 50 lines to its Blue Parrot Café range of food for children this summer. Sales of the range, which currently consists of 150 products, are set to exceed £45m this year. A spokeswoman said awareness of the range among...
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Tesco: New deli trialled
Tesco is following Safeway and Sainsbury's lead as it trials new deli counters at its Bar Hill superstore, north of Cambridge. The new look store boasts Continental-style touches such as Tesco's first ever self service olive bar. Other innovations...
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This FT story really is a bit of a flop...
Oh dear. You know the silly season has started in earnest when the Financial Times runs a story about how the popularity of flip-flops has led to a surge in the sale of plasters at Sainsbury. We kid you not. Such a story appeared in the pink 'un...
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Sainsbury aims to double box appeal
Exclusive Tim Palmer Sainsbury is breaking new ground in the wine market with the introduction of a box containing two different wines. The Duo box is the brainchild of Patrick Darlington whose company developed the new-style packaging....