Sainsbury's news and analysis – Page 199
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Stones gets richer in JS
A limited release of a Special Reserve' Stone's Ginger Wine is being tested in selected Sainsbury's outlets. The Special Reserve has a richer ginger flavour and a higher abv of 18%. A Matthew Clark spokesman said the parent brand has a 53% value...
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Retail spotlight: Forecourt vehicles
Sainsbury's Local has pulled into the filling station. Anne Bruce sees what's on offer and compares it to Tesco's Express Sainsbury has joined its multiple rivals on the forecourts with the unveiling of its first collaboration with Shell in...
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Art of getting sushi right
A new frozen convenience sushi from Sea Products International is to go on sale at Sainsbury and Makro this month. The frozen sushi is manufactured and quick frozen in Iceland. Local fresh products and Japanese recipes and processes are used in...
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Multiples: Sainsbury's squares up to Spar with first Local o
Sainsbury is to take on Spar's flagship store in Wylde Green, Birmingham, with the opening of its first Local outside the M25 corridor. The new Local, which is due to open next February, will be in the same precinct as the Blakemore owned Spar....
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Training: Aberness shows how to make gains
Investing in training has proved to be a recipe for success for Aberness Foods winner of this year's John Sainsbury 1990 Award at the IGD Food Industry Awards. The Mace wholesaler for Scotland beat off stiff competition from Sainsbury, Princes...
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The Grocer focus on alcoholic drinks: CHEESMAN'S HEROES
Branded wines used to struggle to get on to Sainsbury's shelves, but now they are there in force and appear destined for a great future Christmas is looking good, and Sainsbury's wine director Allan Cheesman intends to make sure it is a very merry...
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The Grocer 33: Blisteringly hot weekend brings boost to bangers as the barbecue comes out
Blisteringly hot weekend brings boost to bangers as the barbecue comes out. A sizzling hot weekend meant a rush on sausages for the barbie this week. Sainsbury at Marsh Mills, Plymouth, had run out of them, while the only Asda ones on offer were...
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Wind turbine power for JS
A Sainsbury distribution depot in East Kilbride is to use a wind turbine to generate up to 40% of its energy needs. The trial is part of the multiple's investigation into making renewable energy a bigger proportion of its electricity source. Its...
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FREE FRUIT FOR GLASGOW KIDS
Sainsbury is to give Glasgow schoolchildren free fruit as part of a three month initiative aimed at boosting their fruit and vegetable consumption. The project runs from January to March in 14 Glasgow primary schools. If it works, it will be rolled...
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Lang's Beef
After lonely years criticising supermarkets, I'm bemused these days to swim with the tide. It is fashionable to knock stores for ripping off Britain. The middle classes, who years ago valued houses by proximity to Sainsbury, now grumble about...
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Sourdough loaf about
The Prince of Wales' organic food brand Duchy Originals has added a ready to bake mild sourdough loaf to its range. The new addition is handmade by craft baker La Fornaia and will be launched initially through Sainsburys. Duchy Originals says the...
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Online trading exchanges: Big wins' are on the way
Sainsbury says its membership of GlobalNetXchange will start paying off early next year when the majority of its b2b projects kick off in earnest. The supermarket chain claims to have already made savings via the online trading exchange greater...
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Shareholders: People to take note of
The arrogant high street giants of old are up against unprecedented shareholder anxiety and impatience as they fight to recover. Robert Heller reports on the threat of people power The trials and tribulations of Marks and Spencer and Sainsbury...
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Sainsbury accelerates NPD with a Difference
Exclusive Julian Hunt Sainsbury is aiming to blow Tesco Finest out of the water with the launch of a premium own label range dubbed Taste the Difference. The range will start appearing in stores next month and Sainsbury has boldly predicted that...
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Retail spotlight: Smile (Newshops)
Facts & figures - The store opens from 7am to 11pm, although manager Richard Carter tries to open at 6am to catch the change of shift at Clarks still one of Street's biggest employers - There's plenty of competition in Street, with a Sainsbury,...
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Developing Sainsbury business
Webbs Country Foods has appointed two senior executives to develop its business with Sainsbury. Paul Savage, a former national accounts manager with Dairy Crest, becomes account director, reporting on progress with the £45m account directly to...
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Sainsbury: From the Pru to the sushi
Sainsbury Chief Executive Sir Peter Davis is bringing the cult of personality he established as the man from the Pru' into the multiple. Its new flagship London store, was unveiled on Thursday as "the personal brainchild" of Davis and second in...
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The student pound: Degrees of spending
How they shop Helen Simm, 19, is a drama student at Middlesex University. She lives in self catering halls and shops at Sainsbury or Kwik Save. "There are 24 of us competing for freezer space, so storage is a problem. I buy fresh vegetables and...
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THE ROLL OF HONOUR
National Westminster Cup VJ Hares & Son (Supreme Champion) Reserve Wensleydale Dairy Products The HT Webb Trophy Westland Kaasspecialiteiten (Supreme Continental) Viskase Trophy (Supreme ...
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Major online exchanges
GlobalNetXchange was set up in February by Sears and Carrefour in partnership with software vendor Oracle. Sainsbury joined as a junior partner, along with Metro of Germany, in March. Both Sainsbury and Metro are understood to have committed to...