Sainsbury's news and analysis – Page 201
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Here's a recipe: take old school Sainsbury, stir in years
The first thing to forget about Ross McLaren is the notion that he is “old school Sainsbury”. He isn’t. Sure, the president and ceo of the multiple’s New England subsidiary Shaw’s has spent the whole of his working life with the chain. But it’s his…
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Sainsbury has announced that Stuart Mitchell and Sara Weller
Organic chain Fresh & Wild has secured £3m private finance to add three more London stores to its portfolio of six in the next financial year. United Co-op has bought three stores, in Newcastle-under-Lyme and Kingsley in Cheshire and St...
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Code comfort for the few
n For key players in the British grocery industry, 2001 could be dubbed the year of recovery. Tesco remained firmly at the top, but Sainsbury started to show real signs of renaissance and Iceland and Somerfield started to pull round. The toothless'...
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Carling 24-pack at £9.99 is lunacy'
Sainsbury's move to slash the price of Carling has brought howls of outrage from the wholesale sector. Sainsbury shocked the trade with national advertising for a 24 pack of Carling 440ml cans at £9.99 (down from £12.99). This is a pack exclusive...
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n Sainsbury's customer segmentation work has allowed it to s
Shoppers have an uncanny knack of spotting when the head office suits are in a store and have no qualms about approaching and telling them exactly what they think about this or that. That's why we know the shoppers in Camberley and Crawley are...
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n High brand penetration and benign pricing have been the ha
Napoleon might have uncharitably dubbed Jersey a pustule on Albion's backside', but when it comes to food retailing, the nation of shopkeepers could learn a thing or two from the grocers on the Channel Islands. Indeed, when Sainsbury was looking...
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Santa with a rosey nosey
Batemans has introduced a bit of fun to the Christmas beer fixture by adding a Santa Claus hat to its seasonal Rosey Nosey Ale. The ale comes in a gift pack complete with a deck of cards and retails at £2.49. Sainsbury, Safeway, Booths, Unwins and...
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A case of rejuvenation
The notion that "most" Sainsbury shoppers are poofy southerners with plums in their mouths is almost as daft as the idea that typical Asda patrons wear clogs, breed whippets and hang pictures of Geoffrey Boycott in their outside loos.Yet, that's...
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Heat rises in processor rivalry as Wiseman gets trial JS lis
Scottish milk processor Robert Wiseman has secured its first listings at Sainsbury the only major multiple not on its books as part of a trial to prove its mettle in terms of product quality and operational efficiency. If the three-month trial...
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Somerfield goes for gold with So Good
Rod Addy Somerfield aims to poach premium brand customers from Tesco and Sainsbury with So Good, its new own label upmarket food range. It is particularly looking to steal shoppers who are dedicated to those bigger rivals but still use Somerfield...
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proof of the pudding from young's
Young's has made its first venture into the festive ale market with Christmas Pudding Ale, which is being sold exclusively by Sainsbury. The yuletide tipple will be on sale in a gift pack, retailing at £2.99, which features a Young's pint glass and...
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Bass brings an ale icon back home for trial in Sainsbury
Tim Palmer The UK's leading beer export Bass Pale Ale is being sold in the UK for the first time in over 200 years. The beer that has been doing very well over there it sells a total of 330,000 pints a day in more than 50 ...
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Dailycer first in cereal snacks'
Sir; I read with interest your story on page 50 last week that Weetabix "bagged a first in snacks". This is incorrect as we at Dailycer launched the Big Cereal Company range of cereal snacks into Tesco and Sainsbury in October last year and also...
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Shaw's decides to trial more viable' net shopping service
Groceries On-the-Go, a new internet shopping service proposed as "a more viable alternative" to full US home delivery systems, is being tested in Boston, Massachusetts, by Shaw's, the 185 store Sainsbury subsidiary. The company's Star Market in the...
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JS's McCann goes to Tesco
Sainsbury is losing its non food and ambient trading director to Tesco. James McCann was "attracted by Tesco's growing international business and the opportunities it offers someone of his background", said a Tesco spokeswoman. She added that...
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Few categories are so in tune with consumer tastes and tren
This outstanding performance has been bolstered by the huge amount of development that has taken place in the market. The multiples have led the way, with Waitrose and Safeway creating fresh pasta bars, and Tesco, Safeway and Sainsbury extending...
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Italfresco Gnocchi
Rsp: £1.19 for 400g This Italian potato dumpling product isn't new, but rebranding in January 2001 has pushed up sales. New packaging plus the impact of a Delia Smith recipe promotion in Sainsbury helped boost sales, its bestselling month being...
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Sushi sarnies arrive at JS
The first sushi sandwich to go on sale outside Japan is being showcased at Sainsbury this week as the chain develops its partnership with restaurant chain Yo! Sushi. The sushi sandwiches' will come in packs of two or three, featuring rice instead...
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Asda and Sainsbury take a positive view of older workers
Asda and Sainsbury have nailed their colours to a government scheme to address age discrimination in the workplace. The Age Positive Campaign, spearheaded by minister of state for pensions Ian McCartney, was set up to raise the awareness of the...
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Budgens snaps up top buyers
Three former Sainsbury executives and one from Safeway have joined Budgens as it shapes up to take on the multiples. Steve Carter joins from Sainsbury's Egypt operation as senior trading controller for fresh foods, taking charge of all aspects of...