Simon Roberts news, comment and opinion – Page 8
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NewsCity News: Sainsbury’s ‘Next Level’ strategy fails to impress the City
Sainsbury’s outlined its strategic blueprint to improve investors’ returns this week, but its plans underwhelmed the City amid concerns over upfront costs and a lack of clarity around some commitments
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Comment & OpinionSainsbury’s Next Level strategy is pretty basic… but also ballsy
Four years into its Food First strategy, Sainsbury’s isn’t currently selling its full food range in the vast majority of its superstores and hypermarkets
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NewsSainsbury’s to double down on food, availability and loyalty in new three-year plan
The new strategy builds on Sainsbury’s Food First Strategy, which it has pursued over the past three years
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NewsCity snapshot: Sainsbury’s targets £1bn in savings as it launches ‘Next Level Sainsbury’s’ strategy
Sainsbury’s is targeting £1bn in cost savings over the next three years as part of its new strategy launch this morning. Plus, PZ Cussons issues a profits warning and Just Eat Takeaway appoints new CFO.
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NewsSimon Roberts to take over as IGD president from Jason Tarry
Tarry will step down in March when he leaves his role as Tesco UK CEO
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NewsSainsbury’s launches half-price Nectar offer in latest value investment
The new offer comes alongside the extension of Nectar Prices to more than 6,000 products across Sainsbury’s shelves
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NewsMedia Bites 22 January: Retail sales, Sainsbury’s, shrinkflation
British retail sales plummeted in December, marking the biggest decline in nearly three years and raising the risk that the UK economy has slipped into a technical recession
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NewsSainsbury’s shakes up leadership team as Paula Nickolds leaves
Paula Nickolds will leave to become CEO of The White Company
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NewsCity snapshot: Sainsbury’s to wind down core banking operations
Sainsbury’s has announced it will wind down its core banking operations and instead offer financial services via third party financial groups. Plus updates from Cranswick, Pepco, Bakkavor, Naked Wines and C&C Group
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NewsSainsbury’s launches EV charging business in supermarket first
Smart Charge will be fully owned and operated by Sainsbury’s
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NewsSainsbury’s records ‘strong’ Christmas sales as premium demand increases
Sainsbury’s saw its ‘best ever year’ for sales of mine pies and premium cheese
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NewsCity snapshot: Sainsbury’s boosts volumes as Nectar Prices and Taste the Difference win over Christmas customers
Sainsbury’s has boosted food volumes by more than the wider grocery market over Christmas thanks to its Nectar Prices promotions and shoppers trading up to its Taste the Difference range. Plus, full-year trading updates from Greggs and Vimto maker Nichols
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NewsSainsbury’s boosts hourly pay with ‘biggest ever’ wage investment
The increase takes Sainsbury’s total investment in pay over the last three years to £500m
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NewsSainsbury’s ‘doubles’ value products in c-stores
The lineup of products stocked by major supermarkets in their convenience stories has come under increased scrutiny during the cost of living crisis
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NewsMedia Bites 18 December: Morrisons, Farming, UK retail
The new boss of Morrisons, the troubled supermarket chain, has laid down the gauntlet to staff
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NewsSainsbury’s to relocate London HQ
The retailer will move to a new office ‘a few hundred yards’ from its current HQ in Holborn
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NewsSainsbury’s adds Christmas dinner deal to Nectar Prices
Sainsbury’s has also rolled Nectar Prices offers across a range of selected festive vegetables
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Analysis & FeaturesWill daring to be different pay off for advertisers this Christmas?
As the Christmas ad tradition took off, supermarkets’ efforts became homogenised. This year, they’re taking risks on quirky creatives
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NewsFood charities hail historic moment in industry’s fight against hunger
FareShare’s Alliance Manufacturing strategy, launched yesterday as part of King Charles’s Coronation Food Project, will see retailers and their suppliers produce thousands of tonnes of food specifically for food charities
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NewsMedia Bites 3 November: Sainsbury’s, Amazon, Beyond Meat, Heineken
Amazon has come under fire from the Federal Trade Commission regulator in the US