All Supermarkets articles – Page 344
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Comment & OpinionStop the big price-matching yawn and focus on lower prices
There have been two notable developments in the price-matching world recently…
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Comment & OpinionDealing with discounters: a lesson from French supermarkets
The facts say it all. Hard discounters like Aldi and Lidl have seized more than 8% UK market share…
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NewsPrice cuts keep food inflation at all-time low
Food inflation stayed at a record low this month, bringing relief to hard-pressed consumers.
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Comment & OpinionAre the Lib Dems 'the Morrisons' of politics?
The Liberal Democrats are the Morrisons of the UK political scene, a Lib Dem MP declared this week. But does his supermarket analogy ring true?
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Analysis & FeaturesUK bucks the trend in Europe as food becomes more affordable
The supermarket price war has been given the majority of credit for driving down the price of food – but it is not only in the UK that prices are going down.
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NewsAndrew Higginson warns the supermarkets: ‘refocus or die’
Supermarkets aren’t dead, but they need to refocus on the customer to revive the industry.
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NewsHigginson urges big four to ‘focus on their own stall’
The big four supermarkets have been “focusing on the wrong thing”, incoming Morrisons chairman Andrew Higginson has claimed.
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Analysis & FeaturesIs Match & More Morrisons' silver bullet?
Undoubtedly Morrisons’ decision to take on the discounters is a bold move, but will it suceed?
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NewsTesco launches bigger, faster Hudl 2 tablet
Tesco today launched a new improved version of its Hudl tablet, which customers will be able to pick up for as little as £65 with a Clubcard voucher promotion.
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Analysis & FeaturesSainsbury's faces City spotlight as shares plummet
If the Tesco crisis dominated the City last week, it was Sainsbury’s turn in the uncomfortable glare of the spotlight this…
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Comment & OpinionTesco is not a basket case, says Kevin Hawkins
“When sorrows come, they come not single spies but in battalions,” according to Shakespeare…
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Comment & OpinionSupermarkets have forgotten their shoppers
Tesco, Sainsbury’s and Morrisons are suffering severe downturns in trade and are rushing to blame the discounters…
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NewsHow Morrisons’ Match & More scheme works: video
Morrisons today unveiled its Match & More loyalty card scheme, which will match prices not only with the other big four supermarkets, but with Aldi and Lidl too.
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NewsMorrisons loyalty scheme to match Aldi and Lidl on price
Morrisons has become the first UK supermarket to price match against the discounters.
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Analysis & FeaturesAre supermarket rights issues on the way?
How fierce must the ‘perfect storm’ become before the grocers look to the equity markets to bolster their balance sheets?
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Comment & OpinionLewis puts his stamp on Tesco with Feet on the Floor
Dave Lewis is wasting little time putting his personal stamp on Tesco, despite the turmoil caused by its £250m black hole
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NewsDave Lewis orders Tesco HQ staff back to shop floor
Thousands of Tesco head office staff have been instructed to spend time on the shop floor as part of a new initiative by CEO Dave Lewis
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NewsFCA launches probe into Tesco's £250m black hole
Financial Conduct Authority has launched a “full investigation” into the circumstances behind the £250m black hole in Tesco’s accounts.
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NewsSainsbury’s blames ‘deflationary environment’ as sales fall 2.8%
Sainsbury’s has blamed a “deflationary environment” for its second consecutive quarter of negative like-for-like sales.
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Analysis & FeaturesFuel price cut suggests Sainsbury's has moved on from 'business as usual'
Petrol prices have opened as a new front in the supermarket price war after aggressive fuel price cuts from three of the big four.