All Supermarkets articles – Page 381
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Comment & Opinion
Competitive instincts
New figures from the BRC today had food inflation falling – down from 4.5% in February to a still considerable 4% last month. With salaries rising at nothing like that rate, no wonder there’s been a squeeze on consumer spending – as reflected in recent results from the likes of ...
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NewsSainsbury’s gets all-clear on animal testing
Sainsbury’s own-label toiletries are to carry the logo of the British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection. Up to 200 products will display the ‘leaping bunny’ logo, the international certification that helps consumers identify cosmetics and toiletries that do not use ingredients tested on animals.
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NewsTesco moves into second-hand car trade
Tesco has started selling second-hand cars via a new website. The site, tescocars.com, offers thousands of used vehicles that can be collected or delivered to customers’ homes. Each purchase will earn 2,000 Clubcard points – the equivalent of spending £1,000 in-store.
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NewsSpecial relationship brings US favourites to shelves of Asda
Asda’s drive to bring US products to UK shelves continued this week with the roll-out of RC Cola. Regular and diet Royal Crown Cola launched in the US in 1905 is available nationwide in two-litre bottles (rsp: £1.28) and six-can packs…
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News
Undercover exposé of Sainsbury’s van safety
Sainsbury's home delivery operation has been severely criticised in terms of road safety after a reporter worked under cover as a driver for four months. Tim Blakemore, managing editor of Commercial Vehicle Engineer, worked as a driver...
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News
Denbies is first English wine in Tesco Finest range
England’s largest vineyard has produced a 2011 white wine exclusively for the Tesco Finest range marking the first time the retailer has selected an English wine to join the Finest line-up.
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Analysis & Features
Party is over, but what’s the damage to Tesco from Double the Difference?
As consumers fume amid a press furore, was Double the Difference just embarrassing for Tesco or does it reveal deeper problems?
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News
Collier’s cheese delisting sparks fear of wider cull
Collier’s Powerful Welsh Cheddar has become the first victim of a branded Cheddar category range review by Sainsbury’s.
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Comment & OpinionEditor's Comment: I doubt Tesco’s new promotion mechanic, the BOGIFPC, is going to catch on
Have you read any of Philip Clarke's tweets (twitter.com/clarkepatesco)? In an otherwise low-key start for Tesco's new CEO, he's been informing his 2,767 followers (including rivals, I can assure you), of his whereabouts.
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News
Co-op Group blames slump on Somerfield
The Co-operative Group has blamed difficulties integrating Somerfield for a 2.5% fall in full-year like-for-like food sales. Total sales in its food business rose 4.8% to £7.5bn in the year to 1 January, with operating profits up 33% to...
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Dairy Crest: price dispute behind Co-operative Group contract loss
The recent loss of Dairy Crest's milk contract with The Co-operative Group was down to its inability to agree the right price, the company has revealed.
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NewsInflation locked down by the Asda-Tesco price war
Food price inflation is all we seem to read about these days, but latest figures from The Grocer Price Index prove that competition between the rival supermarkets is keeping a lid on the cost of a weekly shop.
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News
Asda fights back at EIA fridge criticism
Asda has defended itself against accusations it reneged on a pledge to phase out fridges containing environmentally damaging chemicals. An Environmental Investigation Agency report slammed the retailer, and said great progress had been...
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News
Humdinger adds Ambrosia custard snacks
Humdinger Foods has added two Ambrosia-branded custard-based snacks to its portfolio of licensed foods. The duo, rolling out to Sainsbury's and Morrisons now and into Asda next month, consists of Custard Coated Apple Flakes and Custard...
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NewsDouble-strength squash helps The Co-op slash packaging
The Co-operative Group says its move to double-concentrated squash will cut the packaging used for its own-brand cordial by 40%. Eighty-three tonnes of packaging a year will be saved by the move, the mutual said.
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NewsTesco is UK’s most valuable retail brand, claims shock report
Supermarkets dominate a new list of the most valuable names in UK retail, with Tesco – perhaps unsurprisingly – crowned top.
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NewsTesco fined £48,000 for staff safety breaches
Tesco has been fined almost £50,000 after putting the safety of its staff at risk. Bracknell Forest Council prosecuted the retail giant over a of health and safety offences involving the unloading and loading of vehicles at its Warfield store.
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NewsWaitrose to open Lancashire DC in drive to double northern estate
Waitrose is to open a new regional distribution centre in Lancashire as part of plans to double its estate in the north. The centre in Chorley remains subject to planning approval but is expected to open in the autumn of 2012, creating 600 jobs.
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Comment & Opinion
Feeling co-operative?
Today The Co-op unveiled some pretty dismal like-for-like numbers for food sales, down 2.5% on last year. That wasn’t a huge surprise coming off the back of a disappointing Christmas.
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NewsTesco price match ‘will hit Waitrose margins’
Waitrose's pledge to match Tesco's pricing on key branded lines could be costing the retailer up to 200 basis points, industry insiders have warned. Exclusive figures compiled by BrandView.co.uk for The Grocer have revealed the chain is...