All Supermarkets articles – Page 384
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Grocer 33From hero to zero for Tesco as Morrisons wins service
Tesco has slumped to last place in this year’s G33 service awards while Morrisons has risen to first. Why the reversal in fortunes?
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NewsWrap hails use of smaller packs to cut waste
Supermarkets have made “great progress” encouraging consumers to waste less food by increasing availability of smaller pack sizes and improving labelling, according to a Wrap study.
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NewsSir Ken: Morrisons board risks repeating Safeway mistakes
Sir Ken Morrison has urged the supermarket he founded to refocus on its core business and accused its management of a “total bout of plagiarism”.
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NewsTesco and Dobbies to open joint store
Tesco has unveiled plans for its first joint store with Dobbies, the garden centre business Tesco bought in 2008.
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NewsTesco tunes into web radio service WE7
Tesco has acquired a 91% stake in internet radio service WE7.
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NewsGina the Cleaner leads champs at Grocer Golds
Georgina Lester from Morrisons in Strood was crowned as The Grocer’s first Hidden Hero at last night’s glittering Gold Awards.
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NewsUK’s promotions habit is worst in Europe
The level of grocery products sold on deal in the UK is the highest in Europe – at 55.6% – but sales volumes are still flat.
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NewsJubilee cheers retailers in rainy May
The Diamond Jubilee has given retailers a much-needed shot in the arm, with sales soaring by more than 12% compared to the equivalent period last year.
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NewsSainsbury's celebrates Jubilee boost in Q1
Sainsbury’s has notched up first-quarter like-for-like sales growth of 1.4%.
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NewsTesco suffers new drop in like-for-like sales
Tesco has reported a 1.5% drop in like-for-like sales for the past three months.
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Analysis & FeaturesHow the industry's calories reduction pledges weigh up
Retailers and suppliers are certainly talking a good talk. But can they really walk five billion calories off Britain’s daily diet?
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Hardy Brits keep Jubilee spirits up and tills ringing
Retailers and suppliers have toasted the resilience of the British consumer, as millions of Brits defied the torrential downpours…
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Comment & Opinion
'Special' offers not so special
Wouldn’t it be great if you could rely on special offers to be just that?
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NewsSainsbury's forced into fresh mackerel retreat
The mackerel spat between Iceland, the Faroes and the EU is taking its toll in the mults, forcing Sainsbury’s to backtrack…
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Analysis & FeaturesMorrisons gets stores ready for a fresh future
Morrisons is looking to impress its southern shoppers with its Royal Tunbridge Wells ‘store of the future’.
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Comment & Opinion
Tesco has become too profitable not to put profit first
This week, I interviewed Sir Terry Leahy about his new book
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NewsSainsbury's quits tobacco in Scottish store
Is this the future of the modern Scottish grocery store? Sainsbury’s has stopped selling tobacco from its Local store on St Andrew’s Square in Edinburgh city centre in the wake of a new tax imposed by the Scottish government, replacing the cigarette gantry with a wall of computer games.
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NewsTwo thirds of shoppers claim they hate using self-service checkouts
Self-service tills may be here to stay - but most shoppers don’t like using them, according to research by Him!.
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NewsMortgages and current accounts from new M&S Bank
Marks & Spencer has unveiled plans to open 50 in-store banks in partnership with HSBC – starting next month with its flagship Marble Arch store.
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NewsThe Co-op confirms closures of West Country DCs
The Co-operative Group has confirmed its distribution centre in Wellington, Somerset, will close in November, followed by Portbury, Bristol, in April 2013.