All Supermarkets articles – Page 412
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Analysis & FeaturesAsda wows shoppers to take 'favourite' crown from Tesco
Asda has prised open Tesco’s iron grip on the Grocer Gold Award for Britain’s Favourite Supermarket. How did it do it? Ian Quinn reports
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Asda scores a first with Pakistani mangoes deal
Asda is to become the first major retailer to offer highly coveted Pakistani mangoes to shoppers.
In a major coup for its direct sourcing arm, IPL, the retailer will be selling the mangoes in 20 to 30 of its best-performing ethnic stores…. -
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Joseph Heler in Cheshire cheese push
Cheesemaker Joseph Heler has launched a campaign to 'save Cheshire cheese', backed by Tesco, Sainsbury's and Morrisons.The company will be carrying out a series of in-store tasting sessions to encourage shoppers to buy Cheshire cheese....
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Ex-Ocado man Rudoe to take role at Sainsbury’s
Ocado's former head of retail Jon Rudoe is set to take a senior role on Sainsbury's online team, The Grocer has learned. In a major coup for Sainsbury's, Rudoe, who left Ocado three months ago, is understood to be joining the retailer...
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Sainsbury’s is hit by sweetcorn shortage
Sainsbury's has been hit by shortages in the supply of own-label canned sweetcorn as a result of floods in Thailand in March.The news comes six weeks after The Grocer reported that sweetcorn prices were likely to rise as events around...
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NewsTesco unveils £3.60 school uniforms
Tesco has kicked off the new back-to-school season with the launch of its cheapest school uniform yet.
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Comment & Opinion
Gold standard
Last night The Grocer crowned its annual champions, dishing out 25 awards to the industry’s finest at a black-tie bash in London’s Guildhall.
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NewsM&S Angus beef is best new sandwich
Marks & Spencer’s Aberdeen Angus beef with red onion chutney sandwich has been voted the best new sandwich of the year. The sandwich attracted 14% of the vote in the British Sandwich Association’s survey of 3,000 consumers.
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NewsSainsbury’s signs exclusive book deal with publisher Avon
Sainsbury’s has linked up with publisher Avon as the exclusive stockist for three of its novels this summer. The publisher, a division of HarperCollins, will make available two romantic fiction books, Trisha Ashley’s Sowing Secrets and Beverly Barton’s Amnesia, exclusively to Sainsbury’s from 15 July.
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Comment & Opinion
King's royal flush
Three months ago, Sainsbury’s supremo Justin King caused a few eyebrows to be raised when he claimed the Royal Wedding was “not a sales opportunity in any meaningful way”.
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NewsTesco blames price of petrol for latest like-for-like dip
Tesco has laid the blame for its latest drop in UK like-for-like sales on high petrol costs hitting consumer spending.
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Ad of the Week: Easy does it for Air Nectar
After a decade-long drive downmarket, Sainsbury's has far more in common with EasyJet than it once did. Both share an orange livery based on the tans in The Only Way Is Essex. Both get upset if you urinate in the aisles. And now you can...
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News‘Nowhere else to go’: Haldanes calls in administrators
Haldanes Stores has confirmed it is calling in administrators following advice from its lawyers and an insolvency practitioner. The move comes just weeks after it issued proceedings in the High Court against The Co-operative Group, and...
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Netto ‘space opportunity’ fee stuns Asda suppliers
Asda has asked suppliers for payments of hundreds of thousands of pounds in negotiations linked to its acquisition of Netto.
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Asda’s grapes of wrath
Asda was ordered to pay £10,500 last week to Thomas Wardle, a shopper who slipped on a grape in one of its stores. Asda was also forced to pay £18,500 in legal costs. Imagine if he'd slipped on a melon."We have thorough procedures in...
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NewsTesco lines help serve up a hero’s breakfast
Tesco is bringing together egg, bacon and sausage makers for a seven-week fundraising campaign in support of the Help for Heroes charity this summer. The campaign, which kicks off on 26 June, involves brands that already have close links...
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NewsNew formula for Shaken Udder drinks
Shaken Udder has been revamped and its sugar content reduced in a bid to appeal more to the lunchbox market. The premium milkshakes which are sold in Waitrose, Ocado and high-end food halls now contain less than 5% sugar, down from 6%....
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London HDC for expanding Tesco.com
Tesco has opened a multimillion-pound home delivery distibution centre in North London as it continues to expand its online business. The 150,000 sq ft facility in Enfield will act as a combined home delivery centre and a logistics hub...
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NewsMultiples follow Tesco milk increase
Sainsbury's and Waitrose have followed Tesco's lead and increased the price of four pints of milk to £1.49 [BrandView.co.uk]. As in Tesco, the 24p rise applies to whole, skimmed and semi-skimmed variants of Sainsbury's and Waitrose's...
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Analysis & FeaturesThe great supermarket sell-off
Tesco and Sainsbury’s are generating big bucks from sale and leasebacks – but could the Southern Cross débâcle and proposed new accounting rules spoil the party? Simon Creasey investigates