All Supermarkets articles – Page 474
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Analysis & FeaturesIs price guarantee a bluff or did Asda just play a blinder?
Asda has taken price rivalry to a new level with a guarantee that it will refund the difference if shoppers can buy cheaper elsewhere. Adam Leyland and Elinor Zuke report
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Price guarantee site is the first of five big initiatives for Asda
Asda's new online price guarantee tool will free it from defending its core low price message and mark the first of five major initiatives during 2010 to develop the supermarket as a "price-plus player", The Grocer can reveal.
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NewsEditor's Comment: What effect will Asda's attempt at transparency have on the market?
Never knowingly undersold. It's worked for John Lewis for years. And now Asda underselling in another sense of the word, according to the latest stats is hoping its new Price Guarantee website will "end the phoney war" of prices and promotions....
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Careers File: Change at the top can wipe billions off a company
The nation may be enthralled with the clash between Brown, Cameron and Clegg, but for those in grocery there is a more interesting battle going on who will replace Andy Bond as chief executive of Asda?
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Prosperity Brownies hit Waitrose
West Sussex-based Prosperity Brownies has gained listings in Waitrose.The husband-and-wife company's Prosperity Brownies and Prosperity Jacks flapjacks (rsp: £1.80) will launch in Waitrose's nine Sussex branches from 17 May. Co-founder...
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NewsSainsbury’s cuts queues with new till technology
Sainsbury’s is to roll out new multimillion-pound check-out technology across 330 of its stores, the supermarket giant announced today.
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NewsAsda stakes claim as ‘best for babies’ with new club for mums
Asda is trying to win over mums with a new Baby Club and price promotions across the category in a bid to establish itself as “best for babies”.
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NewsChilli-chocolate meatballs kick-start Waitrose World Cup bid
Waitrose hopes to cash in on World Cup fever this week with the launch of a new range of meatballs – including a chilli and chocolate flavour.
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NewsWaitrose uses monk's recipe for ewes' milk cheese
Waitrose is adding a new British ewes' milk cheese to deli counters in 180 of its stores from next month.
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NewsAsda 'guarantees' lowest prices with online shopping tool
Asda is claiming to be firing the final war in the supermarket price war today, with the launch of new online tool the Asda Price Guarantee.
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Grocer 33: Sun-seekers no problem for Waitrose
Our shopper was impressed with the spotless presentation and "superbly bubbly" staff at the Waitrose store in Cheadle Hulme, which was heaving with shoppers looking for barbecue items. Wall's Thick Pork Sausages were not stocked, but otherwise...
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Asda steps up local concessions after Northern Ireland success
Asda is pressing on with plans to add more local concessions to its stores on the back of strong sales.
Asda local marketing manager Paul Dover told The Grocer the concessions had been so successful they were now being handled by national… -
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New Covent Garden launches quiches in another stab at food
New Covent Garden Food Co is adding a quiche range to its portfolio one year after its ill-fated Sprout venture. The deep-filled range, rolling into Asda and Waitrose now, comes in carrot & coriander, broccoli & stilton and...
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Nutritionist to head up Asda policy unit
Asda is looking to hire a top nutritionist to head up its nutritional team and strengthen its health policy unit.The company nutritionist would oversee all own-label nutrition, working with product development and technical managers as...
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Leahy takes Asda’s target with ‘a pinch of salt’
Tesco made it clear this week that rival Asda will have its work cut out to become number one in the UK for non-food within the next five years.
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Indies play the loyalty wild card
Loyalty cards are working for the big boys such as Tesco, Sainsbury’s and The Co-op Group. But where independent stores are concerned, do the benefits of loyalty schemes justify the financial outlay? Peter Cripps reports
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Kuapa has robust child labour policy
The members of Kuapa Kokoo Farmers Union and Divine Chocolate are very disappointed by your story 'Co-op: slavery probe not behind supply shift'. It alluded to significant factual inaccuracies mentioned in the recent...
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Sainsbury’s tightens the net on fraudsters
Sainsbury's is successfully keeping fraudsters at bay after ramping up the security for online transactions.The retailer revealed that it had been subjected to an "alarming" number of potentially fraudulent transactions when it launched...
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Grocer 33: Service and display send Asda to top
Asda, Sainsbury's and Waitrose all boasted full baskets this week, but excellent customer service, combined with eye-catching displays, put Asda in first place.
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Quality Test: White muffins, own label, 4pk
The Waitrose muffin was the weakest of the lot; it was very floury and rather doughy, an effect not helped by its oddly synthetic aftertaste.