All Grocery articles – Page 287
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Analysis
Sainsbury's second quarter trading update: What the analysts say
Sainsbury’s second quarter like-for-likes dipped 1.1%, but full-year profits are set to beat expectations. This is what the analysts said.
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Sainsbury's confident on profits despite 1.1% fall in like-for-likes
Sainsbury’s expects its full-year profits to beat market expectations despite a 1.1% fall in like-for-like sales during its second quarter.
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Upmarket grocer Whole Foods to axe 1,500 roles in next two months
Premium grocer Whole Foods is to cut about 1,500 jobs over the next two months, amounting to 1.6% of its workforce.
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Morrisons pledges to pay all shopfloor staff more than Osborne's living wage
Morrisons will increase its hourly rate for store staff of all ages to £8.20, outstripping Chancellor George Osborne’s national living wage.
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Amazon begins selling groceries online in Birmingham
Amazon has begun selling groceries online in Birmingham as it gears up for a full launch of Amazon Fresh early next year.
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Majestic needs a popular touch in order to see off new threats such as Aldi
As Majestic Wine chief executive Rowan Gormley works on his improvement strategy he has another threat to consider – Aldi.
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Video
Shortcuts: Why retailers are personalising customer loyalty schemes
Boots and Waitrose are exploring personalised loyalty schemes. In 60 seconds James Wilmore explains the reasons behind the initiatives.
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Analysis
What challenges will Aldi face following its ecommerce launch?
Following Aldi’s encroachment on the market share of supermarkets like Tesco, adopting a multichannel approach was the next natural step.
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Analysis: How Aldi can grow its online offer from a non-food base
During its 25 years of trading in the UK, Aldi has become accustomed to raising eyebrows and sparking debate among grocery analysts.
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Majestic Wine's newly appointed managing director John Colley profiled
Majestic Wine’s new managing director John Colley has his work cut out as competition in the wine market is set to become even more intense.
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International analysis: How Amazon can disrupt French grocery
The news that Amazon is now selling groceries in France presents a new route to market for the major FMCG players.
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Aldi UK boss Barnes: Launching online grocery 'is not on our radar'
Aldi boss Matthew Barnes has insisted the launch of online grocery “is not on our radar”, despite revealing plans to move into ecommerce.
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Retail Diary: Maplin's Drone Academy and Retail Week's caption competition
Electricals retailer Maplin launches a Drone Academy, a Morrisons shopper puts the final kale in his diet coffin and enter our caption competition.
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Aldi to launch ecommerce site as full-year sales soar but profits fall
Aldi has unveiled plans to launch online next year after its operating profits slipped 4% to £260.3m in the year to December 31, 2014.
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Analysis
Tesco poised to scrap Dunnhumby sale but could offload its Polish business
Tesco is set to pull the plug on plans to sell off its data arm Dunnhumby, but is preparing to offload its central and eastern European business.
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News
Breakfast briefing: Retail news on Tesco, Morrisons, Iceland and more
Retail news round-up on September 28, 2015: Tesco poised to quit central and eastern Europe and Morrisons in legal spat with property developers.
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Analysis
Majestic Wine hires former B&Q director John Colley as managing director
Majestic Wine has appointed former B&Q director John Colley to the newly created position of managing director of its core retail business.
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Analysis
Infographic: John Lewis weekly sale rise on demand for cold weather clothing
Sales at department store business John Lewis rose 6% last week to £78.7m as clothing performance benefited from autumn’s arrival.
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Analysis
Starbucks to pay all staff living wage but John Lewis boss cautions on impact
Starbucks is to pay all staff, including those aged under 25, the living wage and will offer employees interest-free loans for rent deposits.
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Video
The Retail Week: Grand Central, Tesco 24-hour move and Boots personalisation
Catch up on this week’s big retail stories with analysis from news editor James Wilmore and grocery and property reporter Luke Tugby.