All Grocery articles – Page 452
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October shop price inflation jumps sharply as food prices rise
Shop price inflation jumped to 1.5% in October from 1% in September driven by the rise in food inflation as increases in commodity prices finally filtered through to the consumer.
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Albert Heijn opens first online grocery collection point
Albert Heijn has opened its first collection point for online grocery orders in the town of Heemstede.The click-and-collect service does not require a minimum order or a collection fee. Albert Heijn plans to open further collection points in Naarden and Tilburg.All three pick-up points are standalone, but the retailer also ...
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Carrefour to sell Malaysian operations to Aeon
Carrefour is selling its operations in Malaysia to Japanese retailer Aeon for E250m (£200.8m).Carrefour is the fourth-largest retailer in the country, with 26 hypermarkets and a turnover of E400m (£321.3m) for the year to June 30.According to Carrefour, the disposal reflects its strategy of “allocating resources to mature countries where ...
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Morrisons launches online wine site
Morrisons has launched its first foray into online shopping with the launch of Morrisons Cellar.
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Tesco non-food boss Terry Price exits
Tesco non-food boss Terry Price is to leave the retailer. His departure comes in the wake of poor general merchandise performance that the grovery giant has suffered for some time.
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Tesco to beat traffic jams with new delivery system
Tesco is trialling a new mapping system for its online delivery fleet as it looks to avoid traffic jams in the run up to the crucial Christmas period.
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Analysis
Analysis: How has Marks & Spencer found the sweet spot in food?
Marks & Spencer today reported a 1.1% like-for-like uplift in first half food sales with growth stepping up from 0.6% in the first quarter to 1.6% in the second. Retail Week takes a look at how the food division has achieved growth while its general merchandise arm struggles.
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Opinion
Nick Bubb's verdict: What can Marc Bolland do to improve confidence in M&S?
If you were CEO Marc Bolland what would you do to improve investor confidence in the ability of M&S to turnaround its underperformance?
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Sainsbury's records strong growth as Morrisons loses share, says Kantar
Sainsbury’s, Aldi and Waitrose have continued their strong recent growth at the expense of Morrisons and The Co-operative, according to the latest figures from Kantar Worldpanel.
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Analysis
Marks & Spencer: What the analysts say
Marks & Spencer reported pre-tax profits fell 10% in the half year, with general merchandise lagging. City analysts share their views on the department store retailer’s performance.
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October retail sales growth worst for almost a year
October delivered the worst retail sales growth for nearly a year, dampening the revival in trading recorded in September.
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Video: Asda launches Christmas TV advert
Asda is to launch its Christmas TV advertising campaign on Sunday.
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Video: Tesco launches Christmas TV ad campaign
Tesco has launched the first of a series of Christmas TV adverts.
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Tesco launches online commuter zone
Tesco has launched a new commuter zone on its grocery website, bringing together products and features for time pressed shoppers.
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Video: Full Monty director creates The Co-op's Christmas campaign
The Co-operative Food has ditched its ‘Good with Food’ strapline for its Christmas advertising campaign created by the director of The Full Monty.
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Morrisons to personalise new wine site
Morrisons is to personalise its new wine website by analysing customers’ palates and offering linked recipes.
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Consumer confidence dips in October
Consumer confidence fell in October despite the economy moving out of recession.
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Ocado to offer compensation after cancelling orders
Ocado has apologised to customers and promised compensation after it was forced it to cancel thousands of deliveries due to a systems outage.
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Marks & Spencer offers free next day collection in stores
Marks & Spencer has launched a free next day collection service in stores as it bolsters its multichannel offer.