All Grocery articles – Page 572

  • Sir Stuart Rose: among retailers backing Conservatives' National Insurance stance
    News

    Retailers strike back in National Insurance row

    2010-04-01T10:05:00Z

    Retail leaders have hit back after top Labour politicians accused them of having been “deceived” into supporting Conservative plans to reverse part of the Government’s proposed National Insurance rise.

  • Easter
    News

    Food price war erupts as retailers target family-focused Easter spend

    2010-04-01T00:00:00Z

    Waitrose’s Delia Smith and Heston Blumenthal-inspired recipe campaign has sparked an early Easter price war among the grocers as the supermarket chains attempt to capitalise on family meal sales over the long weekend.Waitrose confirmed that it sold as much rhubarb in one weekend as it would expect to sell in ...

  • Greg Hodge
    Analysis

    Discount conversion won’t solve hypermarket woes

    2010-04-01T00:00:00Z

    Remodelling an underperforming store into a discount format does not really address the underlying concerns regarding the profitability of a particular hypermarket.

  • George Macdonald
    Opinion

    Bolland can refine M&S execution

    2010-04-01T00:00:00Z

    There is scope for executional improvement throughout M&S so that the promise of the ads is fully reflected in what the customer finds in-store. Perhaps that will be Bolland’s biggest impact.

  • Customer feedback system will support Waitrose's expansion
    News

    Waitrose adopts real-time customer feedback system

    2010-03-31T12:05:00Z

    Grocer Waitrose is to gather real-time feedback from customers about their in-store experience to ensure the best standards of service.

  • Opinion

    Cook! Sort of....

    2010-03-30T16:40:00Z

    Frozen ready meals retailer Cook has opened round the corner from me. Which given my reliance on food which comes from plastic containers, could turn out to be a Godsend.

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    News

    Asda loses share in subdued grocery market

    2010-03-30T15:28:00Z

    Asda lost food market share during March, when the rate of growth among all the big grocers fell to its lowest point since 2007.

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    News

    Boots and Waitrose begin in-store partnership

    2010-03-30T10:16:00Z

    Boots UK and Waitrose have confirmed details of the first trial in their recently announced in-store partnership, which will see Waitrose food products sold in selected Boots stores and Boots health and beauty products available in selected Waitrose stores.

  • Sir Stuart Rose
    News

    Retail chiefs forecast slow consumer recovery

    2010-03-29T10:36:00Z

    Retail chiefs including Marks & Spencer chairman Sir Stuart Rose, Next chief executive Simon Wolfson and New Look chief executive Carl McPhail have warned against expecting a consumer recovery this year, a report has found.

  • Justin King
    News

    Promotions not easing, says Sainsbury’s Justin King

    2010-03-26T00:00:00Z

    Sainsbury’s chief executive Justin King has said there is “no sign yet that the level of promotions have tailed off” across the big four grocers.

  • News

    Coles offers online groceries to Northern Territory

    2010-03-26T00:00:00Z

    Coles has become the first major grocery retailer in Australia to introduce an online shopping service to the Northern Territory with the launch of Coles.com.au to residents in Darwin and the Top End, Retail World reported. Separately, rival Woolworths will introduce its online shopping service into Western Australia for the ...

  • Sainsbury's will change labels on children's costumes after sexism allegations
    News

    Sainsbury’s to end ‘sexist’ labelling of children’s costumes

    2010-03-26T00:00:00Z

    Supermarket group Sainsbury’s is to change the labelling on children’s dressing-up costumes after complaints about sexism.

  • Waitrose
    News

    Waitrose to debut new format in Cambridge

    2010-03-26T00:00:00Z

    Waitrose will open its first small convenience store this summer in Cambridge, Retail Week can reveal.

  • Michael Poynor
    Opinion

    Retail’s best are coming from FMCG marketing

    2010-03-26T00:00:00Z

    Many retail executives with initial FMCG careers can establish their credentials as brand marketers turned super-marketers.

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    News

    Naked Wines to offer advance order savings

    2010-03-26T00:00:00Z

    Online wine specialist Naked Wines will next week launch a deal for customers to order wine up to a year in advance and save up to 50% on their orders.

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    News

    Turnaround guru Ian Gray parachuted in to Abel & Cole

    2010-03-26T00:00:00Z

    Upmarket food specialist Abel & Cole has parachuted in turnaround specialist Ian Gray as chairman and its founder has returned to run the business after the recession hit growth.

  • Opinion

    Automation’s what you need?

    2010-03-25T16:34:00Z

    I’m no expert on the world of supply chain but one thing I do know is that there’s no bigger name in that vital yet unglamorous part of the retail world than Lawrence Christensen.

  • Sherpa wine
    Opinion

    Inconvenience stores

    2010-03-24T17:11:00Z

    As a lifelong resident of south London I feel like I’ve been given a life sentence to shopping at Sainsbury’s. The weak link is the convenience stores.

  • Sainsbury's like-for-likes grew 1.7% in Q4
    News

    Sainsbury’s like-for-likes up 1.7% in Q4

    2010-03-24T08:44:00Z

    Sainsbury’s like-for-likes rose 1.7% excluding fuel in the 11 weeks to March 20, which was in line with the retailer’s own expectations.

  • News

    South Africa Woolworths launches own-label range

    2010-03-23T16:20:00Z

    Woolworths has launched an own-label range called Woolworths Essentials.The range features core products across all food departments, as well as household cleaning products and toiletries. Launched in mid-March, the offer will grow to almost 200 items by the end of May 2010. The products will sell at prices up to ...