All Grocery articles – Page 536
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NewsNegative food volumes worry for Supermarkets
Grocers face negative like-for-like food volumes for the remainder of the year after a torrid first half when the only uptick came in April with the royal wedding and Easter.
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NewsSubdued trading and inflation hits grocers
The latest grocery industry data from Kantar and Nielsen showed inflation-powered sales growth at the expense of volumes.
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AnalysisSainsbury’s and Jamie Oliver
The grocer and the celebrity chef are to part company, but how will Sainsbury’s maintain its successful advertising?
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OpinionThe party is over for the supermarkets
The past five years have been a story of almost unbroken growth for the big four supermarkets. Since the mid-decade recoveries at Sainsbury’s, Asda and Morrisons, general retailers have looked on in envy as the grocers appeared immune to fluctuations in the economy, while everything new that they tried seemed ...
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NewsSuperquinn boss exits days after Musgrave take over
The chief executive of Superquinn, the Irish grocer that was bought out of receivership by rival Musgrave on Tuesday, has left the business.
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NewsJune sales rise despite drop in food spending
Retail sales values in June rose by 4% compared with the previous year and volume sales showed a marginal increase as food sales had its largest fall on record.
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NewsMusgrave saves Irish grocer Superquinn
Musgrave Group will be catapulted into top spot in the Irish grocery market following its acquisition of Superquinn this week.
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NewsBrand Cellar to revive Dewhurst butchers brand
Brand Cellar, a company set up to relaunch some of Britain’s best known names, is to revive the famous butchers Dewhurst brand.
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NewsNisa-Today to give back £5m to members
Symbol group Nisa-Today’s is to deliver £5m back in dividends to the group’s members following record sales of £1.5bn for the year.
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NewsFormer Asda director Doug Gurr to join Amazon
Doug Gurr, a former director at Asda, is poised to join online retail giant Amazon in the UK.
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NewsInflation hits grocery volumes
Rising food prices have helped the value of grocery sales rise but have hit volumes.
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NewsMorrisons emerges winner out of big four
Morrisons emerged the fastest growing of the big four retailers in the latest Kantar figures with growth of 5.6%, increasing its share from 11.8% to 11.9%.
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NewsSuperquinn bought out of receivership by Musgrave
Irish supermarket chain Superquinn has been bought by rival Musgrave, a day after falling into receivership.
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News109 Fortnum & Mason protester cases dropped
The cases against 109 people arrested after protests at Fortnum & Mason in London during the anti-cuts demonstration are understood to have been dropped, according to the BBC.
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NewsSainsbury's in talks with TV chef Lorraine Pascale
Sainsbury’s is understood to be in talks with TV chef Lorraine Pascale in a deal reported to be worth £1m.
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NewsTesco to launch Clubcard scheme in the US
Tesco is to trial a version of its successful Clubcard loyalty scheme at its Fresh & Easy chain in the US.
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NewsWalker hires Rothschild ahead of Iceland bid
Iceland founder Malcolm Walker has appointed advisers to back him in his battle for retention of control of the food retailer.
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NewsSainsbury's launches non-food shopping mobile site
Sainsbury’s has gone live with a mobile version of its general merchandise shopping website.
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NewsM&S to reveal food brands
Marks & Spencer chief executive Marc Bolland aims to introduce the first of a raft of exclusive international food brands to selected stores this October.
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NewsGeneral retail cheer despite torrid trading
As the general market slid on renewed Eurozone crisis fears, retailers outperformed, although they were still down in the week leading up to Wednesday’s raft of updates.