All Grocery articles – Page 537

  • Emphasis placed on fresh produce
    News

    Morrisons plans lab store format roll-out

    2011-07-15T00:00:00Z

    Morrisons is planning to roll out its fresh lab store format after a successful trial at its shop in Kirkstall, Leeds.

  • Morrisons, Ilkley
    Analysis

    Local hero

    2011-07-15T00:00:00Z

    Morrisons is dipping its toe into the convenience market, the latest in a series of bold initiatives under new chief executive Dalton Philips. Tim Danaher travels to Yorkshire to see the results

  • Jody Sheckter
    Analysis

    Jody Sheckter

    2011-07-15T00:00:00Z

    Founder, The Laverstoke Park Butcher Shop

  • M&M's, Leicester Square, London
    Gallery

    M&M’s World: Sugar rush

    2011-07-15T00:00:00Z

    Europe’s first M&M’s World has opened in Leicester Square, but is this about retailing or brand building? John Ryan reports

  • News

    Pick n Pay considers job cuts

    2011-07-13T09:39:00Z

    Grocery retailer Pick n Pay is considering cutting 3,100 jobs, equating to 8.5% of its non-franchise sales floor workforce, due to decreased profitabilty.The retailer announced a drop in operating profit of 14.2% to R1.4 billion (£12.5m) at the end of its last financial year ended 28 February.Pick n Pay operations ...

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    News

    Thorntons like-for-likes fall 10.6%

    2011-07-13T08:26:00Z

    Thorntons has reported a like-for-like sales decline of 10.6% in its own stores in the eight weeks to June 25.

  • Bolland: 'good performance in a challenging climate'
    News

    Marks & Spencer makes market share gains as sales rise

    2011-07-13T07:10:00Z

    Marks & Spencer has posted a total sales rise of 3.2% in its first quarter, when it reported market share gains in fashion and food.

  • News

    Net retail sales increase at X5

    2011-07-12T17:21:00Z

    Grocery giant X5 said consolidated net retail sales increased by 41% to RUB112.2bn (£2.44bn) in the second quarter of the financial year.The impressive performance was attributable to X5’s supermarket chains, Perekrestok and Pyaterochka which saw sales up 18% on a like-for-like basis. During the quarter, X5 added 138 net new ...

  • News

    Grocer Albertsons to banish self-checkouts

    2011-07-12T17:00:00Z

    Grocer Albertsons is to banish self-checkouts from all of its stores in a bid to increase its customer service offer. Due to the costs involved with flooring and conduits, the retailer will be removing the self-checkout lanes relatively slowly, in line with the current store remodelling programme.In some stores, the ...

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    News

    Morrisons to sponsor ITV series

    2011-07-12T15:53:00Z

    Morrisons is to sponsor a new ITV1 TV programme this summer called Born to Shine.

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    News

    Sainsbury's parts ways with Jamie Oliver

    2011-07-12T14:59:00Z

    Sainsbury’s has ended its relationship with celebrity chef Jamie Oliver with the Christmas campaign being his final swan song after 11 years.

  • Despite sales slowing the big four grocers are still targeting growth
    Analysis

    The great space race

    2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

    Supermarkets are opening up new stores at ever faster rates, but is there much space left in the crowded market and are there enough sales to support the growth? Rebecca Thomson reports

  • The shop in Ilkley, Yorkshire, is the first of a three-store trial of the M-local fascia.
    Gallery

    In pictures: M-local from Morrisons

    2011-07-08T15:29:00Z

    Grocer Morrisons today opened its first convenience store as it prepares to chase growth in the fast growing market in which rivals Tesco and Sainsburys have already established powerful positions.

  • Tesco has opened a retail academy in Asia
    News

    Tesco applies feng shui as it opens Asian retail academy

    2011-07-08T09:20:00Z

    Tesco has opened a retail academy in South Korea to train its 100,000 staff in Asia – a sign of the increasing importance of the region to the retail giant.

  • Sales at John Lewis fell 3.4% last year
    News

    Weekly sales fall at John Lewis

    2011-07-08T08:17:00Z

    Sales at department store chain John Lewis tumbled 3.4% last week but the year-on-year comparison was muddied by the timing of its Sale.

  • Thorntons plans to close stores
    News

    20 stores a day shut by multiples, report says

    2011-07-08T00:00:00Z

    Multiple retailers closed 20 stores a day on average between January and May as they slashed costs amid punishing trading conditions.

  • Price launched Waitrose’s Christmas ranges with Heston Blumenthal this week
    News

    Waitrose boss says that impact of food inflation is being overstated

    2011-07-08T00:00:00Z

    Waitrose managing director Mark Price has criticised figures released this week claiming that food price inflation soared in June

  • Morrisons to open first  of c-store chain today
    News

    Morrisons to open first of c-store chain

    2011-07-08T00:00:00Z

    Grocer Morrisons is due to open the first of a chain of convenience stores in the affluent Yorkshire town of Ilkley today.

  • Sainsbury's has become the first grocer to suspend advertising in News of the World
    News

    Sainsbury's ditches News of the World advertising

    2011-07-07T10:37:00Z

    Sainsbury’s has become the first big grocer to suspend advertising in the News of the World as the phone-hacking scandal engulfing the tabloid worsened.

  • Jody Scheckter has opened his first shop in Twickenham.
    News

    Former F1 champion opens his own butchers

    2011-07-07T09:37:00Z

    Former Formula One champion turned butcher Jody Scheckter has opened his first shop in Twickenham.