All Grocery articles – Page 672

  • News

    M&S suspends employee over leaked pay story

    2008-08-27T13:40:55Z

    A Marks & Spencer head office employee who contacted the media regarding the retailer’s plans to cut redundancy pay for staff has been suspended.

  • News

    Westfield London 96 per cent let as luxury brands sign

    2008-08-27T12:36:12Z

    Westfield London has revealed its White City development is 96 per cent let, 10 weeks before it is due to open on October 30.

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    News

    Supermarkets deny introducing compulsory fuel pre-payments

    2008-08-27T10:36:00Z

    Supermarkets have refuted claims that consumers could soon find themselves having to enter a payment card at their garages’ fuel pumps before they fill up.

  • News

    Superquinn up for sale

    2008-08-27T09:01:06Z

    Sainsbury’s, Tesco and Asda are all reportedly interested in buying Superquinn, the Irish grocer that has retained Goldman Sachs to advise on a sale.

  • News

    Sainsbury's chops fruit and veg prices

    2008-08-27T08:52:30Z

    Sainsbury’s has slashed the price of packs of basic fruit and vegetables to just 40p and will add a selection of “aesthetically challenged” items to its range that would normally not make it onto supermarket shelves.

  • Opinion

    Investment market lives on

    2008-08-26T11:32:42Z

    There aren't many retailers in the nice position of being able to sell a £605 million property portfolio but still own the bulk of their freeholds.

  • Opinion

    It’s not all greenwash

    2008-08-26T11:29:00Z

    Heading off from Paddington to Dartmouth, it’s hard not to wonder whether a day trip to Devon’s far west is worth it just to look at a wooden supermarket.

  • News

    Tesco local sourcing sales to reach £500m

    2008-08-26T08:54:58Z

    Tesco is on course to generate more than 500 million from the sale of locally sourced food and drink sales this year, according to The Times .

  • News

    Aldi becomes latest BRC member

    2008-08-26T08:36:39Z

    German discount giant Aldi is the latest retailer to become a member of the British Retail Consortium (BRC).

  • News

    Co-op to install mini-banks in 250 convenience stores

    2008-08-26T08:30:19Z

    The Co-operative Group will put banking operations inside up to 250 of its biggest convenience stores to encourage customers to use more services within the mutual group, according to The Telegraph .

  • News

    M&S drive highlights plastic bag success

    2008-08-22T17:01:12Z

    Marks & Spencer is today launching an in-store ad campaign to highlight the success to date of its scheme to charge for plastic bags.

  • Opinion

    Are discount grocers the new black?

    2008-08-22T11:42:34Z

    Aldi and Lidl are no longer dirty words for the majority of consumers. In the same way that Primark was once sneered at, discount grocers are becoming fashionable. The question is, how long can it be sustained?

  • News

    John Lewis sales slide

    2008-08-22T08:47:26Z

    John Lewis blamed the summer exam results and the Olympics as a distraction for its customers as it suffered a 4.2 per cent drop in sales for the week to August 16.

  • News

    Lidl pushes into convenience with Express format

    2008-08-21T15:15:31Z

    German discount grocer Lidl has entered the fiercely competitive convenience store arena with the launch of a new format, Lidl Express.

  • News

    Sharp fears over M&S branded foods trial

    2008-08-21T14:48:49Z

    Marks & Spencer launched its high-profile trial of branded foods despite misgivings on the part of executive director Steven Sharp, it has been claimed.

  • News

    Morrisons plots self-service future

    2008-08-21T14:44:40Z

    Morrisons is to roll out self-service checkouts to 95 per cent of its stores by the end of the year as it attempts to improve efficiencies.

  • Opinion

    Even food can lose its flavour

    2008-08-21T14:18:22Z

    In tough times, investors seek refuge in defensive stocks. In retail that usually means food, but how safe a bet are the big grocers?

  • News

    Sainsbury’s ‘greenest’ claim

    2008-08-21T13:49:55Z

    Sainsbury’s this week opened a wooden store at Dartmouth in Devon, which it claims is the UK’s greenest store.

  • News

    Chinese grocer plans 400 openings after profit jump

    2008-08-21T13:19:06Z

    Chinese food retailer Lianhua is ramping up its store expansion with plans to open 400 this year following a surge in profits.

  • Big names: Richard H
    Analysis

    Do stars still sell?

    2008-08-21T11:58:00Z

    With marketing budgets feeling the pinch, retailers may be thinking twice about signing celebrities to front their brand. Charlotte Hardie asks when they’re worth it and how they can be put to best use