All Grocery articles – Page 676

  • News

    Casino boss says profit surge will hit rivals

    2008-09-04T12:05:35Z

    Casino chairman and chief executive Jean-Charles Naouri has vowed that the French grocer is well-equipped to square up to competitor Carrefour, as it revealed a 9.8 per cent uplift in profits.

  • News

    Interest rate held at 5%

    2008-09-04T11:30:48Z

    The Bank of England has held the interest rate at 5 per cent for the fifth month running despite increasing fears of an imminent recession.

  • Malcolm Walker
    Analysis

    Malcolm Walker’s magic touch

    2008-09-04T11:06:00Z

    Malcolm Walker has defied critics with his turnaround of Iceland, but could he do the same with Woolworths? Jennifer Creevy meets him to discover what can be learnt from the chain’s recovery.

  • News

    Ex-Unwins directors may face legal action

    2008-09-04T10:45:20Z

    The former directors of off-licence Unwins could face legal action after a two year investigation into the failed retail chain.

  • Time to re-Thresh: T
    Analysis

    Face facts: using data to maximise sales

    2008-09-04T10:26:00Z

    A lot of retailers already have the data they need to help maximise sales, but they don’t necessarily know how to use it. Joanna Perry reports.

  • News

    Aldi signs celebrity chef

    2008-09-03T15:36:46Z

    Discount grocer Aldi has struck a deal with celebrity chef Phil Vickery as part of its quest to push its market share in the UK to 10 per cent.

  • News

    Food inflation growth slows

    2008-09-03T11:17:41Z

    Food inflation growth has slowed for the first time since March, according to the BRC-Nielsen Shop Price Index for August.

  • News

    M&S overhauls food ads

    2008-09-02T14:06:29Z

    Marks & Spencer will break with its established food advertising campaign this Sunday, when the first of a new generation of ads will be aired on ITV1.

  • News

    Sainsbury's embarks on own-brand drive

    2008-09-02T10:06:55Z

    Sainsbury’s has launched a multimillion-pound campaign to drive sales of its own-brand products.

  • News

    Suppliers lose out on supermarket special offers

    2008-09-01T09:11:50Z

    Supermarkets pocket 86 per cent of profits made on items sold on money-off promotions, according to a report seen by The Daily Telegraph .

  • News

    BRC slams supermarket promotions report

    2008-09-01T08:42:44Z

    The British Retail Consortium has hit out at a report published today that claims supermarkets are offering more discounts on fatty and sugary foods than fruit and vegetables.

  • News

    Family finances stretched in August

    2008-09-01T08:26:36Z

    A survey by German discount grocer Aldi has found that the average UK family spent an extra 500 in August, adding more pressure to already overstretched purses.

  • Opinion

    A forgotten age

    2008-08-29T12:04:58Z

    In all the clamour to convince shoppers that they are the cheapest grocer, some supermarkets have forgotten one demographic group relatively unscathed by the credit crunch – the silver surfers.

  • News

    Tesco withdraws site from eco-towns project

    2008-08-29T10:31:00Z

    Tesco has pulled one of its developments from the Government’s “eco-towns” scheme, which has dealt a blow to the flagship environmental programme.

  • News

    Carrefour posts robust performance

    2008-08-29T09:03:50Z

    Carrefour has revealed better than expected results, delivering a rise in net income of 1.2 per cent to €750 million ( 603.4 million) for the first half of this year.

  • News

    John Lewis sales dip

    2008-08-29T08:59:21Z

    Department store group John Lewis reported a fall in weekly sales of 2.4 per cent as continued uncertainty in the economy and the poor weather hit trade.

  • News

    M&S revises redundancy proposals

    2008-08-29T08:40:35Z

    Marks & Spencer is understood to have amended planned changes to redundancy terms after feedback from staff.

  • News

    Superquinn chair rebuffs sale rumours

    2008-08-29T08:31:58Z

    Superquinn executive chairman Simon Burke has slammed rumours that the Irish grocer is up for sale, and insisted that there is “no offer on the table”.

  • News

    Bid rumour bumps up Sainsbury’s shares

    2008-08-29T08:24:00Z

    Shares in Sainsbury’s rose more than 8 per cent yesterday as speculation mounted about a potential takeover bid.

  • News

    Asda leads charge against tax on empty property

    2008-08-28T17:52:21Z

    Asda has given its backing to a campaign by the British Property Federation (BPF) and the British Retail Consortium (BRC) against stealth tax on empty property.