All Grocery articles – Page 678
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News
M&S drive highlights plastic bag success
Marks & Spencer is today launching an in-store ad campaign to highlight the success to date of its scheme to charge for plastic bags.
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Opinion
Are discount grocers the new black?
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?
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John Lewis sales slide
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.
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Lidl pushes into convenience with Express format
German discount grocer Lidl has entered the fiercely competitive convenience store arena with the launch of a new format, Lidl Express.
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Sharp fears over M&S branded foods trial
Marks & Spencer launched its high-profile trial of branded foods despite misgivings on the part of executive director Steven Sharp, it has been claimed.
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Morrisons plots self-service future
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.
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Opinion
Even food can lose its flavour
In tough times, investors seek refuge in defensive stocks. In retail that usually means food, but how safe a bet are the big grocers?
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Sainsbury’s ‘greenest’ claim
Sainsbury’s this week opened a wooden store at Dartmouth in Devon, which it claims is the UK’s greenest store.
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Chinese grocer plans 400 openings after profit jump
Chinese food retailer Lianhua is ramping up its store expansion with plans to open 400 this year following a surge in profits.
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AnalysisDo stars still sell?
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
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Tesco goes live with online opticians
Tesco has launched an online optical prescription service to take advantage of the fast-growing eyecare market.
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M&S brings forward trading statement
Marks & Spencer has fuelled fears of a deeper downturn on the high street by bringing forward its next trading statement by a month.
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Netto launches non-food Sale
Discount grocer Netto will launch a discount bonanza for the end of August to drive shoppers to its stores.
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GalleryThorntons – Kingston-upon-Thames
Thorntons gives a London suburban store a long awaited makeover.
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News
Tesco price ads banned
Tesco has been rapped over the knuckles by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) for misleading the public in two of its ads comparing prices with Asda and Morrisons.
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Discounters triumph as shoppers trade down
Asda, Morrisons and the discount food retailers are experiencing a mini sales boom, as rising commodity prices, shoppers trading down and supermarket price wars combine to drive sales, according to two sets of figures from market analysts TNS Worldpanel and Nielsen.
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M&S benefits move triggers redundancy fears
Marks & Spencer is planning to cut redundancy benefits for its 60,000 staff, sparking fears of job losses.
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London sales growth slows but still outperforms UK
Sales growth in central London has slowed by more than half compared with the same period last year, but continues to outstrip the rest of the UK.
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Woolworths rejects Iceland takeover approach
Woolworths has rebuffed a takeover approach by Iceland founder Malcolm Walker claiming that it undervalued the retail chain.
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Opinion
The grocers shouldn’t rely on price alone
Supermarkets Tesco and Asda will be fighting tooth and nail this weekend to make sure customers choose to visit their stores to do the weekly shop.