All Grocery articles – Page 684
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Opinion
Everybody’s got their price
In a week when grocers launched even more price wars – the latest being Morrisons’ Price Crunch offer of a range of eight products for 50p each – it is clear that price is king.
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Opinion
US election will affect us all
Tesco’s recent AGM in Birmingham attracted its share of campaigners as usual, but the unusual antics of some were outweighed comfortably by the good sense of ordinary shareholders, many attending for the first time.
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News
Spar boycotts Vodafone products
Spar UK has joined other independent retailers and convenience store owners today in protesting over cuts in commission paid by the mobile phone operator Vodafone.
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Analysis
Mounting recession speculation sends retail stocks into tailspin
The pall of looming recession hung black over the City all week, pitching the entire market into steep decline.
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News
Iceland founder hits out at soaring shop crime
“We are plagued with a tidal wave of shoplifting. 50 per cent of the time it turns violent. Our store managers are physically attacked, spat at, assaulted – it’s out of control.”
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News
Shopper loyalty hits new low
UK consumers are more disloyal than ever, with 22 per cent saying they are dissatisfied with the store they shop most at and would prefer to shop somewhere else.
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Analysis
When Aldi came to town
Aldi is attracting middle-class shoppers with its low prices and no-frills approach. Liz Morrell reports from the front line on how it is winning hearts, minds – and wallets
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News
Sainsbury's e-tail service restored
Sainsbury's e-tail site is working again after being put out of action for much of the day because of supplier technical problems.
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News
Carrefour’s Dia to ramp up c-stores in Spain
Carrefour-owned Dia is poised to shake up the convenience store sector in Spain by rapidly expanding its Dia Market fascia.
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News
Spar targets emerging markets to beat crunch
Symbol group Spar International is attempting to defy the credit crunch with a strong global expansion campaign.
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News
Netto sales climb
Value retailers continue to pull in the customers, with Netto announcing a 7 per cent sales increase over the year to June 14.
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News
Consumer spend to slow to 0.5% next year
Consumer spending growth in the UK will slow to just 0.5 per cent next year as households face high energy and food prices and falling property values.
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News
Co-op to buy Somerfield for £1.6bn
The Co-operative Group is poised to buy Somerfield’s 955 stores in a deal worth 1.6 billion as early as next week, according to reports.
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News
Carrefour hypermarket sales slide
International retail giant Carrefour is to speed up the pace of change after second quarter sales slipped at its French hypermarkets.
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News
Lots of sandwiches and a few spats: M&S AGM sketch
They came, they ate his sandwiches and they voted for him.
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News
M&S shareholders back Rose
Shareholders have showed their support for Sir Stuart Rose voting 94.1 per cent in favour of his re-election as executive chairman at this afternoon’s AGM. However, 17 per cent of shareholders abstained.
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News
Shop price rise for June stays below inflation
June shop prices were 2.5 per cent higher than last year but below overall inflation, according to the BRC-Nielsen Shop Price Index.
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News
Sainsbury's tags chickens as theft rises
Sainsbury’s is attaching security tags to frozen chickens to combat soaring theft of both value and top-of-the-range birds.
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News
Waitrose hiring signals convenience push
Waitrose is understood to have hired a head of convenience as it gears up to take on the likes of Sainsbury’s Local and M&S Simply Food.
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News
M&S shareholders back Rose
Shareholders have showed their emphatic support for Sir Stuart Rose voting 94.1 per cent in favour of his re-election as executive chairman at this afternoon’s AGM.