All Grocery articles – Page 700
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Tesco to roll out mobile till points in Express shops
Tesco is to introduce mobile checkouts to many of its Express formats after testing the devices at a handful of stores.
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Sainsbury’s: the city view
Sainsbury’s reported slowing sales growth in the past three months, but said performance was in line with expectations.
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Opinion
Price alone won’t save the day
Retailers must back up low prices with good quality if they want to attract today’s consumer
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Waitrose to sponsor Reading FC
Waitrose has signed up to sponsor Reading Football Club, marking the first time a food retailer in Britain has sponsored a major football club.
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Opinion
Advertising blast
When anyone – retailer or non-retailer – gets into a conversation about food shopping, they always point out that they have seen an increase in their bills.
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M&S gives out discount vouchers ahead of update
Marks & Spencer has given out almost 1 million discount vouchers ahead of its trading update next month.
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Another tough week for John Lewis
John Lewis reported another fall in sales as it comes up against tough comparatives.
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Hotel Chocolat to launch stores in the Gulf in overseas growth drive
Specialist luxury retailer Hotel Chocolat is to open stores overseas and bolster its board as it pursues growth.
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May online sales hit £4.5 billion
Online spending in May rose to more than 4.5 billion, an increase of 1.6 per cent on April, according to the IMRG Capgemini e-Retail Sales Index.
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Sainsbury’s site crashes
Sainsbury’s has had to suspend its online grocery business because of a technical fault.
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Sainsbury's growth slows
Sales growth at grocer Sainsbury’s has slowed in the past three months as the “challenging economic environment continued throughout the quarter”, the company said.
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Wal-Mart targets Russia
Wal-Mart is considering opening in Russia and surrounding countries as it initiates a new round of international expansion.
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SRC slams government’s alcohol price proposals
Plans by the Scottish government to raise the price of alcohol in an attempt to control problem drinking have been attacked by the Scottish Retail Consortium.
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Consumer inflation hits 3.3 per cent
Rising food and fuel prices have pushed UK consumer inflation up to 3.3 per cent, according to the Office for National Statistics.
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Average price of grocery basket up 21 per cent
The price of a shopping basket containing 24 staple items of food has increased by an average of 21 per cent year on year, according to online price comparison site Mysupermarket.co.uk.
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Fifth of M&S shareholders to vote against Rose promotion
Up to a fifth of Marks & Spencer’s shareholders are expected to vote against chief executive Sir Stuart Rose’s promotion to chairman.
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Majestic Wine profits and sales climb
Specialist retailer Majestic Wine has posted a full-year profit rise and expects to sustain momentum, despite tough high street conditions.
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Opinion
Game on or time to sell?
When computer entertainment specialist Game reports on trading next month, consumer favourites such as Grand Theft Auto and the Nintendo Wii should have driven sales skywards yet again.
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Morrisons’ ‘industry-leading’ sales advance impresses City
Morrisons impressed the City with a strong like-for-like performance in its first quarter.
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M&S plans green store roll-out
Marks & Spencer is to roll out about half of the initiatives it has been testing at its Bournemouth eco-store to its entire portfolio.