All Grocery articles – Page 686
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AnalysisFace facts: using data to maximise sales
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.
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News
Aldi signs celebrity chef
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.
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News
Food inflation growth slows
Food inflation growth has slowed for the first time since March, according to the BRC-Nielsen Shop Price Index for August.
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M&S overhauls food ads
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.
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News
Sainsbury's embarks on own-brand drive
Sainsbury’s has launched a multimillion-pound campaign to drive sales of its own-brand products.
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News
Suppliers lose out on supermarket special offers
Supermarkets pocket 86 per cent of profits made on items sold on money-off promotions, according to a report seen by The Daily Telegraph .
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BRC slams supermarket promotions report
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.
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Family finances stretched in August
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.
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Opinion
A forgotten age
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.
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News
Tesco withdraws site from eco-towns project
Tesco has pulled one of its developments from the Government’s “eco-towns” scheme, which has dealt a blow to the flagship environmental programme.
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News
Carrefour posts robust performance
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.
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News
John Lewis sales dip
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.
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M&S revises redundancy proposals
Marks & Spencer is understood to have amended planned changes to redundancy terms after feedback from staff.
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News
Superquinn chair rebuffs sale rumours
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”.
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Bid rumour bumps up Sainsbury’s shares
Shares in Sainsbury’s rose more than 8 per cent yesterday as speculation mounted about a potential takeover bid.
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Asda leads charge against tax on empty property
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.
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35 retailers back Green’s letter to landlords
Sir Philip Green has written to some of the UK’s biggest landlords on behalf of 35 retail groups in an attempt to bring key aspects of how retail property is leased into the modern era.
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Aldi reaches tipping point as discount enters mainstream
Shoppers unlikely to desert value grocers even when economy picks up as snobbery is ditched.
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Ahold reveals new look for ailing chains in US
Dutch grocer Ahold has unveiled a fresh design for its Giant-Landover and Stop & Shop fascias as part of a wider push to reinvigorate the struggling chains.
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News
Russia still on West’s retail map despite political chill
International retailers are likely to push on with expansion in Russia despite a return to icy relations between the Kremlin and the West.