All Sainsbury's articles – Page 151
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NewsGrocers slash plastic bag usage by 48%
Food retailers have almost halved the number of carrier bags distributed to customers, reducing their environmental impact.
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OpinionTables could turn in grocery
Auctioning off a 25lb pork pie could only have happened at a Marks & Spencer AGM, and it could only have been fronted by the showman himself Sir Stuart Rose.
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NewsSainsbury’s extends carbon reduction scheme for farmers
Sainsbury’s has extended its carbon reduction scheme for farmers which supply the supermarket with beef, lamb, pork, poultry and eggs.
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AnalysisTop 50 retailers: Retail’s premier league
It’s 18 months since Retail Week’s last look at the UK’s top retailers by sales and margins and much has changed in that time. Retail Knowledge Bank senior partner Robert Clark reports
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GallerySainsbury’s at Gloucester Quays is more than just a green store
Another day, another eco-store. Except it isn’t. Sainsbury’s new Gloucester Quays store is good-looking too. John Ryan visits
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OpinionThe new frugality is here to stay
Conspicuous consumption is out, thrift and sustainability are in, says Ian Cheshire
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Retailers given chance to feed back on PCIDSS
The PCI Security Standards Council has introduced an online tool to allow retailers to give feedback on the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCIDSS).
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OpinionThe supermarket cyberspace war
Sainsbury’s, Asda and Tesco are all ramping up their grocery websites in an attempt to make them more interactive for customers. Sainsbury’s seems to have the edge, but what will its rivals do to catch up?
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AnalysisSainsbury’s to set the pace in space race
Strong sales figures and a bold store expansion plan have made Sainsbury’s the sector’s fall guy no more, says George MacDonald
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NewsShock Kesa results top poor week for retail sector
Stores underperformed the market despite some impressive recent updates, and Anglo-French electricals group Kesa provided a reminder of how tough conditions remained with shocking results on Wednesday.
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NewsSainsbury’s ups site interactivity
Sainsbury’s has this week launched a new section on its website as it seeks to ramp up customer interaction with the brand.
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GalleryRecession hangover hits booze cruise retailers
Calais is the home of the booze cruiser, but a falling pound, shrinking shopper budgets and fewer day trippers have made it challenging for UK retailers and others. John Ryan reports.
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NewsSainsbury's London office evacuated after fire alert
Sainsbury’s head office was evacuated last night after smoke in a basement room set off the building’s fire alarm.
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NewsSainsbury’s to launch Jamie Oliver TV ad tonight
Sainsbury’s is to launch a new Jamie Oliver TV ad on Wednesday evening as part of its “Feed your family for a fiver” campaign.
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NewsMorrisons and Sainsbury’s growth outpaces Aldi, TNS reports
Food shoppers “have started to revert to pre-recession behaviour” and established big grocers are outpacing discount stars such as Aldi, latest TNS Worldpanel grocery data showed.
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NewsSainsbury’s considers two City stalwarts for chairman role
Sainsbury’s is considering two City big-hitters to replace outgoing chairman Sir Philip Hampton.
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OpinionFizz has gone out of UK retailers' duty-free offers in France
If things aren’t going well, should you give up or try and fix them? Look at the poll this week on the Retail Week home page and you’ll see the question “Is it worth UK retailers continuing to have duty-free operations in northern France?”Video:The Retail Week Booze CruiseAs is so ...
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OpinionDo Sainsbury’s expansion plans stack up?
Even though the method chosen by which to do it has prompted some criticism from the City, Sainsbury’s £445m fundraising plans unveiled this week were a big statement of intent by the UK’s third biggest grocer. But do its plans make sense?
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NewsSupermarkets to intensify online non-food push
Supermarkets look likely to steal a further slice of general retailers’ sales as both Tesco and Sainsbury’s revealed plans to extend their non-food operations in their first-quarter trading updates this week.
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AnalysisThrough the keyhole of retailers’ headquarters
A glitzy head office is all well and good, but does it add to outside impressions, staff morale or productivity? Charlotte Hardie inspects some of the most and least glamorous to find out