All Sainsbury's articles – Page 160
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News
Sainsbury’s names strategy director
Sainsbury’s has appointed a strategy director to accelerate its growth.
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Poor John Lewis trading fuels City fears as Tesco is attacked
John Lewis’s revelation that last week’s trading was the “toughest in recent memory” spooked an already panicky City.
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Opinion
Get behind Fairtrade
As Fairtrade sales leap 80 per cent, Fairtrade Foundation deputy chairman Ian Bretman says getting involved could boost to retailers' top lines
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Fairtrade sales rocket 81 per cent
Sales of Fairtrade products hit 493 million in the UK last year, up 81 per cent on the previous year, according to the Fairtrade Foundation.
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Sainsbury family reduces stake
Members of the Sainsbury family have further reduced their holding in the eponymous grocer.
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Grocery competition flourishing, Verdict finds
Competition in the grocery sector is flourishing, backing up a key finding of the Competition Commission’s inquiry, according to Verdict.
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Waitrose takes on Sainsbury’s with price push
Waitrose is targeting Sainsbury’s with its price promotions in an effort to change customers’ perceptions and lift sales.
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Analysis
A collective sigh of relief
The Competition Commission’s hotly anticipated remedies report may increase the red tape for grocers but, overall, the big four will be relaxed about its proposals. James Thompson reports
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Grocers go all out for Fairtrade Fortnight
The UK’s biggest grocers are touting their Fairtrade credentials ahead of the start of Fairtrade Fortnight next week.
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Sainsbury’s hires 150 in non-food
Sainsbury’s is to hire 150 staff to support its burgeoning non-food operation.
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Sainsbury's to sell 36 Bells and Jackson's stores sites
Sainsbury's is planning to sell 36 Bells and Jackson's stores it acquired to convert to its Sainsbury's local format.
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Morrisons’ soaring growth dents rival supermarkets’ share prices
Following share price rises in recent weeks, retail stocks went into reverse and food groups were hit most heavily.
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Competition Commission to update on remedies next week
The Competition Commission will publish its hotly anticipated report on remedies next week as the inquiry into the 120 billion grocery sector enters its final stages.
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Morrisons' market share soars
Supermarket group Morrisons’ resurgence continues unabated, according to the latest grocery market share data from TNS Worldpanel.
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Opinion
A case for the big two?
Speculation was swirling around the grocery sector this week that Asda is poised to make a bid for local grocery chain Somerfield.
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Opinion
The Retail Week – February 1, 2008
Surveying the wreckage of pub company Mitchells & Butlers, you have to conclude that Sainsbury's had a lucky escape when Qatari bid interest collapsed.
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News
Sainsbury’s retail director takes sabbatical
Sainsbury’s retail director Ken McMeikan is taking a three-month sabbatical from the grocer.
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Opinion
Sainsbury’s bests Purley king
Sainsbury’s in Wallington, the place where South London fizzles out and suburban Surrey begins, has just had a makeover.
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Opinion
Somerfield bid will likely break it up
One of retail’s worst kept secrets was made official this week, when the private equity owners of Somerfield and investment bank Citi revealed that the grocery chain was being touted around the supermarket industry.
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News
Sainsbury's buys Curley’s in Northern Ireland
Sainsbury’s has bought two supermarkets from independent, Northern Ireland family retail business Curley’s in a multimillion-pound deal.