All Sainsbury's articles – Page 162
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News
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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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.
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Rising food prices threaten interest rate cut
Food prices are rising at their fastest rate since records began, which could restrict the Bank of England’s scope for cutting interest rates.
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Opinion
Analysts will feast over Tesco’s non-food figures
After Sainsbury’s calmed retail investors’ nerves with better-than-expected like-for-like sales yesterday, Tesco should provide further evidence next week of a strong Christmas for UK grocers.
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Shares take beating as festive casualties arise
Quoted retailers suffered an unhappy new year as shocking profit warnings and panic about prospects destroyed value.
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Sainsbury's defies market gloom
Sainsbury’s has reported better-than-expected Christmas trading figures, with consumers not shying away from spending on food and drink despite the credit crunch.
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TNS crowns Morrisons as Christmas trading winner
Morrisons has emerged as the leading UK grocer this Christmas for the four weeks to December 30, according to TNS Worldpanel grocery market share figures.
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Promotions drive modest Christmas grocery growth
UK supermarkets posted robust sales over the festive period, but record levels of promotions in the grocery sector did not deliver a last-minute rush of shoppers before Christmas.
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Opinion
King might have to look overseas
Sainsbury’s will provide an update on its third quarter trading on January 10, but some in the sector are looking way beyond next week to gauge the power of its recovery.
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News
Retailers’ woes deepen as new year gloom tarnishes prospects
Analysts took their red pencils to the sector, as uncertainty about next year’s outlook continued to undermine sentiment.
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Supermarkets increase e-tail share
Supermarkets have increased their share of online retail by 50 per cent in the past two years.
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Fears for new year take shine off upbeat week for general retailers
General retailers were the week’s beneficiaries as they outperformed their food peers and the FTSE. Lower interest rates were welcomed, but analysts remained downbeat about prospects.
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OpinionReasons to be cheerful
Profit warnings are coming in thick and fast, consumer confidence is falling and most store groups are only increasing sales by hefty discounting.