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Morrisons posts encouraging Christmas performance and has opportunity to win back shoppers, researchers claim

Morrisons posts encouraging Christmas performance and has opportunity to win back shoppers, researchers claim

Morrisons has reported a 0.2% increase in like-for-like sales (excluding fuel) for the nine weeks to 3 January 2016, encouraging researchers and paving the way for the further differentiation from its main rivals to win back shoppers.

12/01/2016 | Retail News, Retailer News | Read More
Spanish supermarket group, Eroski, hires Missouri Creative for brand makeover

Spanish supermarket group, Eroski, hires Missouri Creative for brand makeover

Eroski, the Spanish supermarket group with over 1,000 stores, has appointed London-based Missouri Creative to develop a new look and feel for the brand, following a four-way pan-European pitch. Eroski is Spain’s third largest supermarket chain, and the largest retail co-operative in the

26/11/2014 | Retail News, Retailer News | Read More
Tesco to open £22m Chatteris, Cambridgeshire, superstore with Osprey funding

Tesco to open £22m Chatteris, Cambridgeshire, superstore with Osprey funding

Private equity group, Osprey Income and Growth 3 LP, has completed the forward funding acquisition of a £22m Tesco food superstore to be built in Chatteris, Cambridgeshire. The property has been pre-let to Tesco on an unbroken 25-year lease, with

29/08/2013 | Retail News, Retailer News | Read More
Spar Austria targets travellers with new bistro store in Salzburg station

Spar Austria targets travellers with new bistro store in Salzburg station

Spar Austria has opened a new supermarket with an in-store bistro in Salzburg station.   According to the retailer, the format offers travellers through Salzburg station everything they need, from food-to-go to dine-in menus.   Spar said the new store underscores

08/08/2012 | Retail News, Retailer News | Read More
Morrisons to open new supermarket on former Body Shop warehouse site

Morrisons to open new supermarket on former Body Shop warehouse site

Morrisons is building a 50,000sq ft supermarket on the site of a former Body Shop warehouse in Littlehampton, West Sussex. The supermarket is the first stage in the redevelopment of a brownfield site and will create 300 new jobs. The

08/06/2012 | Retail News, Retailer News | Read More
Refrigeration specialist sets up distribution arm to supply retailers

Refrigeration specialist sets up distribution arm to supply retailers

Leading refrigeration and air conditioning company, Cold Service Group, has set up a new distribution arm to supply grocery retailers and contractors. Cold Service Distribution will offer a range of display cabinets, counters and equipment from flagship brands, Pastorfrigor and

13/06/2011 | Manufacturer news, Retail News | Read More
Tesco beats BP as UK’s favourite fuel retailer

Tesco beats BP as UK’s favourite fuel retailer

Tesco is the UK’s favourite fuel retailer, according to a new survey of motorists conducted by independent market analyst, Datamonitor. Second place was also scooped by a supermarket – Morrisons. Fuel specialist, BP, which has the largest share of the

19/01/2011 | Data Time, Research | Read More
ACS: minimum alcohol prices will not curb supermarket discounts

ACS: minimum alcohol prices will not curb supermarket discounts

The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) claims the Government’s impending ban on below cost selling of alcohol will barely affect the supermarket promotions that have attracted criticism. Under plans to be unveiled by the government later today (18 January 2011),

18/01/2011 | Alcohol, Comment, Opinion Time, Retail News, Retailer News | Read More
Morrisons serves more shoppers at Christmas and lifts sales by 1%

Morrisons serves more shoppers at Christmas and lifts sales by 1%

Morrisons like-for-like sales grew by 1%, excluding fuel, in the six weeks to 2 January 2011. Total sales, excluding fuel, were up by 3.1%. The supermarket said despite difficult weather conditions all its stores and forecourts remained open and availability

10/01/2011 | Retail News, Retailer News | Read More
Sainsbury’s improves convenience availability

Sainsbury’s improves convenience availability

Sainsbury’s has improved availability at its 335-strong chain of convenience stores by 2.2% and reduced wastage to an all-time low, according to Simon Stokoe, senior supply chain manager, Sainsbury’s convenience. Speaking at the IGD Supply Chain Summit 2010, Stokoe told

24/11/2010 | Supply chain | Read More

Co-operative wins top award for animal welfare

The Co-operative Group has won the RSPCA People’s Choice Supermarket Award for its commitments to animal welfare for the second year running. The Co-operative won the award for its commitments to higher-welfare products including Freedom Food-labeled free-range chicken, Freedom Food-labeled

08/10/2010 | Animal welfare, Convenience and independent retailers, Retail News, Retailer News, Sustainability Time | Read More
Co-operative extends own label Fairtrade teas

Co-operative extends own label Fairtrade teas

The Co-operative is extending its own-brand Fairtrade hot beverage range to include three new Fairtrade herbal teas and a Fairtrade green tea. The Co-operative, a leading supermarket supporter of Fairtrade, was the first UK retailer to convert its entire own-brand

07/10/2010 | Ethical sourcing, Fairtrade, Sustainability Time | Read More
Does Waitrose have speciality food market sewn up?

Does Waitrose have speciality food market sewn up?

Retail Times editor, Fiona Briggs, argues all the top supermarkets should be focusing on speciality and fine foods Waitrose is leading the field in speciality and fine foods if my visit to this week’s Speciality & Fine Foods Fair at

08/09/2010 | Comment, Opinion Time | Read More

Co-operative introduces recycled, wheeled baskets

The Co-operative Group is claiming a first with the introduction of the UK’s first baskets on wheels made using 100% recycled plastic into its food stores. The wheeled baskets of their kind are made from selected, cleaned plastic that would

20/07/2010 | Carbon footprint, Sustainability Time | Read More

Co-operative wins green accolade

The Co-operative Group has been named Green Supermarket of the Year at the Grocer Gold Awards in London, beating off competition from Tesco, Ocado and Morrisons. The award was given to the retailer that had done the most in the

22/06/2010 | Animal welfare, Carbon footprint, Community, Ethical sourcing, Fairtrade, Local sourcing, Packaging, Retail News, Retailer News, Sustainability Time, Waste | Read More

Online grocery shopping to double in five years in the UK

New research from international grocery analysts IGD forecasts consumers will spend £7.2bn on food and grocery shopping online by 2014 – nearly double the figure for 2009. In 2009, 13% of adults shopped online for groceries – an increase of

18/01/2010 | Data Time, Research | Read More

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