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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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),
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
