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Scottish Retailers unite to oppose "supermarket tax" Thursday, 13th January 2011
A planned tax hike for Scotland’s largest retailers, which could increase rates for some stores by between 20 and 50%, has prompted business to unite behind the Competitive Scotland campaign group. Read more on the Drum
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged competitive scotland group, groceries, News, Retail, Retail news, scottish retailers, supermarket tax, Supermarkets
Dioxin in your egg? There's an app for that Monday, 10th January 2011
As Germany grapples with a food scandal that has forced thousands of farms to halt sales, one technology firm has come up with an enterprising way to pick out the bad eggs at the supermarket.The company, Barcoo, sells software to scan barcodes with smartphones, for example to compare prices of similar products, and has moved quickly to offer its customers the ability to test eggs for potential contamination."You type in the unique number that is found on each egg and then you get an answer whether there is dioxin inside or not," Martin Scherer, the firm's business development manager, told AFP. Read more on Independent
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged barcoo, dioxin eggs, food, News, Retail, shoppers, smartphones, Supermarkets
Sainsbury's to create 20,000 new jobs over the next three years Monday, 10th January 2011
Sainsbury's has today announced that it will create 20,000 new jobs in the next three years. The jobs, which are the result of the retailer's ambitious expansion plans, will be at supermarkets and convenience stores across the UK. Justin King, Sainsbury's Chief Executive, said: "These new jobs will provide a huge boost to communities across the UK and as they are a mixture of full and part time positions there will be an opportunity suitable for everyone. Read more on J Sainsbury plc
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged new jobs, News, Retail, Retail news, sainsbury´s, shopper, Supermarkets
Ocado delivers as sales see 44% rise in Christmas week Monday, 10th January 2011
Online grocer Ocado has outperformed market expectations since its controversial stock market flotation after delivering a strong Christmas performance.The Hatfield-based firm posted gross sales of £50.9m in the four weeks to December 26, up 26.7% on last year. Sales in the week before Christmas were £12.3m, up 43.5% on last year.In a bid to overcome the heavy snowfall and freezing temperatures, the group fitted snow tyres to its 700 delivery vehicles and reduced the number of delivery slots available to ensure orders could be met, which allowed it to meet more than 98% of orders made.Read more on Daily Mail
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged Christmas, ecommerce, News, ocado, online sales, Retail, Retail news, sales increase, Supermarkets
Morrisons hails Christmas sales performance Monday, 10th January 2011
Supermarket group Morrisons said it was pleased with Christmas trading today after defying the weather to post another improvement in sales.The UK's fourth biggest chain said like-for-like sales excluding fuel and VAT grew 1% in the six weeks to January 2 - up on City forecasts of between 0.5% and 0.8%. While sales slowed from 1.3% same-store growth in the quarter to October 31, the group left its full-year profit expectations unchanged.Chief executive Dalton Philips said the company had risen to the "twin challenges" of a difficult consumer environment and a prolonged spell of adverse weather and added: "This has been another good performance in a tough market." Read more on Independent
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged Christmas, consumer, morrisons, News, Retail, Retail news, sales, shopper, Supermarkets
Contaminated eggs used in U.K. products Saturday, 8th January 2011
Supermarkets have removed products from their shelves after it was confirmed that eggs contaminated with dioxins had been used in their cakes and quiches. The Food Standards Agency (FSA) said supermarkets had already sold most of the affected food, which had a short shelf life and had probably been eaten. Read more on Scotsman
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged contaminated eggs, dioxins, eggs, food, FSA, Retail news, Supermarkets, The Food Standards Agency, U.K products
Sainsbury's beats rivals to win Christmas food fight Friday, 7th January 2011
Sainsbury’s has emerged as Britain’s best performing supermarket chain over Christmas, new figures have suggested. The grocer beat its rivals to post the biggest increase in market share, up from 14.9 per cent to 15.4 per cent in the 12 weeks to December 25, according to market research firm Nielsen. Sainsbury’s strong performance came despite spending the least of the ‘big four’ names on advertising over the festive season.Read more on Daily Mail
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged christmas food, groceries, News, Retail, Retail news, sainsbury´s, shoppers, Supermarkets
Tesco sets up British board to greet new boss Friday, 7th January 2011
Tesco reshuffled its domestic leadership today ahead of the arrival of its new UK chief executive.The supermarket has made eight appointments to a distinct British board that will report to incoming domestic boss Richard Brasher.“I'm very pleased to have such a strong team to run the UK business,” Brasher said. He will take up the role of chief executive of the retailer's UK business from March.Under the changes, Per Bank, who heads Tesco's operations in Hungary, will become the new commercial director for food while online retailing chief Laura Wade-Gery will become commercial director for clothing, electronics and merchandise. Read more on Evening Standard
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged british board, food, online retailing, Supermarkets, Tesco
Morrisons' commercial chief challenges Asda Friday, 7th January 2011
Richard Hodgson, Morrisons' group commercial director, has challenged Asda's claim to be the cheapest supermarket, as it does not include Morrisons' figures in its price comparisons. Read more on Marketing Magazine
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged Asda, consumer, groceries, morrisons, News, price war, Retail, Retail news, shopper, Supermarkets
Morrisons overhauls senior management team Thursday, 6th January 2011
Wm Morrison Supermarkets, Britain's fourth-biggest grocer, announced four senior manager appointments on Thursday, underscoring chief executive Dalton Philips' drive to boost its brand and expand into new areas.Morrison outpaced sales growth at larger rivals like Tesco and Asda for much of the past two years as it recovered from the botched acquisition of Safeway in 2004. Read more on Reuters
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged Dalton Philip, food, grocer, morrisons, Retail news, senior management, Supermarkets
