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Sainsbury Sales Up 3.4 Percent

By Mark Potter LONDON (Reuters UK) - J Sainsbury, Britain's third-biggest supermarket group, reported a 3.4 percent rise in same store first-quarter sales, towards the bottom end of analysts' forecasts and lagging rivals. Sales were boosted by food price inflation of over 3 percent and...

Tags: Grocer, Analyst, Britain, Sainsbury Sales, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales, Retail Company

News items 2008-06-18

Supervalu Makes Late Entry in Organics with High-Margin House Brand

Whether Supervalu's introduction this week of a line of organic products is meant as a long-term play or is a simple case of trend-mongering, the nation's third-largest grocer is a straggler. Even Wal-Mart, the country's leading grocer, has been offering organic products for years – first in...

Tags: Brand, Grocer, Product, Supervalu, Food & Beverage, Branding, Manufacturing, Marketing, Dan Mitchell

Blog posts 2008-04-09

Why Advocacy Matters to Grocers: Surveyed consumers give retailers food for thought

Food retailers typically struggle to differentiate themselves, especially when they rely on the standard levers of cheaper prices and geographic penetration. This paper reveals key insights into what actually drives customer advocacy, as well as what grocers can do to improve the level of advocacy among their customer populations....

Tags: Food & Beverage, Retail, IBM Corp., grocer, food, retail company

White papers 2007-09-01

ERP Services for the Grocery Industry

On the brink of a new millennium, the grocery industry is facing more challenges than ever before. A combination of business and technical issues has forced grocers to examine new solutions and processes to help lower costs and enhance customer responsiveness. To support their business objectives, grocers must effectively address...

Tags: Food & Beverage, Enterprise resource planning (ERP), grocer, grocery, ERP, industry

White papers 2001-02-07

Additional Resources

Park City Group Reports Pact with International Supermarket Retailer

FOOD AND BEVERAGE CLOSE-UP-8 June 2009-Park City Group Reports Pact with International Supermarket RetailerC2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Park City Group, a developer and marketer of patented computer software and consulting services for retailers, announced that as a result of its customer experiencing ongoing and substantial increases in...

Articles 2009-06-08

Fresh & Easy to Hire 750 New Employees Over Next 90 Days

Grocer receives more than 13 applications for every store position hired EL SEGUNDO, Calif., June 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market plans to hire 750 additional employees over the next three months as a part of its continued expansion. The company will open its...

Articles 2008-06-24

Tesco poaches Sainsbury's non-food guru

Business News IN BRIEF *Tesco has poached Sainsbury's non-food boss Richard Jones. Mr Jones, who was Sainsbury's director of general merchandise and global sourcing, resigned last week and will join Tesco in a group- wide role focused on non-food sourcing and range development. The poaching of Mr...

Articles 2008-06-24

Peapod Partners With Concept Shopping To Add Instant, Extra Savings for Loyal Customers

SKOKIE, Ill. -- Peapod, the country's leading Internet grocer, announced today that its shoppers will earn extra savings instantly on select purchases as the result of a partnership with Concept Shopping, Inc. These convenient, instant savings will be pre-selected for each Peapod shopper based on his/her needs and preferences, saving...

Articles 2008-06-24

Food Industry Strongly Opposes Any Expansion to the Bottle Bill; Stresses Need for Recycling in Michigan

WARREN, Mich., June 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Michigan Food and Beverage Association MFBA, the largest food association in the State, has expressed strong opposition to any attempt to expand the bottle bill in the State. The best answer to the issue is to have total recycling centers in Michigan...

Articles 2008-06-24

FreshDirect Selects AirClic to Mobilize Its Grocery Delivery Process

Innovative Online Grocer Using AirClic to Track Deliveries, Ensuring Accurate Orders and Customer Satisfaction TREVOSE, Pa., June 23 /PRNewswire/ -- AirClicR, a leading provider of business process mobilization solutions, today announced FreshDirect, a New York-based online grocer, has selected AirClic as the mobility platform of choice to...

Articles 2008-06-23

C.V.'s Family Foods Joins Grocery Shopping Network and Market Basket Rewards to Create Enhanced in Store and Web Experience for Their Customers

GSN and MBR Team Up to Create One of a Kind Offering MINNEAPOLIS -- C.V.'s Family Foods in Northwest Arkansas chose to enhance their web presence by adding dynamic tools and content from Grocery Shopping Network ("GSN"). Long time grocer and community involved Combs family decided that the...

Articles 2008-06-23

WHAT'S NEW ON THE GROCERS' SHELVES June 22, 2008

Barilla Piccolini Miniature Pasta. Mini Farfalle, Mini Penne, Mini Wheels, Mini Fusilli, and Mini Ziti. $1.39 per 16-ounce box. Bonnie: I've recommended Barilla pasta before, particularly Barilla Plus, a multigrain pasta with high protein, fiber and omega-3 fatty acids for those in need of extra nutrients. I also...

Articles 2008-06-22

Harmons expands, focuses on service

Bob and Randy Harmon have chosen to go a different way than most of their counterparts in the grocery industry. With margins ever tighter, more grocers are competing on price alone. But the Harmon brothers, vice presidents of West Valley City- based Harmons, and the rest of...

Articles 2008-06-22

Performance Notes

The Gig Leonard Cohen Opera House, Manchester OVERVIEW The revered 73-year-old Canadian singer-songwriter played in Britain for the first time in 15 years, trying to recoup some of the millions that were siphoned off from his retirement fund by his former...

Articles 2008-06-21

Cameras help Palestinians 'Shoot Back' at violent settlers

HEBRON, West Bank AFP — As a deterrent against armed Jewish settlers it does not look much. But the video camera has become a frontline defence for ordinary Palestinians living between Hebron and the Jewish settlement of Kyriat Arba in the West Bank. "I always keep the camera...

Articles 2008-06-20

Sainsbury's counts the cost of its website crashing

Sainsbury's was counting the cost of another day of its online grocery service being down, as its rivals started an offensive to grab disgruntled customers. Sainsbury's has not made any deliveries to customers since the site first went down on the evening of 17 June. Yesterday, the...

Articles 2008-06-20

CHECKING OUT

By Michael Hooper THE CAPITAL-JOURNAL Falley's Market in East Topeka will close June 28, marking the end of an era for a grocery chain founded by legendary grocer Lou Falley. A sign was posted on the door of the grocery at...

Articles 2008-06-18

CHECKING OUT

By Michael Hooper THE CAPITAL-JOURNAL Falley's Market in East Topeka will close June 28, marking the end of an era for a grocery chain founded by legendary grocer Lou Falley. A sign was posted on the door of the grocery at...

Articles 2008-06-18

Supermarkets resist hygiene ratings plan

The UK's three biggest grocers have lambasted the Food Standards Agency's controversial proposals for supermarkets to be covered by a UK-wide rating system measuring food hygiene standards. The FSA has proposed that its Scores on the Doors scheme - which is carried out by local authorities and...

Articles 2008-06-18

New Report 'UK Retail Futures 2012: Food & Grocery' Forecasts Grocers' Sales to Grow By Over 26% between 2007 and 2012

DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/da0c71/uk_retail_futures) has announced the addition of the "UK Retail Futures 2012: Food & Grocery" report to their offering. Introduction UK Retail Futures 2012: Food & Grocery combines comprehensive insight into sector related issues such as food price inflation, space expansion...

Articles 2008-06-16