17 Feb 2009
| by Nikki Sandison
LONDON - Supermarkets are using an "excessive" amount of packaging, almost 40% of which cannot.... The survey looked at eight supermarkets -- Asda, Co-op, Lidl, Marks Spencer, Morrisons, Sainsbury's, Tesco ...
are being held back by supermarkets. The LGA argues that supermarkets should pay towards recycling ...
supermarket in terms of weight of its packaging, having been second to last in the previous two surveys ...
04 Jun 2008
| by Nikki Sandison
by supermarket chains Marks & Spencer, Waitrose, Tesco, Sainsbury and Asda....of the British people. Despite supermarkets coming out on top a massive 94% of Britons think products ...
: "The reason the supermarkets have done so well in our survey is that they are able to talk to people ...
08 Sep 2003
| by Gordon MacMillan,
at selling a range of 'healthy' foods in supermarkets as it seeks new channels for its brand.
10 Oct 2000
The UK’s largest supermarket chains may be forced to sign up to a strict government code...LONDON (Brand Republic) – The UK’s largest supermarket chains may be forced to sign up to a strict ...
of the recommendations thought to be included in the Competition Commission’s report on the supermarket industry, due to be published next week after two years of probing into the industry.
The supermarket chains, which include ...
20 Mar 2006
| by by Sarah Woods
LONDON – The Office of Fair Trading has criticised several online supermarkets for failing to give...about their online pricing.
The OFT said the supermarkets' websites did not make it sufficiently ...
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Supermarkets must now provide up-front information about guide price policies and online shoppers are advised to check prices at the point of delivery against those quoted at the time of ordering.
The supermarkets ...
17 Jan 2008
| by Nikki Sandison
LONDON - Supermarkets may be banned from selling discounted alcohol in a review ordered...Ministers are said to be frustrated that supermarkets discount strong beer, wine and spirits to the extent that they are loss leaders. The government would ideally like to force retailers to raise ...
at the end of last year for encouraging binge drinking by selling alcohol below cost price. The supermarket ...
14 Feb 2008
| by Vox pop
Supermarkets that offer own-label children's clothes ranges are a hit with some busy mums who want...However others aren't convinced by the quality of the garments and prefer to support small retailers. Here you can see a short video on what the public think about some of the UK's biggest supermarkets investing in children's clothing ranges. ...
15 Feb 2008
| by Daniel Farey-Jones
LONDON - The big four supermarkets could possibly face fines as a new regulator to judge disputes.... The commission could also call for changes to the planning permission system to prevent supermarkets holding ...
. The supplier-supermarket relationship is currently policed by a supplier code, but no supplier has ever used it to challenge a supermarket. The big four supermarkets have a combined market share of more than 75 ...
14 Mar 2008
| by Susan Billinge
LONDON - Supermarkets are now attracting 62% of shoppers to regularly buy non-food items from them...to buy these products in the supermarket, a rise of 12.5 percentage points in five years. This is followed by homewares with 20.4% of shoppers buying from supermarkets, a rise of 10.7 percentage points ...
.6 percentage points. All in all supermarkets control 19.7bn (11%) of the 177bn UK non-food market, putting ...
17 Aug 2007
| by Alex Donohue
LONDON - Major UK supermarkets and off-licences have rejected criticism that cheap alcohol...on supermarkets and off-licences to end irresponsible drinks promotions and agree not to use alcohol as a loss leader . MPs are calling for supermarkets and off-licences to adopt a code of practice similar ...
largest supermarket chains Asda, Tesco, Sainsbury s and Morrisons, sold 112.7m worth of beer, wine ...