11 Nov 2008
| by Darren Davidson
LONDON - Supermarkets will stand firm in the face of growing calls from MPs to scrap alcohol...Normal 0 Are MPs right to call for a ban on cheap alcohol promotions? **Vote** in our poll and have your say. The British Retail Consortium, which represents supermarket chains ...
-trade, brought on by factors such as the smoking ban and cheaper alternatives in supermarkets. Stephen ...
26 Sep 2008
| by Darren Davidson
LONDON - Some of the UK's biggest supermarkets and food companies are facing fines running...last summer. The supermarket's examination of its email trail was ordered by the Competition ...
15 Aug 2008
| by Darren Davidson
-litre bottle to 99p. The cuts could see other supermarkets following suit, with discount chain Aldi already ...
supermarket price war has been simmering for weeks, as shoppers become ever mindful of the need to reduce ...
like-for-like sales over the past three months were up 5.5% on last year. Sales of the supermarket ...
21 Sep 2000
Asda is buying the 48 concession pharmacies within its supermarkets from drug wholesaler Alliance...LONDON (Brand Republic) – Asda is buying the 48 concession pharmacies within its supermarkets from drug wholesaler Alliance Unichem for 100m.
Asda, now owned by US giant Wal-Mart, says it will build on the Moss-brand pharmacies to run chemists in a third of its 240 UK stores.
The move comes as Alliance ...
13 Mar 1998
| by HILARY FREEMAN
Britain s leading supermarkets, airlines and department stores are
engaged in a fierce battle...Britain s leading supermarkets, airlines and department stores are
engaged in a fierce battle for custom and the new weapon of choice is
the customer magazine.
Customer magazines are undeniably ...
.
More and more companies, such as the big supermarkets, are getting
involved in financial services ...
06 Jan 2011
| by Maisie McCabe
supermarkets, attracting new brands and bringing its total to 104 sites....the multimillion pound 10-year contract to manage and develop six-sheets at Waitrose supermarkets in November 2007 ...
11 Jun 1999
| by DAVID MCCORMACK
will be
installed in supermarkets this summer....Coinstar, which operates machines allowing people to recycle idle
coins in exchange for vouchers, has selected the consumer division of
The Communication Group to promote its UK launch. The units will be
installed in supermarkets this summer.
...
20 Oct 2009
| by Susan Billinge
packaging in supermarkets across the UK in a push designed to give a more sophisticated image to wine
04 Feb 2003
| by Gordon MacMillan,
LONDON – Supermarket group J Sainsbury and Boots the Chemist have bitterly scrapped their health...to speculation that there might be a merger of the supermarket group and the chemist. This was even hinted ...
with Sainsbury's."
The UK health and beauty market is worth £6bn a year and supermarkets have a 48% share ...
09 Oct 2000
| by Camilla Palmer
UK chemist chain Boots is denying reports it will merge with supermarket group Sainsbury’s....LONDON (Brand Republic) – UK chemist chain Boots is denying reports it will merge with supermarket ...
’s, recently overtaken by rival Tesco as the UK’s leading supermarket chain, is now run by new chief executive ...
six months. It is seen as a potential target for Wal-Mart, the US supermarket giant and parent company ...