Supermarkets
Online sales deliver success for Sainsbury'sThe recent horsemeat scandal has helped Sainsbury's make further inroads against its two main rivals Asda and Tesco as it posted better than expected results. |
Morrisons and Ocada shares rise on partnership talksMorrisons announced a slight fall in profits partly due to a lack of an online presence and announced that it is in talks with Ocada about an online grocery partnership. |
Tesco price guarantee aims to win back cash-strapped shoppersTesco has announced that customers will receive vouchers up to the value of £10 if they could have got their shopping cheaper at Sainsbury's, Asda or Morrisons. |
Payments Council outlines how UK spending habits have changedThe amount we spend in supermarkets has risen from 46p in every pound in 2003 to 58p in every pound now and we are more likely to pay by debit card than cash. |
Supermarkets hit back over food waste claimsA new report slams the wasteful attitude of consumers who throw away between 30 and 50 per cent of all food despite suffering from the biggest squeeze on finances for 60 years. |
Tesco to leave US market as UK sales fallTesco is conducting a review of its US business Fresh & Easy with all options open as it suffered a 0.6 per cent drop in UK sales excluding VAT and petrol. |
Supermarkets sign up to new OFT code for fairer promotionsEight of the UK's leading supermarkets have signed up to a new Office of Fair Trading voluntary code governing the promotion of discounts and special offers to customers. |
Sainsbury's profits up as it outperforms TescoSainsbury's has announced a better set of half-year results than Tesco and Morrisions as it announced its 31st quarterly rise in underlying profits. |
Tesco halts sales slide but is outperformed by Sainsbury'sTesco suffers its first fall in profits since 1994 as Sainsbury's celebrates a sales rise as it continues to eat into Tesco's market share. |
Grocers enjoy Diamond Jubilee sales boostSupermarkets and food stores emerged victorious from the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, raking in an extra £213 million in the week leading up to the big event. |
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