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Grocery sales fell for the first time in three years, Kantar market share figures show, as last year's record temperatures hit year-on-year comparisons. Sales fell 0.5% in the 12 weeks [...]

Sainsbury's reclaimed its position as the UK's second-largest grocer this week after losing it to Asda last month, according to Kantar's latest market share data. However, it remained the only [...]

It's been carnage for the big four as discounters stepped up their assault. So which products and categories have been hit hardest? Who are the heroes? And how? The price [...]

1 £89,650m The Walton Family Walmart/Asda The Walton Family The name Sam Walton may not mean much to Asda's regular shoppers but the late founder of the giant Walmart chain [...]

The weather does lots of different things, as the Post Office ad says. But the one thing no one could have predicted was that last year's hot summer would prompt [...]

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Supermarket bosses won't be shocked to hear that sales of organic goods have plunged over the past year--but some may be surprised that they are getting the blame. [...]

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Imagine you are a tomato grower. Imagine you have spent months planting and nurturing a crop of premium-quality fruit to fulfil an order placed by a supermarket. Now [...]

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The growing share of the OTC market held by the supermarkets is continuing to give the likes of Boots, Lloyds Pharmacy and smaller independents a headache. According to [...]

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Britons seem to find something comforting about having kitchen cupboards bulging with long-life canned goods, as if the presence of them can help fend off hardship. Fear generated [...]

A year ago Asda was flying: jockeying for position with Morrisons at the front of the pack. As late as 6 September it was boasting a market share of 17.4%. [...]

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Off-licences are in the fight of their lives to avoid a 'long, lingering death,' one booze retail boss admitted frankly to The Grocer last week. His pessimism is [...]

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Thank heavens for Activia. If it weren't for the phenomenal performance of the Danone yoghurt, volume and value sales in functional food and drink would have slumped last [...]

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The bogof, or buy-one-get-one-free, was once a much-loved piece of promotional jargon, even transferring into popular usage. Somehow two-for-the-price-of-one never had the same satisfactorily expletive impact. A tftpoo [...]

It's been nip and tuck for weeks. Slowly but surely, however, Asda seems to be pulling away in the Grocer 33 competition. This week it registered its seventh win, to [...]

After more than three years of waiting, Whole Foods Market is almost with us. The world's leading retailer of natural and organic foods, according to the company, is due to [...]

You might have expected life to quieten down a bit for independent retailers in the aftermath of the frenzied consolidation of the sector in 2004. But this year's annual survey [...]

They may not look much compared with their slick counterparts in the UK. But Russian supermarket chains such as Pyaterochka and Perekriostok could be the future of European retail. Most [...]

Here's a quick question for you. What do Hogwarts Castle, Thunderbirds' Tracy Island, Pokemon, Furbies and Buzz Lightyear have in common? The answer is they have all topped the Christmas [...]

Britain's high street clothing retailers must be feeling hard pressed as the grocers make incursions into their territory Asda's George label has become a 1bn [pounds sterling] brand, while Tesco's [...]

It hasn't happened in recent memory, but in a 'quite remarkable' Christmas, all of the major food and drink retailers have come through the crucial trading period in decent fettle. [...]

Asda PLC, Morrisions and Tesco PLC are responding to the needs of UK consumers, with the introduction of a better quality range of foods and home delivery services. Turnover in the major supermarket chains has increased by an average of almost 6%. Tesco have increased their share of the grocery market for Q2 1998 to 23.4%, along with Asda which has a 14.1% share. J. Sainsbury PLC share of the market fell from 20% in Q1, to 19.6% in Q2. Safeway's market share had fallen since 1996 but it increased in Q2 1998 to 10.5%. Grocery prices increased by 2.1% in Q2 1998., It's time both for summer holidays and check on how the multiples are doing so far this year. Food retailing in Britain is in a constant change. The Somerfield merger [...]

On the surface, 2017 was a good Christmas for food retail. Nielsen data shows this was the best Christmas for at least six years, with sales up 3.5% over the [...]

Meat gets a bad rap on health. But fitness fanatics know you can't beat it when it comes to building muscle. So teaming up with Men's Health on this new [...]

Again, the 10 fastest falling products in this year's report are all tobacco. Mayfair has lost an eyewatering [pounds sterling]168.1m (16%), making it the year's biggest loser. But that only [...]

Amazon did a bit of shopping of its own in June, snapping up Whole Foods Market for [pounds sterling]10.7bn. It's long been looming over grocery with intent, slowly adding to [...]

Short selling of Sainsbury's shares has jumped to its highest level for over a year as market concerns seem to be building over the UK's second-largest grocer. According to data [...]

Acutback on booze deals drove a significant drop in promotional activity across the mults last month. Morrisons, Sainsbury's and Tesco all slashed promotional activity significantly compared with last year, with [...]

Independent supermarket and petrol station operator Jempson's has reported an 84% jump in profits as it announced the exit of joint owner Andrew Jempson. The Sussex-based company's pre-tax profits increased [...]

Almost half of MPs would support legislation forcing food and drink manufacturers to reformulate sugary products, an exclusive cross-party survey of policymakers has revealed. In total, 46% of MPs said [...]

Marketing push for Oasis: Oasis will kick off its 'Win a Cut of Our Remaining Marketing Budget' push on 25 September. It will run until 5 November, offering shoppers the [...]

Nearly a third of UK consumers say they plan to buy only British eggs or products made with British eggs as a result of the fipronil contamination scandal, research for [...]

Chocolate, fizzy drinks and crisps brands are ramping up multibuy deals despite fresh warnings they are contributing to a 'rising tide of obesity'. Cancer Research UK last week renewed calls [...]

WEEK 2 SHOPPING BASKET Asda Morrisons Activia yoghurts (+) 2.00 * 2.00 *(a) Strawberry, 4xl25g Avocado (+) 1.55 1.80 (b) Own-label, ripe & ready, (two to three-pack), two-pack Bacardi Carta [...]

Iceland capped a busy couple of weeks--during which it has been in the headlines for both good and bad reasons--with a long-awaited Grocer 33 pricing win. Our guest retailer was [...]

WEEK 2: SUNDAY 25 JUNE 2017, 10AM-12PM SERVICE & AVAILABILITY Asda Morrisons Basildon, Norwich, Essex Norfolk Car park score (out of 10) (+) 8 10 Store standards score (20) (+) [...]

GROCERY RETAIL SHARE--TOTAL TILL ROLL Source: Kantar Worldpanel 12 WEEKS TO 19 JUNE 2016 [pounds % sterling]m Total grocers 25,338 100.0 Total multiples 24,855 98.1 Tesco 7,157 28.2 Sainsbury's 4,124 [...]

GROCER 33 SERVICE & AVAILABILITY DATA Source: The Grocer 51 w/e 10 June 2017 ASOA This year y-o-y diference Car park score 8.6 -0.1 Store standards score 11.5 -0.3 Store [...]

Amazon's shock 12.7bn [pounds sterling] deal to buy US grocery chain Whole Foods Market has savaged supermarket shares on both sides of the Atlantic. But winners and losers of Amazon [...]

Wednesday brought a mixed bag of a data for supermarkets as figures showing broad industry growth were tempered by worries over mounting inflation and the resurgence of the discounters. On [...]

Dates: 16 March 2016-16 March 2017 Investors who questioned the wisdom of Sainsbury's 1.4bn [pounds sterling] deal for Home Retail last year are likely to have changed their tune as [...]

Winner: Sainsbury's Wootton Store manager: James Burney Opened: 1982 Size: 22,620 sq ft Market share: 7.9% Nearest rivals: Morrisons--1 mile Asda--1.9 miles Tesco--4.2 miles Store data source: Analysis by CACI. [...]

Winning by 13 points this week, Sainsbury's High Wycombe store was 'clean and spacious' and there was a 'good selection' of products considering it was Easter Saturday--including an array of [...]

Supermarkets have seen their share of fresh fruit and vegetable sales rise from 72% to 78% since 1996, according to a report from Keynote. The UK Food Market: 2001 shows [...]

Supermarkets will control more than 60% of the health and beauty products market by 2006, according to a report from retail analyst Verdict. The multiple grocers have been steadily encroaching [...]

Tesco has overtaken Intermarche, Metro and Edeka to assume the number two slot in the European grocery retailing superleague, according to a new report from market researcher Retail Intelligence. Based [...]

Soft drinks remains at the top of the category chart this week and continues to be supported by the promotions on Coca-Cola which stands at number one in the brand [...]

* Market grows on the back of olive oil * Standard cooking oil declines * Infusions spark enthusiasm * Fixtures need simplification Olive oil is showing dynamic growth in the [...]

Wal-Mart will overtake Kroger and Albertsons to become the top US grocer by 2003, according to an IGD report. Although Wal-Mart easily leads the field in total retail sales with [...]

The retail sales value for regular frequency magazines on sale during February is estimated to be 129m [pounds sterling], according to Seymour's Monthly Monitor report. While this represents a drop [...]

Asda is reinforcing its position in the UK superstore league, managing director Paul Mason told international colleagues here on Thursday. In a confidential internal briefing prior to Wal-Mart's annual shareholders' [...]