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Byline: Lilith Foster-Collins Morrisons Cwmbran took the crown on service and availability this week, thanks to excellent store standards on the Friday evening before the coronation bank holiday weekend. The [...]

Malcolm Walker's hopes of renancing Iceland Food's PS750m net debt have been boosted by 'better than expected' guidance, according to Moody's. Iceland posted revenues just short of PS3bn in the [...]

Byline: Lilith Foster-Collins In a week of poor availability, Sainsbury's Strathaven took the win with just two items out of stock, as well as excellent service and store standards. The [...]

Byline: Lilith Foster-Collins How long have you been manager of this store? I've been a manager of Morrisons Stamford for four-and-a-half years. I've been with the company for just over [...]

Byline: Marianne Calnan Waitrose continued its impressive form in service and availability this week, taking the winning title for the eighth time since the start of June. Our shopper found [...]

Byline: Edward Devlin In the most difficult of circumstances Sainsbury's in Otley took the win last Saturday. Unprecedented shopper demand left shelves bare across the board after schools closed in [...]

Byline: Edward Devlin As customers continued to stockpile amid coronavirus panic, supermarket staff once again 'shone' this week - with Tesco taking the victory despite 15 of the 33 items [...]

Byline: Edward Devlin Afull basket has given Sainsbury's a clear victory this week, with availability good across most retailers despite panic-buying leaving huge gaps on shelves in certain categories. Our [...]

Byline: Edward Devlin Tesco has recorded a resounding win as another week of poor availability made for low scores across its rival supermarkets. Its Poole store was the only one [...]

Byline: Edward Devlin Tesco pipped Morrisons and Sainsbury's to the post in a very low-scoring week plagued by availability issues. Tesco's Lincoln store registered the highest availability score on Sunday [...]

Byline: Edward Devlin Asda scraped the win in a week of low scores thanks to a full basket on this Valentine's Day shop. Our mystery shopper had an 'awful' first [...]

Byline: Edward Devlin Better availability helped Tesco sneak ahead of Waitrose for the win this week on a wet and stormy Sunday afternoon shop. The 'bright and spacious' store in [...]

Byline: Edward Devlin Waitrose took the win in a low-scoring week for this Friday afternoon shop, with no supermarkets managing a full basket. The winning store in Wilmslow was 'tidy [...]

Byline: Edward Devlin Waitrose was a clear winner in the first mystery shop of 2020 as the supermarkets struggled after the end of the 'golden quarter' to get back to [...]

Byline: Edward Devlin Waitrose romped to victory during a busy Black Friday weekend shop thanks to a full basket and flawless shop floor service. Despite our shopper finding the Sunningdale [...]

Byline: Edward Devlin Tesco became the first retailer in six weeks to manage a full basket, helping it to edge ahead of nearest rival Asda with an impressive score of [...]

Byline: Edward Devlin Aswift checkout experience and helpful staff saw Sainsbury's pip Asda to top spot this week. However, none of our mystery shoppers left with a full trolley for [...]

Byline: Edward Devlin Impressive shop floor service gave Tesco the victory this week, but availability was an issue across the board for this Friday night shop, meaning there were no [...]

Byline: Ronan Hegarty Sainsbury's 80,000 sq ft hypermarket in Rugby took the store of the week award this week, but it was a tight race with just three points separating [...]

Byline: Ronan Hegarty Sainsbury's put an end to Tesco's four-week winning run as its Newport store delivered an excellent performance, scoring 91 points. As well as providing this week's only [...]

Byline: Emma Gesto Tesco won this Friday night shop as its Crewe store scored 74 points. It was a busy restocking time and there were trolleys and employees in 'almost [...]

Tesco CEO Dave Lewis may have only made brief mention of the possibility of Tesco creating an upmarket convenience store offering, but the City quickly took it as a threat [...]

Byline: Emma Gesto Tesco wins this week with 78 points. Its Cheam, Sutton store gave our shopper a 'positive experience' and offered an 'exceptional selection of products'. The store was [...]

Byline: Ronan Hegarty Asda has picked up yet another Grocer 33 pricing win, bouncing back from defeat by Morrisons last week. The Walmart-owned retailer's PS62.06 total was PS1.14 cheaper than [...]

Byline: Ian Quinn, chief reporter It's ironic that in the week his restaurant business took a dive, the other great cause Jamie Oliver championed also had its failings ruthlessly exposed. [...]

Byline: Emma Gesto Tesco in St Rollox Business Park, Glasgow wins this week. The 'large' store was 'busy but bright and well ordered'. Shelves were 'well stocked, wide and varied'. [...]

Byline: Emma Gesto Waitrose in Lincoln won this week with 75 points. It provided an 'enjoyable, stress-free shop'. Our shopper found staff 'obliging, friendly and polite' and the 'pleasant, open [...]

Byline: Emma Gesto Tesco wins with its Bangor store scoring 72 points. On a busy Saturday afternoon, the store was 'very tidy and impressive'. Staff were 'professional, thoughtful and helpful' [...]

Byline: Ronan Hegarty Asda returned to winning ways this week after a surprisingly uncompetitive showing last time out. The Walmart-owned retailer slumped to fourth place last week after losing out [...]

Titania Touche was The Grocer's (entirely fictitious) food & drink PR columnist. Exposing the foibles of PR agency life, while grappling with (and being grappled by) fmcg clients, her column [...]

Byline: Emma Gesto Tesco in Montrose won with 83 points in our final shop of 2018. The 'outstandingly calm, helpful and friendly staff' left our shopper feeling 'relaxed and happy'. [...]

Byline: Ronan Hegarty Ascore of 83 for its Newport store was more than enough to give Sainsbury's its second service and availability victory in a row. Coupled with strong availability, [...]

Rumours that Russia-based direct-to-consumer platform INS is to launch a pilot project with some of the biggest names in grocery caused more than a few ripples last week. Supposedly backed [...]

A nation of foodies? Not if it means scratch cooking Despite the much talked-about rise in scratch cooking, the ready meals market is still growing at a healthy rate of [...]

Winner: Waitrose, High Street, Wellington, Somerset Store manager: Tim Broadhurst Opened: 2011 Size: 14,000 sq ft (sales) Market share: 23.6% Nearest rivals: Asda -1.0 miles Tesco-5.5 miles Morrisons-6.1 miles Sainsbury's-6.9 [...]

A sda has been cheaper than its big four rivals right the way through retail's golden quarter, culminating in a victory in our special Christmas Grocer 33 this week. Our [...]

Winner: Sainsbury's Wetherby Road, Harrogate Store manager: Martyn Nicholson Opened: 1993 Size: 60,000 sq ft Market share: 21.5% Nearest rivals: Morrisons -1 mile Asda -1.9 miles Tesco - 2 miles [...]

Winner: Morrisons Shrewsbury Store manager: Mike Dadge Opened: 1993 Size: 35,000 sq ft Market share: 16.3% Nearest rivals: Tesco--0.8 miles Asda--2.5 miles Sainsbury's-3.8 miles Store data source: Analysis by CACI. [...]

Morrisons is one of the 10 best UK employers for improving social mobility among staff, according to a new government-backed scheme. Social Mobility Employer Index named the top 50 UK [...]

Winner: Sainsbury's Tom Johnston Road, Dundee Deputy store manager: Donald Davidson Size: 39,000 sq ft Opened: 2001 Market share: 25 3% Nearest rivals: Co-op--0.4 miles Tesco-1 mile Iceland--1 mile Aldi--1.7 [...]

Winner: Morrisons Ty G las, Cardiff Store manager: Chris Ellis Opened: 1989 Size: 34,000 sq ft Nearest rivals: Sainsbury's--0.9 miles Tesco -2 miles Asda--3.2 mile Market share: 10.8% Store data [...]

A feeling of normality crept into our weekly shop as the last Christmas lines disappeared from the shelves. Although turkeys were still keeping smaller birds out of the freezer at [...]

Waitrose has launched a major new marketing campaign using customer reviews to highlight the quality of its products in-store. The new Top Rated push highlights products that have been given [...]

A supplier of exotic fruits to UK supermarkets has collapsed after rescue attempts failed. Sabana appointed Brett Barton of Cranfield Business Recovery as administrator on 25 July. The Kent-based importer [...]

HT Drinks-owned Drink Supermarket has teamed up with Debenhams to sell a range of wines and spirits online. Drink Supermarket, launched as a consumer-facing online shop, will supply the department [...]

Winner: Sainsbury's North Walsham, Norfolk Store manager: Rob Wilkinson Opened: 2001 Size: 35,000 sq ft Market share: 66.4% Nearest rivals: Tesco-6.4 miles Morrisons-8 miles Asda-13 miles Store data source: Analysis [...]

Even by recent standards the prognosis is grim. By 2018 the number of stores on the UK high street will fall by almost a quarter, with 22,600 closures and 140,000 [...]

Who: Asda What: Hearty Lasagne Meal Soup Where: Chilled soups When: Launched October 2015 How much: Rsp 1.25 £ for 350g Why: Brits haven't yet lost their appetite for canned [...]

Snack producer Graze this week added listings in more than 1,000 Tesco Express stores, as retailers expand their healthy snacking ranges. This takes the total number of Graze's stockists to [...]

Tesco has upped the support it offers war veterans and reservists it employs in a move designed to strengthen its public commitment to do more for current and former service [...]