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Promo Tracker: Waitrose offers deepest promotions
7 February 2012
Waitrose's promotions offered consumers the highest saving on average, according to the latest data from the just-food Promo Tracker.
UK: Iceland glitters, Tesco feels the chill - Kantar
31 January 2012
UK grocery retailer Tesco dropped market share, while Iceland put in its strongest performance in a decade, according to the latest data from Kantar Wordpanel.
UK: Kingdom Bakers enters into receivership
30 January 2012
UK-based Kingdom Bakers has gone into receivership, putting around 100 jobs on the line.
UK: Tulip chief Murrells to lead Co-op's food business
27 January 2012
Steve Murrells, the chief executive of UK meat processor Tulip, is to become CEO of The Co-operative Group's food retail business.
UK: Ex-Heineken exec named Sainsbury's marketing chief
23 January 2012
Sainsbury's has named former Heineken executive Sarah Warby as its new marketing director.
Best bits: Muller faces challenges in UK milk sector
16 January 2012
Muller and Robert Wiseman Dairies are talking up the benefits of the German yoghurt maker's planned takeover of the UK milk supplier but profits in the sector have been under pressure in recent months.
UK: Muller in talks to buy Robert Wiseman Dairies
13 January 2012
Yoghurt maker Müller is in talks to buy UK milk supplier Robert Wiseman Dairies, it emerged today (13 January).
Comment: Values not just value must underpin Tesco revival
13 January 2012
Tesco's continuing difficulties in the UK forced the retailer to stun the City with something of a profit warning. As Chris Brook-Carter writes, the company needs to look beyond price to regain the ground lost to the likes of Sainsbury's.
Quote unquote: just-food's week in words
13 January 2012
Major UK retailers reported a bit of a mixed Christmas, with Tesco's shares sliding following a trading announcement, while Sainsbury's claimed a "record-breaking" festive period. The fortunes of US baker Hostess Brands are more clear cut. The company this week entered Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection for a second time.
What the analysts say - City verdict on Tesco
13 January 2012
Tesco's trading update - which included another fall in UK sales - and a forecast for weak profit growth in its next financial year sent shockwaves through the City and the wider UK economy. Here, leading analysts run the rule over Tesco.
Promo Tracker: Asda upped discounts in December
13 January 2012
Asda, unlike Tesco and Sainsbury's, increased its number of promotions in December, according to data from just-food's Promo Tracker.
Editor's choice: highlights on just-food this week
13 January 2012
The performance of the UK food retail sector over Christmas came under scrutiny this week and there were some clear winners and losers. Elsewhere, the M&A rumour mill continued to turn, with German yoghurt giant Müller in talks to buy UK milk supplier Robert Wiseman Dairies. In the US, baker Hostess Brands applied for Chapter 11 protection for a second time, Cargill reported its worst quarter in a decade and Archer Daniels Midland announced a swathe of job cuts. On just-food's insight pages, we looked at Bi-Lo's plan to buy fellow UK retailer Winn-Dixie and at the importance of price optimisation.
On the money: Food volumes will fall again in 2012, says Sainsbury's
11 January 2012
Sainsbury's chief executive Justin King has predicted that food sales volumes will fall again in the UK in 2012 despite signs that commodity costs could be easing.
UK: Christmas drives "strong" quarter for Sainsbury's
11 January 2012
Sainsbury's said today (11 January) that its "best Christmas ever" had helped underlying sales climb over 2% in what the UK retailer described as a "strong" third quarter.
UK: Asda, Sainsbury's gain market share - Kantar
10 January 2012
Asda and Sainsbury's have increased their share of the UK grocery market, according to the latest data from Kantar Wordpanel, which includes the run-up to Christmas.
Best bits: Morrisons sets scene for tough 2012
9 January 2012
Morrisons, the UK's number four grocer, kicked off a week in which the country's largest food retailers will report on their Christmas performance with slowing sales growth. And the company's predictions for 2012 would have made difficult reading.
Street talk: Four resolutions for an uncertain 2012
9 January 2012
The consensus is that those hoping for an easier year in 2012 could be disappointed. Consumer confidence will remain in the doldrums, competition will remain fierce and economic uncertainty will continue. In his first column of the year, SymphonyIRI's Rod Street suggests some ways in which manufacturers and retailers could look to improve in 2012.
UK: Asda, Aldi grow fastest in "disloyal" Christmas - Nielsen
9 January 2012
Asda and Aldi enjoyed the fastest sales growth in the UK in the run-up to Christmas, according to data issued by Nielsen.
UK: Morrisons set for third marketing chief in a year
5 January 2012
UK retailer Morrisons is preparing for its third marketing director in 12 months with the appointment of Sainsbury's executive Rebecca Singleton.
UK: New year, more value claims from UK grocers
3 January 2012
The UK's largest grocers have started the new year with more claims that they can provide value to the country's cash-strapped shoppers.
UK: Web glitch hits Sainsbury's Christmas food deliveries
23 December 2011
Sainsbury's has apologised to online shoppers after it was unable to deliver their food by Christmas.
The most-read news articles on just-food in 2011
23 December 2011
As well as our raft of insight articles, just-food continued to provide all the breaking news throughout the food industry in 2011. Below are the ten articles that had you clicking the most throughout the year.
2011 in review - Retail giants battle consumer weakness, corporate turmoil
22 December 2011
A slump in consumer confidence and a turbulent year at a corporate level for some major retailers were defined 2011. Dean Best looks back at a tumultuous year for the world's major food retailers.
UK: Sainsbury's marketing chief appointment falls through
15 December 2011
Mark Horgan, the executive lined up to become Sainsbury's next marketing director, has decided not to join the company, the UK retailer has revealed in a surprise announcement.
UK: Tesco salad ad "misleading"
14 December 2011
An advert for Tesco's British iceberg lettuce is misleading and must not be used again, according to a UK advertising watchdog.
Best bits: Tesco must look beyond Big Price Drop
12 December 2011
Tesco claims early results from the Big Price Drop - its campaign to lure cash-strapped shoppers and revive its UK sales - are positive. However, the view from The City was mixed after the retailer reported another quarter of falling sales in its domestic market. Dean Best believes Tesco should be given time - but competition from its rivals means the UK's largest retailer only has a certain amount of that.
UK: McCambridge adds to Soreen range
8 December 2011
McCambridge Group has expanded its Soreen range with the launch of its mini malt loaves.
EU: UK food makers, retailers pledge not to use caged eggs
7 December 2011
UK food manufacturers have pledged not to use caged eggs from Europe, amid concerns that egg producers on the continent will fail to comply with a ban that starts next month.
Promo Tracker: Sainsbury's ramps up promos in November
7 December 2011
Sainsbury's intensified its promotional activity in November, according to the latest data from the just-food Promo Tracker.
UK: Big Price Drop hits Tesco's market share - Kantar
6 December 2011
Tesco's Big Price Drop promotional campaign has hit its share of the UK grocery market, according to the latest data from Kantar Worldpanel.
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