UK food retailers ring up Christmas sales

A number of the UK's largest grocers this week report how they fared over the Christmas period, which came at the end of the year food sales volumes this year fell.

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.

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.

On the money: Tesco's Clarke admits UK failings

13 January 2012

Tesco CEO Philip Clarke has said the UK retailer will focus more on products and on service to revitalise the company's poor underlying domestic sales.

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.

UK: Tesco shares tumble on bleak profit outlook

12 January 2012

Shares in Tesco fell by more than 15% this morning (12 January) after the retailer reported another fall in UK sales and warned profits would not grow as fast as expected in its current financial year and in the next 12 months.

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.

On the money: M&S food shines but uncertainty remains

11 January 2012

Food helped Marks and Spencer enjoy a sales jump in its third quarter but some market observers fear a post-Christmas hangover.

UK: Food boosts sales at Marks and Spencer

10 January 2012

Marks and Spencer's food business has driven an increase in quarterly sales at the UK retailer.

On the money: Trading to remain tough in 2012 - Morrisons

9 January 2012

Senior Morrisons executives have expressed caution about the prospects for UK food retailers in 2012.

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.

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: Sales growth slows at Morrisons

9 January 2012

Morrisons, the UK's fourth-largest food retailer, saw its sales growth slow over Christmas in what its chief executive described as a "very tough" market.