Morrisons plans to launch online grocery shopping by January 2014 after agreeing a tie-up with Ocado. According to the UK’s fourth largest supermarket, the agreement combines its affordable fresh food – much of it from the company’s own manufacturing facilities – with Ocado’s leading end-to-end technology, logistics and distribution operations. The Morrisons.com grocery website will [...]
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Waitrose, Aldi and Lidl have all posted record market shares, according to grocery share figures from Kantar Worldpanel for the 12 weeks ending 14 April 2013. The latest data show an increasingly polarised grocery market. Edward Garner, director at Kantar Worldpanel, said: “Aldi has set two records in the latest period, with its highest ever growth [...]
Morrisons is stocking 10 exotic juice products from Sunpride in its world food fixture. This follows a similar move into the world food aisles at Tesco last year. Sunpride now offers a diverse range of exotic 1-litre juice drinks including Tropical, Apple & Lychee, Raspberry & Guava, Pineapple and Passion Fruit, Mango & Pineapple and [...]
Sainsbury’s is the clear winner among the big four UK supermarkets, according to the latest grocery share figures from Kantar Worldpanel for the 12 weeks ending 17 March 2013. Aldi and Waitrose, meanwhile, have posted the strongest growth with sales up 30.8% and 12.5% respectively in the latest period. Fraser McKevitt, retail analyst at Kantar Worldpanel, said: [...]
Shoppers are economising but not compromising, according to the latest retailer performance figures released by global information and insights company Nielsen. UK consumers are spending more at value retailers (discounters) to make household budgets stretch further, but are also willing to indulge for events, such as Valentine’s Day, researchers found. Aggregate sales value growth for [...]
Prices of 80% of standard supermarket own label alcohol products could increase if the alcohol minimum unit pricing (MUP) at 50p goes through, according to research by global pricing and marketing consultancy, Simon-Kucher & Partners. Own label cider and beer will be worst hit with an average increase of 60% and 49% respectively. Own label spirits will [...]
Morrisons plans to launch its first online food operation in 2014 and is in talks with Ocado to help deliver the offer. The announcement to sell food online accompanied Morrisons’ results for the last 12 months. In the year to 3 February 2013, the retailer suffered a 2.1% fall in like-for-like sales and a 7.2% [...]
Fairbanks has launched a service which gives their customers a fuel tank gauge monitoring and maintenance service all in one. The company made the announcement as part of its renewed wetstock management contract for all of Morrison’s forecourts. This new three-year agreement with the supermarket covers its nationwide network of 314 forecourts and 11 regional [...]
Grocery share figures from Kantar Worldpanel, published today for the 12 weeks ending 17 February 2013, reveal the impact of the first five weeks of the horse meat scandal, which broke on 16 January 2013. Edward Garner, director at Kantar Worldpanel, said: “The issue has so far only affected the performance of individual markets rather than [...]
Morrisons is stocking SeeWoo Extra Virgin Soy Sauce in selected stores across the UK as part of a new ethnic food range. The Extra Virgin Soy Sauce is claimed to be the perfect store cupboard staple; it is darker and richer than light soy and therefore can be used for cooking and as a dipping [...]
Tesco has matched grocery market growth for the first time since June 2011 and maintained its market share, according to the latest grocery share figures from Kantar Worldpanel, published today for the 12 weeks ending 20 January 2013. Tesco’s sales rose 3.3% in the latest period, delivering a 30.4% market share, unchanged on the comparable [...]
Large increases in TV and press advertising spend resulted in a strong finish to 2012 for the UK’s leading supermarkets, according to the latest retailer performance figures from Nielsen. They show aggregate sales growth for the UK’s leading supermarkets during the four weeks ending 5 January 2013 was up +3.7% year-on-year. For the previous four-week period [...]
Festive grocery share figures from Kantar Worldpanel, published today (15 January 2013) for the six weeks ending 6 January 2013, show the grocery market growing at 3.8% over Christmas and the New Year, driven by price inflation rather than volume growth. Edward Garner, director at Kantar Worldpanel, said: “These festive trading figures show a dead [...]
Morrisons, the UK’s fourth largest grocery retailer, is one of four leading retailers joining software company ThoughtWorks at NRF’s Retail Big Show 2013 in New York City, 13-16 January 2013. The retail industry is in the midst of unprecedented change, said ThoughtWorks. Evolving customer expectations and buying behavior; the ability to personalise interactions; and the [...]
Discount retailers Aldi and Lidl and the premium supermarket, Waitrose, were the biggest winners in the lead up to the festive period, according to the latest grocery share figures from Kantar Worldpanel, published today for the 12 weeks ending 23 December 2013. Aldi and Lidl and Iceland posted respective growth rates of 30.1% and 10.8%; [...]