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• Online Grocery Shopping - Supermarket Giant Morrisons View on the Challenges

  Dalton Phillips, CEO of Morrisons, speaking on Radio 4 about his company’s future prospects, has given a clear analysis of the challenges food retailers face when considering going into online grocery shopping. The basic problem, he says, is that when... Posted Mar 06 2013, 02:50 PM by Land Strategies Farming Blog Select Tags... SaveCancel Filed under: Morrisons, online grocery shopping [Edit Tags]

• Tesco Pays the Price for Ignoring its Customers

  It’s been a dramatic week for supermarket watchers. First, Morrisons who had been the clear leaders in the grocery war of late announced that their sales over Xmas period had grown by a tiny 0.7%. Dalton Phillips their Canadian chief executive said it... Posted Jan 13 2012, 02:41 PM by Land Strategies Farming Blog Filed under: Tesco, Waitrose, Morrisons, Asda [Edit Tags]

• Going for Growth - How Marks and Spencer, Waitrose, Morrisons and Aldi are Tackling the Challenge

  Growth remains the holy grail for all supermarkets. Here we look at four different approaches - M&S and Waitrose at the premium end of the market, Morrisons in the mainstream, and Aldi the discount chain. The discount sector remains an endless source... Posted Sep 14 2011, 02:02 PM by Land Strategies Farming Blog Filed under: Waitrose, Morrisons, ALDI, Marks and Spencer, Marc Bolland [Edit Tags]

• Local Foods – From Niche to Mainstream in 5 Years

  In early 2005, the local food movement was mostly confined to farmers markets, a few intrepid souls selling by mail order or over the internet, one or two up market shops sufficiently different to flourish despite the supermarkets, and funnily enough... Posted Apr 04 2010, 02:47 PM by Land Strategies Farming Blog Filed under: Tesco, Morrisons, Asda, local foods, IGD [Edit Tags]

• Shopper Buying Behaviour - Insights from the NFU Conference

  Edward Garner of Kantar Worldpanel ( previously called TNS) spoke yesterday about whether recent events like the move away from discounters, a decline in sales of value ranges, the resurgence of Waitrose and a swing to buying premium food over Christmas... Posted Feb 25 2010, 03:09 PM by Land Strategies Farming Blog Filed under: ethical purchasing, Sainsbury, Tesco, Morrisons, Asda, Andy Bond, changing consumer behaviour [Edit Tags]

• What Will Marc Bolland Do To Revive M&S Food Business?

  Marc Bolland’s move to Marks & Spencer has sparked excitement in the City and attracted acres of coverage in mainstream news. The interest reflects M&S’s position as jewel of the High Street, leading purveyor of the nation’s underwear, and reliable... Posted Nov 20 2009, 03:57 PM by Land Strategies Farming Blog Filed under: Morrisons, Marks and Spencer, Marc Bolland [Edit Tags]

• Consumers and the Credit Crunch - Latest Views on Food Buying Behaviour

  In the words of Justin King of Sainsbury, speaking during a business performance update last week - “the consumer is in a bad place just now”. Which is not really surprising, given the amount of depressing economic news. Nevertheless, both Sainsbury and... Posted Apr 06 2009, 01:53 PM by Land Strategies Farming Blog Filed under: ethical purchasing, Sainsbury, credit crunch, Morrisons [Edit Tags]

• Tesco Outgunned by the Competition - Some Reasons Why

  So Tesco is getting outgunned by the competition. Third quarter results show their sales up by a miserable 2% compared with Sainsbury up 4.3%, ASDA up 6.9% and Morrisons up 8.1%. The root cause is customer defection. An analysis by TNS the market research... Posted Dec 04 2008, 04:10 PM by Land Strategies Farming Blog Filed under: Sainsbury, Tesco, Morrisons, Asda, ALDI [Edit Tags]

• Food Buying Habits - How, When, and Why Did It All Change?

  Food shopping habits have changed. Consumers are changing where they shop, how they shop, and what they buy. Morrisons, home of low prices, and Waitrose at the premium end of the scale, both published half year results a couple of days ago. Morrisons... Posted Sep 12 2008, 03:45 PM by Land Strategies Farming Blog Filed under: ethical purchasing, Sainsbury, Tesco, Waitrose, Morrisons, Asda, organics, Fair Trade, ALDI [Edit Tags]

• Supermarket Sales Show Strong Growth, No Sign of Consumer Cutbacks

  Taylor Nelson Sofres (TNS) has published grocery sales growth and market share figures for the 12 weeks to May 16th. They show no signs of a consumer cutback. Total sales are up 6.6%, with big share gains for Morrisons (sales up 8.7%) and ASDA (up 7.6... Posted May 30 2008, 05:31 PM by Land Strategies Farming Blog Filed under: Sainsbury, Tesco, credit crunch, Waitrose, Morrisons, Asda [Edit Tags]