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MARKET UPDATE Retail

Week Commencing: 13th July 2015

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Big four building less than a third of planned stores

Less than a third of the big four’s supermarket projects put forward for planning permission over the past five years have gone ahead, showing

the huge impact of bosses slamming the brakes on the space race.

Figures from Barbour ABI show that, since 2010, just 32% of projects submitted for planning permission from Tesco, Asda, Morrisons and

Sainsbury’s have been built or are being built.

A report showed that there were 556 planning applications submitted for construction of new stores by the ‘big four’, but just 179 were

successfully completed or are currently under construction.

http://www.thegrocer.co.uk/stores/property-and-planning/big-four-building-less-than-a-third-of-planned-stores/521552.article

Tesco ups free delivery minimum spend

Tesco has revealed it plans to increase the minimum spend required for the free delivery of online orders

from £25 to £40.

The move, which will apply to all orders placed after 23 July, will involve a £4 surcharge on top of the existing delivery charge for orders beneath the

threshold. The current delivery charge ranges from £1 to £6 depending on time of the day and week.

The increase will also impact customers who signed

up to Tesco’s Delivery Saver scheme – where customers pay upfront for unlimited, discounted

delivery for a set period of time.

The increase follows a similar move by its supermarket rival Asda in January this year when it

upped its minimum spend from £24 to £40.

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Jack Daniel’s FSDU Free sweet bbq glaze with Jack Daniel’s

Bonne Maman Jam FSDU

Mega M&M’s FOS Display




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Minions! Minions displays throughout the store




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Craft beer suffering from high-strength alcohol crackdown

A growing number of craft and artisan beers are

being caught up in local high-strength alcohol bans, a trade body has claimed.

The society of Independent Brewers (SIBA), which represents more than 800 British brewers, today

called for the European Commission to force the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) to act.

With around 100 authorities, covering up to 18,000 licensed premises, through to be running schemes on high-strength booze, SIBA has written to the EC

and also encourages its members to submit examples in support of its submission.

It said retailers that agreed to participate in the

schemes ran a serious risk of infringing competition law by engaging in a coordinated boycott.

http://www.thegrocer.co.uk/buying-and-

supplying/categories/craft-beer-suffering-from-high-strength-alcohol-crackdown/521429.article

Sainsbury’s wins Bristol Rovers court case

Sainsbury’s has won a High Court battle against Bristol Rovers over the purchase of the Memorial Stadium for £30m.

The supermarket had agreed to purchase the stadium in 2011 and

lease it to the football club while its new stadium was built.

However, Sainsbury’s pulled out claiming all the conditions in the deal were not met and it had terminated it within the “cut-off” time

in the agreement. One of the major issues involved obtaining planning permission for the new store including a morning delivery

time of 5am. Planning permission was only granted for 6am.

Hon Mrs Justice Proudman in her judgement accused the agreement of being “tortuously, laboriously and in some respects badly,

drafted”.

She ruled that “Sainsbury’s must succeed” because of the contractual agreement over planning permission, which she

described as an “insuperable barrier to the Club”.

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Which? Super-complaint to receive CMA response this week

The Competition and Marketing Authority (CMA) will respond to the

Which? Super-complaint on Thursday (16 July), with some level of action expected against supermarket promotions.

Which? Accused retailers of so-called “dodgy deals” and highlighted

what it considers “confusing price tactics”. It said this includes “dodgy multi-buys, shrinking products, exaggerated discounts and

inconsistent unit pricing”.

More than 103,000 consumers have signed a petition supporting the super-complaint.

Which? has cited one promotion where it said Asda increased the

price of Robinsons Orange Fruit Squash (1 litre) from £1 to as much as £1.59 while on ‘2 for £2.50’, “creating the illusion of a saving but

actually costing shoppers 50p more when buying it on offer”.

It also highlighted that a box of 100 Twinings Assam tea bags cost £4.40 in Tesco but when the pack shrunk to 80, the price increased

to £4.49. It added that in Sainsbury’s the price of the tea bags remained the same at £4.50 despite the loss of 20 tea bags.

http://www.thegrocer.co.uk/stores/prices-and-promotions/which-super-

complaint-to-receive-cma-response-this-week/521406.article

Lidl sales climb £700m to record £4bn

Lidl has hiked its UK sales by £700m to a record £4bn for the 2014 financial year as more shoppers desert the

mainstream grocers for the discounters.

The value chain has also revealed plans to build a new headquarters in Tolworth in South West London after

buying five acres of land owned by Kingston Council for £10m.

Lidl said the 21% jump in revenues for the 12 months to

the end of February was the result of attracting new shoppers into its stores, as well as higher spending from current customers. The UK business also exported £30m of British cheese and £100m of Scottish whisky to other Lidl stores across Europe during the period. It does not publish full accounts so no profit figures are available.

http://www.thegrocer.co.uk/channels/discounters/lidl-sales-climb-

700m-to-record-4bn/521535.article

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Butterkist FSDU

Evian FSDU

Ribena FSDU with side POS


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Malibu Inline Plinth Display




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Welsh minimum alcohol price move raises prospect of legal action

The Welsh government today pushed ahead with plans to

bring in minimum unit pricing (MUP) for alcohol, raising the prospect of another legal battle with the drinks industry.

The move comes two years to the week after the government

in England formally shelved plans for MUP. Similar plans in Scotland are facing an ongoing court challenge led by whisky

producers over allegations that the move is a breach of European law.

Unveiling the draft Public Health (Minimum Price for Alcohol)

(Wales) Bill, deputy minister for health, Vaughan Gething proposed a minimum price per unit of 50p per unit, which he

admitted could rise.

The Welsh government cited research from the University of Sheffield published in December last year which claimed

introducing a 50p MUP for alcohol in Wales would result in 53 fewer deaths and 1,400 fewer hospital admissions per year.

http://www.thegrocer.co.uk/buying-and-supplying/health/welsh-

minimum-alcohol-price-move-raises-prospect-of-legal-action/521538.article

Use-by dates aren’t used by two-thirds of Brits

Two-thirds of Brits claim they use their own senses rather than date labels to tell whether food is Ok to

eat.

A Mintel study of 1,500 UK consumers found 67% relied on smell, taste and sight, instead of use-by or

best-before dates, to decide if a product was still suitable to eat. More than a quarter (28%) said they believed it was safe to eat food past its use-by date,

while 56% agreed it was safe to eat food past its best-before date.

The findings suggested there was an opportunity for suppliers to combat confusion around different on-

pack-terms – such as use-by, best-before and display until – and help reduce food waste, said Mintel.

http://www.thegrocer.co.uk/buying-and-

supplying/health/use-by-dates-arent-used-by-two-thirds-of-brits/521395.article

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Birds Eye Sampling outside Tesco Portsmouth North Harbour

Soreen Lunch Box Loaves FSDU




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Aldi signs up to NFU pledge on fair treatment of fruit & veg growers

Aldi has become the first UK retailer to sign up to the National Farmers’ Union’s fruit and veg pledge, which aims to create a more transparent and profitable fresh

produce supply chain.

The NFU said Aldi had adopted all 11 commitments on supply chain best practice in the pledge and had “gone

even further” in some areas.

One of the most significant agreements is the retailer’s pledge to fund all produce promotions itself and not run deals funded by growers, giving customers a good deal while paying growers a regular price week in week out.

Aldi has also agreed to do away with any charges for late or missed deliveries or customer complaints – an issue

which has been a huge cause of concern for the industry and sparked a Groceries Code Adjudicator investigation .

http://www.thegrocer.co.uk/buying-and-supplying/aldi-signs-up-to-

nfu-pledge-on-fair-treatment-of-fruit-and-veg-growers/521522.article

Loyalty in question as 40% of families swtich supermarkets

40% of families with children under the age of 10 have

switched their main supermarket in the last year, a survey of more than 1000 shoppers has revealed.

The online research, conducted between April to June, and commissioned by retail marketing company TCC, shows that

despite the availability of loyalty cards at all of the main supermarkets, many young families have switched to

discounters in search of better prices.

However, overall, nearly a quarter (24%) of British shoppers switched supermarkets in the last year.

The survey also revealed that while price will continue to be the main driver for switching supermarkets (42% cited this as the main reason), the second is loyalty (36%). Over half of all

shoppers (55%) said they want more loyalty rewards than they currently receive.

http://www.thegrocer.co.uk/stores/consumer-trends/loyalty-in-question-

as-40-of-families-switch-supermarkets/521477.article

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