The archive
Sainsbury's
150 pieces written from the shop floor, 2009 to 2023. Store visits, results reaction, pricing and range changes, kept as they were written.
2023
- Issue 487 - Nectar prices · 5 May 2023
2022
- Issue 482 - Sainsbury's Price Lock expanded · 2 September 2022
- Retail By Email - Issue 472 - Tesco delivered · 25 April 2022
- Week 15 in stores · 25 April 2022
- A few things we spotted in stores this week · 7 April 2022
- Retail by Email - Issue 469 - Value is for ever · 11 March 2022
- 467 - Sainsbury's back in the meal deal space · 16 February 2022
- HFSS - Change incoming · 10 February 2022
- *sample content* HFSS - Change incoming · 10 February 2022
2021
- Tesco expand their Aldi price comparison · 13 September 2021
- Multibuys are back at Sainsbury's · 10 September 2021
- Retail by Email sample – Mere · 16 August 2021
- Mere - Austerity retailing · 16 August 2021
- Our retail image of the day – Friday 28th May · 28 May 2021
- Sainsbury's - New strapline ahoy · 27 May 2021
- Our retail image of the day – Monday 24th May · 25 May 2021
- Sainsbury's - Habitat rolling in · 13 May 2021
- Sainsbury's full year results · 30 April 2021
- Imitation is flattery? · 17 February 2021
- Loyalty and Non Food developments · 4 February 2021
- Brexit related issues at Sainsbury's? · 25 January 2021
2020
- Key themes for Christmas 2020 · 18 December 2020
- The Coop - doing what they do · 24 November 2020
- Sainsbury's - a new strategy in slides · 11 November 2020
- Asda - Takeover complete · 6 October 2020
- Price activity in own label · 9 September 2020
- Sainsbury's Q1 · 3 July 2020
- A nation of decorators & the future is.... · 17 June 2020
- Sainsbury's and Nectar · 17 February 2020
- Sainsbury's - Change afoot - the long read · 29 January 2020
2019
- Sainsbury's - Marked Aggression · 16 December 2019
- Tesco - The legacy · 22 October 2019
- Capital Markets Day for Sainsbury's · 1 October 2019
- Entry level tier changes · 18 September 2019
- Fuel and promotions · 23 August 2019
- Daily's - Rebranded Basics for Sainsbury's · 10 June 2019
- Sainsbury's - Slides that matter · 1 May 2019
- Not in the money · 25 April 2019
- Sainsbury's - More 'brands' incoming · 11 March 2019
- Sainsbury's / Asda - Not looking good (20 February 2019) · 20 February 2019
- Sainsbury's / Asda - Not looking good (20 February 2019) [2] · 20 February 2019
- There's always a price war · 10 January 2019
- Christmas 2017 - Sainsbury's - A re-send · 9 January 2019
- Happy New Year 2019 · 8 January 2019
2018
- Turmoil ahead for Christmas? (18 December 2018) [2] · 18 December 2018
- Asda - Turning the corner · 19 November 2018
- A busy old week - Sainsbury's · 9 November 2018
- Sainsbury's - Messages to the customer · 15 October 2018
- Sainsbury's - New signage for price(?) · 8 October 2018
- Jack's open today! · 20 September 2018
- More from Sainsbury's · 10 August 2018
- Sainsbury's - Ongoing trading and future outlook · 27 July 2018
- Tesco - Further brands update · 10 July 2018
- A brief interlude 2 - Tesco 'brands' and pricing (17 May 2018) · 17 May 2018
- A brief interlude 2 - Tesco 'brands' and pricing (17 May 2018) [2] · 17 May 2018
- A brief interlude 2 - Tesco 'brands' and pricing (17 May 2018) [3] · 17 May 2018
- A brief interlude 2 - Tesco 'brands' and pricing (17 May 2018) [4] · 17 May 2018
- A brief interlude - More brands from Tesco · 8 May 2018
- Asda / Sainsbury's & Argos - A few wider thoughts (4 May 2018) · 4 May 2018
- Asda / Sainsbury's & Argos - A few wider thoughts (4 May 2018) [2] · 4 May 2018
- A marriage of convenience? (2 May 2018) · 2 May 2018
- A marriage of convenience? (2 May 2018) [2] · 2 May 2018
- Sainsbury's & Asda · 30 April 2018
- Sainsbury's - More on those price cuts · 29 March 2018
- Waitrose - where from here? · 14 March 2018
- The Co-Operative - a price campaign · 7 February 2018
- Asda - Rolled Back... · 17 January 2018
- Express Checkout – Christmas 2017 · 11 January 2018
- The Grocery Insight Newsletter · 10 January 2018
- Christmas 2017 - Sainsbury's · 10 January 2018
- Christmas 2017 - Tesco · 8 January 2018
- Christmas 2017 - Clearance · 4 January 2018
- Trends - Easter 2018 · 2 January 2018
2017
- Own label developments · 15 December 2017
- So, Black Friday.... · 11 December 2017
- Sainsbury's results - Transition, some three years in? · 28 November 2017
- Tesco/Booker and B&M results · 17 November 2017
- M&S - Results and plans · 10 November 2017
- The market - very competitive out there. · 30 October 2017
- Lower prices in M&S · 23 October 2017
- Sainsbury's - Top stocking incoming · 16 October 2017
- Tesco fuelling growth · 16 October 2017
- Non Food in Tesco · 19 September 2017
- Christmas 2017 · 14 September 2017
- Asda - Green shoots of recovery? · 29 August 2017
- Morrisons / McColls and the wider wholesale sector · 21 August 2017
- Larger packs at Tesco... · 9 August 2017
- Sainsbury's - own label progression · 18 July 2017
- Sainsbury's - in to growth · 5 July 2017
- Retail - It's all going on · 19 June 2017
- Sainsbury's results - What's in store? · 3 May 2017
- Sainsbury's - Noteworthy slides · 3 May 2017
- More Tesco range work · 23 March 2017
- Tesco now charging for food click / collect? · 20 March 2017
- Sainsbury's - Home launch · 22 February 2017
- Food retail / consumer trends for 2017 · 23 January 2017
- Food dancing · 19 January 2017
- Market Overview - Christmas 2016 · 10 January 2017
- It's a long read! Market Overview - Christmas 2016 · 3 January 2017
2016
- Sainsbury's / Argos / Habitat - New location... · 27 December 2016
- M&S - Tough trading for food too? · 18 November 2016
- Tesco vs. Argos - Stepping up a gear · 15 November 2016
- Sainsbury's - The slides that matter · 10 November 2016
- Is the value tier on the way out? · 1 November 2016
- Toy wars · 26 October 2016
2014
- The 12 days of Dave Lewis – No.10 – HQ · 30 December 2014
- The 12 days of Dave Lewis – No.12 – Clubcard · 28 December 2014
- Tesco: 66 points for Dave Lewis – No.26 – Household · 22 August 2014
- Sainsbury's 'a real sleek machine' · 11 June 2014
- Feet on the ground - Real insight. · 11 May 2014
- Price - Not everyone can be the cheapest. · 7 May 2014
- Insight from the trenches. · 30 April 2014
- Comparing Apples and Apples... · 2 April 2014
- Range change will do you good · 25 March 2014
- Tesco....Execution, Execution, Execution · 28 February 2014
2013
- Tesco – 1 year on – What’s in store? Part 1 · 15 April 2013
- Nutmeg arrives in store · 27 March 2013
- Morrisons Sales Slide – Get Rid of Fresh Formats, Go Online! A Panic & Hysteria Special · 12 March 2013
2012
- The Co-Operative – that good with food? · 2 July 2012
- Negative Q1 for Morrisons – What’s occurring at ground level? · 31 May 2012
- Get your tin hats on! It’s Morrisons Q1 results. What’s happening on the ground? · 2 May 2012
- Tooley St Metro – a sign of Tesco things to come? What about the rest? · 23 April 2012
- ‘Tes-go’ ‘big price flop’ – Forget the cliches, what are the real issues facing Tesco? – Part 2 · 9 March 2012
- ‘Tes-go’ ‘big price flop’ – Forget the cliches, what are the real issues facing Tesco? · 29 February 2012
- Sainsbury’s XL ‘big boxes’ – Food by no means secondary. · 11 February 2012
- Sainsbury’s seem to be trading well from their big box stores – Non food first! · 31 January 2012
- Morrisons 'disappointing' Xmas performance - +0.7%! What about 2012? · 16 January 2012
2011
- The end is nigh – what for Sainsbury’s, Tesco and the rest? · 24 December 2011
- Mid December... How are Morrisons set for the festive period? · 16 December 2011
- Early December – how are the retailers set for Christmas? First up – Asda · 9 December 2011
- Q3 results are good but what’s going on in the stores? · 17 November 2011
- Asda, ‘super’markets ‘super’ centres and pure EDLP? · 6 October 2011
- Tesco ‘big’ Price drop goes live….. · 27 September 2011
- The forgotten man reappears with £500m promise · 23 September 2011
- Good half year delivered - bigger picture? · 15 September 2011
- Bakery – Much more than bread. · 1 September 2011
- Own label to Morrisons own brand? · 28 July 2011
- Dalton rolls back the clock with non food · 13 July 2011
- Morrisons ‘driving’ efficiency + a bit of M Local · 2 July 2011
- Asda slide again – Bentonville won’t be pleased. · 13 June 2011
- Morrisons Kirkstall Part 3 + York Productivity + a bit of Own Label · 3 May 2011
- So how do you save £100m in 3 years? · 29 March 2011
- Dalton and Richard’s ‘self help’ – Interim Review 2011 · 16 March 2011
- Why do Morrisons struggle to get ‘premiumisation?’ · 7 March 2011
2010
- Retail’s new King? What challenges face Simon King at Asda? · 4 November 2010
- Justin King and Sainsbury’s – Stuff of business legend. · 27 August 2010
- Asda’s food ‘not good enough’ · 20 August 2010
2009
- I for one am proud of Tesco (less so of Sainsbury’s) · 7 September 2009
- Moment of certainty – A certain waste of time · 3 September 2009
- Sainsbury’s Basics Range · 1 September 2009