The archive
Christmas in UK supermarkets
101 pieces on how the UK grocers trade christmas: ranging, displays, pricing and execution, walked and photographed 2011 to 2022.
2022
- Issue 485 - Asda - Going Well · 12 December 2022
- Lidl strong on value · 18 January 2022
- Produce prices and inflation · 7 January 2022
2021
- The leading deal this Christmas · 15 December 2021
- IKEA · 25 November 2021
- John Lewis - Part 2 · 4 November 2021
- John Lewis - Another visit (3 November 2021) · 3 November 2021
- John Lewis - Another visit (3 November 2021) [2] · 3 November 2021
- John Lewis - Never knowingly well retailed (3 June 2021) · 3 June 2021
- Retail’s Best – Advent Calendar · 19 April 2021
- Online and masks · 13 January 2021
2020
- Shortages and wagons · 23 December 2020
- Tier 4 · 20 December 2020
- Key themes for Christmas 2020 · 18 December 2020
- Sainsbury's - a new strategy in slides · 11 November 2020
- M&S offering slots to shop · 3 November 2020
- Veganuary · 7 January 2020
2019
- Sainsbury's - Marked Aggression · 16 December 2019
- The CoOp - Going along nicely · 9 December 2019
- Entry level tier changes · 18 September 2019
- Fuel and promotions · 23 August 2019
- Aldi - Range growing? · 4 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) · 18 December 2018
- Turmoil ahead for Christmas? (18 December 2018) [2] · 18 December 2018
- Aldi - Peak Carrot · 3 December 2018
- Asda - Turning the corner · 19 November 2018
- Sainsbury's - Messages to the customer · 15 October 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 - Morrisons · 9 January 2018
- Christmas 2017 - Debenhams (8 January 2018) · 8 January 2018
- Christmas 2017 - Tesco · 8 January 2018
- Christmas 2017 - Debenhams (8 January 2018) [2] · 8 January 2018
- Christmas 2017 - Clearance · 4 January 2018
- Trends - Easter 2018 · 2 January 2018
2017
- Christmas 2017 - Price · 23 December 2017
- Own label developments · 15 December 2017
- P&H impacting Tesco Express... · 6 December 2017
- Sainsbury's results - Transition, some three years in? · 28 November 2017
- M&S - All eyes on results this week · 6 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 Ireland - turned the tide? · 9 October 2017
- Price cuts in Waitrose · 22 September 2017
- Christmas 2017 · 14 September 2017
- Asda - Green shoots of recovery? · 29 August 2017
- A few things we noticed whilst walking around stores last week – No. 33 · 21 August 2017
- Larger packs at Tesco... · 9 August 2017
- Sainsbury's results - What's in store? · 3 May 2017
- Tesco - The slides that matter · 13 April 2017
- Lidl - A bit up and down · 29 March 2017
- Aldi - Are specials all that special? · 25 January 2017
- Food dancing · 19 January 2017
- Market Overview - Christmas 2016 · 10 January 2017
- Aldi - Good news(?) · 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
- Aldi - Looking strong for Christmas · 22 December 2016
- Christmas 2016 in focus - Lidl · 19 December 2016
- Waitrose - Improvements all around for Christmas · 15 December 2016
- *flash* Produce war for Christmas · 15 December 2016
- Tesco changes - night shift under threat? · 5 December 2016
- M&S - Tough trading for food too? · 18 November 2016
- Tesco vs. Argos - Stepping up a gear · 15 November 2016
- Toy wars · 26 October 2016
- Good results from the Co-Op · 20 October 2016
2015
- Hero Lines · 23 December 2015
- Tesco - Tough at the top · 23 June 2015
- Tesco Full Year Results – 4 feet to glory · 21 April 2015
- The 12 days of Dave Lewis – No.5 – Subsidiary Businesses · 6 January 2015
- The 12 days of Dave Lewis – No.6 – Hours · 6 January 2015
- The 12 days of Dave Lewis – No.7 – Stores/Formats · 5 January 2015
- The 12 days of Dave Lewis – No.8 – Overseas · 3 January 2015
- The 12 days of Dave Lewis – No.9 – Space · 1 January 2015
2014
- The 12 days of Dave Lewis – No.10 – HQ · 30 December 2014
- The 12 days of Dave Lewis - No.11 - 24 hour trading · 29 December 2014
- The 12 days of Dave Lewis – No.12 – Clubcard · 28 December 2014
- Coming Soon – The 12 days of Christmas · 23 December 2014
- Tesco: 66 points for Dave Lewis – No.21 – Love Every Mouthful · 17 August 2014
- Tesco: 66 points for Dave Lewis – No.17 – Finest* · 13 August 2014
2013
- Tesco – 1 year on – What’s in store? Part 1 · 15 April 2013
- Morrisons Sales Slide – Get Rid of Fresh Formats, Go Online! A Panic & Hysteria Special · 12 March 2013
2012
- Hysteria and panic – It’s the half year for Morrisons · 14 October 2012
- The Co-Operative – that good with food? · 2 July 2012
- Sainsbury’s XL ‘big boxes’ – Food by no means secondary. · 11 February 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
- The future in store, showcased in Wrexham · 24 November 2011
- Q3 results are good but what’s going on in the stores? · 17 November 2011
- Tesco Bradford – does it have ‘extra’ ? · 2 November 2011
- The first offensive by Phil Clarke? · 21 September 2011
- Good half year delivered - bigger picture? · 15 September 2011
- Good half year expected – what about the deeper picture? · 7 September 2011