Any of your locals to Swinton, Manchester may wish to be in or around late July as they are getting the Produce that Kirkstall has as they have been selected to be another trial store, they have the flower shop already. Ilkley signage is now up for the convenience store ahead of it's opening on Frid...

I love ASDA. It doesn't try to be anything it isn't (*cough*Market Street*cough*) - it feels like you're in a supermarket. Has all the ranges I like (including stuff I can't get at Sainsbury's or Tesco like that Kriek Fruit Beer), and I'm confident the pricing away from offers is better than the ot...

This forum is supermarket heaven, I did a blog post on Asda recently highlighting a few operational issues I believe they've got. Interestingly their chief operating officer left today after only 6 months, surprising. Their cross range deals have gone too, we usually get the cheese (2 for £3) but no...

Techno @ M is going after only a few years then. Nice forward planning from Morrisons as ever. Regarding wastage of Chickens, I used to work on the 'food to go' counter at Sainsbury's (similar to Oven Fresh, more meat and less pies). All hot food had a 'cabinet life' of 2 hours - after which it was...

Was in my local Morrisons this morning and I've noticed they've virtually stopped selling CDs - the only ones I could find were on two low-level shelves at the end of the aisle they used to be stocked in, which now features childrens' toys instead. Does anyone know is this a trend that's happened a...

Hi, I'm the writer responsible for the UK retailers blog that has been linked to on here, I noted that I got a massive spike in traffic last week and most of it came from here so thanks! I thought I'd sign on and try clear up some points regarding Kirkstall, Safeway and the like. I've had a good rea...