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Grocer 33Waitrose in Southend-on-Sea crowned best seaside supermarket
Waitrose’s winning score of 68 was rooted in the week’s best performance on availability
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Grocer 33Ben Sheppard of Waitrose Southend-on-Sea on seaside retail and James Bailey’s departure
Shopping patterns are different at the seaside, Waitrose’s winning store manager says
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Grocer 33Asda wins cheapest supermarket again as it undercuts rivals by over £4
Asda offered the cheapest basket this week, undercutting runner-up Sainsbury’s by more than £4
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Grocer 33James Reid of Waitrose South Woodford on winning with a new team
The Waitrose deputy store manager on retailing in Woodford, the heatwave and NPD
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Grocer 33Waitrose South Woodford named best store in north east London area
It was a low-scoring week across the board – the 26,676 sq ft Waitrose came out on top with just 67 points
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Grocer 33Tesco comes in cheapest in Grocer 33 shop, beating Asda by 20p
Tesco and Asda each boasted 13 cheapest items, and Asda had more exclusively cheaper SKUs than its Cheshunt rival
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Grocer 33M&S named best supermarket in Leicester as it takes first Grocer 33 win
In only its second appearance as a guest retailer M&S scored 90 points in our mystery shopping competition
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Grocer 33How Fosse Park became the first M&S Grocer 33 store of the week
Twenty-nine-year M&S veteran Wesley Kachela reflects on the Leicester store’s historic milestone
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Grocer 33Own-label lines help Asda to another victory as cheapest supermarket
Asda was cheapest for 18 products, and was exclusively cheapest on 15
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Grocer 33Asda’s cheapest supermarket streak continues, as it defies 4% inflation rate
The Leeds-based supermarket continued its unbeaten streak against its full-range rivals
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Grocer 33How Cardiff Waitrose store manager David Hughes keeps winning
‘Shopkeeping is at the heart of what we do. We’ve embedded some new processes over the past few years, and the team have bought into it’
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Grocer 33Waitrose in Pontprennau is Cardiff’s best supermarket, finds mystery shop survey
The Waitrose store in the wealthier residential area to the north of the city performed best this week
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Grocer 33Store manager Luke Saulino on Stockport’s unique trade, community store, and the strength of Clubcard
Store manager Luke Saulino on Stockport’s unique trade, running a community store, and the strength of Clubcard
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Grocer 33Stockport’s top supermarket Tesco impresses Grocer 33 mystery shopper
The 68,073 sq ft Tesco on Tiviot Way picked up 84 points despite a moderate showing on availability, with one item out of stock and one not stocked
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Grocer 33Asda offers lowest price for 18 of the Grocer 33 products winning cheapest supermarket
Asda has continued its strong start to the latest Grocer 33 year by undercutting rivals for the fourth time in the first five weeks
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Grocer 33Asda Huyton Liverpool wins best inner-city supermarket
The Asda Huyton store has battled high crime and overcome poor store standards that led to fines
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Grocer 33Asda GSM Lee Keeling on turning round its Huyton inner city store
The winner of our store of the week has battled crime and overcome poor store standards
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Grocer 33Asda cheapest supermarket but rivals keep pace with tight margins
Asda has again delivered the cheapest basket in this week’s Grocer 33 pricing survey, but its rivals are catching up
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Grocer 33Lidl’s David Stowe on running Southampton’s best supermarket
’I’ve got a few favourites, like our jam doughnuts and our new mozzarella & pesto pizzas, but nothing beats our croissant: it’s always a top seller’
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Grocer 33Aldi cheapest supermarket in first Super Grocer 33 of the new year
Aldi had the edge over Lidl thanks to lower prices on its kitchen towels, oranges, cheddar and cucumber