Sainsbury’s and Asda in talks to merge
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Not surprised. I only know 1 Sainsbury's local and no Asda corner shops. Tesco on the other hand has one on seemingly every other Street.
Think a regular size store comparison would be more useful.
I suppose it will depend if they can make more money with two stores rather than one. There's no way they could build one massive store near me (there isn't the space, and such big plots are rare in London), and there's no way they would be allowed to have two shops close together. That's what they will have come the merger, but it goes against the idea of ridding duplication to reduce costs and increase profits.
Can think of two particular locations where large(ish) stores are close by. Derby (the eastern side, just off the A52) and Arnold (Nottingham). Would be surprised if both sets of stores stay open, although they are both in densely populated city areas.
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As I said they both heavily customised version of Italics or they did. Sainsburys as a matter of fact have just taken delivery of the big upgrade. They will have been using Windows embedded which up until 18 month was still supported. As for NCR have you seen the recent "upgrade" of the GUI for Sainsburys its horrendous!
Tiny monochrome screens don't necessarily mean its a bad thing. A large amount of US retail giants still use DOS based operating systems as its secure, very easy to customise and is integrated into so many other systems.
As for no stores closing pfft, anyone remember Sainsburys at Jacksons ......
Interesting as I worked in Asda distribution for 7/8 years and after cost cutting to nationalise certain parts of the running it all went downhill really quickly !
Also a serious lack of equipment and training to do the job properly and management who just want results without offering any good ideas on how to actually achieve.
On that note i don't think Asda ever recruit management from the outside real world. Which seems to create huge experience problems !
Sounds like a lot in common! The recent lack of equipment and staff in Sainsbury's made it disastrous last year when I left, people leaving and not being replaced lots of people promoted by higher up managers elsewhere in the business, unless they were from Tesco's and in that instance they were only taken on because Sainsbury's thought they were getting one over on a rival. It seems a lack of training goes with the business structure and a telling off when people then get it wrong, along with a load of people in the head offices implementing ideas who have never actually been in a store and asked people how it is for them![/rant]
Sainsbury's chief sings 'We're in the Money' after Asda merger
I wonder why he had this song in his head....
I wonder why he had this song in his head....
My local sainsbury's added some obnoxious "selfie" camera/screen thing that watches you as you self-serve (I do not need to watch myself, tyvm)... pretty sure i won't be touching sainsbury's again after that, it's really unsettling.
Why the **** did they think it was a good idea? Ugh.
Why the **** did they think it was a good idea? Ugh.
Asda has them too, you be surprised how much supermarkets loose when people don't scan all their shopping on self service and walk off.
It's there for that reason.
One group of inefficient tossers merging with another is my take on it (viewed from the perspective of someone who sees the supply and distribution side of both businesses rather than the retail side everyone else sees)
This isn’t going to see off the discounters like Lidl or Aldi, nor is the two of them combined going to seriously worry a resurgent Tesco.....
This isn’t going to see off the discounters like Lidl or Aldi, nor is the two of them combined going to seriously worry a resurgent Tesco.....
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Got a feeling they will be forced to close stores. Also I fear for the food producers as delivering lower prices at the till may entail squeezing them even further.
Nothing to do with it being a **** move, more the real reason why this is on the cards, if anyone really thinks this has been done to benefit customers then they really need to take a hard look at themselves!haha that's awesome
bit of a **** move from ITV to release it to be fair though
eh? I was talking about releasing footage of someone recorded before an interview being a **** move - nothing to do with whether or not this merger benefits the customers.
I think what he was caught doing speaks volumes.
Hardly the smartest thing for him to do, you'd have thought the head of such a large PLC would have not been quite so crass or at least had the mindset to keep any such thoughts strictly inside his head!
yes, that's why people have found it funny etc.. that is why it was interesting for them to release the clip
I just think it was an bit off, given that he's not actually giving the interview at that point... but I guess there are plenty of cases where journalists have decided that stuff picked up while someone was still wired up to a mic or getting ready for an interview is fair game