The Grocers. The rise and rise of the supermarket chains
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- Author(s) Seth, Andrew, & Geoffrey Randall
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 2011
- Pages 3rd ed; 208pp; illus
- Publisher Kogan Page
- Place Published London
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- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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First published 1999. Written by two industry experts, Seth being a former chairman of Lever Foods UK and Randall an independent consultant. An account written for a broad readership dealing with: 1] the rise of the leading supermarket groups since 1945 with individual chapters on Sainsbury [pp52-73], Tesco [pp23-51], Asda [pp74-97], Safeway [pp98-117] and Marks & Spencer [pp118-40] [and to a lesser extent, Somerfield and Kwik Save]; 2] the major issues arising from their development; 3] the future challenges they face including internet. Draws comparisons with USA and Europe. Has chapters 'The Tesco Story' [pp23-51]; 'The Sainsbury's story' [pp52-73]; 'The Asda story' [pp74-97'; 'The Safeway story' [pp98-117];'The Marks & Spencer story' [pp118-40]; 'The second tier in Britain ' - Somerfield / Morrisons / Waitrose / Iceland / Aldi / Lidle / Netto; 'The market in Europe'; 'The market in the United States'; 'The lessons learnt'; 'New ways of shopping, the internet and all that jazz'; 'Winners and losers in the retail revolution'; 'Future challenges'