Friday 16 March 2007

Below inflation wage rise

Sainsburys staff are set to get a 5.6% pay rise, but over the comming next two year in stages. The rise of only 5.6% is below inflation which curently is 3%. The deal which seems attractive at first glance has left some staff angered at the decision.

Harry Rowson said: "i feel this is unfair they have tried to dress it up as a good deal and they are gettin away without paying the premiums to new staff so over the comming years they [sainsurys] will save money from this deal."

New staff will not get sunday, unsociable hours and overtime premiums which are currently payed to staff.

The comany which had a pre tax profit of £194 million last year, way behind its main rival Tesco but still staff feel they are 'making sainsurys great again.' Justin King, Cheif exc., set a three year target of an additional 2.5billion sales since he took over. At the half way stage last Novemeber the company was on track achieveing and addiotnal 1.3 billion in the first 18 months.

Wednesday 14 March 2007

* Plans for another ASDA superstore have been given the go ahead in Tain, Easter Ross.

* Only a £20 gift voucher for the parents of a tot who was given wrong advice in an ASDA pharmacy. Alan and Emma Clarke, frantically dialled 999 when there 1yr old took both Medised and Calpol.

* See your GP at ASDA. ASDA's chief pharmacist John Evans said: "We have 150 stores open 24 hours, which are easy to get to with loads of parking."

* Tesco plan to invade Dumfries with another superstore. Calmac Developments, which operates small shops in the town, has warned the development will have an “adverse impact” on neighbourhood shops in the area.

* Tesco have been denied planning permission for there fourth store in Inverness and people seem happy about it.

Friday 2 March 2007

latest news

Tesco are planning to tear down a leisure centre in Burton. Meadowside leisure centre will be destroyed if an alternative sight is not found. Tesco claim the sight is not fit for purpose swalling up £1.4 million in subsidies in the last four years.

Asda have been fined £18,000 for letting mice run riot in there Clapham store. The mice were eating chocolate and many customers complained. Other products were covered in mice droppings and urine. The store was fined £5,000 in 2001 when mouse droppings were found in doughnut boxes.

Again Asda have been selling out of date products to its customers and they can stop it according to a spokesperson. Asda trading law manager Margaret Ryan said, "It is impossible to guarantee there will be no out-of-code [date] products on the shop floor at any given time.