Sentence examples for profitable supermarket from inspiring English sources

If anyone here really feels the need for yet another Tesco, and doesn't want to, or can't, drive, Britain's most profitable supermarket chain could surely afford to bus local traitors to close-by stores just minutes away.

There was the briefest hope that the volcanic lockdown of airports might convince the massively profitable supermarket chains to cut down on their imports of fresh vegetables and fruit from the developing world in order to encourage customers to eat, when possible, produce which is local and in season.

Whereas Webvan's disruption strategy required reconceptualizing the entire grocery-shopping experience, Peapod's more-focused approach allowed it to develop a meaningful value proposition for customers who were willing to pay a premium for automated ordering and delivery, resulting in a profitable partnership with the supermarket chain Stop & Shop.

Entertainment UK, which supplies DVDs to supermarkets, is profitable, but it was decided that there was no other option for it.

Instead of trying to make last-mile delivery of groceries to the home profitable and building more supermarkets, go to where the most customers are: on campuses, universities, inside office buildings and working at large office complexes.

A large closure programme is the only viable solution to bring about a return to profitable growth for the UK supermarket industry, the analysts said in a report.

But data mining showed that the few people who were buying the cheeses were among the supermarket's most profitable customers—so it was worth keeping the cheeses to retain their custom.Technology Quarterly Shape of phones to come The end of your tether?

Online grocery is also the least profitable activity of the big supermarkets, although it is now crucial to hanging on to existing customers.

And because big warehouse supermarkets are less profitable than they were - indeed, they're becoming something of a burden - its out-of-town real estate has been written down in value, registering a loss.

But the supermarkets never proved profitable.

The chief executives of Tesco and Morrisons missed out on bonuses after they suffered a shrinking bottom-line last year, although both supermarket chains remain more profitable than Sainsbury's.