| Date of poll: 13 Aug 2008 |
Answer |
Percentage of Votes |
| Are the big supermarkets cynically using the credit crunch to kill off small, local competition? |
No |
18% |
| Yes |
81% |
| Date of poll: 01 Jul 2008 |
Answer |
Percentage of Votes |
| Is Tesco right to boycott Zimbabwean goods? |
No |
19% |
| Yes |
80% |
| Date of poll: 06 Jun 2008 |
Answer |
Percentage of Votes |
| Would a ban on tobacco displays damage your business? |
No |
37% |
| Yes |
62% |
| Date of poll: 08 Apr 2008 |
Answer |
Percentage of Votes |
| Is Tesco given too much stick in the press? |
No |
64% |
| Yes |
35% |
| Date of poll: 27 Mar 2008 |
Answer |
Percentage of Votes |
| Was Lidl right to employ detective agencies in Germany to monitor staff and combat shrinkage? |
No |
30% |
| Yes |
69% |
| Date of poll: 13 Feb 2008 |
Answer |
Percentage of Votes |
| Should high-pitched Mosquito devices for dispersing teenage gangs be banned? |
No |
66% |
| Yes |
33% |
| Date of poll: 25 Jan 2008 |
Answer |
Percentage of Votes |
| Are police doing enough to combat proxy sales of alcohol? |
No |
68% |
| Yes |
31% |
| Date of poll: 03 Jan 2008 |
Answer |
Percentage of Votes |
| Is it right for Waitrose to import fish from Zimbabwe? |
No - on environmental grounds |
21% |
| No - on human rights grounds |
43% |
| Yes |
34% |
| Date of poll: 14 Dec 2007 |
Answer |
Percentage of Votes |
| Is Christmas so far busier this year than last? |
About the same |
21% |
| No |
54% |
| Yes |
24% |
| Date of poll: 07 Dec 2007 |
Answer |
Percentage of Votes |
| Is it fair to fine supermarkets and producers over dairy price fixing? |
No |
16% |
| Yes |
83% |
| Date of poll: 01 Nov 2007 |
Answer |
Percentage of Votes |
| The Competition Commission's report into the UK groceries sector is: |
A whitewash |
56% |
| Fair |
25% |
| Too hard on the Big Four |
17% |
| Date of poll: 25 Oct 2007 |
Answer |
Percentage of Votes |
| Is it fair to charge retailers over abandoned shopping trolleys? |
No |
50% |
| Yes |
50% |
| Date of poll: 28 Sep 2007 |
Answer |
Percentage of Votes |
| Are younger workers in retail unreliable? |
No |
39% |
| Yes |
60% |
| Date of poll: 17 Sep 2007 |
Answer |
Percentage of Votes |
| Is the era of cheap food coming to an end? |
Don't know |
11% |
| No |
36% |
| Yes |
52% |
| Date of poll: 07 Sep 2007 |
Answer |
Percentage of Votes |
| Do you think higher interest rates are curbing shoppers' spending? |
Don't know |
3% |
| No |
40% |
| Yes |
56% |
| Date of poll: 15 Aug 2007 |
Answer |
Percentage of Votes |
| Are smuggled tobacco products posing a threat to your business? |
No |
36% |
| Yes |
63% |
| Date of poll: 06 Aug 2007 |
Answer |
Percentage of Votes |
| Are retail managers good decision makers? |
Can't decide |
6% |
| No |
41% |
| Yes |
51% |
| Date of poll: 17 Jul 2007 |
Answer |
Percentage of Votes |
| How have retailers in England been affected by the smoking ban? Are your tobacco sales: |
About the same |
47% |
| Down a little |
22% |
| Down a lot |
18% |
| Up a little |
9% |
| Up a lot |
2% |
| Date of poll: 05 Jul 2007 |
Answer |
Percentage of Votes |
| Which nutritional labelling system should the industry adopt? |
Combined system |
30% |
| GDA system |
26% |
| Traffic light system |
43% |
| Date of poll: 11 Jun 2007 |
Answer |
Percentage of Votes |
| Will Whole Foods Market be successful in the UK? |
No |
24% |
| Yes |
75% |
| Date of poll: 21 May 2007 |
Answer |
Percentage of Votes |
| Which grocery retail brand is the "greenest"? |
Asda |
9% |
| Co-op |
22% |
| Marks & Spencer |
20% |
| Sainsbury's |
14% |
| Tesco |
6% |
| Waitrose |
26% |
| Date of poll: 04 May 2007 |
Answer |
Percentage of Votes |
| Will the smoking ban damage retailers' tobacco sales? |
Don't know |
7% |
| No |
47% |
| Yes |
45% |
| Date of poll: 26 Apr 2007 |
Answer |
Percentage of Votes |
| What does a retailer need most in order to win customers? |
Convenient format |
2% |
| Great customer service |
62% |
| Low prices |
27% |
| Premium product ranges |
6% |
| Small carbon footprint |
0% |
| Date of poll: 23 Apr 2007 |
Answer |
Percentage of Votes |
| Visiting Pro-retail? What are you hoping to do at the show? |
Get merchandising tips |
11% |
| Get new ideas |
23% |
| See innovative products |
11% |
| Talk to suppliers |
5% |
| Win free stuff |
47% |
| Date of poll: 01 Jun 2006 |
Answer |
Percentage of Votes |
| What do most customers want from a convenience store? |
Availability |
31% |
| Fast service |
22% |
| Friendly service |
14% |
| Range of fresh produce |
14% |
| Value for money |
17% |
| Date of poll: 08 Mar 2006 |
Answer |
Percentage of Votes |
| Which trend will most influence sales of grocery brands in 2006? |
Convenience |
5% |
| Health |
59% |
| Indulgence |
3% |
| Price |
31% |
| Date of poll: 09 Feb 2006 |
Answer |
Percentage of Votes |
| Do loyalty points make loyal customers? |
Don't know |
2% |
| No |
70% |
| Yes |
27% |
| Date of poll: 19 Jan 2006 |
Answer |
Percentage of Votes |
| Will Tesco's new internet service catch on quickly with consumers? |
Don't know |
0% |
| No |
20% |
| Yes |
80% |
| Date of poll: 09 Jan 2006 |
Answer |
Percentage of Votes |
| When Sainsbury's releases third quarter trading statement on Thursday (12th Jan, 2006), year-on-year performance will be: |
No change |
0% |
| Significantly down (-5% or less) |
0% |
| Significantly up (+5% or more) |
33% |
| Slightly down (-5% or above) |
16% |
| Slightly up (+5% or less) |
50% |
| Date of poll: 04 Jan 2006 |
Answer |
Percentage of Votes |
| Will Sir Terry Leahy still be head of Tesco five years from now? |
No |
71% |
| Yes |
28% |
| Date of poll: 19 Dec 2005 |
Answer |
Percentage of Votes |
| In terms of growth in sales, which of the big four supermarkets will have the happiest Christmas? |
Asda |
33% |
| Morrisons |
6% |
| Sainsbury's |
33% |
| Tesco |
26% |
| Date of poll: 05 Dec 2005 |
Answer |
Percentage of Votes |
| Should the legal age for buying tobacco be raised to 18? |
Don't know |
5% |
| No |
26% |
| Yes |
68% |
