Inside the Supermarket
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- Episode
- Episode One
- Description
- After a challenging Christmas, Sainsbury’s go all out to maximize profits with their flower sales over the Mother’s Day weekend. We meet Flowers Buyer Annette and Technical Manager Frankie as they firefight problems in factories and stores to ensure that the best bouquets reach the shop floor. This year they’ve introduced the Cote D’Azur, a new premium bouquet that comes with its own vase. Will the staff at the Oldbury store in the West Midlands be able to sell the high-end arrangement? Last year CEO Mike Coupe announced that Sainsbury’s were trying to merge with Asda to compete more aggressively with the discounters Aldi and Lidl. Will the industry regulators give the go ahead for them to become the biggest supermarket in the country? Or will stores need to be sold? It’s the company’s 150th year of trading and to celebrate they are creating a very special birthday cake to sell in store cafes across the country. Creator of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s wedding cake, Claire Ptak, has been asked to come up with a bespoke recipe. With obscure ingredients like orange blossom and rose water, can the company deliver such a complex cake on a mass scale and in time for the celebration itself?
- Genre
- Economics; Business Studies
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The Open University, "Inside the Supermarket". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/ou/search/index.php/prog/234900 (Accessed 11 Jan 2025)