more supermarket news & analysis
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News
Asda trials Diageo digital spirits screens at Express stores
Currently Asda Express stores stock a spirits range of 13 or 26 products depending on size. The new system takes the range up to 50 products
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Comment and Opinion
Supermarkets should learn lessons from food co-ops
Food co-ops recognise that local communities are their most central and active stakeholders, says Sumayyah Zannath, community organiser & fellow at Platform London/Food Ethics Council
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News
Co-op has weeks to engage in settlement talks over £450m legal claim to avoid trial
The claim centres around the £500m sale of nearly 500 former Somerfield stores in 2015
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Comment and Opinion
What marketers can learn from stand-up comedy
Marketers worry humour isn’t premium or isn’t right for their category, but this is completely untrue, says Jonathan Fraser, chief strategy officer & co-founder of Trouble Maker
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Grocer 33
Sainsbury’s, Lisburn: Grocer 33 store of the week
‘Lisburn is what we now classify as a destination store’
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News
Most companies prioritising animal welfare policy but falling short in practice
The report found that 95% of global food giants had policy commitments prioritising animal welfare, an increase from 79% in 2012
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Grocer 33
Sainsbury’s Lisburn takes retailer’s first win of 2024
The Northern Irish store received an impressive 88 points from our shopper
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Grocer 33
Tesco cheapest as it ‘gives away’ £10 via Clubcard deals
Tesco’s Clubcard discounts would have made it the cheapest supermarket again this week in our Grocer 33 price comparison survey
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News
Sainsbury’s ‘winning the weekly shop’ as Simon Roberts hails ‘strongest year’ for grocery
More customers were now choosing to do their ‘main weekly shop’ with Sainsbury’s and more often, Simon Roberts claimed
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KVI Tracker
Refined olive oil sees successive price rises as supply crisis grows
Refined olive oil prices are now edging closer to extra virgin olive oil prices
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News
The Tofoo Co launches two seitan SKUs with Temple of Seitan
Original Seitan, a chicken-flavoured seitan block, and Pepperoni Seitan, a smoky and spicy pepperoni alternative, will be available in retail in May
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News
Co-op hires Rachel Hargreaves from Lidl to bolster property team
At the Co-op she will take up the newly created role of director of property, development and estates
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News
DRS delays: government set for legal battle to block Welsh plans to include glass
Environment minister Robbie Moore set a new target date for the launch for an “interoperable” DRS of October 2027
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News
Most UK supermarkets buying more British apples and pears
Aldi has bought 21,527 tonnes of British apples since the start of the British season in October 2023, with Tesco just behind it, selling 21,194 tonnes
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News
City snapshot: Sainsbury’s forecasts profits of £1bn in 2024 on strong grocery growth
Sainsbury’s has posted an uplift in underlying annual profits and forecast another rise in profits in the current financial year. Plus updates from Unilever, Nestlé, CCEP, WH Smith and more
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Comment and Opinion
Ottolenghi is match made in heaven for a post-Heston Waitrose
The Ottolenghi reputation brings the inspiration and pizazz Waitrose shoppers typically expect
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News
Berry volumes higher this early in the season then previous years, growers say
Volumes of early glasshouse crops compared with previous years are higher thanks to more steady pricing of energy and other inputs
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News
A fifth of UK businesses still not ready for EU’s strict anti-deforestation laws
The EU’s new deforestation regulation is coming into force at the end of the year
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News
Co-op to boost renewable energy source with new solar farm deal
Under the 15-year agreement, the convenience retailer will take the entire electricity output produced from 19,000 solar panels at the nine-megawatt site
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News
John Lewis Partnership finance director Bérangère Michel to step down
Her departure is the first major change to the partnership’s executive team since Jason Tarry was announced as Sharon White’s successor