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Grocer 33Asda comes out top in north London supermarket battle
In this region of conspicuous affluence, it was Asda that picked up a rare win and completed a service and price double in our Green Week special
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NewsWaitrose releases record number of Christmas online delivery slots
Waitrose is making more than 10,000 additional delivery slots this year for arrival from 20 to 24 December
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Analysis & FeaturesWhat do suppliers really think of retailers?
Advantage Group’s latest survey shows supplier satisfaction holding steady – but underneath that, AI creep, staff turnover and a drop in the number of experienced buyers are straining the relationship
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Grocer 33‘Intuitive’ Sainsbury’s is best supermarket in Guildford & Woking
The giant 71,228 sq ft Sainsbury’s store was this week’s biggest and it managed the only perfect score for availability
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NewsIceland Foods to use AI to calculate yellow label markdowns and cut food waste
The technology, from Retail Insight, save store staff time and ‘protect margins’ on products, by ensuring that close to expiry lines are identified more quickly
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Grocer 33Tesco Lincoln takes narrow win in a high-scoring week
Tesco excelled in every area, but our shopper singled out ‘the nice, wide aisles’ that made the store ‘easy to navigate’
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NewsWaitrose to begin estate-wide rollout of inventory management tech
Trust Retail’s tech gives Waitrose staff a more granular and up-to-date view of stock, and replaces processes that previously relied on batch updates
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Grocer 33‘Excellent’ standards earn Preston Waitrose the win
Our shopper was most impressed by the ‘availability and friendliness’ of the staff and the ‘well-presented’ food-to-go and specialist counters
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Comment & OpinionGrocery’s biggest losses are hiding in plain sight
One retailer blamed its stores for stock losses, until independent checks found 64% of the problem was happening upstream all along, says Faisal Ashfaq, director of supply chain integrity at RAS
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Grocer 33London Waitrose is best in ‘student special’ uni shop
Our shopper praised the ‘exquisite’ presentation at a Waitrose store that ‘feels grand and luxurious while still welcoming’
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NewsDefra must do more to build resilience to food shocks: NAO
With short and long-term risks becoming ‘potentially more severe’ Defra needed to review its response planning for food supply chain risks, the NAO urged
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NewsAsda completes rollout of 1.2 million ESLs across Express estate
The technology has replaced the manual task of swapping out over 120,000 paper price tickets per week
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Analysis & FeaturesWill the rise of the retail robots put off shoppers?
Retail robots are moving from warehouses to shop floors. Can they co-exist with shoppers and staff – and how will they affect the jobs market?
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NewsAsda passes psychological ’milestone’ with first sales growth for two years
The supermarket’s latest Q2 and Q3 performance shows that it had entered the ‘foothills’ of recovery, said executive chairman Allan Leighton
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Grocer 33Morrisons comes out on top in Lichfield and Tamworth supermarket battle
This week’s winner with 84 points was Morrisons, two miles to the south of Tamworth in the suburb of Wilnecote
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Partner FeaturesFive reasons your warehouse is leaking cash
One retailer went from 92% to 99.9% inventory accuracy. Here’s the gap costing your warehouse — and how to close it.
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Grocer 33Asda’s happy and helpful staff carry it to Hereford victory
Asda’s 44,963 sq ft store picked up a score of 88, including maximum marks for accessibility, features and services, customer service, and tills and checkout
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Grocer 33Waitrose is New Forest’s best supermarket in a low-scoring week
Despite being the smallest of this week’s stores, Waitrose Lymington impressed with its bright and well-organised aisles
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NewsWaitrose expands AI assistant app pilot to more stores
Named Rosie 2.0, the app responds to text and voice requests from supermarket staff
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Grocer 33Waitrose topples Ocado in Birmingham online shop battle
After two online wins in a row, Ocado was toppled by Waitrose, which posted an exceptional score of 96