All Equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) articles
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Comment & OpinionEditor’s picks: accessibility, value ranges and GLP-1 drugs
This week marked a first in the history of the Grocer 33: our inaugural blind or partially sighted (BPS) mystery shop. And for some retailers, the results were nothing short of damning
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Comment & OpinionSupermarkets have serious work to do on helping blind shoppers
Shakti was conducting a mystery shop at Asda’s Newton Abbot branch. Her treatment was disgraceful
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Analysis & FeaturesHow supermarkets are failing blind and visually impaired shoppers
This week’s mystery shop highlights key lessons supermarkets must learn to help visually impaired shoppers
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Grocer 33Asda offers cheapest shop but rivals stay within 5%-10% margin
Our basket featured a number of brands with packaging designed to help blind or partially sighted shoppers
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News‘Appalling’ Asda staff belittled blind mystery shopper
A registered blind shopper, who was taking part in a Grocer 33 mystery shop, has branded Asda staff at its Newton Abbot store ”appalling”
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Grocer 33Tesco Lewisham’s Mike Francis on inner city trading and supporting BPS shoppers
’Our motto is nobody tries harder for customers and every little helps. And we have a lot of colleagues who enjoy helping people and who will take their time’
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Grocer 33Tesco scores highest in our visual impairment mystery shop
This week, for the first time, the Grocer 33 mystery shop was carried out entirely by blind or partially sighted customers
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Comment & OpinionFeatures editor’s picks 2025: robots, chicken shops and pay gaps
With 2025 drawing to a close – and the weekend almost upon us – we thought this would be a prime opportunity to remind our readers of some of the very best features of the year
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NewsWaitrose offers paid role to 'sacked' autistic volunteer Tom Boyd
In October Waitrose found itself at the centre of a PR crisis after it emerged Tom Boyd was let go after his mother asked for him to be paid for shifts
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NewsGroceryAid modernises brand to reach more ‘grocery people’
The refresh places workers from across the entire grocery sector at the heart of the new visual identity
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Comment & OpinionFood and farming has the chance to choose a fairer future
It is clear the companies of the future must help build a food sector that is brighter, more inclusive and fundamentally fairer, says Dan Crossley, executive director of the Food Ethics Council
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Promotional FeaturesIs progress under threat?
Despite political headwinds and economic uncertainty, the grocery sector is proving that meaningful diversity and inclusion progress is not only possible but already happening, with GroceryAid’s programme now counting over 100 partners.
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NewsCo-op launches social mobility toolkits after research finds class still an issue
Co-op has launched the free toolkits to make opportunities fairer for employers and jobseekers, offering practical steps to remove barriers linked to socioeconomic background
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NewsHospitality makes progress on gender diversity but ‘much more to do’
At the most senior levels women remain ‘significantly underrepresented’
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Comment & OpinionHow Waitrose’s good intentions became a PR disaster
Waitrose this morning awoke to a flurry of headlines decrying its decision to ‘sack’ Tom Boyd, 28, who had been stacking shelves at the retailer for four years
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NewsWaitrose criticised for axing autistic volunteer
Charity worker Frances Boyd from Stockport said her 27-year-old son Tom Boyd had done over 600 hours of work experience at a store in Cheadle Hulme, Greater Manchester
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Comment & OpinionWhy grocery is failing working-class talent (except Co-op)
Guess how many fmcg companies were on ‘the definitive list of employers championing social mobility in the workplace’
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InterviewsNadiya Hussain: my BBC exit, Islamophobia and new grocery ranges
The Great British Bake Off winner and national treasure on her BBC deal, racism and new grocery collaborations
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NewsAsda doubles disability intern scheme to close employment gap
Asda has doubled the number of spaces on its disability intern scheme, boosting opportunities for young people with learning disabilities or difficulties
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NewsSainsbury’s to pay £60k to employee over sexual discrimination dispute
The worker has been granted compensation for injury to feelings and sexual discrimination over a number of situations that occurred since 2021