George Nott
George Nott is The Grocer's technology editor.
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Whole Foods Market to shutter two stores and Dartford DC
Despite the closures, Whole Foods Market said it planned to expand its UK footprint
- News
Gousto launches Bluey-themed recipe range for families
The new range has been created in partnership with BBC Studios – which holds global merchandising rights for the show it co-commissioned with ABC Australia
- News
BAT launches £30m innovation centre in Southampton
The centre features nine “specially designed technical spaces”, designed to help develop BAT’s portfolio of new category, non-combustible tobacco products
- News
Cook trialling frozen ready meal vending machines in railway stations
Cook has installed vending machines at Orpington and Bromley South stations, which have been live since last month
- News
Amazon UK boss: Generative AI ‘as transformative as the internet’
The technology is already being used at Amazon to generate summaries of customer reviews
- News
Rapid grocer Gopuff goes 24-hour in two UK cities for first time
The around-the-clock availability of the service would be perfect for “shift workers, partygoers, and midnight snackers” Gopuff said
- Comment and Opinion
How do you solve a problem like meal kits?
HelloFresh should focus on its core, affluent, loyal and happy customers, of which there are fewer, but are worth more
- Comment and Opinion
Bottlecelli: Lidl’s pun-tastic installation gives Glasgow a cultural boost
Venus: Roman goddess of love, desire, sex, fertility, prosperity… and now Lidl’s bottle and can return scheme pilot
- News
Scotmid Co-op extends AI-powered price reduction tech deal
Scotmid has rolled out the technology to 300 stores across Scotland, Northern Ireland and the north of England
- News
Vaping to be hit with new excise duty, plus tobacco duty to rise
The policy is intended “to discourage non-smokers to take up vaping” Chancellor Jeremy Hunt said in his budget speech
- News
Tesco R&D lab chief Jo Hickson departs for fashion giant
Jo Hickson – who took charge of Tesco Labs, the supermarket’s R&D team within Tesco Technology, in early 2019 – is due to start work as lab director for H&M Group in Stockholm next month
- News
Co-op partners with Uber on white-label online grocery fulfilment
The partnership with Uber Direct will initially enable an additional 50 Co-op stores to offer rapid online home delivery
- News
Ocado claims biggest Buy British shopping aisle of any UK supermarket
The dedicated section of the Ocado website will feature more than 800 British items every week of the year
- The Big Interview
The evolution of Just Eat beyond food: Insights from MD Claire Pointon
Having helped it smash its grocery targets, Just Eat UK MD Claire Pointon is looking to take the ‘fun, youthful’ brand further into non-food categories
- News
Co-op decommissions data centres for cloud move
Managing the move and running Co-op’s cloud computing environment is Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) – a partner of Co-op for the last 14 years
- News
Fully autonomous grab & go store concept to launch in London
The first Tahina store will offer own-brand plant-based fast food and work in a similar way to Amazon’s ‘Just Walk Out’ Fresh stores
- News
High-end Italian deli chain goes all-in on electronic shelf labels
The chain was already using ESLs within its Palermo store network and wanted to bring them to its UK stores as well. It partnered with Pricer on the rollout
- Analysis and Features
Design challenge: Cheap and easy fixes to tackle theft at self-checkouts
Supermarkets love self-checkouts. And despite the noisy protests of a minority, most customers love them too. But SCOs are far from perfect
- News
Compostable packaging labelling experiment sees proper disposal boom
The experiment – led by Ocado, Recoup and Compostable Coalition UK – saw 120 households receive goods in both compostable and plastic packaging
- Comment and Opinion
Netflix’s Delicious in Dungeon: a warm, funny food anime
A knight’s sister is being slowly digested by a dragon. Not the usual set-up to a food-focused show