George Nott
George Nott is The Grocer's technology editor.
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Analysis & FeaturesFive sustainable packaging launches during the pandemic
Despite the challenges posed by coronavirus, these brands have still pressed ahead with eco-friendly packaging innovations
- Analysis & Features
Can the sustainable packaging effort survive Covid-19?
At the end of 2019, single-use plastic reduction and the creation of sustainable packaging were high on the agenda. Has the coronavirus pandemic given the movement more weight – or scuppered it?
- Analysis & Features
How to make supermarket shopping feel safer and more normal
In the era of social distancing, supermarket trips are fraught with stress. So stores are looking to make things easier with lo-fi and hi-tech solutions
- News
Morrisons food box tech partner Orderly secures government funding
Derby-based Orderly secured the ‘five-figure funding’ this week as part of an Innovate UK competition
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Amazon-Deliveroo deal provisionally cleared by CMA, again
The CMA first provisionally cleared the deal in April after being told the food courier company could go bust without it
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Asda.com helps customers get Costa Coffee fix at home
The Asda.com feature gives consumers the chance to ’recreate their favourite weekday or weekend treat at home during lockdown’
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Online delivery firms failing to ID-check teenagers over booze and fags orders
The proportion of teenagers being asked for ID at the doorstep after buying cigarettes and booze online has fallen 15% since April
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Amazon UK chief quits to head Natural History Museum
He will start work at the museum later this year, replacing current director Sir Michael Dixon
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Blind people given access to supermarket priority delivery slots
An RNIB survey found only half of blind and partially sighted people who shopped independently before lockdown were still doing so
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Buymie targets 15 cities as it secures €5.8m funding
The latest funding round takes Buymie’s total capital raised this year to over €8m
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Supermarket promotions pick up further but still not at pre-Covid levels
Promotions are still down 35% at Tesco, 28% at Ocado, 23% at Asda, 14% at Sainsbury’s and 12% at Morrisons
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Amazon pushes ahead with Ultra Fast Fresh grocery delivery in the UK
Amazon told the suppliers that it “plans on building a more robust customer facing platform for grocery” online
- Analysis & Features
Ocado’s £1bn fundraise announcement: What the analysts say
Here’s what the experts have had to say about Ocado’s fundraising plans
- News
Heinz gets personal with customisable labels on new DTC channel
Heinz is offering personalised versions of six products through its direct-to-consumer channel Heinz to Home
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Ocado launches £1bn funding drive to capitalise on online shopping boom
Ocado is seeking to raise more than £1bn to capitalise on the boom in online grocery shopping brought about by coronavirus.
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Cybercriminals capitalise on online grocery boom with slew of fake sites
Cybersecurity firm Mimecast found 30 spoofed Tesco websites, 11 for Asda and 10 for Amazon in its most recent analysis
- Analysis & Features
The Power List 2020: online shopping
Demand for online grocery shopping has soared under lockdown. Our power list looks at who’s managed growth best, and the challenges they now face, from retention to profitability
- Comment & Opinion
CMA’s Amazon-Deliveroo decision will be a cracking season finale
Following months of twists and turns, the competition authority will give its final word on the deal next Thursday
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Shopping platform Buymie lists Asda products without supermarket’s endorsement
The move comes after Buymie made its debut in England last month partnering with Co-op
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Co-op expands Milton Keynes rapid robot delivery service
Co-op hailed the service as a “lifeline” for vulnerable or housebound members of the community
