All articles by George Nott
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NewsJust Eat pauses AI imagery trial in wake of ‘absolutely rank’ outputs
The aggregator app is now taking down the AI images – generated by using the menu text of several independent retailers as prompts
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NewsJohn Lewis launches on Deliveroo and Uber Eats, teases AI-powered product finder
Trials of the retailer’s first rapid service found the most popular item bought to date is the Sony PlayStation 5 Controller, with gifting items and gifting packaging featuring highly
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Analysis & FeaturesWill Deliveroo’s rider-pick model take off beyond Aldi?
It could ease pressure on staff, but riders may need convincing
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NewsMorrisons updates More Card app with ‘sharper offers’ and shopping list builder tool
The update is designed to “make shopping easier and help customers get more value from their More Card” the supermarket said
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NewsJust Eat ditches celeb superstars and jingle for new brand platform ‘to last for 30 years’
The new brand platform – ’Stay Just Where You Are’ – is “built around a simple, highly relatable human truth”
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NewsEasyGroup launches marketplace ‘set to rival Amazon’
The online marketplace has launched across 21 European countries, including the UK, today.
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NewsMore than 800 UK supermarket fridges at heightened risk of hacking
The finding comes after hackers commandeered fridge and freezer systems at hundreds of French supermarkets, remotely raising their temperature
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NewsUber Eats courier pick, pack and pay service now available in UK
The aggregator confirmed the service was now available to merchants in the UK, having been announced as coming imminently back in 2024.
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NewsOcado claims UK first with ‘Simple Ingredients’ aisle launch
More than 350 branded products feature in the aisle, which the online pureplayer claimed to be the ‘first dedicated supermarket aisle of its kind in the UK’
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NewsTeapigs owner Tata taps THG Ingenuity to grow direct-to-consumer channel
The partnership would result in a ‘seamless, premium online shopping experience for consumers’ THG Ingenuity said
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NewsSainsbury’s upgrades app with AI-powered basket builder
Shoppers can build online baskets by taking photos of handwritten lists or entering prompts like ‘ingredients for a spaghetti bolognese’
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NewsMorrisons trials robot deliveries from four stores with Just Eat and Starship
The supermarket is working with Just Eat on the new service, with robots delivering grocery orders to customers that have been made via the aggregator’s app
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NewsMindful Chef launches £80 roast dinner kit with Pythouse Kitchen Garden
It is one of three seasonal roast boxes resulting from the partnership with the Michelin Green Star restaurant
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NewsAmazon expands rapid 30-minute delivery Amazon Now service into Birmingham
Amazon’s ultra-fast delivery service offers thousands of groceries and household essentials from the e-commerce giant, delivered in around 30 minutes or fewer
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NewsDeliveroo rolling out robot deliveries with Sam Altman-backed firm Coco
Coco’s robots, which have a top speed of 21kph and can carry four 18-inch pizzas at a time, will begin rolling out in Canary Wharf this month
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Comment & OpinionHow To Live On Earth: pragmatic and effective ‘how-to video’
The cleverest animal to have ever lived is shown doing some stupid things in this documentary
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NewsLidl rolling out ‘fancy pants’ new self-checkout machines to all stores
The machines will appear in all new stores and gradually retro-fitted into existing ones
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NewsJust Eat launches WhatsApp ordering in UK
Customers can browse menus and build baskets entirely within the messaging app
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NewsSuperdrug launches 24/7 delivery service with Just Eat
Customers in Brixton and Kingston in London will be able to shop a range of more than 8,000 products at any time of day
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NewsTesco makes additional 60,000 Christmas slots available
‘Christmas should be all about spending time with family and friends, not worrying about getting the big shop done’