All articles by George Nott – Page 2
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NewsOcado hit with ‘near knockout punch’ as Kroger announces CFC closures
Ocado’s share price fell by more than 19% in the wake of the announcement by the US retail giant
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NewsAI phone order agents roll out to UK restaurants
AI agents are being trained on restaurant menus to record orders, suggests sides, and accept payments during the call
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NewsSelf-pour wine bar chain Vagabond launches DTC online shop
Vagabond is offering nationwide next-day delivery of more than 50 exclusive SKUs
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NewsSuperdrug forges exclusive deal with Just Eat in aggregator app debut
The retailer this year ‘has been the most searched high street retailer on Just Eat yet to join the platform’
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NewsTesco-backed own-label manufacturing platform Keychain launches in UK
Keychain enables retailers to ‘design and produce their own-brand products from scratch’ and tap a network of more than 2,000 local manufacturers
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NewsWhole Foods Market to open new store in Westminster
It comes eight months after the Amazon-owned premium organic supermarket opened its first UK store in over a decade
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Comment & OpinionThe Friday Accelerator: no-nonsense growth podcast gets to the point
Joined by Kelly Dowson, MD of FIS Group, Karen Green explored the tough reality of swift growth
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NewsDeliveroo dips into meal kits with Waitrose-owned Dishpatch
Users will be able to select from 13 meal kits designed by top chefs including Angela Hartnett, Rick Stein, Sabrina Ghayour and Atul Kochhar, as well as a line of desserts.
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NewsChinese e-commerce giant to launch spirit-focused UK ‘Cultural Experience Centre’
Joybuy is to launch a physical location in the UK with premium Chinese spirit brand Moutai
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NewsPorch piracy soars as peak doorstep theft season approaches
The total value of parcels stolen in the UK has nearly doubled to £666.5m, according to analysis by Quadient
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NewsJust Eat withdraws from Australian market
Menulog had been ‘navigating challenging circumstances’ the company said, leading to the ‘difficult decision’ to withdraw from the continent
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NewsVape shops, mini-marts and takeaways hit in nationwide police raids
More than £10.7m of suspected criminal proceeds were seized and £2.7m worth of illicit commodities destroyed
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NewsSupermarket theft peaks on Thursday afternoons
Beverages and bakery among the hardest hit category, AI analysis of theft footage finds
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NewsAsda to extend Express Delivery offering following Uber deal
The service – which offers same-day delivery of groceries within four hours of ordering, and in as little as one hour – is available from around 300 Asda locations across the UK
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Comment & OpinionFood Foundation’s children’s nutrition podcast lays bare a devastating issue
The Food Foundation’s Early Years series takes a hard look at the reality for many families struggling to afford food
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NewsSnappy Group appoints Holland & Barrett CFO to board
Vineta Bajaj has become a non-executive director at the business
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NewsUber Eats launches last-moment grocery order editing feature
Uber Eats has also launched an AI-powered ‘smart replacements’ feature which suggests substitutions ‘based on price, nutrition, and your past orders’ as well as a gifting service
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NewsTesco monitoring shopper response to in-store digital screens
In a trial across several stores, the supermarket is measuring how many people come near the screens, how close they were to them, and how long they stayed there
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NewsCoca-Cola runs AI-generated Christmas ad for second year
“This work is beyond just film creation – we all are taking a transformational leap into the future of creativity and technology.”
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NewsCo-op rolls out 1,000th front-of-store digital screen
The milestone gives Co-op ‘one of the largest digital advertising screen footprints of any UK grocery retailer’, it said