All articles by George Nott – Page 39
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NewsCBD brand Trip launches subscription service
The service offers users recurring free deliveries of their chosen products every four, six or eight weeks in what the company called “an industry first”
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News‘Reduced to clear’ alert app Gander goes international
Gander has partnered with Antipodean retailers Spano’s IGA and Country Grocers to bring the reduced-to-clear notification solution to stores in Queensland and Victoria, Australia
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NewsPayday for Ocado following patent dispute settlement with rival AutoStore
The robotics rivals announced a “complete settlement of all claims” in their global legal wranglings over patents “avoiding further litigation and associated costs”
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NewsOcado ‘gaining customers from the discounters’
The online supermarket this week posted a 10.6% increase in active customers
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NewsDepop founder’s foodie app launches chef-made own-label range
Like other products on the platform, they can be collected directly from producers or sent for delivery across the UK
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NewsAmazon to shutter three Fresh stores, including its first physical retail site outside US
Staff at the soon-to-close stores have been offered new roles in nearby Amazon Fresh stores
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NewsGetir selling off bikes, cabinets and delivery boxes as it shutters dark stores
Listing on the Sanderson Weatherall website notes the items are for sale “due to the closure of retail hubs”
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Comment & OpinionVape sector will bear the blame for disposables ban
The vaping sector simply isn’t doing enough to reduce the number of single-use vapes that get binned
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Comment & OpinionDr Daniel E. Lieberman explores ‘comfort crisis’ in motivating Diary of a CEO podcast
Shopping is easier than ever – and we’re suffering for it, according to the expert in physical activity
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NewsMorrisons interrogates farm soil data in net zero effort
The supermarket is working with Downforce Technologies to measure and monitor the carbon stored within soil
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Comment & OpinionHow supermarkets and brands can win on new social platform Threads
Is there value in rushing to join the so-called ‘Twitter killer’ or is it merely a case of FOMO?
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News‘Twitter killer’ app Threads sees sign-ups from supermarkets and fmcg brands
The traditional big four supermarkets, as well as Aldi and Lidl, M&S, Waitrose, Iceland, Ocado and Co-op, have all joined the Threads platform since its launch last week
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NewsM&S products star in Ocado ad for first time
To date only Ocado own-label and branded goods have been called out in adverts from the online grocer
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Comment & OpinionSpice Trail Adventure: Joanna Lumley follows nutmeg to supermarket shelves
The story of the spice trade is really the story of colonisation and European empire building
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NewsSelf-checkouts causing customer service levels to fall
Average customer service scores fell by an average 1.2ppts in the Grocer 33 annual mystery shopping survey
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Comment & OpinionProof that self-checkouts are causing a decline in customer service
Many customers want to interact with a human being at the checkout
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NewsMeat and fish suppliers trial online wholesale ordering platform Platter
Fine cooked meat supplier Kings and tuna supplier LMC Foods are rolling out the Platter ordering platform to three and 22 of their wholesaler customers respectively
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NewsMorrisons signs deal with Eagle Eye for revamped loyalty scheme
Morrisons will roll out an improved loyalty scheme later this year, which will provide more targeted offers for customers
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NewsAsda launches influencer ‘content house’ in Yorkshire Dales
Ingredients are being delivered daily to the house directly from Asda
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Analysis & FeaturesWhy would Amazon want to buy Ocado?
Continued losses dog the group, but Ocado could make a valuable prospect for a big player seeking automation and online grocery dominance