All articles by George Nott – Page 4
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NewsCook lists meals with major supermarket for first time
A deal with Ocado Retail sees a range of 29 Cook frozen meals on Ocado.com
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Comment & OpinionTesco Kitchen sets high bar for supermarket-backed lifestyle shows
Hosts Greg James and Seema Pankhania provide a balance of loose chat and serious foodie business, but always allow their guest to shine brightest
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NewsMorrisons signs deal with NIQ to better ‘identify growth opportunities and act’
The supermarket will gain access to NIQ’s full suite of “responsive market insights, enhanced product and category intelligence, automated reporting capabilities, and self-service analytics” NIQ said
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NewsKitchen assistant app Remy introduces social media recipe extract-and-shop tool
It’s been launched in response to the fact that “the way households find recipe inspiration has fundamentally changed”, the company said
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NewsTesco appoints first group agentic AI director
Lucy Cooper joins from THG Ingenuity as Tesco’s group customer experience & agentic director
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NewsJoybuy signals move into fresh produce in UK recruitment blitz
Fresh produce has remained absent from Joybuy’s category coverage – but a job listing strongly suggests that could be about to change
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Analysis & FeaturesWill the rise of the retail robots put off shoppers?
Retail robots are moving from warehouses to shop floors. Can they co-exist with shoppers and staff – and how will they affect the jobs market?
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Comment & OpinionDoes Gousto’s Heat & Eat offer a hassle-free middle ground?
Gousto’s Heat & Eat ready meals sit nicely between scratch cooking and takaways in terms of convenience and price
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NewsFree Domino’s pizza comes aboard at Preston Station for Euston-Stirling train passengers
Domino’s delivery drivers will come to the platform and hand a passenger’s pizza directly to Trainline ambassadors at Preston, who will then deliver it straight to their seat.
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NewsJoybuy encourages shoppers to scan supermarket receipts to earn loyalty points
Users can upload up to five receipts a month, earning points equal to 2% of their supermarket basket total.
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NewsFrozen meal kit DTC brand Chefees makes retail debut on Ocado
Each bundle contains ingredients which have been flash-frozen ready for shoppers to store in their freezers, for up to 12 months, until they are ready to cook
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NewsGousto launches Heat & Eat ready meal range
The move is part of its ongoing strategy to ‘challenge for the mainstream dinner market’
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Comment & OpinionLunchbox Envy: QI podcast provides avalanche of foodie facts
‘Huh’ moments aplenty as the fact-loving QI ‘elves’ address chillies
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Comment & OpinionRight crime, wrong face: Who’s to blame when facial recognition gets it wrong?
Bleating about the accuracy of the tech and blaming shopworkers when they get it wrong is an underhanded misdirection from the facial recognition companies
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NewsDeliveroo secures new deals with Robert Dyas, Honest Burgers
Customers across the UK, including in London, Bristol, Oxford and Brighton, can now order from 90 Robert Dyas stores
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NewsTesco trials Finest coffee machines with drinks included in meal deal
The machines are being trialled in two locations: Tesco’s Brixton and Moorgate Express stores
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NewsIceland’s use of crime-fighting AI reduces theft losses by 80%
SAI’s tech solution is able to detect missed scans, partial payment and walkouts at self-checkouts and concealment and consumption in the aisles
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NewsJust Eat partners with on-demand dry cleaner Laundryheap
Just Eat’s new service allows customers to book ‘wash & fold’ and dry cleaning directly through the Just Eat app
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NewsMarket-leading brand not top AI answer for majority of categories, analysis finds
In 28 of 40 categories analysed, the ‘most visible’ brand, according to ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini, was not the brand with the biggest market share in that category.
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NewsSainsbury’s facial recognition rollout to continue despite false thief claim
Sainsbury’s has temporarily suspended the use of Facewatch technology from the Dulwich superstore to further investigate, and if necessary provide additional staff training, it said.