All Grocer 33 articles
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Comment & OpinionEditor’s picks: accessibility, value ranges and GLP-1 drugs
This week marked a first in the history of the Grocer 33: our inaugural blind or partially sighted (BPS) mystery shop. And for some retailers, the results were nothing short of damning
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Analysis & FeaturesHow supermarkets are failing blind and visually impaired shoppers
This week’s mystery shop highlights key lessons supermarkets must learn to help visually impaired shoppers
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Grocer 33Asda offers cheapest shop but rivals stay within 5%-10% margin
Our basket featured a number of brands with packaging designed to help blind or partially sighted shoppers
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News‘Appalling’ Asda staff belittled blind mystery shopper
A registered blind shopper, who was taking part in a Grocer 33 mystery shop, has branded Asda staff at its Newton Abbot store ”appalling”
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Grocer 33Tesco Lewisham’s Mike Francis on inner city trading and supporting BPS shoppers
’Our motto is nobody tries harder for customers and every little helps. And we have a lot of colleagues who enjoy helping people and who will take their time’
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Grocer 33Tesco scores highest in our visual impairment mystery shop
This week, for the first time, the Grocer 33 mystery shop was carried out entirely by blind or partially sighted customers
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Grocer 33Sainsbury’s Crayford crowned king in battle of the UK’s biggest stores
Strong availability, helpful staff and an ‘easy to navigate’ layout took Sainsbury’s to the win
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Grocer 33Sainsbury’s Crayford’s Marc Fogden on managing Britain’s best big supermarket
‘A flagship shop like this can have a big impact on the business and how we perform really does determine how well the business performs’
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Grocer 33Tesco comes out on top in tight Grocer 33 pricing battle with Asda
Tesco’s £89.18 basket was 1.8% cheaper than Asda’s, which came in at £90.86
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Grocer 33Aldi edges out Lidl to be cheapest supermarket in Super Grocer 33
Just 1.1% separated Aldi’s winning £55.49 basket from Lidl’s £56.10
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Grocer 33Waitrose is best supermarket in Bristol mystery shop
Our shopper said the 18,208 sq ft Waitrose store’s housekeeping was ‘of a very high standard’
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Grocer 33Waitrose Bristol deputy Nathan Boyd on south west investment and trading momentum
Nathan Boyd was talking to Stephen Jones What’s it like to be a retailer in Bristol? When one of our partners started the other day she was welcomed by a regular to “their shop”. It’s that kind of feel. We’re a little bit out from the city ...
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Grocer 33‘Immaculate’ Waitrose voted best Brighton supermarket in vegan mystery shop
Our shopper said the best thing about the store was the friendliness of the staff
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Grocer 33Waitrose store manager Nick Mort on Veganuary and e-commerce in Hove
‘In a partner co-owned business it’s critically important that we empower and facilitate partners to be themselves’
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Grocer 33Tesco squeaks to win in The Grocer’s vegan 33 price comparison survey
The gap to third place was just 1%
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Grocer 33Jeremy Jordan on how award-winning Tesco Ebbw Vale store serves its community
Welsh products in every aisle and a ‘community feel’
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Grocer 33Tesco Ebbw Vale wins top supermarket in the East Wales Valleys
Our shopper noted the plentiful staff “who went out of their way to find products” missing from shelves and then restocked the shelf for other customers
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Grocer 33Asda wins cheapest supermarket for a healthy shop to kick off new year
Asda kicked off 2026 with another cheapest basket in the Grocer 33 price comparison survey
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Comment & OpinionThe Grocer’s 2025 in review: deck the halls and dig in
From soaring cocoa prices to seismic retail shifts, we’ve delivered over 7,000 stories, deep-dive analysis and celebrated the leaders shaping the future of food and drink
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Grocer 33Waitrose Meanwood offers best festive shop in Leeds
A perfect score on customer service came thanks to staff who ‘contributed to the festive atmosphere’