All articles by Maria Gonçalves – Page 35
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NewsM&S Food marketing director Sharry Cramond to also oversee hospitality
Cramond, who has been the food division’s marketing chief for over four years, will now also oversee all 330 of M&S’s in-store coffee shops
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Grocer 33Waitrose Saltash, Cornwall: Grocer 33 store of the week
‘We’re very much a tourist destination shop, particularly at this time of year as people are coming down to Cornwall’
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Grocer 33Waitrose takes the lead with final Jubilee efforts, Asda flops
Waitrose in Saltash, Cornwall had an ‘enticing’ display of offers celebrating the Jubilee
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NewsWaitrose stores in London first to take part in John Lewis rental housing project
Waitrose’s parent company is set to build new housing at three proposed locations, including over the supermarket’s shops in Bromley and West Ealing, in London
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NewsSupermarkets must make sustainable shopping affordable, says IGD
The group’s CEO, Susan Barratt, told industry leaders grocery had a key role to play in keeping sustainability high on the shopper agenda amid the cost of living crisis
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NewsM&S launches sustainability innovation challenge for startups
The retailer is looking for ideas and technologies that can drive sustainability both in the supply chain and in customer-facing operations
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NewsTesco rapped for ‘misleading’ vegan burger environmental claims
The watchdog found Tesco had failed to back up its claims that switching to Plant Chef burgers would ’positively affect the environment’
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Comment & OpinionIs criticism of supermarket bosses’ exorbitant bonuses amid cost of living crisis justified?
Because profits (and other more complex metrics) have exploded in the past year, performance compensations tied to those financial metrics ultimately grew at a higher rate too
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NewsOutgoing M&S CEO Steve Rowe bags final £1.6m bonus
His total pay packet was £2.6m, up from £1.1m in 2020/2021
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NewsM&S trials refillable range of homecare cleaning products
The retailer is launching M&S Refillable, which allows customers to choose from eight prefilled homecare products
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Grocer 33Sainsbury’s crowned winner of Jubilee week mystery shop
Scoring 81 points, the supermarket’s Calcot superstore in Reading impressed our shopper
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Grocer 33Asda’s rivals can’t get close on price… even with promotions
At £58.07, Asda was £3.64 cheaper than runner-up Tesco
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Grocer 33Sainsbury’s Calcot: Grocer 33 store of the week
‘We’re seeing a lot of customers switching into value so we’ve had to widen the displays of particular lines’
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NewsWaitrose to permanently ditch coloured milk bottle caps to boost recyclability
The supermarket is replacing the hard-to-recycle blue, green and red milk bottle caps on all Essential Waitrose milk
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Analysis & FeaturesLorry stowaways: what are the implications for food supply?
There is a threat to public health through food contamination, not to mention the risks for drivers - but technology could provide solutions
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Analysis & FeaturesPlanet Organic to open its first distribution centre as part of supply chain revamp
The retailer is looking at ways to further revamp its ‘inefficient’ supply chain operations Planet Organic is opening its first distribution centre in partnership with Howard Tenens Logistics. The specialist retailer’s new centralised model is going live at its Sunbury-on-Thames distribution centre, which will serve all its ...
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NewsM&S joins forces with national football teams for healthy eating campaign
The ‘Eat Well, Play Well’ campaign, which is set to promote positive healthy eating messages for children and adults
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Grocer 33Asda bags Online 33 win on good availability and ‘value for money’
With a near perfect score of 96 our mystery shopper was “really happy” with this experience
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Grocer 33Waitrose Walton-le-Dale: Grocer 33 store of the week
‘The value perception potentially attached to Waitrose is starting to break down, and we’re starting to see more customers doing more shopping with us’
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Grocer 33Staff make or break it for winner Waitrose and bottom-placed Morrisons
The store was generally well stocked, particularly the fruit & veg aisle