more supermarket news & analysis
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Analysis & Features
How supermarkets are looking after their staff like never before
The pandemic changed the way we view work – and our health – forever. Today, supermarkets are offering better benefits, staff discounts, and pay packages than ever
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News
CMA accused of ‘colossal waste of time’ over loyalty card probe
The CMA report looks at fuel prices and wider retailer profitability, as well as the findings from the probe it launched into loyalty cards in January
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News
JLP wins approval to build 353 rental homes in store redevelopment
The plans were agreed yesterday by the London Borough of Bromley following 147 letters of support from local residents
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Tesco Extra, Chorley: Grocer 33 store of the week
‘We’re very much a destination shop within town – we are the shop that can pretty much offer anything’
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More loyalty deal makes Morrisons cheapest retailer this week
This week marked Morrisons’ first loyalty pricing deal in the Grocer 33
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Morrisons delivery driver seals Online 33 win
There was precious little to chose between five of our seven online Grocer 33 orders this week
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Morrisons’ Joseph Sutton on price-matching and Market Street online
‘Our price match campaign is helping to bring our quality and value into even sharper focus for our customers’
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Comment & Opinion
Why supermarkets must scale up refillables at ‘frightening’ speed
Somebody had better tell Chancellor Rachel Reeves not to read the latest report by Wrap on the industry’s war on plastic
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News
UK supermarkets urge Defra to green-light deforestation law
Britain’s leading retailers told Defra secretary Steve Reed to press ahead with anti-deforestation regulation
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News
Asda rolls out new online ‘Store Assist’ picking technology
Asda said the solution was already “proving popular” with staff – 26,000 of whom had now been trained on 10,000 updated devices
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News
Tesco and Highland Spring trial QR code tech to tackle single-use plastic
The packaging enables direct-to-consumer marketing, as well as access to live data to trace packaging at barcode level throughout the supply chain
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News
Jacob’s adds Bites crackers aimed at younger shoppers
The crackers are oven-baked with a ‘moreish, crispy, crunchy texture’
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News
Sainsbury’s stores bombarded with coupon fraud ‘hack’
Dubbed ‘the Sainsbury’s method’, TikTok accounts share reusable money-off coupons that are being used to reduce basket bills to next to zero
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News
Waitrose restructures HQ team as it doubles down on store service
It has seen the creation of a dedicated retail service & standards team to work across Waitrose’s store estate
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News
Asda launches knife crime initiative to help protect kids
A pilot at the Sheffield Park Academy school will include a campaign at eight Asda stores
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News
Tesco and Ella’s Kitchen launch drive to boost kids’ veg intake
The initiative will take place at 50 Tesco stores across England and Wales including in Bristol, Leeds, London and Swansea
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News
PwC roped in to oversee talks on deposit return scheme administrator
The government is understood to have told industry leaders it wants to see a finished proposal ready by January, giving companies just five months to complete their bids
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News
City snapshot: Reckitt unveils brand sell-off to simplify operations
Reckitt Benckiser is offloading its portfolio of homecare cleaning brands and the embattled baby formula business to focus on its stable of power brands in health and hygiene. Plus, the latest NIQ supermarket sales figures, first-half results from Nichols and a Q3 update from Greencore
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News
Iceland boss Richard Walker takes aim at Aldi and Lidl over ‘restrictive’ land deals
Property sources say it is rare that Lidl or Aldi would strike restrictive deals, with many of their stores being standalone developments and freehold-owned
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News
Britvic and Müller launch exclusive products through Iceland’s new incubator
Both were among the companies to pitch innovation ideas as part of Iceland’s newly launched accelerator Brands on Ice