more supermarket news & analysis – Page 13
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Comment and Opinion
Tesco is rightly backing the innovation agenda
Three criteria are key to the Tesco Accelerator Scheme’s success, says Thea Alexander, CEO at YF
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News
Debt-fuelled sale & leasebacks drove record supermarket deals in 2023
An ‘exceptional level’ of sale & leasebacks in 2023 was led by Asda and Morrisons as they sought to pay down debt and by Waitrose in funding its turnaround plans, according to Colliers
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News
Morrisons to cut nearly 300 jobs and scrap four-day week across logistics
The cuts will affect all seven of Morrisons’ company-run distribution centres, according to documents seen by The Grocer
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News
All Things Butter secures first in-store supermarket listings
The organic British dairy brand said the new nationwide listings marked a significant milestone for the brand
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News
City snapshot: M&S joint CEO Katie Bickerstaffe to step down
Marks & Spencer has announced that joint CEO Katie Bickerstaffe will step away from the company this year
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News
Proper adds chickpea snacks inspired by global cuisines
The NPD was developed in response to shoppers’ growing appetite for ‘exciting, punchy’ flavours, said Proper
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News
Waitrose partners set for ‘highest ever’ pay rise as JLP confirms pay investment
The £116m investment comes as senior partners look to quell what has been growing discontent in response to their cost-cutting plans
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News
Greggs targets more supermarket sites after ‘record’ annual profits
Greggs’ ‘record’ performance helped it overtake McDonald’s as the UK’s number one breakfast location
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News
Asda Wisbech staff vote for strike action but Brighton rejects walkout
A ballot at Asda’s Brighton Hollingbury store failed to reach the threshold required for industrial action
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News
Goodfella’s adds frozen quartet of cheesy ‘fakeaway’ sides
The innovations offered shoppers the opportunity ‘to replicate their favourite takeaway or restaurant go-to at home for an affordable price’, said Goodfella’s
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KVI Tracker
Salmon producers facing legal action from UK retailers over price-fixing claims
Asda, Iceland, Marks & Spencer, Ocado, Morrisons, Aldi and Co-op have appointed Stephenson Harwood to seek compensation on their behalf
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News
Co-op to boost staff pay to at least £12 an hour
The move marks a record investment in staff wages for the Co-op, rising 10.1% from £10.90 to £12 an hour
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News
Fruit snacking startup Zombie makes Tesco debut
The brand is the brainchild of Perkier founder Ann Perkins
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News
Sainsbury’s launches Amazon-style ‘Shop in Shop’ function for brands
It will enable brands to create customised fully branded landing pages on Sainsbury’s website
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Comment and Opinion
Organised crime gangs a ‘threat to every retailer’
The shoplifting scourge isn’t slowing, but getting worryingly worse
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News
Tesco R&D lab chief Jo Hickson departs for fashion giant
Jo Hickson – who took charge of Tesco Labs, the supermarket’s R&D team within Tesco Technology, in early 2019 – is due to start work as lab director for H&M Group in Stockholm next month
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News
Aldi click & collect project shrinks from 200-plus to 177 stores
It is a bigger scaling down of the project than previously disclosed by the discounter
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News
City snapshot: Grocery sales growth slows as food price inflation eases
Supermarket sales growth slowed to 5.3% during February as food price inflation continues to fall. Plus results from Greggs, Bakkavor and all the rest of this morning’s news from the City
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News
Co-op partners with Uber on white-label online grocery fulfilment
The partnership with Uber Direct will initially enable an additional 50 Co-op stores to offer rapid online home delivery