more supermarket news & analysis – Page 20
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Waitrose, Wilmslow: Grocer 33 store of the week
‘Counters are a massive point of difference for us – any sort of footfall we can put towards them is a success’
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Waitrose Wilmslow comes out on top in a strong week for service
Our shopper enjoyed her visit which she called a “very pleasant Saturday morning shop”
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Nectar Prices sees Sainsbury’s come in cheapest by £2.32
Sainsbury’s was running Nectar Prices deals on a third of the items on our list, which added up to a £7.15 discount
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Tesco and Vauxhall strike major new retail media partnership aimed at EV drivers
Part of the new partnership will see Vauxhall branding added to EV chargepoints at Tesco stores
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Analysis and Features
From thoughts of suicide to pride: empowering modern slavery survivors
Set up in 2017, the Bright Future initiative aims to provide modern slavery survivors with a pathway back to employment. Now, seven years on, it’s calling on the food and drink industry to help it ramp up its impact
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Chicken ‘artificially cheap’ in supermarkets despite price hikes
Average prices rose by almost 15% last year but needed to increase further to safeguard the sector, producers have warned
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British Corner Shop owes M&S £500k after downfall
The British Corner Shop owes a total of £2.5m to creditors, a new administrator’s report shows
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Asda denies union ‘asset stripping’ claims as it faces down strike threat
Asda accused union staff of “aggressive and intimidating behaviour”, as well as of making inaccurate claims about the situation in affected stores
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Potato prices soar as poor weather affects supply
Core lines of maris piper potatoes across the major multiples saw rises of up to 22% in a month
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Analysis and Features
Kids’ checkouts and Palestine protests: this week in grocery on social media
Unpack the memes and puns of the week on social media across fmcg
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Sainsbury’s trialling electronic security cabinets in booze aisles to fight theft
Versions of the system have the capability for retailers to request customers to identify themselves using facial recognition, although Sainsbury’s hasn’t enabled this
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Co-op decommissions data centres for cloud move
Managing the move and running Co-op’s cloud computing environment is Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) – a partner of Co-op for the last 14 years
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Booths workers offered transfer to Asda after store closure
Booths said increases in operating costs meant it was no longer possible for Hale Barns to be ‘profitable under the Booths model’
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Analysis and Features
Spotted in stores: what’s new for February 2024
Each month, we highlight new and interesting products, displays and features our team has snapped in the leading grocers
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Analysis and Features
Design challenge: Cheap and easy fixes to tackle theft at self-checkouts
Supermarkets love self-checkouts. And despite the noisy protests of a minority, most customers love them too. But SCOs are far from perfect
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Supermarkets urged to ‘embrace’ new sustainable town model
The Food Foundation is partnering with radical developer Human Nature Places to build nearly 700 homes on a brownfield site in Lewes, East Sussex
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Aldi accused of ‘appropriating’ Real Bread Week with leaflet
Aldi is under fire from The Real Bread Campaign for referring to its annual Real Bread Week in a marketing leaflet without otherwise mentioning the charity or seeking its permission
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BP hires David Phillpot as convenience trading director Europe
In his most recent role as franchise director at M&S, he led relationships and commercial plans with M&S franchise partners, including BP
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Aldi to create 5,500 new UK jobs in 2024
The 5,500 new roles to be created in 2024 are more than 500 fewer than Aldi said it would create in 2023 this time last year
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Tesco vs Lidl: battle over Clubcard Prices logo reaches Court of Appeal
It follows a High Court ruling last April that Tesco was taking unfair advantage of Lidl’s discounter reputation with its design