more supermarket news & analysis – Page 17
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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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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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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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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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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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Fruit snacking startup Zombie makes Tesco debut
The brand is the brainchild of Perkier founder Ann Perkins
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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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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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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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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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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
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Cut business rates and reform Apprenticeship Levy, says M&S boss
Stuart Machin has set out what he wants to see announced in Wednesday’s spring budget
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The Sidemen partner with Mornflake to launch cereal brand
The launch will be backed by an advertising campaign starring professional darts player Luke Littler
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Margiotta invests in HQ in bid to supercharge Waitrose expansion
The family-owned grocer currently stocks more than 2,000 Waitrose products, and wants to grow its offer
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Ocado claims biggest Buy British shopping aisle of any UK supermarket
The dedicated section of the Ocado website will feature more than 800 British items every week of the year
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Aldi Team GB sponsorship extended to 2032
The discounter has been the official supermarket of Team GB since 2015
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Aldi introduces parcel lockers outside stores
The lockers, from provider InPost, can be used by customers to collect and return online orders from other retailers
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Comment and Opinion
Morrisons is the elephant in the room of the M&A scene
Unconfirmed reports this week that Morrisons is exploring the sale of Rathbones are potentially embarrassing to Morrisons and to CEO Rami Baitiéh if true