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Media Bites 24 March: Ocado, pub prices and Jamaican rum
Ocado has watered down its DE&I targets, the Telegraph reports
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Lindt’s Dubai Style chocolate hits Sainsbury’s, Waitrose and Ocado
The viral chocolate bars have also been restocked in Lindt stores nationwide
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The Jolly Hog launches BBQ range that cooks in five minutes
The range (rsp: £6) is launching into Tesco, Morrisons, Ocado and Sainsbury’s at the end of March
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Better Nature Tempeh launches new & improved core line
Better Nature’s reformulation of its classic tempeh block now contains more protein, with 44g per pack
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Ocado launches Australian wagyu beef range from Jack’s Creek
The meat is a combination of two marbling breeds – Wagyu and Black Angus
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Comment & Opinion
Supermarket swaps: who’s to blame when online substitutions go wrong?
Supermarket substitutions and online swaps: who needs a bouquet of flowers when there’s a perfectly decent bunch of leeks to enjoy instead?
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Media Bites 28 February: Ocado cuts jobs and seeks M&S payment
Ocado’s plans to scale back its research and development workforce have generated headlines this morning
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Ocado’s value tanks as investors tire of long wait for profitability
Ocado’s market value plunged by £600m this week as investors grew tired of waiting for jam tomorrow following another year of large losses at the grocery technology group
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Tom Parker Creamery unveils ‘category first’ Bedtime Milk
The brand’s new functional milk is infused with botanicals to ’combat stress and promote good sleep’
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Olive oil prices down as much as 33% in the mults amid mild weather
Rain and milder weather in Spain have improved olive growing conditions
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Job cuts: Ocado to slash headcount of R&D team as it eyes AI productivity gains
The move was ‘absolutely to keep a rein on costs and drive towards being cash flow positive’ CEO Tim Steiner said
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City snapshot: Ocado share price down 10% in early trading
Ocado published its full-year results this morning. Haleon’s share price has also taken a hit after its revenues slipped 0.6% last year
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Ocado’s strong grocery sales help cut losses
Ocado Retail, its joint venture with M&S, saw revenue jump 13.9% last year
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Aldi ends packaging-free trial as funding for the Refill Coalition winds up
The Refill Coalition said Aldi’s trial was coming to a close in line with the planned end of funding from Innovate UK
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Grocer 33
Waitrose on top as online 33 retailers score highly
High scores were the order of the day for most retailers in this online Grocer 33
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ChicP launches houmous and tortilla chip snack pots into Ocado
Founded by former chef Hannah McCollum in 2015, ChicP offers a range of houmous dips
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Comment & Opinion
Class, net zero and the future of retail: LIVE unwrapped
Net zero, middle-class problems and how retailers are using tech and innovation to drive growth and stay ahead of the competition – here’s what you missed if you weren’t able to make it to Retail Week x The Grocer LIVE 2025
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UK’s top three supermarkets shunning X as retreat grows
So far in 2025, Sainsbury’s and Asda have joined Tesco in not posting on X except in reply to customers
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Comment & Opinion
In a VUCA vortex, supermarkets and suppliers need to hold hands
Volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity have become the norm. Retailer-supplier collaboration will be necessary to help the industry through it
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Promotions boost supermarket sales in January
Supermarkets kept shoppers spending after Christmas by offering a raft of promotions as take-home sales rose by 4.3% in January