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NewsMiddle East meal delivery player Calo exits UK
Calo is ‘refocusing on its core markets and expansion into new verticals’
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NewsLipton to expand ‘social hub’ global content and creator network following pilot
The hubs, which ‘operate as an extension of the brand’s in-house team’, have already been rolled out across France, Turkey, Belgium, Spain, the Netherlands and Poland
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NewsJust Eat pilots AI-powered WhatsApp ordering
The company claimed it to be ‘Europe’s first food and retail ordering journey on WhatsApp’
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NewsCrowdshipping platform Shopopop launches in UK
The app allows individuals – or ‘crowdshippers’ – to pick up orders picked and prepared by stores and deliver them along their daily commutes, and earn ‘tips’ for doing so
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Analysis & FeaturesWhat makes Alex Baldock right for Boots’ IPO hopes?
Hailed as the hero behind the revival of Currys’ fortunes, Alex Baldock’s next challenge will be steering Boots to a potential IPO next year
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NewsDeal saves premium DTC butcher Donald Russell
The Aberdeenshire-based business will be resuming deliveries from 9 June, having been acquired by fellow DTC butcher DukesHill
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NewsMorrisons boosts online operations, renews Clarkson’s Farm sponsorship
New vans are carrying a livery promoting the supermarket’s rapid delivery service Morrisons Now
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NewsTesco retires store picker cash prize app Earnie
The supermarket developed the Earnie Goes Picking app with tech firm Lightfoot but its contract with the Exeter-based company has now ended.
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NewsTesco mounts major parcel locker rollout
The supermarket is working with Yeep, Evri and Royal Mail to install and operate parcel lockers outside stores
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Analysis & FeaturesWill suppliers get on board as Amazon takes on the mults?
Amazon is undercutting the supermarkets in a major grocery push. But it lags its rivals in the GCA’s rankings, so suppliers may be wary
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NewsDeliveroo launches Bundles feature, to ‘recreate high street shopping experience’
‘We want to emulate a trip to the shops on your local high street through the ability to order from multiple stores in a single order’
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NewsOcado launches rewards programme for Smart Pass holders
Customers can choose as many offers as they like from a selection of 15 featured deals that are on offer at any one time
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Comment & OpinionHow significant is John Lewis’s battle over online sales in rent?
And how are landlords and retailers dealing with the sticky issue of online sales in more recent turnover-linked leases?
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NewsSouthern Co-op expands partnership with Snappy Shopper
The society has now rolled out the home delivery service to 140 stores, which represents around 80% of its food estate
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Comment & OpinionEditor’s picks: big votes, Gold shortlists and the own-label surge
This week’s issue includes the latest on Southern Co-op’s merger, insight into the government’s support (or lack of) for the food industry and analysis of the growth of own label
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Comment & OpinionNever underestimate Amazon, even in grocery
Far from giving up on grocery, with the distraction and demands of physical Amazon Fresh retail stores behind it, the online giant appears revitalised
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InterviewsApps, loyalty and customers: Louise Weise on Lidl’s winning way
As Lidl revamps its loyalty scheme, chief customer officer Louise Weise explains why getting the basics right is key to the discounter’s stellar growth
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Grocer 33Ocado supply chain director Tim Walker on same-day delivery and dynamic aisles
‘We’re finding an increasing number of shopping missions need to be supported in different ways’
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Grocer 33Ocado bests rivals in online Liverpool mystery shop
Our shopper rates Ocado as ‘my favourite’ thanks to the ‘high-quality items’ and because ‘they have real-time availability’
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Grocer 33Amazon cleans up as cheapest supermarket with 22 items on price-cut promotions
At £78.55, Amazon’s basket was 7.7% cheaper than its nearest rival