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Analysis & FeaturesBig 30 wholesaler report and rankings 2026: a heavy load to bear
Inflation, increasing employment costs, new regulation… as the challenges mount up, how are the Big 30 wholesalers responding?
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NewsTim Steiner: Ocado ‘not blameless’ in CFC closures of major partners
Tim Steiner said ‘we have learnt important lessons’ as the company prepares to re-enter international markets as exclusivity agreements come to an end
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NewsOcado to axe 1,000 jobs in cost-cutting restructure
Under the restructure, 1,000 jobs will be lost as Ocado fold its commercial brands Ocado Solutions and Ocado Intelligent Automation into a single entity
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NewsAldi makes second pay rise announcement in weeks
It is the latest move in what has become a twice-yearly bidding war between Aldi and Lidl
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NewsTesco headquarters staff in jobs modernisation shake-up
The supermarket said it had begun speaking to colleagues about proposed changes
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Comment & OpinionImmigration is a toxic issue but food & drink must face it
Many in the food and drink industry – and indeed beyond it into the NHS and the care sector – would argue that we simply don’t have enough available workers to fill all the jobs that need to be done, says Ian Wright, partner at Acuti Associates
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Analysis & FeaturesHow pay and benefits stack up at the supermarkets
We look at how wage levels at Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Morrisons, Asda, Aldi, Lidl, M&S and Iceland compare
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Analysis & FeaturesHow can the food & drink industry tackle youth unemployment?
Young people today face a challenging jobs market. But many food and drink companies are helping them get their foot in the door with apprenticeships, graduate schemes and qualifications
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NewsMore retail job losses looming amid fears over Employment Rights Act
The BRC’s latest survey of chief finance officers found employment costs were among their biggest fears
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Comment & OpinionSocial impact from fixing food waste is far bigger than we realise
There are so many examples of industry-led social impact in this week’s Goodness special issue, says Kris Gibbon-Walsh, CEO of FareShare and guest editor of The Grocer
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NewsWaitrose staff to get almost 7% pay rise in April
The John Lewis Partnership said the investment comes on top of the nearly £300m it has pumped into improving salaries over the past three years
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NewsIceland’s new employee reward puts customers ‘at heart’ of staff recognition
Iceland said this is the first time customer feedback will be linked directly to its wider internal rewards programme
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Comment & OpinionWhy retailers must address the high cost of low morale
Evidence shows engagement thrives when staff feel valued, supported and able to contribute
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Comment & OpinionCo-op crisis about governance as much as strategy or execution
Hopes the situation would calm down, as issues with the plan were ironed out, do not seem to have materialised
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Comment & OpinionApprenticeships are essential to retail and social mobility
We believe defunding leadership apprenticeships would be a clear step backwards, says James Goodman, chief people officer at Asda
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NewsJD.com confirms March launch for UK Joybuy e-commerce site
At full launch it will bring “more than 100,000 products from leading household brands to UK shoppers” JD.com said.
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NewsOcado head office jobs at risk as it plans to shrink workforce by 5%
The move follows a bruising few months for the warehouse automation technology group
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NewsLidl raises pay and doubles full-paid paternity leave
‘We believe longer paid paternity leave is vital on our journey towards gender equality in the workplace,’ said Lidl GB’s chief people officer
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NewsAsda underpaid 53,000 workers sickness and holiday pay after Project Future error
Thousands of hourly Asda staff were incorrectly paid between February 2024 and May 2025, as a result of issues following its Project Future IT upgrade
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NewsTesco to cut nearly 400 jobs amid bakery restructure
Tesco is cutting almost 400 jobs as it phases out its centralised bakery operation and transitions to a new in‑store model