Rami Baitiéh news, comment and analysis – Page 3
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Comment & OpinionDid ‘Morrisons Magic’ really just mean job cuts and closures?
When Morrisons announced last week it was unleashing some much-needed ‘Morrisons Magic’ on Market Street, few expected the closure of dozens of fresh meat and fish counters, florists and pharmacies, and more than 50 cafés
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NewsMorrisons closes fresh counters, stores and cafés, putting 365 jobs at risk
Morrisons cuts hundreds of jobs as cafès, market kitchens, convenience stores, fresh counters, florists and pharmacies close for good
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NewsMorrisons plans Market Street shake-up under ‘Magic’ trading team restructure
The Grocer can reveal that group trading director Andrew Staniland has kicked off a major shake-up of its trading team
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NewsFormer Morrisons boss David Potts is ‘leading candidate’ to be new B&M CEO
David Potts is said to have been in talks with B&M for weeks
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NewsGroceryAid Ball raises £700,000 to support grocery workers
More than 1,000 guests attended this year’s GroceryAid Ball, which raised £717,267 to support grocery industry colleagues
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NewsMorrisons signs ex-Lidl COO following Asda management shake-up
Before taking a role at Morrisons, Heslop had been due to join Asda to run its stores and distribution network
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NewsAldi head office restructure puts 350 jobs at risk
Aldi has joined Sainsbury’s, Tesco and Morrisons in the list of supermarkets cutting jobs in the wake of October’s budget
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NewsRetail leaders warn one in 10 part-time jobs face axe
The BRC today estimated up to 160,000 jobs were at risk, blaming budget measures including the rise in employers’ National Insurance payments and the national living wage
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NewsAsda must restore revenue growth to avoid credit derating, Moody’s warns
Chairman Allan Leighton must fix the operational issues plaguing the chain in the coming months to avoid any further declines in its credit rating
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Analysis & FeaturesWhat shoppers really think about self-checkout machines revealed
Despite its age and ubiquity, self-checkout technology remains controversial. Our survey reveals what shoppers really make of them, as we look to an even more high-tech future
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NewsMedia Bites 30 January: shoplifting, job cuts and Lidl’s first pub
The papers have been focusing on Tesco job cuts, a steep rise in violent shoplifting and the continued fallout from last year’s October budget
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Comment & OpinionWhy Tesco’s ‘biggest ever Christmas’ didn’t prevent it from cutting jobs
Just 21 days have passed since Tesco said sales were up 4% over Christmas – but today’s job cuts meant that success was short-lived
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NewsMorrisons boss refuses to rule out more job cuts
Baitiéh said Morrisons had already saved £600m in cost savings and productivity in the past two years, but said that process was now being expanded
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NewsMorrisons turnaround gathers momentum to end the year on a high
Morrisons has delivered its strongest quarter for almost four years following a year of ‘urgent reinvigoration and positive progress’
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NewsIceland offers ‘hundreds’ of jobs to Sainsbury’s staff affected by layoffs
Iceland made the appeal first via social media and now through a formal release from the company
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NewsMorrisons axes hundreds of staff in major cost-cutting exercise
Staff impacted by the changes are understood to have been involved in roles including customer experience, employee engagement, recruitment and payroll
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NewsGroceryAid to extend support to tobacco industry workers
GroceryAid will assume responsibility for the welfare funds of the former Tobacco Trade Benevolent Association from 6 February
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NewsMorrisons boss Rami Baitiéh named new GroceryAid president
GroceryAid said Morrisons CEO Baitiéh would begin the role in the next few days, bringing huge retail and operational experience to his role
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Comment & OpinionIs Asda firing blanks in its latest price war campaign?
Asda has come out all guns blazing in a new supermarket price war to mark the start of 2025. But does it have the ammunition needed, or is it firing blanks?
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NewsMorrisons reaches 25 million meal mark in help for The Bread & Butter Thing
Figures released today reveal the supermarket has given a total of 10,500 tonnes of food to the Manchester-based charity in the past three years