Shirine Khoury-Haq news, comment and analysis – Page 3
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InterviewsPeter Batt on driving the ‘Co-op and Nisa success story’
The ‘customer-obsessed’ Nisa MD is looking to build on its Co-op partnership, boost retailer loyalty and extend its omnichannel proposition. What’s first?
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NewsMedia Bites 7 February: Grocery market share, retail sales, Pret a Manger
Marks & Spencer is poised to overtake Waitrose as it wins over growing numbers of middle class shoppers
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Analysis & FeaturesHow supermarkets’ c-store onslaught has forced the rise of the hybrid
Supermarkets are pushing into the convenience sector with local formats. How are the independents and symbol groups fighting to stay relevant?
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Comment & OpinionDiageo’s marginalisation of wholesalers sets a worrying precedent
The danger is the situation snowballs, breaking a further link in the wholesale chain
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NewsCo-op targets eight million members by 2030
Co-op said it currently has five million active members and that it saw a 21% increase in the number of members shopping it its stores during December
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Comment & OpinionHow to encourage sustainability in a permacrisis
Post COP28, we must take action and understand what is within our control, says Shirine Khoury-Haq, CEO of Co-op
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NewsCo-op membership reaches eight-year high
The convenience retailer credited the relaunch of its membership in April, including the addition of Member Prices, with boosting recruitment
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NewsCo-op to get 7.5% of its electricity from new solar farm
The initial agreement is set to run for 15 years. At maximum capacity the farm will supply up to 7.5% of Co-op’s total electricity needs per year
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Analysis & FeaturesWho holds the power at Britain’s biggest supermarkets?
From established giants to emerging disruptors, billionaires to loyal ladder climbers. Journey through the boardrooms of the country’s leading supermarkets
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NewsAldi latest supermarket to give workers body cameras
The trial of the technology was revealed by Aldi UK & Ireland CEO Giles Hurley as he announced the discounter’s annual results
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NewsCo-op Food MD Matt Hood vows to put more pressure on police over shoplifting
Co-op Food like-for-like sales were up 4% in the first of 2023 – but ‘leakage costs’ came to about £33m
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NewsMedia Bites 17 July: Tesco, inflation, shoplifting, Getir
Tesco is pushing suppliers to pass on savings from falling costs as Britain’s biggest supermarket sets out to cut prices more aggressively than its rivals.
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NewsDebbie White to take over from Allan Leighton as Co-op chair
White spent 13 years with Sodexo covering a range of executive roles at the French foodservice giant between 2004 and 2017
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NewsCo-op to offer lower prices to loyalty card holders
The society is investing £240m across the next five years on a major overhaul of its membership scheme
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NewsCo-op seeking million more members as it reports ‘robust’ results
A £319m gain from the sale of the forecourt business in October helped the group avoid a loss for the 52 weeks to 31 December 2022
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NewsCity snapshot: Co-op boosts profits with “robust” performance but inflationary challenges continue
The Co-operative Group has hailed a “robust” set of annual results as the mutual’s profits received a boost from the sale of petrol forecourts to Asda and cost-cutting. Plus, former Co-op Group boss Steve Murrells appointed as CEO of meat processing giant Hilton Food Group. Hilton also reported a fall in full-year profits.
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NewsCo-op and Nisa raise £20m to fund clean water projects
3p of every litre of Co-op own-brand water sold goes to The One Foundation – a UK charity funding grants for humanitarian water, sanitation, and hygiene programmes
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NewsCo-op partners with Barnardo’s to help young people
Co-op aims to raise the money by engaging colleagues, members and customers in a range of national and local fundraising
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Comment & OpinionAs UK gender pay gap widens, supermarket boards offer a ray of hope
Examples abound of supermarkets hiring women to senior leadership positions
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Analysis & FeaturesPower List: The 10 most powerful women in the UK’s supermarkets
In the latest in our series of Power Lists on women in grocery, we look at the progress supermarkets are making on gender diversity, and shine a light on the high-profile female talent that’s rising to the top