Simon Roberts news, comment and opinion – Page 6
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Analysis & FeaturesHow much are the top supermarket bosses paid?
From the lowest to the highest, here are the salaries of the UK’s leading supermarket bosses
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NewsSainsbury’s to upskill brands on the ‘power’ of retail media networks
Supermarkets are keen to encourage brands to make the most of their growing retail media networks
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NewsMedia Bites 4 April: Marks & Spencer, Sainsbury’s. Getir
Marks and Spencer’s chief executive received the biggest pay package the retailer has awarded in a decade, taking home £4.7mn as the group continued to improve its fortunes
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NewsSainsbury’s ‘resolves’ latest contactless payment outage
It’s the second issue to affect Sainsbury’s ability to process payments this year
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Analysis & FeaturesLabrador retail crime and Asda rebrand: this week on grocery social media
Asda unveiled a fresh rebrand and bread-stealing Labradors became Facebook celebs. What you missed this week on social media in the world of grocery
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NewsSainsbury’s boosts AI capabilities with new Microsoft partnership
The technology would improve avilaibility in stores, and improve customer service
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Analysis & FeaturesWas Sunak’s summit enough to inspire supply chain confidence?
The second annual Farm to Fork Summit saw representatives from across the food sector gather at No 10 to hear the PM’s proposals
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Comment & Opinion‘Food futurologists’ are way off base with vegan trend predictions
Just a year from now, Sainsbury’s futurologists envision a typical family sitting down to a bank holiday vegan meal, says Joanna Blythman, food journalist and author of Swallow This
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NewsMedia Bites 26 April: Sainsbury’s, Nestlé, Unilever
A packed morning in the papers sees Sainsbury’s latest annual results grabbing the most headlines
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NewsSainsbury’s ‘winning the weekly shop’ as Simon Roberts hails ‘strongest year’ for grocery
More customers were now choosing to do their ‘main weekly shop’ with Sainsbury’s and more often, Simon Roberts claimed
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NewsCity snapshot: Sainsbury’s forecasts profits of £1bn in 2024 on strong grocery growth
Sainsbury’s has posted an uplift in underlying annual profits and forecast another rise in profits in the current financial year. Plus updates from Unilever, Nestlé, CCEP, WH Smith and more
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Analysis & FeaturesAbuse, aggression and assault: the rising toll of crime on retail staff
Retail workers are reporting worsening mental health as the tide of crime continues to rise. What more needs to be done to help staff?
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NewsSainsbury’s launches new ‘Good to Know’ campaign in stores
PoS signs featuring the slogan ‘Good to Know’ began rolling into stores in April, with with the slogan also set to feature prominently in advertising throughout 2024
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NewsSainsbury’s mimics Tesco for third time with new everyday low prices campaign
‘Low Everyday Prices’ will replace Sainsbury’s long-running Price Lock campaign
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NewsGreggs stores to reopen after IT issue 'resolved'
A significant number of Greggs stores were unable to take card payments on Wednesday morning
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Comment & OpinionSainsbury’s IT ‘meltdown’ offers lessons in crisis management
The computer might say no, but customers still want a person to apologise for it
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NewsSimon Roberts apologises after IT issues led to cancelled online orders
The issue left Sainsbury’s unable to fulfill the majority of online orders or process contactless payments in stores over the weekend
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NewsSainsbury’s online deliveries and contactless payments halted by ‘technical issue’
Sainsbury’s was unable to fulfil the ‘vast majority’ of online deliveries due to a ‘technical issue’
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Analysis & FeaturesHow British are the supermarkets and what’s behind their marketing claims?
Much has been made of online ‘buy British’ sections, but farmers aren’t impressed. A consultation is looking to make claims clearer
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NewsSainsbury’s restructure folds Future Brands incubator into product development team
The restructure comes as part of Sainsbury’s Next Level strategy, unvieled by CEO Simon Roberts in February