All articles by Stephen Jones
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NewsAutistic man ‘sacked’ by Waitrose offered paid role by Asda
Tom Boyd has been offered two paid shifts a week by Asda after he was let go from Waitrose’s Cheadle Hulme store
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NewsAsda and Evri to roll out ParcelShops service to 1,200 stores
Asda plans to have rolled the service to all of its supermarkets, superstores and Express c-stores by the end of April 2026
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NewsMorrisons’ frozen boss Rebecca Stanton leaves after two years
Stanton’s departure follows a wide-scale restructure of Morrisons’ trading team in March, under group trading director Andrew Staniland
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NewsMorrisons to roll out electronic shelf edge labels to all 497 supermarkets from 2026
Morrisons is the UK first traditional UK supermarket to install electronic shelf edge labels in its larger stores, through a new partnership with Vusion Group
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NewsAsda targets London for new Express store expansion
The new stores are the latest in a wave of 20 new Express stores Asda planned to open throughout October
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NewsSnack’d debuts oat bars with ‘100% recyclable’ packaging into Booths following Soak’d rebrand
It follows the relaunch by owner Greenwood Foods, of the Soak’d Oats brand earlier this year.
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Grocer 33Morrisons Letchworth GSM Simon Hill on ‘ultra-premium’ range and More Card discounts
Morrisons GSM Simon Hill reflects on his first nine months at the Letchworth store
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NewsBooths begins manufacturing Amazon own label products
Booths has picked up the contract to manufacture own-label groceries for Amazon, as the northern supermarket aims to grow its white label partnerships
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NewsMorrisons revives 20% More Card discount at in-store fish and steak counters
Morrisons had quietly phased out the 20% discount at its counters earlier this year as part of a restructure of its Market Street counters
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NewsIceland reaches ‘major milestone’ by opening 200th Food Warehouse store
Iceland has a long-term plan to more than double its Food Warehouse estate with the aim of reaching £5bn in total sales
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NewsHotel Chocolat launches branded Velvetiser bays into Tesco for the first time
“This is a big move by Hotel Chocolat to meet our customers where they are,” Hotel Chocolat co-founder and global CEO Angus Thirlwell told The Grocer
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NewsAsda steps up price cuts campaign adding more than 200 fresh lines
The latest round follows more than 1,000 price cuts announced by Asda last week, as executive chairman Allan Leighton steps up his efforts to restore ‘Asda Price’ in a bid to win back shoppers ahead of Christmas
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NewsBooths losses halve after ‘better than planned’ year
Booths’ unexpected sales growth was enough to help the supermarket offset the impact of the increase in the national living wage, chairman Edwin Booth said in its latest results
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Grocer 33How winning Morrisons Norwich store overcame challenges to stay match-day ready
Next to Carrow Road stadium, Morrisons Norwich thrives on match-day crowds, fresh food and strong online sales
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NewsMorrisons launches its own on-demand delivery platform ‘Morrisons Now’
Morrisons will roll the new on-demand service to 420 stores by the end of October
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Comment & OpinionBananas are low-hanging fruit for Darren Blackhurst’s big Asda reset
Darren Blackhurst’s reset plans seems to have attracted the support of suppliers, even if there are some tough conversations ahead
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NewsAsda appoints new loyalty boss in bid to win back shoppers
The new hire previously spent five years at Asda as digital marketing director
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NewsAsda announces ‘bay by bay’ reset at supplier conference
Around 600 suppliers attended Asda’s conference in Leeds on Tuesday
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NewsAsda cuts the price of nearly 1,000 products as pre-Christmas price war intensifies
Asda chairman Allan Leighton has promised a return to ‘Asdaness’, by making the supermarket 5%-10% cheaper than main rivals
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NewsAsda to roll out electronic shelf-edge labels to 250 Express stores
Asda plans to install 700,000 seperate ESLs across its estate, through a new partnership with Vusion Group