All articles by Stephen Jones – Page 12
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NewsCo-op the latest retailer to roll out Royal Mail parcel lockers
The Co-op will add the new click & collect lockers to 100 of its stores, following a similar move by Sainsbury’s earlier this year
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NewsWaitrose letting shoppers ‘borrow’ reusable cups in latest hot drinks trial
Waitrose shoppers have seven days to return the reusable cup to store, or will be charged £3 for failing to do so
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Grocer 33Waitrose Horsham: Grocer 33 store of the week
Store manager Piers Johnson on the challenges of benefits of working in a combined Waitrose and John Lewis store
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NewsSainsbury’s trialling electronic shelf-edge labels in latest tech test
The supermarket installed the tech at three of its larger format stores late last year and has been testing the technology’s impact across different categories, including Beers, wines and spirits, health and general merchandise
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NewsWaitrose expands Ottolenghi range with new pantry staples
The new ’flavour-packed’ ambient products are the latest edition to Waitrose’s flagship partnership with Yotam Ottolenghi
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NewsBooths rues ‘significantly increased costs’ for latest store closure
The closure would leave the family-owned grocer with 25 stores, in Yorkshire, Cheshire, Cumbria and its Lancashire heartland.
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NewsPlanet Organic losses narrow after year of ‘meaningful progress’
Founder Renée Elliott and new MD Mark Broomfield focused on stabilising Planet Organic’s cost base by closing stores
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NewsMedia Bites 3 June: M&S CEO’s pay rise, dangerous TikTok sellers, Walmart & automation
All the top retail news and headlines from Tuesday 3 June 2025
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NewsJohn Lewis determined to reinstate bonus ‘as soon as possible’ amid staff campaign
’Thousands’ of current and former partners have called on John Lewis to reinstate its annual bonus
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Grocer 33Sainsbury’s Dundee: Grocer 33 store of the week
‘This is a fruit growing area; the raspberries are produced literally two miles from the store, and we want to show our customers that we support local growers’
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Analysis & FeaturesHow retailers are giving prisoners a second chance
An Iceland in HMP Oakwood is helping to prepare prisoners for retail jobs on the outside. It’s part of a growing effort to employ offenders in the food sector
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NewsTighten rules on charity cash collection in stores, supermarkets told
The Fundraising Regular wants to prevent ’bad actors’ from defrauding shoppers by posing as charity collectors.
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NewsWaitrose opens first new store outside London for over six years
The Little Waitrose opened in Southwick, West Sussex this week, a location revealed by The Grocer in March
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NewsHolland & Barrett launches digital wellness app in bid to ‘redefine’ health
H&B&Me enables users to track their biological age, creates tailored ‘science-backed 21-day’ health plans and gives daily recommendations from an in-house digital coach
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NewsJohn Lewis gets green light to build hundreds of homes above Waitrose store in West Ealing
JLP plans to modernise its West Ealing Waitrose store, building 428 buy-to-let homes in the process
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Grocer 33Sainsbury’s Moor Allerton: Grocer 33 store of the week
‘Our location is central to some of the most affluent areas in Leeds, but then we’ve also got lots of families on budget’
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NewsCo-op to add electronic shelf labels to all 2,400 stores by 2026
The Co-op has partnered with VusionGroup to add electronic shelf labels to all 2,400 of its stores by the end of 2026
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NewsIceland adds ‘steak dispensers’ to stores to combat theft
The new fixture has also improved availability and cut food waste in stores, Iceland claims
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NewsIceland to ‘more than double’ number of Local convenience stores
Iceland received ‘hourly’ approaches from potential convenience store partners, said head of international and partnerships Justin Addison
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NewsWaitrose makes handwash bottles 100% recyclable in latest packaging switch
Waitrose has switched the pump on its bottles from a mixed material to single plastic, making the bottles fully recyclable at home