All articles by Stephen Jones – Page 3
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NewsIceland Foods microloans scheme returns to fight school holiday hunger
Returning for its fifth year, the Iceland Food Club provides shoppers with interest-free loans of up to £100 that can be spent on groceries and household items from Iceland or Food Warehouse stores.
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NewsAsda gives loyalty shoppers fuel discounts in latest Rewards enhancement
This is the latest in a new ‘summer programme’ of loyalty enhancements rolled out by Asda as it looks to make its much-maligned Rewards loyalty programme more competitive
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Grocer 33Store of the week: Interview with Tesco Folkestone store manager Paul Bennett
’It’s the toughest environment in terms of competition that I’ve experienced in my 35 years in retail’
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NewsAsda restructures commercial team following job cuts
It has seen job roles widened, as well as the adoption of new titles across the buying team at Asda House
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NewsMorrisons launches international sourcing arm to boost overseas revenue
Myton International comes as part of a broader push to increase the number of retailers to whom Morrisons supplies products
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NewsJollyes sales grow after ‘ambitious’ store and range investment
Jollyes is in the midst of an ambitious expansion plan to double its store estate over the next five years
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NewsBooths revives online flower delivery service
Booths wants to grow its revenues outside of its core grocery offer under its newly launched strategy
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Grocer 33Nicola Sroka-Flannigan on leading Tesco’s flagship Glasgow store
‘This is the biggest store Tesco has in Glasgow at nearly 100,000 sq ft. We’re in the city centre, in the middle of a retail park, which gives us high footfall’
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NewsAsda appoints new George CEO to replace Liz Evans
Helen Connolly will rejoin Asda from New Look, where she is currently CEO
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NewsMorrisons reopening Market Street counters after customer feedback
The supermarket closed 70 of its meat and fish counters last year, but it’s now putting them back into stores after feedback from customers
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NewsAsda to cut 150 head office jobs to fuel turnaround plan
Asda is cutting 150 jobs across its Leeds head office, as it rushes to cut costs to fuel its turnaround plan
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Grocer 33Waitrose Swindon’s store manager on trading during a World Cup and a heatwave
‘What’s noticeable is how much on-demand kicks in around the England games. Families are definitely coming together to enjoy our food and drink’
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Comment & OpinionWhy Asda chose Amazon to ‘transform’ its retail media game
Asda’s chief customer and digital officer tells The Grocer why the supermarket is partnering with Amazon to overhaul its retail media offer
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NewsBooths to donate English sparkling wine sales to support British farmers
Through the charity partnership with the Royal Countryside Fund, Booths hoped to highlight ‘the connection between British farming, food production and one of the country’s most exciting agricultural success stories’
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NewsAsda brings in Amazon to ‘transform’ retail media offer
Asda is the first UK retailer to deploy Amazon’s Retail Ad service
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NewsGrape Tree hands staff £100k bonus after 10% sales rise
The payment is the first handed out by founder Nick Shutts after he sold the business to an Employee Ownership Trust in December 2025
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NewsAsda expands Deliveroo partnership to more than 850 stores
It increases the partnership between the pair by more than 50%, with new locations including Darlington, Yeovil, St Austell, Harrogate and Barry
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NewsAsda shakes up leadership team after Liz Evans steps down
Asda is using Liz Evans’ departure to ’reshape responsibilities’ within its senior executive team
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NewsAsda losses surge to nearly £1bn after price cuts and Project Future fallout
The Leeds supermarket was hit hard by the disastrous final stage of its Project Future work to decouple its IT systems from Walmart, latest full-year accounts show
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NewsMorrisons stores spared ‘empty shelves’ after Eddie Stobart driver strike called off
Nearly 500 Eddie Stobart drivers supplying Morrisons stores across the north had threatened to strike