All articles by Stephen Jones – Page 30
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NewsSainsbury’s cuts price of toilet and kitchen roll for second time in two months
The £4m investment comes after the supermarket saw wholesale pulp costs fall
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NewsNearly a third of multibuy offers are on HFSS products, research says
The Food Foundation is urging retailers to include more fruit and veg in bogof deals
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InterviewsIceland’s Richard Walker on his Mount Everest epiphany
Fresh from his ascent of Everest, Iceland executive chairman Richard Walker is fired up for a very different kind of frozen challenge
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NewsPlanet Organic to review all ranges as part of rebuild under Renée Elliott
Elliott is currently writing a business plan for the financial year from September
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NewsPret a Manger results reveal return to profitability
Pret is often seen as a barometer for the health of the UK’s high streets
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NewsIceland invests £26m in price cuts
Iceland is spending half a million pounds per week in ensuring prices remain low, the supermarket said
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NewsIceland to close all Swift convenience stores
“It didn’t work,” Iceland Foods executive chairman Richard Walker told The Grocer
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NewsWaitrose connects fruit & veg suppliers to FareShare in £100k donation
Waitrose has enlisted suppliers Primafruit, Produce World and Dovecote, who will donate fresh fruit & vegetables
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NewsHenry Dimbleby joins Fortnum & Mason as non-exec
Dimbleby stepped down from his role as the government’s food tsar in March
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NewsIceland boss ‘shocked’ at struggles of Irish stores buyer
Iceland Foods sold all of its stores in Ireland in February this year
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NewsSainsbury’s adds meat, fish and poultry to Nectar Prices
The loyalty discount scheme has been extended to 3,500 products since its launch in April
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Comment & OpinionWaitrose’s Uber Eats partnership – about time or too late?
Nowadays such deals seemingly come as often as takeaway drivers did during the pandemic lockdowns
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NewsWaitrose to restrict promotion lengths amid CMA scrutiny into deals
The way retailers promote and price products are under renewed scrutiny during the cost of living crisis
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NewsWaitrose partners with Uber Eats to expand on-demand delivery footprint
The service has initially launched in five London stores with the aim of rolling into more than 200 stores
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NewsWaitrose banking on animal welfare standards to attract shoppers
Waitrose executives see the supermarket’s ethical and sustainability credentials as its key advantage compared to rival grocers
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NewsWaitrose looks to deter shoplifters with in-store ‘love bombing’
The supermarket is training staff to be “extra attentive, causing thieves to think twice”, including by asking if help is needed at self-checkouts
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NewsSainsbury’s removes plastic trays from own-label steaks in latest packaging switch
Sainsbury’s had previously swapped plastic for cardboard trays in its premium own-label steak ranges
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NewsSainsbury’s has ‘zero complacency’ on food inflation, says CEO Simon Roberts
Roberts admitted the supermarket was concerned over perceptions the sector was profiteering from the cost of living crisis
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NewsHolland & Barrett extends free menopause advice service
The new online service will see advisors offering support in different languages, starting with Urdu, Hindi, Gujarati and Punjabi
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NewsWaitrose doubles down on value with new marketing campaign
The strapline ‘New Lower Prices on hundreds of your favourites’ will feature prominently in the new campaign