All articles by Stephen Jones – Page 33
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NewsSainsbury’s drivers consider strike action over loss of employee discount
“Around 500” Sainsbury’s drivers are set to ballot over whether they should strike over proposals to transfer their employment to Wincanton, Unite said
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NewsWaitrose chefs teach cookery skills to care leavers
Young people can often leave the care system without having learned core cooking skills they’ll need for adult life
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Grocer 33Waitrose, Wilmslow: Grocer 33 store of the week
‘Counters are a massive point of difference for us – any sort of footfall we can put towards them is a success’
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NewsTesco and Vauxhall strike major new retail media partnership aimed at EV drivers
Part of the new partnership will see Vauxhall branding added to EV chargepoints at Tesco stores
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NewsSainsbury’s trialling electronic security cabinets in booze aisles to fight theft
Versions of the system have the capability for retailers to request customers to identify themselves using facial recognition, although Sainsbury’s hasn’t enabled this
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NewsBooths workers offered transfer to Asda after store closure
Booths said increases in operating costs meant it was no longer possible for Hale Barns to be ‘profitable under the Booths model’
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NewsSainsbury’s kicks off new café collaboration with Costa
It’s the latest high street coffee chain to open cafés in Sainsbury’s supermarkets
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NewsTesco to add unit price to Clubcard Prices promotions
The way supermarkets display unit prices has been under renewed scrutiny from the CMA in its response to the cost of living crisis
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NewsIceland boosted by ‘positive’ Moody’s outlook despite weaker than expected results
The optimistic outlook will come as a boost for Iceland after scrutiny over Iceland’s expsoure to high energy costs has increased over the past couple of years
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NewsIceland to raise awareness of suicide with new signs in stores
The ’first of its kind’ partnership with CALM will see new messaging rolled out across Iceland stores aimed at signposting customers to mental health support
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NewsBooths joins Too Good To Go to help tackle food waste
Booths was rolling out the service after customers responded well to a short trial
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Grocer 33Asda, Roehampton: Grocer 33 store of the week
‘The transition between spring and summer is big for us as a store, and it’s really important we manage that proposition – as a business we do that well’
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NewsFormer Booths CEO Chris Dee joins DukesHill as non-exec chair
Dee has also held roles at Harrods, alongside a portfolio career specialising in luxury food and drink
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NewsSainsbury’s expands in-house marketing agency to drive efficiency
The expansion of Zest would enable “more efficient ways of working” to help deliver its ambitions, Sainsbury’s said
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NewsAldi to expand Refill Coalition trial to more stores
The trial launched in a single Aldi store in Solihull in October and will be expanded to a “small number” of Aldi stores within the next “six months”
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NewsMargiotta ‘doubles’ range of Waitrose products as founder targets growth
The Scottish grocer first started stocking a range of Waitrose own-labels in 2021
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NewsSainsbury’s launches branded Corona fridges to capitalise on big night in
The new branded chillers have been “strategically placed” in or near to the takeaway and ready meal aisles of 70 Sainsbury’s stores
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NewsWaitrose invests £30m in latest round of price cuts
The £30m investment will come in two separate tranches over the first half of 2024 and will focus entirely on Waitrose’s own-label brands
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NewsSainsbury’s to double down on food, availability and loyalty in new three-year plan
The new strategy builds on Sainsbury’s Food First Strategy, which it has pursued over the past three years
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NewsIceland to avoid further supply chain strikes after GXO pay deal
It ends a months-long pay dispute between GXO and its employees at two warehouses in Iceland’s supply chain