All articles by Stephen Jones – Page 4
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NewsJohn Lewis kicks off new hospitality push with Jamie Oliver café
The retailer plans to add five new cafés and restaurants in 2025 after opening its first Jamie Oliver cookery school
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Grocer 33Waitrose, East Sheen: Grocer 33 store of the week
‘It feels like the Sunday trading six-hour window is no more – we open on-demand at 7am and it’s busy until 10pm’
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NewsSainsbury’s returns Fairtrade label to tea lines for first time in eight years
The switch marks a reversal after Sainsbury’s controversially dropped the label from its tea lines in 2017, in favour of its own – now ditched – ‘Fairly Traded’ accreditation
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NewsSainsbury’s makes SmartShop payments checkout-free to ‘reduce friction’ in stores
The SmartShop change is one of a number of trials currently underway as part of Sainsbury’s ‘mission-based’ strategy to make its stores easier to shop
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NewsMedia Bites 8 May: UK-US trade deal, WW bankruptcy, resilient coffee
UK set to agree a trade agreement with the US that would see some loosening of the tariffs and trade barriers imposed by Trump’s liberation day tariffs
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Category ReportHow retailers are cracking healthier snacking
The supers say they’re upping their healthier snack game. Eggs have even poached crisps’ spot as Tesco’s most-bought meal deal side. What’s next?
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NewsIceland to give students 10% off every Wednesday during exams
The new discount for students follows the same principle as Iceland’s over-60s discount
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NewsHarrods reassures customers after becoming latest retailer hit by cyberattack
Harrods confirmed it had ‘experienced attempts to gain unauthorised access to some of our systems’ on Thursday evening
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Grocer 33Waitrose Greenwich: Grocer 33 store of the week
‘We’re very lucky to work here – the location and the look inside are absolutely top drawer,’ says store manager David Goodacre
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NewsBoots launches ‘menopause zones’ in stores and adds more menopause-friendly products
Boots is stepping up its support for shoppers at ‘every stage of their menopause journey’
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NewsHolland & Barrett expands e-bike fulfilment partnership with Ridelogix
Availability of key lines had improved by 100 basis points since the trial began, the company said
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NewsFortnum & Mason launches hunt for ‘undiscovered’ food and drink brands
‘Undiscovered’ food and drink brands will be given the opportunity to list with Fortnum & Mason
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NewsFortnum & Mason targets scratch cooks with new kitchen ingredients range
Fortnum’s Kitchen is the luxury retailer’s ‘biggest-ever kitchen collection’ and is aimed at scratch cooks
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NewsIceland Foods first ‘supermarket’ in a prison is ‘common sense’
The Iceland-branded store opened at HMP Oakwood in Staffordshire in March
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Grocer 33Tesco Kingsway, Dundee: Grocer 33 store of the week
Store manager Darren Fraser on crime prevention, Easter sales and Tesco’s results
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NewsIceland Foods £100m warehouse a ‘game-changer’ for store expansion plans
The new Omega Park site in Warrington has capacity to supply 500 Iceland stores
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NewsSainsbury’s warns profits will fall to £1bn after record year
Sainsbury’s has promised more price cuts to maintain momentum amid growing market share
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NewsGroceryAid invites food workers to ‘give back’ through its first ever raffle
Tickets cost £1.50, with funds being donated towards the charity’s ongoing programme of support for food and drink industry workers
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NewsBooths has less shrinkage and ‘faster’ service since ditching self-checkouts
MD Nigel Murray told The Grocer a reduction in theft had been a ‘happy consequence’ of the decision to remove self-checkouts from all but two of its stores
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NewsWaitrose trialling electronic shelf labels in ‘open heart surgery’ tech upgrade
‘We are almost committing open heart surgery on some of our systems,’ Waitrose retail director Tina Mitchell told The Grocer