All articles by Stephen Jones – Page 5
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NewsIceland Foods fails in bid to trademark ‘iconic’ King Prawn Ring
In September 2024, the supermarket specifically warned Aldi, Tesco, Asda, and Lidl that its lawyers were ‘more than ready’ to act should they launch their own ‘pretender’ versions of its King Prawn Ring over Christmas
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NewsFarmison & Co split up after sale of brand and factory site
The sale of Farmison & Co to Scottish butcher Donald Russell had the potential to create ‘one of the largest DTC businesses in the premium meat space’
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NewsHolland & Barrett CEO Anthony Houghton joins The Retail Trust
Houghton will sit on the retail charity’s board of trustees, which is chaired by former Matalan and Littlewoods CEO Alistair McGeorge, as it continues it work supporting retail workers across the sector.
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NewsIceland Foods recruiting for 1,800 roles to deliver ‘thousands’ of turkeys this Christmas
The frozen supermarket is looking to fill 1,800 part-time and full-time roles ahead of the ‘busy’ festive period
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Analysis & FeaturesIs Andrew Staniland’s ‘Icelandification’ of Morrisons enough?
With Lidl closing in, Morrisons is undertaking a range reset, and changing its loyalty and promo strategy – while trying to pay down its £1bn debt
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Grocer 33Waitrose South Harrow’s Rob Pender on commuter customers and Halloween sales
‘It’s a very busy, 24-hour operation, and the first store I’ve managed where there is a petrol station, which has added layers of complexity’
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NewsAutistic man ‘sacked’ by Waitrose offered paid role by Asda
Tom Boyd has been offered two paid shifts a week by Asda after he was let go from Waitrose’s Cheadle Hulme store
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NewsAsda and Evri to roll out ParcelShops service to 1,200 stores
Asda plans to have rolled the service to all of its supermarkets, superstores and Express c-stores by the end of April 2026
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NewsMorrisons’ frozen boss Rebecca Stanton leaves after two years
Stanton’s departure follows a wide-scale restructure of Morrisons’ trading team in March, under group trading director Andrew Staniland
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NewsMorrisons to roll out electronic shelf edge labels to all 497 supermarkets from 2026
Morrisons is the UK first traditional UK supermarket to install electronic shelf edge labels in its larger stores, through a new partnership with Vusion Group
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NewsAsda targets London for new Express store expansion
The new stores are the latest in a wave of 20 new Express stores Asda planned to open throughout October
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NewsSnack’d debuts oat bars with ‘100% recyclable’ packaging into Booths following Soak’d rebrand
It follows the relaunch by owner Greenwood Foods, of the Soak’d Oats brand earlier this year.
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Grocer 33Morrisons Letchworth GSM Simon Hill on ‘ultra-premium’ range and More Card discounts
Morrisons GSM Simon Hill reflects on his first nine months at the Letchworth store
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NewsBooths begins manufacturing Amazon own label products
Booths has picked up the contract to manufacture own-label groceries for Amazon, as the northern supermarket aims to grow its white label partnerships
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NewsMorrisons revives 20% More Card discount at in-store fish and steak counters
Morrisons had quietly phased out the 20% discount at its counters earlier this year as part of a restructure of its Market Street counters
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NewsIceland reaches ‘major milestone’ by opening 200th Food Warehouse store
Iceland has a long-term plan to more than double its Food Warehouse estate with the aim of reaching £5bn in total sales
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NewsHotel Chocolat launches branded Velvetiser bays into Tesco for the first time
“This is a big move by Hotel Chocolat to meet our customers where they are,” Hotel Chocolat co-founder and global CEO Angus Thirlwell told The Grocer
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NewsAsda steps up price cuts campaign adding more than 200 fresh lines
The latest round follows more than 1,000 price cuts announced by Asda last week, as executive chairman Allan Leighton steps up his efforts to restore ‘Asda Price’ in a bid to win back shoppers ahead of Christmas
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NewsBooths losses halve after ‘better than planned’ year
Booths’ unexpected sales growth was enough to help the supermarket offset the impact of the increase in the national living wage, chairman Edwin Booth said in its latest results
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Grocer 33How winning Morrisons Norwich store overcame challenges to stay match-day ready
Next to Carrow Road stadium, Morrisons Norwich thrives on match-day crowds, fresh food and strong online sales