All articles by Steve Farrell – Page 10
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NewsGrocery sales to be ‘subdued’ this Christmas
AlixPartners’ UK Christmas Grocery Forecast predicts in-store food sales will see muted year-on-year growth, and be down in real terms once inflation is factored in
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NewsTreasury minister James Murray defends government’s business rates plans
Increasing business rates from 2026 for the most valuable properties will enable a permanent reduction for the retail, hospitality and leisure properties that “make up the backbone of our high streets”, says James Murray
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NewsM&S rolling out trolley self-checkouts with conveyor belts to Food Halls
M&S is rolling out self-checkouts for a trolley shop, occupying as much space as a staffed checkout
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NewsM&S and Waitrose neck-and-neck in market share as Christmas approaches
Recent changes in M&S Food Halls include the rollout of self-checkouts designed for trolleys, occupying as much space as a staffed checkout and including a conveyor belt
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NewsSupermarket growth still being propped up by inflation, new data shows
Take-home value sales at the grocers increased by 2.3% in the four weeks to 3 November, while prices rose at exactly the same rate
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NewsAldi seeing early signs of high Christmas demand
Sales of its Mulled Wine and Flavour Mulled Wine are up 17% year on year, according to the discounter
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Comment & OpinionBusiness rates: government has shown its hand in the budget – and retail has been cheated
Labour’s solution to separating online retail from the high street as part of business rates reform, we now know, is that it’s not going to
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NewsCampaigners claim ‘victory’ over Lidl and Sainsbury’s in ‘freshly baked’ row
Lidl and Sainsbury’s have dropped ‘freshly baked’ signs for their in-store bakeries, despite denying the move was due to pressure from The Real Bread Campaign
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NewsBudget measures to heap £120m in added costs on M&S, says chief
Stuart Machin said ‘we don’t want to pass on these costs to our customers’ through price rises but ‘can’t rule anything out’
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NewsAldi reveals sites of 11 stores to open by Christmas
New Aldi supermarkets are set to open this week in Sedgley in the West Midlands and Castle Douglas in Scotland, with Horsham in West Sussex and Muswell Hill in London next in line for later in November
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NewsLidl makes big changes to store layouts and adds self-checkouts
There are also new security measures including a one-way barrier at the entrance and another at the self-checkouts where customers must scan a receipt before leaving
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NewsLidl pledges £125,000 for charity and relaunches Christmas toy bank appeal
The £125,000 will go to charity partners hosting festive events across the country, providing essential funding to purchase food and other supplies
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NewsCity snapshot: Branded growth outpaces cheaper own label - OC&C 150
Sales at the biggest 25 branded players in UK fmcg increased by almost a fifth in 2023 as new analysis by OC&C revealed that Britain’s largest food brands held back competition from cheaper own-label alternatives
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NewsLidl seals 12-store sale & leaseback deal in breakthrough for expansion programme
Lidl has sold the 12 sites for £70m to Roadside Retail, which has agreed to lease them back to the discounter for 25 years
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NewsStuart Machin urges Chancellor not to raise taxes on business
The M&S chief said he hoped recent ‘rumours’ that Rachel Reeves planned to raise National Insurance were untrue
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NewsB&M risking M&S spat over festive light-up gin, say trademark lawyers
M&S has proved fiercely protective of its light-up gin liqueur and last year successfully sued Aldi over a copycat version
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NewsLidl adding scan & go shopping to loyalty app
The feature is being added to Lidl Plus in Germany, the Netherlands and Poland, ahead of an anticipated rollout to other European territories
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Comment & OpinionIf using solar panels to power Tesco stores is ‘greenwashing’, what isn’t?
Tesco has been accused of greenwashing, but is there any basis to the claim?
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NewsLidl triples plant-based range and sets new sales targets to support climate goals
Lidl GB chief commercial officer Richard Bourns said the supermarket was the ‘first UK retailer to set specific plant-based protein targets’
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NewsAldi removes plastic trays and windows from several savoury food lines
Aldi’s announcement comes are after new research this week claimed 51% of food and drink in UK supermarkets was packaged in plastic that could safely be replaced with an alternative, amounting to 29.8 billion avoidable pieces annually