All articles by Steve Farrell – Page 107
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NewsSouthampton Londis store adopts Ubamarket shopping app
The app lets customers and scan as they shop and could enable checkout-free payment
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NewsHome Run to double its territory and launch new ordering app
The start-up delivers in as little as an hour for branches of Tesco, M&S, Waitrose and Whole Foods
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NewsAmazon to increase its minimum wage across the UK
Amazon said 17,000 employees and 20,000 seasonal workers would benefit from the new UK rates
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NewsOcado switches to digital receipts in move to save paper
From this week, deliveries no longer include paper receipts but they can still be viewed in Ocado’s app
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NewsCo-op extends taxi home delivery service to 12 stores
Customers can get a lift home with their shopping in trial analysts say could point to online ambitions
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NewsAldi will cut prices to stay cheaper than Jack’s, says UK CEO
A recent price comparison by The Grocer found Tesco’s new discount chain was £1.87 cheaper for a basket of 35 items
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NewsAldi could be poised to launch UK same-day delivery, say analysts
The discounter could follow its US Instacart rollout with a similar UK service
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NewsIceland opens first 'stores within stores' at The Range
New concepts have been rolled out in Liverpool and Birmingham
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NewsAmazon launches cheaper voice shopping Echo Input device
Echo Input was launched alongside a new Amazon Smart Plug
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NewsLidl launches one-hour grocery delivery in Dublin
The core range including frozen, ambient and fresh food can be ordered on a smartphone app
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NewsOcado adds 'low plastic' and 'recyclable' categories
Move is part of a suite of new plastic reduction measures planned by Ocado
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NewsPoundland moves into 20 former Poundworld stores
The retailer said it was looking to recruit former Poundworld staff for the locations
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NewsLidl to remove black plastic from fruit & veg lines
The non-recyclable plastic will be removed from products including mushrooms, baby sweetcorn, asparagus, broccoli and cauliflower
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NewsPoundstretcher hires Nadir Lalani as executive chairman
Lalani founded 99p Stores in 2001 and was CEO before the discount chain was sold to rival Poundland in 2015
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NewsWaitrose launches two-hour Rapid Delivery service in London
The new service is currently available in eight London postcode areas
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NewsIceland's plastic update: 2,000 tonnes to be eliminated by 2019
The reduction will take the retailer one eighth of the way to achieving its commitment made in January
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NewsPoundstretcher fuels expansion with former Poundworld sites
The discounter had been bidding to buy 200 Poundworld stores before the chain went into administration but couldn’t agree terms
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NewsLidl to build distribution centre in Leeds in expansion push
The discounter has also opened 20 new stores since February, bringing the UK estate to 720
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NewsMorrisons undercuts rivals with meal kit deliveries
The retailer’s Eat Fresh recipe boxes are available from today
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NewsFormer Aldi UK boss Roman Heini moves to Lidl
Heini was joint-MD of Aldi UK between 2010 and 2014