All articles by Steve Farrell – Page 57
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Comment & OpinionShortages? What shortages? Aldi CEO sets out ‘unique advantages’ on availability
Amid the chaos – now topped with consumers coming to blows on petrol station forecourts amid challenges for fuel supplies – Aldi appears to somehow be well-stocked
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NewsAldi’s checkout-free store: location of first ‘frictionless’ discounter revealed
The store will use a system of cameras, sensors and artificial intelligence to identify products customers take from shelves, eliminating the need for checkouts
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NewsWrap recommends prominent front-of-pack recycling labelling to ‘nudge’ consumers
In a trial involving Boots and Radox, Wrap found a simple prompt on the front of shower bottles drove the recycling rate from 86% to 91%
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NewsIceland launching exclusive low prices for loyalty scheme members
The deals will be available to members of Iceland’s Bonus Card club, a savings scheme which already offers an additional £1 to spend in store for every £20 saved
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NewsSuperdrug confirms 19 stores will offer NHS Covid booster jabs
Those eligible for the booster jab will be contacted by the NHS
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NewsAldi introducing ‘community donation points’ to stores nationwide
The donation boxes will be in stores from October, accepting products for donation to local charities regardless of where they were purchased
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NewsPoundland to close stores on Boxing Day as a reward for staff
It’s the second year in a row the variety discounter has given staff extra time off at Christmas, having been among the first retailers to announce the move last year
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NewsAsda launches second ‘refill store’, and first in Scotland
The store in Glasgow Toryglen is the first Asda in Scotland to gain dedicated aisles of dispensers from which customers can fill either their own container or a reusable one available to buy
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NewsBoots to offer Covid booster jabs alongside ‘biggest ever’ winter flu jab programme
Winter flu jab bookings have inreased 67% compared with last year, accoridng to the health and pharmacy retailer
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NewsLidl launching in-store recycling points for soft plastics
The discounter is also replacing single-use fruit & veg bags with a compostable version
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NewsGino D’Acampo’s frozen meal range moves from Iceland to Asda
Iceland made much fanfare over range as it launched exclusively in its stores two years ago, saying it had been “created in collaboration” with the frozen food retailer
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NewsAldi echoes Lidl’s scan-as-you-shop move with ‘Aldi Go’ trademark
It comes weeks after Lidl’s similar trademark, which applies to “self-scanning systems for customers”
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NewsLorry driver shortage forces Iceland to cancel 250 store deliveries a week
’For small stores like ours, with limited back-up stocks, a missed delivery quickly results in gaps on the shelves,’ Iceland MD Richard Walker wrote in his latest blog
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NewsJTF stores begin reopening after sale of chain to Poundstretcher owners
JTF’s Tamworth store reopened on Thursday (10 September) selling a “large range of cleaning, toiletries, food and drink, home, garden and much more”
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NewsNew ranges put Iceland in 'sales growth' despite frozen market dip
The Grocer revealed last week the frozen specialist had landed 250 new products in stores in a day
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NewsPoundstretcher owners acquire JTF Mega Discount Warehouse
Nine JTF stores could be reopened after the brand and other assets were acquired by Bargain Buys, a subsidiary of Poundstretcher
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NewsPoundland sales and profits tumble after lockdowns hit footfall
Turnover for the year to 27 September 2020 was down 4.5% to £1.48bn, while operating profit plummeted from £26.7m to £8.6m
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NewsCo-op to open up to 30 in-store concessions from The Original Factory Shop
More than 30 of the concessions, each about 2,300 sq ft in size and employing about 10 staff, are to open inside larger Co-op stores over the next 15 months
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NewsAsda confirms plans for hundreds of convenience stores on EG forecourts
Twenty-eight ‘Asda on the Move’ stores are to open on EG Group forecourts this year, with a target of 200 by the end of next year and more in 2023
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NewsHeron Foods estate growth slowed by pandemic
The frozen food retailer has a long-term vision to grow the business but 20 to 30 stores a year, but the estate grew by just 13 in the year to 27 March 2021