All articles by Steve Farrell – Page 68
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NewsAldi first discounter to offer packaging-free staples
Aldi began selling several varieties of rice and pasta from a bank of dispensers in April
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NewsMere on the hunt for buyers and store staff to support UK growth plans
The hard discounter is set to begin a recruitment push within weeks of opening its first UK store this Saturday
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NewsIceland recruits Timmy Mallett to push ‘retro’ lolly range in online videos
The ‘zany’ 1980s kids’ TV host will taste and rate Iceland’s exclusive range of ‘retro sweet shop favourites’
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NewsGousto to reroute undeliverable meal kits to the vulnerable through FareShare
Meal kits that cannot be delivered to customers will instead be taken by Gousto’s courier partner DPD to a FareShare warehouse
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NewsIceland doubles rewards for ‘Bonus Card’ members in August
Until 31 August, members will get a £2 bonus for every £20 they save up in the scheme, up from the usual £1
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NewsB&M staging its own jobs fair in push to fill posts from stores to head office
The variety discounter is appealing for candidates to come along without an appointment to the event at its head office
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NewsMorrisons launches back-to-school packs for shoppers to donate to struggling families
The supermarket has launched ‘back to school pick up packs’ containing essential school stationery such as pens, pencils, rubbers and rulers
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NewsSupermarkets delay complying with CMA call on restrictive land agreements
The Competition & Markets Authority wrote to Sainsbury’s, Morrisons, Asda, Co-op, Waitrose and M&S asking them to demonstrate their compliance
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NewsLidl trialling ‘scan as you shop’ with new app
The pilot will allow customers to scan products themselves using their smartphones as they shop
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NewsWilko to keep in-store face mask recycling points until the end of September
The retailer claimed a high street first with the launch of the initiative on 1 April, but it was initially intended to run for just three months
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NewsIceland adding recycling bins for soft plastic to Food Warehouse stores
The business plans to roll them out across The Food Warehouse’s estate of about 140 stores in the year ahead
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NewsLidl claims a billion pieces of plastic removed from stores
The one billion figure includes 24 million plastic trays and punnets removed from fruit & veg
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NewsRussian discounter Mere finally names opening date for first UK store
‘We are now on the verge of creating new retail segment in the UK,’ Mere’s UK business development manager told The Grocer
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NewsPoundland rolling out free-from range to over 300 stores
The range consists of over 30 free-from products, including dairy-free and gluten-free varieties of bread, porridge, cakes and snacks
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NewsSales boost shrinks Iceland’s annual losses but its finances stay in the red
The latest accounting period included an advance of £108.5m to Iceland’s family shareholders’ holding company, WDFF, in order for them to pay Brait SE for the return of the business to full family ownership
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NewsCollapsed discounter JTF facing prospect of legal action by redundant staff
About 500 workers were made redundant with immediate effect on Tuesday this week, following the closure of all 12 of the chain’s shops
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NewsPingdemic: Richard Walker and Steve Rowe accused of risking ‘spooking’ public
Iceland MD Richard Walker has made a series of TV appearances in recent days saying absence rates have forced him to close stores
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NewsPingdemic: up to 10,000 food supply chain workers to be exempt from self-isolation rules
However the government has stopped short of including shopworkers
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NewsOxfam’s supermarket human rights campaign stalls in pandemic
The charity’s ‘Behind the Barcodes’ campaign has published a supermarket human rights ‘scorecard’ at the end of June each year since 2018
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NewsIceland confirms plans to recruit 2,000 extra staff to tackle ‘pingdemic’
The recruitment push is to begin within days via ads in stores, on social media and in service stations