All articles by Steve Farrell – Page 96
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NewsAmazon to roll out Counter click & collect to Next stores
Customers will be able to order for next-day collection from a staffed counter at no extra cost to Prime members
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NewsWilko suffers 4% drop in sales in 'challenging environment'
Despite the sales drop, the retailer managed a return to profitability, credited to reduced costs
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NewsFarmfoods reverses 2017 decline with 2.7% revenue rise
Turnover rose from £642.7m to £660.3m in the year to 29 December, according to newly filed accounts at Companies House…
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Comment & OpinionOcado is right to target single-person households
The online supermarket is looking to take single-person households from bricks and mortar rivals
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Analysis & FeaturesWhat’s Ocado’s vision for its clever new robot-chef tech?
Ocado will get its first robot this year – and sees the potential to take customers from both the likes of Deliveroo and other grocers
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NewsOcado to build second CFC for Canadian partner Sobeys
The development builds on a deal Ocado struck with Sobeys at the beginning of 2018
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NewsOcado invests in robot chefs for ready-to-eat meals
The investment ‘gives Ocado the opportunity to expand its value proposition in grocery, especially through Ocado Zoom’
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NewsLidl overstated price advantage over Morrisons, rules ASA
Morrisons complained that the Lidl ad did not reflect its promotional price
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NewsSandwiches back on Poundland shelves in new fresh bays
The sandwiches are joined by 22 new branded and own-label food lines
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NewsIceland launches website promoting sustainability credentials
The new site says the frozen food retailer is ‘taking on the world’s biggest environmental and social challenges’
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NewsPoundland rolls out Pep&Co clothing across entire estate
Pep&Co ranges are now in over 850 Poundland branches across the country
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NewsLidl to open biggest UK warehouse in Scotland this year
Lidl will relocate operations from its current Scottish warehouse in Livingston 20 miles west to the new 58,500 sq ft facility
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NewsSainsbury's grocery app suffers outages for days
The app was down on Android from at least Sunday afternoon until around 9pm on Tuesday
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NewsPlastic-free supermarket planning online launch
The Clean Kilo in Birmingham uses gravity dispensers to dole out produce directly into customers’ containers
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NewsSainsbury's opens first till-free store
Customers will scan their shopping with their smartphones, bag it and leave the till-free Holborn store
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NewsAmazon to open four new UK fulfilment centres this July and August
The first is set to open on 1 July while the other three are all due to begin operating on 5 August
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NewsCloud computing and advertising behind record Amazon profits
Amazon also announced plans to spend $800m cutting delivery times for Prime members
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NewsAldi responds to wave of job enquiries with careers chatbot
The ‘careers bot’ answers questions from job hopefuls on Facebook Messenger and directs them to relevant opportunities
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NewsOcado begins deliveries from new temporary warehouse in Andover
Previously Ocado had been relying on its other three CFCs, in Erith, Hatfield and Dordon
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NewsLidl to recruit customs head to manage Brexit strategy
The post is part of a recently created ‘Brexit team’ at the discounter’s south west London HQ