All Stores articles
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NewsInflation up to 3.1% on fewer deals and change in channels
Take-home sales through promotions fell to 25%
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Comment & Opinion
How Iceland got online delivery availability back to normal
It’s still a struggle to book a slot with most of its rivals. How is Iceland able to offer next-day deliveries?
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News
Sainsbury’s to extend opening hours and reopen petrol station stores
CEO Mike Coupe told customers the vast majority of the chain’s supermarkets will be open from 8am to 10pm from Monday
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News
Vitality CBD adapts production line to make protective screens for retailers
The barriers are made on equipment Vitality ordinarily uses for producing counter display units
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News
Retailers set aside trading hours for elderly shoppers
Iceland led the way at the start of the week by encouraging its store managers to dedicate the first two hours of opening
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Analysis & Features
Do supermarket meat and fish counters have a future?
Meat counters are going out of fashion in UK supermarkets. But with some insisting they’re ‘vitally important’, can they evolve to survive?
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Comment & Opinion
Tesco’s latest Price Match move: can it really go the distance with Aldi?
Tesco is now committed to fight an enemy that has vowed never to be beaten on price
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News
Tesco opens first high street cashless store in London
The new store features 14 tills, with only two manned and none accepting notes or coins
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Analysis & Features
Supermarkets slash promotions as food inflation begins to bite
Asda, Morrisons, Sainsbury’s, Tesco and Waitrose have all cut their total number of deals year on year
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News
Sainsbury’s hits 300 Argos concessions mark with Salford opening
The supermarket hailed the new concession as a “milestone” in its integration of Argos
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Analysis & Features
Cereals get dearer in the mults despite lower wheat and oat prices
The average shelf price of ready-to-eat and hot cereals is up 3% year on year
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Comment & Opinion
Supermarkets of the future will be built on service – so invest in payments
Payments may not seem the most glamorous area to invest in, but retailers should not underestimate the power of convenient services, says Aaron Shields, executive strategy director at Fitch
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News
Speciality Drinks to open micro-distillery at Borough High Street store
Rather than creating spirits for sale, The London Bridge Distillery will host distilling and blending courses for shoppers
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Analysis & Features
Valentine’s fizz pricier as average shelf prices edge up
The average shelf price of champagne and sparkling wine SKUs is up 22p year on year across the mults
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Analysis & Features
Is this the beginning of the end for the checkout?
Checkout-free technology is advancing quickly. But what challenges remain – and could these ‘miracle’ stores soon be commonplace?
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News
Sainsbury’s trials supply tie-up with SimplyFresh
Sainsbury’s will supply the convenience operator with own-label and branded products
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News
Unilever and Kellogg’s link with Asda for sustainability store trial
The move follows a call by Asda CEO Roger Burnley in October for suppliers to “take a step into the unknown” and speed up their reduction of plastic
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Higgidy extends branded deli counter offer at Sainsbury’s
The West Sussex supplier will run a branded section of the deli counter in 244 stores by 22 January
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Waitrose kicks off 2020 with a Grocer 33 service & availability win
The rest of the retailers lost marks for poor availability in the aftermath of Christmas and the new year
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Analysis & Features
2020 vision: what does the future hold for food and drink?
Industry experts share their most seismic moments of the past decade – and predictions for the next one
