All Supermarkets articles
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NewsAldi bakery volumes allow Manchester supplier Sheldon’s to plan new factory
Family-owned bakery Sheldon’s said it had more than doubled its volume of supplies to Aldi over the past decade
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NewsWaitrose tells suppliers it plans to ‘optimise’ its range
Suppliers have been told that around 25% of Waitrose’s range accounts for just 3% of its sales
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NewsAsda unveils policy enhancements to support Armed Forces community
The supermarket will be increasing its provision for reservists, introducing 10 days of paid leave plus a further five days of unpaid leave annually
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NewsSupermarket fridges fail across UK in latest heatwave
As temperatures soared above 36°C in parts of the UK this week, chiller cabinets were bare in Tesco stores in Haslingden, Crewe and Altrincham, The Mirror reported
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Grocer 33Small Waitrose store is best of the bunch across Swindon
Waitrose on Mill Lane posted this week’s best performance on availability and excelled in various areas
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Grocer 33Asda wins cheapest supermarket but rival promos keep the gap tight
Asda’s total basket discount of £2.69 was by far the shallowest this week
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Grocer 33Waitrose Swindon’s store manager on trading during a World Cup and a heatwave
‘What’s noticeable is how much on-demand kicks in around the England games. Families are definitely coming together to enjoy our food and drink’
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NewsLidl ringfences 10% of interviews for long-term unemployed candidates
The discounter is working with the Department for Work & Pensions to identify long-term unemployed candidates for interviews at every new store it opens over the next 12 months
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Comment & OpinionWhy Asda chose Amazon to ‘transform’ its retail media game
Asda’s chief customer and digital officer tells The Grocer why the supermarket is partnering with Amazon to overhaul its retail media offer
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NewsAsda online orders surge as World Cup ‘hydration breaks’ fuel top-ups
Compared with the previous week, sales of desserts and ice cream have increased by 127%, with beer sales rising by 76%
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Comment & OpinionAldi’s £50 giveaway won’t help sales, but it shows what’s going wrong
Without a loyalty scheme, Aldi lacks a way to connect with customers directly
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NewsPlummeting wholesale pig prices not showing up on supermarket shelves
Whilst the average price paid by abattoirs for pigs in the UK has collapsed 14.2% year on year, according to AHDB, The Grocer’s own analysis shows the average retail pork price has risen 5.8%
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NewsUK supermarkets ‘stocking but not selling’ plant-based, warns report
While supermarkets have largely succeeded in getting plant-based products on to shelves, in-store activation and navigation lags behind
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NewsM&S brings back viral Strawberry & Creme Sandwich
The sandwich went viral on social media last year and raised questions about tax
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NewsBooths to donate English sparkling wine sales to support British farmers
Through the charity partnership with the Royal Countryside Fund, Booths hoped to highlight ‘the connection between British farming, food production and one of the country’s most exciting agricultural success stories’
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NewsAldi giving away a £50 voucher a day in July and August
Aldi is billing its latest voucher competition as its way of helping families with the added costs of looking after children during the school holidays
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NewsAsda brings in Amazon to ‘transform’ retail media offer
Asda is the first UK retailer to deploy Amazon’s Retail Ad service
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NewsHeatwave set to drive second supermarket sales bump of 2026
Total till sales at UK supermarkets rose by 4.6% year on year in the four weeks ending 13 June, ‘primarily driven by’ the heatwave in the last two weeks of May
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Comment & OpinionThe Broken Plate isn’t a consumer problem – it’s a category strategy problem
Affordable healthy food isn’t a shopper failure – it’s a failure of pricing, promotion and ranging, says Vic Harper, CEO at The Bread and Butter Thing
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NewsAsda and Aldi the two worst-performing supermarkets for sales growth
Asda was the only supermarket to suffer a sales decline in Worldpanel’s latest data, while Aldi put in the weakest growth