All Supermarkets articles – Page 128
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Comment & Opinion
Who is Tesco’s Aldi Price Match campaign benefiting most: Tesco… or Aldi?
Tesco’s repeated value benchmarking of Aldi in a cost of living crisis will be a ‘marketing case study in years to come’
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Comment & Opinion
Iceland and Home Bargains to close all stores on Boxing Day
The two retailers said it would allow staff more time to celebrate with loved ones
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News
Aldi creating 3,000 new jobs to support its ‘biggest ever Christmas’
It’s looking for more than 2,000 temporary and permanent store workers and over 850 warehouse recruits
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Comment & Opinion
HFSS legislation is confusing, arbitrary and hard to enforce. Will it really make a difference to our health?
Retailers have done their best with this complicated legislation but the picture remains unclear as to its benefits, says Steve Dresser, CEO of Grocery Insight
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News
Waitrose launches new £12 dine in meal deal in stores
Customers will be able to choose from 11 mains, eight sides and six desserts. Waitrose confirmed this would be an ongoing meal deal
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Comment & Opinion
Shoppers have high standards for grocery delivery – even in inflationary times
Consumers may be price-sensitive but expectations around delivery remain firmly in the post-Covid era, says Graham Smith, strategic account director at Gophr
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News
City snapshot: Tesco profits squeezed as customers ‘watch every penny’
Profits at Tesco fell back in the first half as customers faced “a tough time” but rising food prices helped Britain’s biggest supermarket grow sales.
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Comment & Opinion
Aldi’s new ‘eco concept store’ is about much more than saving energy
The discounter is closing legacy sites – some of which are 30 years old – and opening bigger ones nearby
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Analysis & Features
Broken promises: is setting environmental targets doing more harm than good?
Many brands and retailers have set big environmental targets, only to fall short. Should their ambition be applauded or discouraged – or will rule changes put a stop to them?
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News
Lidl to offer warehouse jobs on the spot as it hunts for 1,000 new workers
To make it as easy as possible to start work, Lidl plans to offer successful candidates an employment contract immediately at a series of open days at its distribution centres
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Interviews
Anna Turrell on taking Tesco’s sustainable financing scheme global
Tesco’s head of environment has climate anxiety. ‘It’s hard not to after working in sustainability for 17 years.’ But inside the retailer, she’s taking action
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Range Preview
Pistachio fudge and date platters: Tesco Diwali range 2022
Inspired by traditional Indian sweets, known as mithai, the range rolled out from early September
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Analysis & Features
Should the Adjudicator be allowed to police retailer-supplier relations?
Suppliers have told the GCA of being ‘ghosted’ over CPI requests
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News
Lidl and Aldi’s store opening programmes facing barrage of rival planning objections
With shoppers switching to the discounters in their droves due to the cost of living crisis, the objections are thwarting their ability to serve yet more
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Grocer 33
Sainsbury’s is cheapest shop in our special ‘green’ 33 price comparison survey
Waitrose is a surprise third thanks to major promotional splurge
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Grocer 33
Morrisons Newport Road, Cardiff: Grocer 33 store of the week
‘I started as a 16-year-old lad way back when my job was to fill the milk shelves on a Saturday’
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Grocer 33
Morrisons wins Grocer 33 but still fails to deliver all the Green Issue goods
Our shopper found its simple layout and “great signage” helpful
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Comment & Opinion
Why Tesco’s TikTok checkout voice search is a sound move
When it comes to buying groceries, only 17% of Brits consider human interaction important, according to a 2018 study by Whistl
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Analysis & Features
As energy prices soar, is it time supermarkets went off-grid?
Food stores are some of the biggest energy users in the country, but as prices soar and net zero targets loom, can they find new ways to power themselves?
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Comment & Opinion
Why my sister Celia’s death must lead to better food allergy controls
‘Free-from’ should mean a guaranteed total absence of the allergen from the food, says Celia Marsh’s brother Gareth Gower