All Supermarkets articles – Page 13
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NewsWaitrose to permanently extend rapid delivery hours at some stores
Most stores will fulfil orders until midnight while some of the most high demand stores will offer deliveries 24/7
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NewsM&S poaches Morrisons’ customer and loyalty director
McLellan, currently group customer, data and marketing director for Morrisons, will join M&S in the new year.
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NewsIceland Foods to sponsor Warrington Town with 10% discount for fans
Despite its Deeside roots and location, Iceland has a strong connection to the Cheshire town as a major employer
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NewsWaitrose rolls out new fridges to withstand ‘Mediterranean-level heat’
The retailer joins Marks & Spencer and Sainsbury’s in upgrading its refrigeration to better cope with hotter temperatures
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NewsMorrisons losses hit nearly £1bn despite sales growth
Morrisons blamed unexpected ‘headwinds’ to the tune of £200m in costs from Rachel Reeves’ autumn 2024 budget, and the impact from a cyberattack which crippled its supply chain in the run-up to Christmas 2024.
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NewsPlastic bag sales fall, reversing last year’s rise
More than half the single-use plastic bags sold last year were issued by Ocado
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NewsAldi wins four-year battle with Lidl over Horncastle store
Both had submitted bids to open stores in Horncastle, but planners decided two discount supermarkets would be too harmful to the town centre
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NewsThe supermarket big hitters behind the Argos buyout
Swift, the newly established company set up to acquire Argos, is led by Richard Pennycook, Trevor Strain and Matt Truman, executive chairman of True Capital, which is backing the deal
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Analysis & FeaturesSainsbury’s and Argos: a timeline from merger to sale
The tie-up promised to bring more choice for customers and more value for shareholders, but job losses followed in the integration and Argos became a drag on Sainsbury’s performance
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News‘Sainsbury’s and Argos will continue to work in partnership’, Simon Roberts confirms
Sainsbury’s CEO Simon Roberts has confirmed Argos will continue to operate inside the supermarket’s stores, with plans for all 14,000 staff to transfer across to Argos
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NewsSainsbury’s £120m sale of Argos: the market responds
Shares in the FTSE 100 group raced 3.5% higher to 368p as markets in London opened today and analysts also reacted positively
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NewsIceland growth prospects boosted after €600m debt refinancing deal
Iceland was forced to look abroad to refinance its debt as Sterling Capital Markets ‘weren’t there’, Richard Walker said
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Grocer 33Morrisons scrapes the win with just 15p lead on Tesco
Morrisons was the only supermarket to reduce its total over last year’s
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Grocer 33Tesco gets home advantage with Welwyn Hatfield win
Our shopper praised the winning store’s layout and was particularly taken by the number of trolleys that were “nice and clean”
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Grocer 33Tesco Hatfield’s store manager on availability, service and life near HQ
‘This is an awfully busy, important and opinion-forming store for Tesco. HQ is just down the road’
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Partner FeaturesHow to swap strategic grind for growth
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NewsSainsbury’s sells Argos to veteran retail team for £120m
Sainsbury’s will sell off Argos for more than £120m to a newly established company formed by retail heavyweights Richard Pennycook, Trevor Strain and Matt Truman
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NewsIceland boss urges CMA to get on with decision over Aldi and Lidl
The CMA was due to publish a decision on whether Aldi and Lidl should have to follow land competition rules in July
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Analysis & FeaturesWhy Tesco is finally marrying up with Uber Eats and Deliveroo
For years Tesco has shunned aggregator apps, preferring its own Whoosh service. Now, it has finally decided it can no longer ignore them
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NewsAsda sales grow for the first time in more than two years
It is the first time Asda has posted positive returns since Q1 2024, aaccording to unpublished Worldpanel data seen by The Grocer