All Supermarkets articles – Page 185
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NewsSainsbury’s only supermarket geared up for HFSS ban, claims study
Supermarkets are running more than 4,000 online promotions for unhealthy food every week
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Comment & OpinionWith inflation, strikes and Omicron, will Christmas really be better than last year?
After a washout in 2020, Christmas 2021 isn’t exactly shaping up to be a cracker, either
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Comment & OpinionDiscovering innovative small brands is easy. Supporting them is where retailers fail
Retailer SME schemes focus too much on ‘discovering’ new brands without offering proper ongoing support, says Theadora Alexander, co-founder at Young Foodies
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NewsTea brands and retailers called on to reveal suppliers
A new index aims ‘to hold tea companies accountable for plantation worker abuse’
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NewsAsda faces strike threat amid row over pay
It is the first stage of the process intended to ‘test the water’, said a GMB spokesman
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NewsAldi CEO Giles Hurley reassures customers discounter will have plenty of Christmas supplies
It comes in a week of warnings strike action could lead to shortages at some other supermarkets
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NewsTesco workers suspend strike action to vote on new pay offer
Tesco reopened pay talks this week after over 6,000 workers voted to strike
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Analysis & FeaturesThe inside story of Tesco’s strike action
Tesco workers this week voted in their thousands to go on strike in the run-up to Christmas. But it’s far from an isolated incident. So what’s behind the rise in industrial action?
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Comment & OpinionSmaller outlets have a golden opportunity as Covid complicates Christmas
The new variant will increase anxieties about visiting supermarkets, opening the door to smaller, more agile players this Christmas, says Patrick Eve, COO at Gophr
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NewsTesco facing industrial action at another nine DCs in run-up to Christmas
Usdaw members at the nine DCs are set to join Unite members already planning walkouts at another four
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NewsCity snapshot: Grocery sales fall back despite mounting price inflation
Grocery sales fell by 3.8% in the last 12 week period, according to Kantar, despite inflation rising to its highest level since June 2020.
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Comment & OpinionTesco will need some steel to see out distribution workers’ strike
The unions know they are in a position of strength, with the labour market stretched at this most vital time of year
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NewsAsda offering 10% Christmas discount to NHS and emergency service workers
The supermarket will take 10% off shopping bills over the Christmas period for holders of a ‘Blue Light Card’
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NewsTesco facing Christmas shortages over strike action, warns union
Over 1,000 warehouse workers and HGV drivers have voted to strike over a 4% pay rise offer
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NewsCampaign group aims to ‘inundate’ supermarket bosses with demands for Boxing Day closures
Organise – a campaigning network of over a million people across the UK – is urging its members to directly email CEOs with a standard message
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Grocer 33Sainsbury’s Marsh Mills wins with good availability and ‘festive feel’
The ‘warm and seasonal’ store in Plymouth impressed with its attractive displays
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Comment & OpinionOmicron threatens supermarkets as well as hospitality this Christmas
If retail demand surges as a result of more people staying at home, it is unclear if or how the supply chain can react
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NewsSupermarket vegetable initiative records major spike in sales
The Peas Please initiative involves retailers including Aldi, Co-op, Lidl, Sainsbury’s and Tesco
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NewsCity Snapshot: Food prices soar in November and set to get worse over Christmas - BRC
Shoppers are likely to pay more for their Christmas dinner this year as food prices rocketed to their highest levels in more than a year.
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NewsTesco plans new range simplification in Clubcard revamp
CEO Ken Murphy pledging to work “hand in glove” with Dunnhumby on the proces