All Supermarkets articles – Page 185
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NewsAsda comes bottom in Oxfam’s fourth and final supermarket human rights scorecard
As well as dropping down the table, Asda is the only supermarket whose score has fallen since the last time Oxfam carried out the exercise, in 2020
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NewsDiscounters win share from big four as shoppers prioritise value
The discounters are once again rapidly taking market share from mainstream grocers as soaring food prices push consumers to prioritise value and own-label products
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Grocer 33Simon Gregg on Asda’s Online 33 performance
‘We continue to see growth in our online business well above pre-pandemic levels’
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Grocer 33Asda on top as Amazon struggles in Online 33
The speed of the site caused “some slight frustration” for our shopper
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Grocer 33Grocer 33 store of the week: Tesco Extra Rutherglen
‘Shoppers will see Clubcard Prices in store and ask what it means, and when you explain the Clubcard saving on a product, they’re amazed by it’
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Grocer 33Tesco edges out Waitrose in low-scoring Grocer 33 week
This wasn’t a high scoring week overall but we were at least treated to a close battle for the top spot
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Grocer 33Asda beats guest retailer Amazon and usual rivals
Asda offered the lowest price for 18 products and was exclusively cheapest for a dozen
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Comment & OpinionWhy retailers need to avoid falling into tech debt
Retailers that find themselves in tech debt are not only at risk of being left behind, but are also likely to experience stifled innovation, says Ali Rezvan, retail director at Microsoft UK
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Analysis & FeaturesPlastic packaging tax: what does it mean for UK grocery?
The plastic packaging tax comes into force today (1 April 2022) in a bid to encourage the use of more recycled plastic in the UK. But what does it mean for the UK food sector, shoppers and the country’s net zero ambitions?
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NewsTesco to sell £2 lateral flow Covid tests from 1 April
The £2 kits, each containing a single nasal swab test, will be in Tesco stores in London initially, before rolling out to branches nationwide
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Comment & OpinionHFSS regulation is a challenge – but it offers fresh in-store opportunities for brands
There is a fear of the changes the new regulation brings but we cannot miss the opportunities the regulation offers, says Matt Lee, MD at Capture
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NewsMorrisons saves half a million meals from being wasted with Too Good To Go partnership
The waste prevented equates to 1,250 tonnes of CO2 emissions, or the equivalent to that emitted from 246 flights around the world
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NewsCity snapshot: Grocery sales fall back amid soaring inflation
Take home grocery sales have slumped by 6.3% in the 12 weeks to 20 March as inflation hit its highest level for a decade, according to the latest market share data from Kantar. Plus AG Barr bounces back to top pre-pandemic results and all the rest of the latest news from the City.
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Comment & OpinionSupermarkets must not let cost pressures prevent them from paying staff fairly
With consumer expectations around customer service still high, and everyone struggling to attract staff at the moment, investor pressure isn’t the only reason to review wages
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NewsAsda like-for-likes down 2.9% in quarter four of 2021 against tough comparatives
The supermarket is also launching a new value range called Just Essentials, as first revealed by The Grocer
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Analysis & FeaturesCan Asda’s new Just Essentials budget own-label range do what Smart Price couldn’t?
Asda has unveiled plans for a 300-strong essentials range to recapture its reputation for budget. But suppliers are calling it ‘impossible’
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Grocer 33Sainsbury’s Heaton, Newcastle: Grocer 33 store of the week
‘I’m in my 35th year at Sainsbury’s – I’ve worked 16 years in London and the rest of it in the north-east – and this is my fourth Grocer 33 win’
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Grocer 33Asda back on top as it readies Just Essentials launch
Asda was the retailer most affected by inflation in this week’s 33
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NewsLidl becomes latest supermarket to contact government over jobs for Ukrainian refugees
The discounter said it had 3,000 live vacancies across the business, with 1,200 more jobs in warehouses to be created by the end of 2025
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NewsMorrisons compost goes peat-free ahead of government ban
The supermarket, which sells more than two million bags of compost a year, said it would use more sustainable alternatives to peat-based