All Supermarkets articles – Page 22
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NewsLidl agrees to steps to prevent sexual harassment in the workplace after tribunal finds it fell short
It comes after an employment tribunal found Lidl GB had failed to take all reasonable steps to prevent the sexual harassment of a young female employee by a staff member between 2019 and 2021
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NewsWaitrose upgrades app with ‘in-store’ mode to boost shopping experience
Waitrose has enhanced its MyWaitrose app with a new ‘In-store Mode’ that uses location data to improve the shopping experience, including a shopping list function that checks product availability at specific stores.
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NewsLidl calls on other supermarkets to do more to signpost healthy and sustainable choices
The discounter is claiming a UK supermarket first with the launch of a logo to indicate healthier food choices with sustainability as part of its criteria
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NewsInflation crisis imminent unless taxes overhauled, warns food industry
Industry leaders blamed rising inflation on a damaging combination of commodity price increases and a raft of government interventions
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NewsMorrisons celebrates first graduates from its new leadership school
Over 180 employees have graduated from Morrisons’ new Ken Morrison Leadership School, a talent development programme personally championed by CEO Rami Baitiéh to fast-track staff into leadership positions
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NewsRetailers hit out at ‘antiquated’ plans for glass in Wales deposit return scheme proposals
Retailers are urging ministers in Wales to drop their insistence on including glass, warning its compromise proposals are a recipe for failure
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Comment & OpinionWhy food hygiene checks should remain independent and public
It has become quite clear that rather a lot of stores are falling below the legal food hygiene standards
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Comment & OpinionMystery shop win symbolises M&S recovery from cyberattack
M&S is pulling in more punters despite prices 22% higher than the cheapest supermarket. Impressive
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Analysis & FeaturesWhy are plastic bags making a comeback – and how to stop it?
Online and rapid deliveries are being blamed for a rise in single-use bag sales. Technical fixes and easy wins could reverse the increase, say experts
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Grocer 33M&S named best supermarket in Leicester as it takes first Grocer 33 win
In only its second appearance as a guest retailer M&S scored 90 points in our mystery shopping competition
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Grocer 33How Fosse Park became the first M&S Grocer 33 store of the week
Twenty-nine-year M&S veteran Wesley Kachela reflects on the Leicester store’s historic milestone
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Grocer 33Own-label lines help Asda to another victory as cheapest supermarket
Asda was cheapest for 18 products, and was exclusively cheapest on 15
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NewsAldi releases full list of stores getting upgrades this year, including major extensions
They include two – in Barrow-in-Furness in Cumbria and Ebbw Vale in Wales – which are undergoing major extensions
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NewsIceland offers £1 reward to customers who spot shoplifters in store
The frozen grocer is launching a new initiative to combat shoplifting by offering customers a £1 bonus card top-up for reporting theft incidents to staff, as the retailer faces annual losses of over £20m from retail crime
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NewsLidl matches Aldi’s new national pay rate and goes even higher in London
Lidl’s latest pay increase comes two weeks after Aldi announced new pay rates, also effective from 1 September
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Comment & OpinionSupermarkets must stop treating real food like a luxury
Cheap, sugar-filled options addictive, fast and convenient, but they’re also undermining our health and our connection to real food, says Carl Saxton-Pizzie, founder and CEO at Wholegood
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NewsMore than 100 large supermarkets ‘at risk of closure’ thanks to business rates reforms
The changes will also hand an advantage to the discounters thanks to their smaller stores
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NewsFood companies to begin tests on greenhouse gas footprinting
The ‘LED4Food’ programme, spearheaded by climate change experts Wrap, will introduce common methodology to allow various rival carbon footprinting systems used by food and drink companies to work in harmony
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NewsAldi calls on A-level students on exam results day to consider retail career
Aldi is looking to recruit more than 350 apprentices, with opportunities in stores across the country
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Analysis & FeaturesHow pay and benefits stack up at the supermarkets
We look at how wage levels at Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Morrisons, Asda, Aldi, Lidl, M&S and Iceland compare