All Supermarkets articles – Page 244
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NewsSales of organic food & drink hit record highs
Spend was up 6% to £2.2bnn. but supermarkets are missing out with £1 in every £7 spent on organic went to independent retailers
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NewsTrend to little and often shopping 'may have reached ceiling'
Shoppercentric’s latest Shopper Stock Take Index finds proportion shifted to little and often has plateaued at 16%.
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NewsWaitrose set to end Pick Your Own Offers scheme
It is understood that shoppers found the promotion confusing
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Comment & OpinionSuppliers will take up service roles
The shifting sands of grocery route-to-market are provoking breakthrough thinking from sales leaders….
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Analysis & FeaturesSupermarket expansion: from thin air
By selling ‘empty space’ above stores, grocers can unlock billions, boost sales, and help solve the UK housing shortage
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NewsTesco scrapping over 1,700 management jobs
Tesco is doing away with the roles of people manager and compliance manager in its large stores and fulfilment centres
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NewsSainsbury's bans sale of energy drinks to under-16s
Energy drinks sales will be restricted across all of its stores and website from 1 March
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Analysis & FeaturesCity Harvest: another life for London's waste food
City Harvest works the capital’s ‘last mile’, passing food from supermarkets and events to charities that need it
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NewsSlough retail entrepreneurs to open superstore next to a Lidl
The 20,000 sq ft Checkout Superstore in Farnham Road is the brainchild of the Abdeali family
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Analysis & FeaturesHow the mults scaled back on deals and savings in 2017
Supermarkets scaled back promotional activity last year, latest data confirms
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NewsHoumous price hikes make for costly Veganuary
Average prices for supermarket houmous have increased by a whopping 12% since January 2017
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NewsTesco and M&S both fall short of City expectations
“Super Thursday” proved anything but super for the grocers this week
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NewsPlastic-free aisles urged as PM guns for avoidable plastic waste
Environmental plan proposes aisles without any plastic packaging, where all food is sold loose
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NewsShine taken off record Christmas at Tesco by collapse of Palmer & Harvey
Tesco and Waitrose have both managed to drive underlying sales growth over Christmas, but Marks & Spencer lost out to Aldi and Lidl as like-for-like food numbers declined. However, the shine was taken off Tesco’s results by the impact of the Palmer & Harvey collapse.
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NewsSainsbury's raises profits forecasts after record Christmas
Sainsbury’s has lifted its profits expectations for the year after a record Christmas week, but the supermarket’s growth was held back by declining general merchandise sales as Argos struggled.
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Comment & OpinionCan Dave Lewis really get suppliers to cut the price of healthier food?
Lewis accused suppliers in some cases of failing to do enough to tackle obesity by keeping their prices artificially high
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NewsTesco CEO urges suppliers to slash prices of healthy products
Supermarket admits that healthier products are more expensive as it launches five-year Little Helps strategy
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NewsWaitrose trials bespoke nutritionist services in two stores
Service is being offered at the supermarket’s Canary Wharf and Kingston upon Thames branches
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Comment & OpinionPredictions for 2018: sugar, veganism & food price inflation
We’ve loads of predictions this week. But before I offer a few of my own, I have a confession
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Analysis & Features15 food and grocery stories you may have missed over the festive period
From Tesco turkeys to Fudge bar scandals and the New Year’s Honours, here is our roundup of key food and grocery stories you may have missed since Christmas.