All Supermarkets articles – Page 244
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Comment & OpinionAfter 10 years of GSCOP, what’s changed – and what’s left to do?
Code compliance has improved year on year, but there is work for my successor to do, says Groceries Code Adjudicator Christine Tacon
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NewsM&S food and clothing are most profitable together, says chairman Archie Norman
His comments follow speculation over the prospects of a break-up of the two arms after food outperformed clothing in Christmas trading
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NewsCity snapshot: Grocery market records weak post-Christmas sales growth
The grocery sector experienced a sobering January as clean-living consumers cut back to constrain market growth to just 0.3% in the latest 12-week period.
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NewsIceland to roll out to 19 more branches of The Range by April
The expansion will take the number of branches of The Range with an in-store Iceland to more than 50
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NewsAldi opens its biggest UK distribution centre yet
The discounter’s 11th UK DC will serve as a hub for 80 stores across the East Midlands and create 400 jobs
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NewsSainsbury’s carbon neutral pledge sparks net zero race
The move is a first, with no other food retailer having set such an ambitious target
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NewsIceland to trial plastic alternative packaging for 38 fresh fruit & veg lines
Overall the measure reduces plastic packaging used on the lines by 93%, according to Iceland
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Comment & OpinionShould Sainsbury’s win such acclaim for its carbon reduction commitment?
The ‘Sainsbury’s saves the planet’ spin from the company feels a bit over the top
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NewsSupermarkets and suppliers agree to simplified recycling label system
The simplified system will tell consumers to either ‘recycle’ or ‘don’t recycle’ products
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Comment & OpinionWhat can retailers learn from Tesco’s approach to plant-based?
Tesco successfully offers shoppers value and differentiation, says Jeremy Garlick, partner at Insight Traction
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NewsSainsbury’s invests £1bn in 2040 carbon neutral target
The retailer plans to use the cash to implement a programme of changes
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NewsAldi claims UK’s cheapest Valentine’s dinner
Aldi is offering two starters, mains, sides and desserts for only £9.66
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NewsWaitrose to roll out book swap trial to more store cafés
Shoppers can leave books in dedicated areas of the cafés for other customers to read
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NewsTesco pushes loyalty scheme with Clubcard credit card
The new card features no foreign exchange fees and 0% interest on purchases for up to 18 months
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NewsRetailers greet Veganuary with increased number of fruit & veg promotions
Asda, Co-op, Morrisons, Sainsbury’s, Tesco and Waitrose have all upped their number of fresh produce deals
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NewsUK retail food waste increases despite overall levels dropping
A progress report for the Courtauld Commitment 2025 showed retail waste went up between 2015-18
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NewsNumber of shoppers using Aldi and Lidl rises by a half in four years, claims survey
Shoppercentric’s latest consumer trends survey found 67% of 1,000 respondents had shopped in Aldi or Lidl in the past month
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NewsTesco teams up with Ocado tech partner for warehouse robots
The supermarket is working with Swisslog on an automated pallet retrieval and storage system
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NewsAldi to swap plastic applicators for cardboard across own-label tampons
The move follows campaigning by Ella Daish, who founded the grassroots movement #EndPeriodPlastic
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NewsAsda holds talks with suppliers over plastic reduction
Hundreds of suppliers took part in Asda’s conference on how to accelerate the war on plastic