All Supermarkets articles – Page 30
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NewsChina’s biggest retailer JD.com test-launches UK grocery site Joybuy
JD.com has commenced a major recruitment drive for ‘category superstars’ ahead of a full launch later this year
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NewsUsdaw appoints Joanne Thomas as its new general secretary
A ‘lifelong trade unionist’, Thomas makes history as the retail trade union’s first-ever female head
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NewsAldi marks 35th UK birthday with a look at then and now
Checkout staff had to know all the prices by memory until 2001
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NewsLidl steps up new stores push with five openings in a month
The discounter’s expansion is stepping up following a £70m sale and leaseback deal to fund new stores
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NewsMorrisons adds charity donation feature to More Card
The new feature from Morrisons comes in response to customers and colleague requests for the option to put their points towards a charitable cause
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Comment & OpinionAsda’s puny price war causes bizarre run on Tesco share price
Tesco’s magnificent results and diverse armoury of weapons overlooked by over-reacting investors
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InterviewsIceland Foods CEO Tarsem Dhaliwal on keeping it in the family
In a rare interview, CEO Tarsem Dhaliwal reflects on his ‘under the radar’ approach to managing Iceland Foods and the family firm’s business interests
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Comment & OpinionRedistribution is just one part of the food waste puzzle
There are powerful opportunities for supermarkets to help cut waste and emissions at every stage of the food value chain, says Chloe St George, senior communications and research analyst at the Carbon Trust
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Grocer 33Large Tesco in Chesterfield offers our shopper ‘everything you need’
Our mystery shopper was impressed with the staff at Tesco Chesterfield
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Grocer 33Asda cheapest but not by Allan Leighton’s targeted margin
Asda is not yet hitting executive chairman Allan Leighton’s ambition to go 5%-10% cheaper than its main supermarket rivals
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NewsBooths to roll out loyalty prices in ‘fundamental’ loyalty reset
Collectively the discounts will equate to around 10% on average, Booths managing director Nigel Murray announced at the Food & Drink Expo in Birmingham this week
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NewsDeliveroo Express signs Tesco as first white-label delivery partner
Tesco is the first retailer to partner with new white-label service Deliveroo Express, as it trials Tesco Whoosh in Ireland for the first time
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NewsTesco slashing £500m of costs as price war escalates
Tesco is cutting an additional £500m of costs amid escalating costs and falling profits, saying it needs the ‘flexibility and firepower… to respond to current market conditions’
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Comment & OpinionEven a second cost of living crisis can’t help Asda now
Allan Leighton’s price strategy is a desperate dice-roll and I believe it has no chance of working, says David Sables, CEO of Sentinel Management Consultants
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NewsFast-growing Aldi overtakes Asda in food and drink sales
The blow for Asda comes after it scrapped its Aldi price match scheme in January, as revealed by The Grocer at the time
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NewsAldi and Lidl ‘could challenge new competition restrictions on property deals’
The two discounters are currently exempt from a 2010 order that bans seven other major supermarkets from striking land deals that block rivals from opening nearby
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NewsMedia Bites 9 April: Aldi overtakes Asda and Trump tariffs fallout
The news continues to be dominated with the fallout from Trump’s trade tariffs, while Aldi has overtaken Asda on food and drink sales for the first time
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NewsAldi to offer discounted 'surprise bags' of food earlier for Easter
Customers can reserve one of Aldi’s £3.30 bags – which contain £10 worth of near-expiry-date food – up to five days in advance using the Too Good To Go app
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Analysis & FeaturesHow the role of the supermarket buyer is changing
As soaring costs and climate change make production more volatile, buyer-supplier relations are changing to be more collaborative and proactive
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Comment & OpinionAllowing supermarkets to block Aldi and Lidl stores will not help consumers or growth
Traditional supermarkets are hoping the CMA will once again allow them to block rivals – including Aldi and Lidl – from opening nearby