All Supermarkets articles – Page 37
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Grocer 33Waitrose Billericay deputy on Aldi pressures, Jason Tarry and thriving high streets
‘Billericay is where my heart is. We’re a vibrant high street location and a real landmark in the town’, says G33 store of the week deputy branch manger Sam Townsend.
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NewsMorrisons handing out free cake to mums in Mother’s Day sales drive
Morrisons is offering free cake slices to all mums and mother figures at its cafés this weekend, as supermarkets compete for last-minute Mother’s Day trade
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NewsSainsbury’s Sharesave plan could deliver £25m boost for colleagues
Colleagues who saved £240 per pay period over the life of the scheme could see a personal profit of £9,000
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NewsCMA consulting on whether to ban Aldi and Lidl from restrictive land deals
Rivals Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Morrisons, Asda, Waitrose, Marks & Spencer and Co-op are already banned from having so-called restrictive covenants in new property deals under the 2010 Controlled Land Order
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NewsWhole Foods Market to double UK presence with new store openings
The six new stores in London mark the first time the Whole Foods Market Daily Shop store format has been brought overseas
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NewsJohn Lewis Partnership rewards staff with first bonus since 2022
Chairman Jason Tarry said the group’s multi-year plan to invest in customers and its brands was working, with shopper numbers increasing and record satisfaction scores
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Comment & OpinionIs ‘the UK’s most sustainable neighbourhood’ pie in the sky?
It posed questions for supermarkets, but two years on the most pressing question seems to be whether it will actually happen
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NewsAsda to pay staff bonus as ‘thank you’ for work in turbulent year
Executive chairman Allan Leighton confirmed to around 9,500 salaried staff that they will receive a thank you payment at the end of the month, despite some teams having missed their annual targets
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NewsEU alignment sought for Food Data Transparency Partnership
Defra is looking to hire advisers to ensure that the next phase of the group’s work is ‘coherent, informed and influential’
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NewsAldi adds ‘select your store’ feature to app
By entering their postcode and selecting a store, users ‘will see the product range and pricing specifically for that store’
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NewsAldi to create 1,100 jobs this year as part of UK expansion
The jobs will come as part of previously announced plans to open about 40 new UK stores in 2026
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NewsSupermarket Income REIT identifies £500m of potential grocery assets
Property investor Supermarket Income REIT has identified a strong pipeline of opportunities in the grocery real estate market, with £500m of assets available in its core target of UK supermarkets
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NewsSupermarket AI making supplier forecasting ‘nightmare’ even worse
A group representing more than 20 mid to large-sized suppliers met with Adjudicator Mark White last month to raise the issue
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NewsAsda giving away thousands of free flowers in Mother’s Day sales drive
To claim their free bouquet, shoppers need to find the store community champion and say the phrase ‘mum’s the word’
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NewsOrganic grew 400% faster than conventional last year, new data shows
Volume sales of organic grew by 1.2% last year compared with just 0.3% for non-organic in 2025
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Comment & OpinionTesco man lives through nightmare question session
Britain’s biggest retailer is weaponising a well-worn question
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Grocer 33Tesco scores huge 98 points to take title of Cambridge’s best supermarket
Tesco on Yarrow Road set out its stall with a perfect availability score and matched that achievement in almost every other area
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Grocer 33Tesco Fulbourn posts one of the Grocer 33’s highest ever scores
Tesco Cambridge manager Edmond Demaj on trolley theft, lessons from Brazil and second highest ever score in our mystery shop competition
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Grocer 33Inflation-busting Asda is cheapest Grocer 33 retailer by 7%
Asda’s basket cost 1% less than last year, while the cost of our weekly shop rose by 7.1% at Tesco, 7.7% at Morrisons and by 10.8% at Sainsbury’s
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Comment & OpinionMorrisons is turning a corner while Asda hits a dead end
There is light at the end of the tunnel for Morrisons, says David Sables, CEO of Sentinel Management Consultants