All Supermarkets articles – Page 5
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Grocer 33Aldi cheapest supermarket in first Super Grocer 33 of the new year
Aldi had the edge over Lidl thanks to lower prices on its kitchen towels, oranges, cheddar and cucumber
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Grocer 33Lidl is best supermarket in our Southampton mystery shop
Lidl picked up 84 points, just edging out Sainsbury’s and Waitrose, partly thanks to perfect availability
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NewsIceland Foods microloan scheme returns with ‘budget friendly basket’ to fight school holiday hunger
To help shoppers ‘make the most’ of their Food Club loan, Iceland has partnered with nutritionist Tanya Haffner, to compile a ‘budget-friendly’ shopping basket
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NewsHealth Lottery sales fall for 10th consecutive year
The Health Lottery has not made a profit since its inception in 2011, with cumulative losses now totalling almost £300m
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NewsSupermarkets urged to give suppliers greater retail media transparency
The first qualitative study of the UK’s retail media networks calls for retailers and fmcg companies to work towards establishing shared standards of governance
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NewsIceland Foods loses latest appeal in ‘Iceland vs Iceland’ EU trademark dispute
Iceland Foods has suffered another setback in its long-running trademark dispute with the Icelandic government over the use of the word Iceland
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NewsSainsbury’s launches personalised pricing at checkouts in latest loyalty expansion
Sainsbury’s is taking its loyalty programme to the next level by extending personalised pricing to physical checkouts, allowing Nectar members to access up to 10 tailored offers weekly without pre-downloading them.
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NewsAsda fined £640,000 for selling out-of-date food in Wales
Trading Standards officers found 115 items, including some that were more than two weeks out of date, at Asda’s Leckwith and Pentwyn stores in Cardiff
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NewsDefra sets out 10-point Food Strategy plan for healthier food and greener supply chain
The outcomes framework includes demands of the industry to make healthy food more affordable and to step up action to tackle the obesity crisis
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NewsRetail crime epidemic to get £7m government ‘blitz’
A new £7m strategy to tackle the retail crime ‘epidemic’ has been unveiled by Labour, promising improved collaboration between retailers and law enforcement over the next three years
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NewsCritical deforested soy moratorium under threat, food businesses warn
The voluntary moratorium aimed to eliminate deforestation from Amazon soybean supply chains after 2008
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NewsM&S starts to get recruitment back online after cyberattack
For the first time in several weeks, the retailer’s careers page is listing jobs again
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NewsSexual harassment ‘endemic’ in food and drink sector, says Unite
A third of women in the food, drink and agriculture sectors said they had been sexually assaulted in the workplace, claims new research from trade union Unite
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NewsAldi to donate more than a million meals during school summer holidays
The discounter is expecting to reach the figure through its partnership with community giving platform Neighbourly
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NewsDeposit return scheme: Wales compromise ‘complex and costly’ warn drinks bosses
On Friday The Grocer revealed Wales had agreed to accelerate its plans for a DRS, keeping hopes alive of a UK-wide 2027 rollout
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NewsUnion letter to Asda boss accuses supermarket of ‘immoral’ tactics over pay
A letter from GMB national officer Nadine Houghton to Allan Leighton says the union recognises he has a strong understanding of the role staff will have to play in Asda’s turnaround, but that Asda’s employment practices have yet to back that up
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Analysis & FeaturesWill others follow Co-op in dropping Israeli produce?
Co-op has announced an end to the sourcing of Israeli goods, alongside those from 16 other ’countries of concern’
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NewsM&S backing projects to cut emissions in strawberry and chicken farming, with £1m funding
Both projects are receiving some of M&S’s £1m in annual funding for emission-reducing innovations
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NewsAldi moves own label beer cans to ‘snap packs’
The change is being rolled out across stores in 2025 for Aldi’s Galahad, Sainte Etienne, and Brasserie beers
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Grocer 33Sainsbury’s Martin Gunzkofer on two weeks at Reading’s best supermarket
’It’s my 35th year with Sainsbury’s. I’ve managed a double-digit number of stores, but it’s only my second week here as store manager’