The Co-op news and analysis – Page 26
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NewsCo-op to offer ‘walking deliveries’ from 200 stores this year
The deliveries will be made to customers within a comfortable 15-minute walk from the stores
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Comment & OpinionHow our new Natasha Ednan-Laperouse Clinical Trial could save lives and help eradicate food allergies
The £2.2m Natasha Clinical Trial is about helping to protect the millions of people in the UK with food allergies from allergic reactions, says Nadim Ednan-Laperouse
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NewsStarship grocery delivery robots hit the pavements of Cambridgeshire
Residents living in Lower and Upper Cambourne order deliveries picked by store staff at the Co-op store in Mosquito Road, Upper Cambourne
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NewsFinnebrogue announces plant-based partnership between Better Naked and the Co-op
Among the six listings are four new lines which will be available across all 1,200 stores this week
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NewsCranswick recalls chicken from supermarkets due to salmonella link
Cranswick has had to recall 111 products from Aldi, Sainsbury’s, Amazon, Tesco, Waitrose, M&S, the Co-op and others
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NewsCo-op trials window hatch click & collect service at Brighton store
Co-op said the initiative was designed to enable time-pressed shoppers to pick up orders without having to go in store and queue
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NewsCo-op opens largest depot yet in Biggleswade, Bedfordshire
The site is set to serve more than 600 Co-op sites when it becomes fully operational later this year
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NewsCo-op to launch click & collect at three festival pop-up shops this summer
The new service is taking place at the Kendal Calling, Latitude, and Isle of Wight festivals
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NewsSouthern Co-op prepares new layouts for franchisees for upcoming HFSS laws
The society has so far supplied all those affected with copies of their store layouts for them to review
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NewsRadstock Co-op capitalises on ‘big night in’ with Chicago Town Pizza To Go offer
The society first introduced the pizza-to-go service last April across two stores, before starting a wider rollout four weeks later across its 14-strong estate
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NewsCo-op scraps use by dates on own-brand yoghurt in industry first
Research from Wrap showed 50% of yoghurts are chucked away in unopened packs
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NewsRobot grocery delivery company Starship investigating toddler ‘hit and push’ incident
Starship told The Grocer that “we take an incident like this seriously and we’re investigating”
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NewsNurishh expands plant-based cheese alternative range
Nurishh has announced two new additions to its range of products, Plant Based Garlic & Herbs Spread and Gran Vegiano
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Analysis & FeaturesThe 10 most powerful women in food, drink and grocery
The food industry is making some impressive leaps on gender equality – but some backwards steps too. Meet the women leaders across industry and government who are keen to keep smashing grocery’s glass ceilings
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NewsTesco, Sainsbury’s and Co-op to raise farmgate milk prices
The trio have responded to growing concern that retailer milk pool prices have been lagging behind the market
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NewsSteve Murrells to leave Co-op as Shirine Khoury-Haq becomes its first female CEO
Murrells joined the Co-op in 2012, heading up its food business. He was named group CEO in March 2017
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NewsAnimal welfare report urges ‘too slow’ food companies to do more
Waitrose and M&S retained their Tier 1 positions for the eight and ninth consecutive years respectively
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NewsThree-quarters of meal deal snacks ‘dangerously’ HFSS, research shows
A third of all meal deal snacks (30%) exceeded the government’s maximum salt targets, Action on Salt found
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NewsUK retailers rally support for Ukraine as Russian invasion escalates
Retailers had pulled Russian products from shelves and made donations to Ukraine relief efforts
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NewsCo-op to extend Glasgow DC in £12m investment
The convenience retailer said upgrading the depot will further improve its service to the existing stores