All articles by Andrew Don
-
NewsNick Tatum and Steve Masters join Moto Hospitality in director roles
Tatum was previously strategy, change and operations director of the UK commercial food division at Tesco
-
NewsCo-op becomes official grocery franchise partner of the NUS
The Co-op has opened its first seven franchise stores this year. Four are at universities
-
NewsNisa store in Sale reopens within hours of ram-raid attack
Ram-raiders targeted Hamant Patel’s Manor Avenue, Sale, shop in the early hours of Saturday 14 September
-
NewsAsda replaces black plastic trays with cardboard for Extra Special steaks
The retailer said the initiative would save more than 50 tonnes of plastic a year
-
News‘Trust mark’ looks to highlight recycled plastic content on packaging
Labels will declare the percentage of recycled plastic content in the packaging
-
NewsDistributor RH Amar promotes James Amar to commercial analyst
The former brand manager will work with both the sales and marketing teams
-
Grocer 33Asda Dunkeld Road, Perth: Grocer 33 store of the week
‘We monitor our prices versus the discounters on a weekly basis through head office and we react accordingly’
-
NewsGovernment must ‘get a grip’ on depletion of free cashpoints, says Which?
The ACS said it would continue to urge the Payments Systems Regulator to intervene to ensure that free access to cash
-
NewsCity snapshot: Science in Sport first half losses top £3m despite sales surge
Science in Sport has widened pre-tax losses from £2.6m to £3.1m in the half-year to the end of June on revenue that soared from £9.9m to £24.9m. Plus all the rest of the latest news from the City.
-
NewsMedia Bites 18 September: Ocado/M&S, Grocery market share, Brexit stockpiling
Ocado has claimed it could start delivering M&S groceries earlier than next September when it switches from its long-term partnership with Waitrose.
-
NewsACS warns c-stores of no-deal Brexit disruption to supply and staff
The briefing also alerts convenience store operators to the risk of consumers stockpiling
-
NewsAsda shrugs off Brexit uncertainty as sales growth accelerates
Fresh food availability had improved as a result of changes to its supply chain and store processes
-
NewsCity snapshot: Bank holiday sun helps grocery market back into growth
The grocery market has returned to growth with a 0.5% uplift in value sales, the latest grocery market share figures from Kantar show. Plus, Ocado Retail grows third quarter revenues by 11.4%, plus all the rest of the latest news from the City.
-
NewsMedia Bites 17 September: Aldi, Asda, Meat Substitutes
Aldi has revealed plans to more than double the number of outlets within London’s M25 thanks to smaller-format shops proving more successful than it had expected
-
NewsNew high street fund meaningless against business rates, say retailers
Culture secretary Nicky Morgan announced £95m for 69 town centre high streets across England at the weekend
-
NewsUK vaping industry distances itself from growing alarm in US
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the US reported last week a “multistate outbreak of lung disease” associated with vaping
-
NewsCo-op to extend John Lewis click & collect service to more than 50 stores
The rollout follows a trial in six Co-op stores which began in May
-
Grocer 33Waitrose’s Helen Keppel-Compton on Waitrose’s Online 33 success
‘We’ve seen significant improvements in substitutions through hand-picking orders using better technology’
-
Grocer 33Waitrose, Paddock Wood, Kent: Grocer 33 store of the week
‘A high standard of service is the most important thing we can give our customers’
-
NewsLidl plays up quality and range in Big On autumn ad campaign
The Karmarama-created ad is the second campaign in the Big On series as the retailer continues to grow its market share