All articles by Andrew Don – Page 2
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NewsRhian Bartlett to return to Sainsbury’s as fresh food director
Bartlett will rejoin the company in November, replacing Adrian Cook who left the business at the end of July
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NewsCity snapshot: UK shop closures surge to record levels
Heightened restructuring activity has seen the half-year net reduction in stores on Britain’s high streets hit record levels according to research by the Local Data Company and PwC.
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NewsMedia Bites 11 Sep: Shop Closures, Allan Leighton, Hilton Food Group
Figures from PwC and the Local Data Company show the number of shop closures has reached a record high.
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NewsIceland rapped by ASA over Tesco price comparison ads
Tesco complained the prices dated from five weeks before the ad was published
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NewsNo-deal Brexit uncertainty ‘crippling business’, says Iceland’s Richard Walker
Walker told the Today programme he wanted clarity and certainty
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NewsHilton Food Group posts double-digit first half profits rise
Hilton Food Group has reported a 10.6% jump in first half pre-tax profits, boosted by growth in UK meat and its Seachill seafood business.
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NewsMedia Bites 10 Sep: Duty free shopping, no-deal Brexit, ABF
The booze cruise could be poised to make a comeback if the UK crashes out of the European Union.
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NewsCo-op report calls on government to tackle ‘epidemic’ of abuse on staff
Shop staff are suffering post-traumatic stress disorder and long-lasting anxiety, according to the report
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Grocer 33Tesco Galston: Grocer 33 store of the week
‘Over the past year we have been really concentrating on how we can make the shopping trip easier for customers’
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NewsShoppers ‘would rather interact with robots than humans’, says study
A study found nearly 70% of consumers said they would progressively replace store or bank visits with their voice assistant within three years
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NewsThree-quarters of shoppers want to use refill stations, says survey
The main reason people would not use a refill facility was an unwillingness to take containers to a store
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News‘Short-term challenges’ force Tyson to cut earnings forecast
US meatpacking giant Tyson Foods has cut its 2019 earnings guidance due to “short-term challenges” it said were negatively affecting fourth-quarter earnings.
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NewsMedia Bites 4 September: M&S, Diageo, John Lewis/Waitrose
Marks & Spencer has crashed out of the FTSE 100 after a long spell of decline in which its shares have fallen more than 40% since the beginning of last year.
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NewsGreencore agrees £56m deal for Freshtime UK
Greencore has announced it has agreed to acquire Freshtime, a UK-based supplier of food-to-go-salads, chilled snacks and prepared produce.
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NewsMedia Bites 3 September: Biscuit International/Fox’s, Just Eat, M&S
Buyout firm Towerbook is reported to be talks to merge Biscuit International (BI) and Boparan Holdings-owned Fox’s to create a European biscuit giant.
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NewsAsda legal chief Alex Simpson to leave
Simpson is reported to have taken on a similar role with Amazon as it continues to make inroads into UK grocery
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NewsAmazon to roll out PayPoint in-store delivery partnership
The move sees Amazon Hub Counter extended initially to around 500 new stores
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NewsSainsbury’s shoppers ‘not ready’ for till-free store as trial ends
The supermarket went live with the refurbished checkout-free Sainsbury’s Local in London’s Holborn on 29 April
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NewsNisa to begin rollout of Evolution EPoS self-checkouts
Shoppers had already started choosing them instead of the main counter within days of installation
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NewsWing Yip opens refurbished Birmingham Business Centre
The Nechells Park Road building comprises 22 multi-purpose units available for local businesses to rent