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Lindt dark chocolate gets pricier in the UK as US lawsuit rages on
Shelf prices have risen by 20% in Morrisons this month
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News
Supermarkets to sign Plastics Pact Mark II to ramp up reuse and refill
Retailers will be asked to agree to the mass rollout of standardised technology on a sector-by-sector basis across their stores
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News
Asda to offer 700 Amazon parcel pick up and return points
It said the new pick-up and return options would make shopping at eligible Asda stores more convenient for customers
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Comment & Opinion
Asda’s ongoing woes explored in Channel 5 deep dive
‘Asda’s current situation is not a good one,’ explained food consultant Amelia Rope
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News
The Flava People launches Guinness slow-cooked meat range into Asda
The dishes are designed for home cooks hoping to ‘level up without hassle’
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Analysis & Features
The battle for the best Christmas ad 2024: which ones impress our expert panel?
From a star-laden ‘crime scene’ to Kevin Carrot making boob jokes, this year’s ads are a varied bunch
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Asda nudges ahead of Sainsbury’s with sixth win of Grocer 33 year
Asda’s £82.52 basket was £1.29 cheaper than nearest rival Tesco’s total on the 33 items
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Asda launches Chatty Cafe initiative to help tackle loneliness among over 60s
It comes with the supermarket bringing back its Asda’s Winter Warmer initiative, which will run across all its cafés until the end of 2024
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Asda launches new premature baby clothing range and care support for staff
The supermarket said from this week any staff with a baby in neonatal care treatment for seven days or more would be able to take up to a maximum of 12 weeks of paid leave
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Butter prices soar by a fifth amid tight milk and cream supplies
Thirty-seven out of 117 butter lines at the major multiples have seen their prices hiked in the five weeks to 13 November
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News
Media Bites 14 November: Homebase, Just Eat, Asda market share
The demise of struggling retailer Homebase is one of the main topics of coverage for the nationals this morning
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EG Group clears immediate debt burden with sale of UK forecourts
Founded by the Issa Brothers in 2001, EG Group is several billion pounds in debt
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Asda data breach warning after job cuts from tech team insider
‘Asda will get a massive data breach and we all know it’
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Comment & Opinion
Why retailers must support families who rely on baby formula
Soaring formula prices are forcing cash-strapped parents to resort to desperate measures like shoplifting or watering down
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News
Blow for Asda as Andrew Staniland changes course and heads for Morrisons
News in July that Staniland was being brought in to work under Asda chief commercial officer Kris Comerford was seen as a major coup for the supermarket
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Asda brings in former Tesco home grocery boss Barney Burgess
The supermarket said Burgess would take up the role on an interim basis until the arrival of David Devany, who is due to join the business next year from Iceland
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Asda boss Stuart Rose admits 470 job cuts will draw criticism but says ‘that’s life’
‘Clearly those people who are leaving the businesses probably won‘t be very polite about me but that’s life,’ said Rose
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Comment & Opinion
Why Asda’s bleak Christmas message to staff is so brutal
It never looks great, even for an industry stalwart like Asda’s Stuart Rose, to be seen making store improvements at the expense of staff
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News
Asda cuts almost 500 head office jobs as it orders staff back to office
The changes are understood to apply to more than 5,000 of Asda’s head office workers across three different locations in Leeds and Leicester
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Comment & Opinion
Will Asda’s automated return system risk the ire of self-service haters?
If Asda staff need to step in to assist automated returns, the new tech could create more frustration than it eliminates