Channels news – Page 368
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NewsMorrisons products listed on main Amazon.co.uk site
Orders are picked from local stores by dedicated Morrisons staff and delivered to customers by Amazon Flex Delivery Partners
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NewsSupermarket sales growth eases as stockpiling subsides
Take-home grocery sales growth slowed to 14.4% year on year during the 12 weeks to 9 August 2020
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NewsSelfridges launches major sustainability drive with reselling initiatives
Chairman Alannah Weston said coronavirus had helped Selfridges understand how ‘fragile’ its systems are
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NewsAsda sets sights on one million online delivery slots by next year
The retailer has seen digital sales surge and is expanding its delivery partnership trial with Uber Eats
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NewsOcado customers find M&S products instead of Waitrose in grocery deliveries
The M&S branded items arrived in customer orders as substitutions for out-of-stock Waitrose goods due to a ‘system error’
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NewsUnitas member Brook Street Foodservice defects to rival group Confex
Confex’s 20-year affiliation with Unitas ended on 30 June
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NewsGovernment’s trade credit deal to support supply chains given green light
The deal follows the government’s announcement it would underwrite all trade credit insurance to the tune of £10bn
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NewsCity snapshot: M&S to cut 7,000 jobs after Covid clothing and home sales slump
Marks & Spencer has announced it plans to cut around 7,000 roles over the next three months as a result of a “material shift in trade” due to the coronavirus outbreak. Plus, grocery growth slows as shopper behaviour returns back towards normal and all the rest latest news from the City.
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NewsWaitrose to become next mult to ban plastic bags for life
Morrisons said earlier it was trialling replacing plastic bags for life with a paper version ahead of a national rollout
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NewsFood waste set to reduce as caterers accept short dates
It follows campaigns by Wrap and Defra to try and avoid a predicted £10m food waste bill due to the shutdown of hospitality
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NewsM&S and Waitrose launch campaigns to snare Ocado customers
Both retailers have launched multichannel marketing campaigns to highlight the value and quality of their grocery lines
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NewsTesco chases online boom with free delivery for Clubcard Plus members
The supermarket however remained tight-lipped on when the free delivery would launch
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NewsCentral England Co-op Funeralcare reopens florist shops to the public
Earlier in lockdown, the society’s florists were helping in its food stores and funeral homes
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NewsMorrisons to scrap plastic bags for life as customers ‘only use them once’
The supermarket has kicked off a trial at eight stores with all bags for life replaced by paper carrier bags
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NewsWaitrose.com turnover at £1bn ‘run rate’, says James Bailey
It puts Waitrose.com on course to hit a target announced in May last year of tripling its turnover to become a £1bn business within three years
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NewsWaitrose to reintroduce carrier bag recycling scheme
The initiative was temporarily stopped in March due to coronavirus
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NewsCJ Lang invites customers to design its new Spar lorry
The group is inviting customers to design the livery of a Spar lorry that will deliver food and drink products to stores across Scotland
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NewsFortnum & Mason launches podcast on key issues and trends in food
The podcast will be presented by food writer and critic Tom Parker Bowles, who also writes the luxury retailer’s annual recipe book The Cook Book
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NewsSainsbury’s hiring head of Brexit response
The newly created role is intended to help the supermarket identify the risks, opportunities and operational challenges of Brexit
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NewsSurging sales at Just Eat Takeaway.com come at a cost
A flurry of orders from consumers stuck at home saw food delivery giant Just Eat Takeaway.com post surging sales in the first half of the year – but growth came at a substantial cost.