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Central England Co-operative appoints new commercial director
Andy Peake previously worked for Asda for almost 20 years in various roles spanning the commercial and buying areas of the retailer
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Sainsbury’s invests £1bn in 2040 carbon neutral target
The retailer plans to use the cash to implement a programme of changes
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Asda escalates war on plastic with fish supplier waste collection scheme
The ‘Fishing for Plastic’ initiative aims to get Asda’s fish suppliers to scoop up plastic found at sea
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Co-op pledges to cut nitrite use in own label bacon by 60%
The retailer said the cut in the use of nitrites would not affect the preservation, taste and colour characteristics of its bacon
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Aldi claims UK’s cheapest Valentine’s dinner
Aldi is offering two starters, mains, sides and desserts for only £9.66
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Deliveroo launches health-focused delivery-only restaurant brands
Deliveroo will create the brands from scratch and license them to restaurants operating from their own kitchens
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Waitrose to roll out book swap trial to more store cafés
Shoppers can leave books in dedicated areas of the cafés for other customers to read
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Tesco pushes loyalty scheme with Clubcard credit card
The new card features no foreign exchange fees and 0% interest on purchases for up to 18 months
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Spiritrade raises ‘seven-figure’ sum in international funding push
Spiritrade claims to be the first online booze trader to offer “truly safe and secure” transactions
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Media Bites 27 Jan: Iceland, Poundland, Unilever
Frozen-food chain Iceland is preparing to axe jobs as it wrestles with a heavy debt pile and tough competition, PE firms circle Poundland and Unilever vulnerable to activist investors,
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Retailers greet Veganuary with increased number of fruit & veg promotions
Asda, Co-op, Morrisons, Sainsbury’s, Tesco and Waitrose have all upped their number of fresh produce deals
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Co-op stocks Yo Sushi lines in Moorgate On the Go store trial
The convenience retailer is stocking 10 Yo products at the new On the Go format store
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UK retail food waste increases despite overall levels dropping
A progress report for the Courtauld Commitment 2025 showed retail waste went up between 2015-18
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Tesco to remove plastic from branded and own-label tinned multipacks
The supermarket will replace tinned multipacks with plastic-free multibuys
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Morrisons to axe 3,000 manager roles in push for frontline staff
Morrisons said around six management positions per store would go, but on average 14 new frontline roles would be created
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Number of shoppers using Aldi and Lidl rises by a half in four years, claims survey
Shoppercentric’s latest consumer trends survey found 67% of 1,000 respondents had shopped in Aldi or Lidl in the past month
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Lidl to give away £10,000 worth of vouchers to celebrate 100th Scotland store
The first 100 customers to shop at a Scottish Lidl from 25 January can claim a ‘goody bag’, one of which per store will contain a £100 voucher
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Lean Lunch to launch zero-emission van with Yorkshire roadshow
The business is looking to drum up awareness of its ‘healthy’ food service
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Tesco teams up with Ocado tech partner for warehouse robots
The supermarket is working with Swisslog on an automated pallet retrieval and storage system
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City snapshot: Hotel Chocolat sales jump 14% on new openings
The UK premium chocolatier has reported double-digit sales rise in the first half, boosted by new openings in the UK, US and Japan