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NewsMorrisons raises prices as cost pressures take effect
The supermarket has increased prices on more than 1,000 food and drink lines across its ambient, chilled and frozen aisles
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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
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NewsLink launches fund for free-to-use cash machines in rural areas
Link will fund free-to-use ATMs in areas that have lost free access to cash in a new £4m initiative
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NewsPayPoint links with Paysafe to offer in-store online payments system
The partnership will allow customers to pay for online purchases in stores using cash
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NewsWaitrose split with new online partner TDP followed ‘culture clash’
Expectations differed over what could be achieved and how quickly
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NewsCity snapshot: Sainsbury’s pledges to halve plastic packaging by 2025
Sainsbury’s has announced a commitment to cut its plastic packaging by 50% by 2025, becoming what it claims is the first retailer to outline plans of this scale.
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NewsSainsbury’s raises prices across raft of own label spirits
The retailer has increased prices by an average of 4% across a swathe of drinks
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NewsMorrisons to expand Amazon Prime Now delivery partnership across UK
The retailer announced today (12 September) it had signed an undisclosed multi-year deal with the online giant, to replace its previous rolling relationship
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NewsM&S brings Infarm vertical farms to seven London stores
Customers will be able to pick fresh herbs from the in-store ‘farms’, which are the first of their kind in the UK
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NewsWaitrose pulls out of online deal with Today Development Partners
TDP and Waitrose.com had planned to work together to develop three automated customer fulfilment centres
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NewsCity snapshot: Morrisons first half profits rise 5.3% despite first quarterly sales dip since 2016
Morrisons has posted a 5.3% rise in first half pre-tax profits despite recording a second quarter sales fall of 1.9%. Plus, The John Lewis Partnership has posted a £25.9m loss in the first six months of the year, British American Tobacco has announced it is to cut 2,300 jobs globally and all the rest of the latest news from the City.
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NewsBidfood makes DTC debut with standalone Catering2You service
The foodservice giant has launched Catering2You.co.uk, a standalone online marketplace aimed at small businesses, event organisers and consumers looking to buy in bulk
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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
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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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NewsGovernment plans for ‘all-in’ deposit return scheme branded ‘total nightmare’
Yesterday (10 September) the Scottish government published draft legislation for a national rollout from 1 April 2021
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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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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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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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NewsAsda Altrincham site sold for £22m in ‘signal of confidence in supermarket property’
Avison Young, who advised on the deal for buyer Greater Manchester Pension Fund, described the site as a “defence stock”