Channels news – Page 561
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NewsChannel Islands Co-op to make autism 'quiet hour' permanent
Customers in trial stores reported a much calmer shopping experience during the dedicated hours
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NewsGousto begins new year with new low-calorie and vegan ranges
New Boost & Balance dishes are low calorie and contain two or more portions of the 5 a day
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NewsSugro MD Philip Jenkins resigns to set up consultancy
Jenkins will not be replaced and will continue to provide strategic advisory services
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NewsSelect & Save joins Association of Convenience Stores
Membership of the lobby group would confer a range of benefits on Select & Save retailers, said MD Andrew King
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NewsCo-op plans 100 store openings in 2018 after Christmas boost
The plans were unveiled as CEO Steve Murrells announced a 6.2% jump in like-for-like food sales
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NewsOcado shares surge amid international licensing deal rumours
Hopes online grocer Ocado is soon to announce further progress on international expansion drove its shares to their highest
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NewsCrawshaw shares sink as record Xmas week fails to halt decline
Shares have crashed almost 8% in Crawshaw this morning after the value meat retailer revealed a heavy decline in underlying sales in December, despite a record week leading up to Christmas.
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NewsAsda takes win as price gap to Lidl is slashed to 6%
Asda’s £51.67 total was £3.46 cheaper than second-placed Morrisons
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NewsAldi & Sainsbury’s join Veganuary with plant-based NPD
Sainsbury’s has a range of ‘next-gen’ plant-based SKUs
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NewsWaitrose bans under-16s from buying high-caffeine drinks
Customers buying energy drinks with more than 150mg of caffeine per litre will have to show proof of age from 5 March…
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NewsAldi UK sales up by 15% in December as shoppers switch from 'expensive' rivals
A surge in demand for its premium range helped the discounter to a record Christmas period
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NewsCo-op 'doubled sales growth' over Christmas
It had been the group’s “best Christmas ever”, CEO Steve Murrells told colleagues in an internal memo
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NewsCity snapshot: Record Christmas for Aldi as shoppers switch from 'expensive' rivals
A surge in demand for its premium range has helped Aldi to a record Christmas as year-on-year UK sales shot up by more than 15% during December.
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NewsPoundland shrugs off scandal to deliver successful Christmas
Discounter reported a like-for-like sales increase of 5.6% for the 12 weeks to 24 December…
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NewsPoundland owner Pepkor Europe secures new £180m loan facility
The Grocer first revealed that trade credit insurer Atradius had reduced its cover for the discount retailer in mid-December in the wake of the Steinhoff accounting scandal
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NewsCity snapshot: Next’s Christmas sales rise but in-store slump points to tough retail conditions
Next has posted better than expected trading in the run-up to Christmas, but a 6.1% drop in in-store sales points to a festive trading difficulties in non-food for traditional retailers. The FTSE opens the year on the back foot as fmcg giants fall back and the rest of the latest news from the City.
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NewsIceland crumpet ad banned by Advertising Standards Authority
An Iceland advert that claimed its crumpets were better than M&S’s has been banned by the advertising watchdog
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NewsWaitrose launches 'Good Health' label and new healthier lines
Waitrose poll finds a third of shoppers found it difficult to choose for a healthy diet…
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NewsM&S sells Hong Kong and Macau retail business to Al-Futtaim
The sale comes after M&S’s strategic review of its international business in November 2016
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NewsCity Snapshot: The Co-op plans 100 store openings in 2018
The Co-op Group has announced plans to open 100 food stores across the UK in 2018 to create an estimated 1,600 new jobs. Plus, tributes for Compass Group CEO Richard Cousins after his tragic death, Marks & Spencer sells retail business in Hong Kong and Macau and all the latest news from the City.