Channels news – Page 71
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NewsPoundland in ‘biggest ever quarter of organic space growth’
The variety discounter is due to have opened or relocated 75 stores in the three months to the end of December, including former Wilko sites
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NewsTesco launches Paperchase range of Christmas products and stationery
The range, which is landing in 250 stores from today (30 October), includes greetings cards and festive gift wrap, decorations and crackers
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NewsSainsbury’s introduces crownless pineapples to reduce food waste
The traditional pineapples, minus their crowns, will be available to buy from 1 November and will be available in store and online
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NewsWind farm set to generate a third of Sainsbury’s entire energy needs
Sainsbury’s will acquire 100% of the energy produced at the Longhill Burn wind farm in Scotland
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NewsCJ Lang hires Frank McCarron as new company-owned store director
Joining the business in January 2024, McCarron will be bringing over 35 years of industry experience to the role
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NewsLidl GB partners with Kipster to bring ‘egg farm of the future’ to UK
Kipster’s farming concept will see British eggs produced by chickens farmed to the highest welfare standards and with a significantly reduced carbon footprint
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NewsSainsbury’s trialling new self-serve counter formats
The Grocer understands the new destination formats will largely stock products from Sainsbury’s range of cheese and charcuterie
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NewsOcado expands Korean range with 50 new products
The retailer now claims to have ‘the largest Korean offering of any UK supermarket’
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NewsStandalone Wilko stores to return to the UK under ‘aggressive’ rollout plans
The Wilko brand owner CDS International has unveiled an “aggressive” expansion plan aimed at rebuilding the discounter’s UK footprint
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NewsHGV driver shortages set to reach ‘tipping point’
There aren’t enough qualified drivers to meet haulage demands, the sector warns
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NewsAscona Group reaches 61 sites with new Bristol acquisition
As part of the acquisition, the company would be fitting a new Nisa store on the forecourt to enhance its retail offering, it said
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NewsOcado endures teething problems at new Luton CFC
The Luton distribution centre launched five weeks ago, and serves as a replacement for Ocado’s oldest fulfilment centre in Hatfiel
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NewsJason Tarry quits to be replaced by Matthew Barnes as Tesco UK CEO
Tarry has worked for Tesco for more than 33 years, including six as UK CEO
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NewsIceland kicks off recruitment drive after opening Christmas delivery slots
The retailer wants to fill 1,750 roles across its stores and supply chain
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NewsMerchant Gourmet adds microwaveable rice quartet
’We want to inject the Merchant Gourmet personality into microwaveable rice,’ said MD Richard Peake
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NewsTesco warns GetGo shoppers they may be overcharged for discounted items
The supermarket conceded the system is not able to register price drops on reduced to clear items that could change several times a day
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NewsGreens launches Snappy Shopper across entire estate
Ahead of the rollout, Greens hired former Snappy Shopper key account manager Chris McGregor as its new head of online and digital
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NewsTesco claims voluntary ban on HFSS multibuys has seen millions eating more healthily
Tesco’s report comes with a debate raging over how the industry should take forward the war on obesity
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NewsFounding member Waitrose leaves The Refill Coalition
It leaves the coalition with just two permanent retailer members
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NewsPremier stores boost social media presence with SocioConnect tool
Booker-produced content can also be copied over to their social media pages via the app “in a matter of minutes”