Channels news – Page 76
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NewsDeliveroo to boost merchants with minimal mark-up on app
The app will make it “very clear when someone’s not as good on pricing”
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NewsAmazon launches first own label advertising campaign
Campaign features new tagline: ‘Food too, who knew?’
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NewsLabour pledges new law against attacking shopworkers amid shoplifting ‘epidemic’
Shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper has pledged to introduce a new law against attacking shopworkers amid the shoplifting scourge
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NewsIceland Foods overhauls fruit and veg lines as it targets fresh growth
The supermarket has partnered with Irish fruit and veg supplier Keelings to launch a new exclusive brand
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NewsNisa hires Kim Clarkson as head of partner services as its bolsters leadership team
Prior to joining Nisa, Clarkson spent 18 years at Sainsbury’s in various head of trading roles
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NewsSugro launches supplier-funded B2B WhatsApp channel to boost promotional messaging
Securing support from the likes of Britvic, PepsiCo and Red Bull, the suppliers will fund promotional WhatsApp messages to the retailers of Sugro’s wholesale members
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NewsAldi expands medicine blister pack recycling scheme with TerraCycle
From this week, customers can order a freepost envelope via Aldi’s website, which can then be used to send empty medicine blister packs to TerraCycle using Royal Mail
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NewsGreggs opens first café inside a Sainsbury’s supermarket
As many as ‘half a dozen’ openings are planned before the end of the year
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NewsCity snapshot: Supermarket sales growth rebounds despite falling inflation
Grocery price inflation fell for the seventh month in a row to 11% last month as take home grocery growth rose to 9.1%.
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NewsM&S reusable container trial leads to ‘game-changing’ multi-retailer initiative
The scheme is now being opened up to other retailers and brands, who can register their interest by 30 October
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NewsBooker marks 400th Budgens store opening
The store is owned by independent retailers Paul McKenna and Graeme Wilson, and was transformed from a garden centre following a £650,000 investment
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NewsCJ Lang buys convenience chain ScotFresh as it bolsters managed estate
Previously supplied by Booker, the acquisition will see ScotFresh’s nine stores and 130 colleagues supplied and served by CJ Lang’s distribution centre in Dundee
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NewsWaitrose to use cow manure to power tractors at Leckford farm
The supermarket has installed a biomethane storage and extraction plant at its farm estate
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NewsWaitrose and Amazon in talks over third-party tie-up
Both Amazon and Waitrose have declined to comment on the reports
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NewsAsda accelerates move into convenience with first 11 Co-op conversions
The supermarket giant launched the first 11 sites last week, including in Yorkshire, Leicestershire, Lancashire, Somerset, London, Scotland, and Devon
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NewsJamie Oliver and Tesco join forces for advertiser-funded programming
Oliver and Tesco will next week launch Jamie’s 5 Ingredient Meals on Channel 4, which they said was aimed at helping consumers buy less food in their weekly shops
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NewsCity News: Tesco shares soar on profits upgrade
Tesco shares rose sharply this week as the UK’s largest supermarket hiked its full-year forecasts, on the back of a jump in sales and profits in the first half
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NewsAldi kicks off festive worker hunt, offering 3,000 store roles
The discounter is looking to fill both temporary and permanent positions
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NewsAldi sells most British apples of all UK supermarkets
While Aldi only holds 10.2% of grocery market share, it sold 23% of all British apples last year, representing the greatest volume of any UK supermarket
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NewsSix new suppliers to hit Co-op shelves thanks to Apiary support scheme
The search for the second series of businesses to join its Apiary programme began at the start of the year